Hull City chairman Assem Allam says FA are 'amateurs' Hull City chairman Assem Allam has described the Football Association as "amateurs" after the organisation blocked his plan to rebrand the club. Allam wanted to rename the Championship club Hull Tigers, but the change was rejected by the FA Council in July. "It is a sad day that most of the people who make the decisions are amateurs," Allam told the Sun. "To go global, we need to market ourselves. The shorter the name, the better." The 76-year-old businessman added: "Look at Google, Apple, Twitter. You don't go out to the world and say 'We are Hull City Tigers Association Football Club'. "If you do that, expect to fail." Allam also insisted he is popular with Hull City fans despite protests against his proposed name change. "Overwhelmingly, they are positive about what I am trying to do," Allam said. He may be right about the FA but I also have doubts the number of Hull fans he claims to have on side. If any Hull fans are passing by, would love to hear your opinions too.
He's talking bollox, to go global you have to be in the Premier League. Also he talks about needing a shorter name, Hull City is shorter than Hull Tigers...
I I kinda get the feeling that he suffers dilutions of grandeur. (That's not a dig at Hull.) He has always come across as up his own ar$e to me. But it's not like I've seen that much of him really.
Many people who are self-made billionaires often have megalomaniac tendencies usually fuelled by having a cabal of staff/advisers telling them how wonderful they are and every decision they make...
Yeah mate. Nail on the head there. I used to do lighting and sound for dramatic theatre. Plenty of ego's that liked to be massaged there. Didn't like a mouthy git from Ladbroke Grove telling them that people are dying in this world everyday and to get a grip. (As you can imagine..... I didn't last too long in that game. He He,)
