Nothing hurts, you clown, the name change has already been rejected. What this is now about, is making sure this bollocks doesn't continue for another year. Something I would have hoped every Hull City would want.
Cheers sunn, but I've got no problem getting a ballot paper and voting, it would just be rather useful if the club were capable of sending the ballot papers to all its season ticket holders, I wonder how many more don't get one and can't be arsed to go looking for it.
The free ride was over at the beginning of this season when Assem Allam in his Look North interview with Peter Levy said he was running out of money. He has said it repeatedly since. Long and Jelavic were a calculated gamble which would be covered by the cup run and a decent Premier League position. However there is no pot of gold for next season. Ehab has finally said that the name change will not bring instant riches but is a 4 to 5 year strategy. In that time what will distinguish us from the rest of the Cities in the league is our performance on the pitch. Sponsorship and investment is dependent on our Premier League status not our name. If, and its still a possibility, we get relegated all interest in Hull Tigers will disappear. The only question Assem Allam has to answer is does he want his £80 million back. If he does then the only way he can do that is by keeping Hull City in the Premier League, so no fire sale of players, no taking his money out in great chunks. We have gone from I'll be gone in 24 hours to I'll put the club up for sale. I would have thought that Hull City is an attractive proposition for any serious investor that wants a football team with the potential to be a regular mid-table team in the next 4 to 5 years. There is the potential to develop the stadium and the surrounding land, we have a good manager and the basis of a consistent mid-table team. Just because we've had bad owners in the past doesn't mean we will in the future. The tragedy for me is that Assem Allam could have had all this without the name change and his vendetta with the council. He's a grown man, he makes his own decisions and when he makes his bed, he has to lie in it.
Like many, I was opposed to the name change but would have been happy to keep the Allam's on despite some of their comments. But then I thought, what have they actually done any different from previous owners? Under Duffen's ownership we were promoted to the Premier league, survived our first season (not yet guaranteed under Allam's), and eventually left massively in debt. If Allam walks we will probably be in even more debt than we were before - so much for being a responsible owner. Anyway, if they do go, who's to say that the new owner will be worse. For example, a US owner with interests in US sports might have a better idea how to market a sports team and have links in place with potential sports sponsors. I'll vote 2, and take the risk that the Allam's will go.
You really are a ****ing idiot! Do you really believe it's impossible to have vote which is restricted to pass holders and is still a secret ballot? I suspect you probably do. Throughout this sorry Allam created saga, I have sincerely hoped for a compromise or at least a realisation of the truth from Allam and a way for him to save face and not be humiliated. I wonder how many, like me, now couldn't care whether he goes or stays. Your rising levels of bitterness and stupidity on this matter have matched those of Allam himself. In fact, your obvious loathing for your fellow supporters, not to mention your lick-spittle grovelling and complete lack of self respect, coupled with your obvious inability to cobble together anything representing a logical argument, has I'm sure helped to swell the NO vote.
Download it from the official website: http://www.hullcitytigers.com/news/article/201314-season-card-holders-ballot-1435293.aspx
I didn't receive one either but will go out of my way to locate one. Furthermore, I will be consulting with my lawyers on the wording of the e-mail that accompanies my resounding "No" vote next week. I cannot help but feel that the "No" voters will be discriminated against as a result of this "non-secret" ballot. I would be very surprised to find an equivalent of a class action lawsuit does not exist in the UK.
For the record we're not relying on handouts. The club will break even this year & be in profit next year. All achieved as Hull City AFC, nickname - The Tigers.
Adult/Senior ticket holders, corporate members and I would assume the 16-22's(just the under 16's left out).
Aye, do you know how many that is? I'm thinking on this poll, the 'no's' will have to be higher than the other two plus the abstainers combined.
No idea, if I was guessing the amount that would have qualified for Adult/Senior two semi final tickets I'd have been miles out.
Sent my no vote off this morning. Just received an email thanking me for taking part even though I voted no. Signed by Assam & Ehab Allam.
