I might still read and post on here cos some of the non-football stuff is of minor interest. I won't go to games whilst we have that name though.
What the **** are you on. What part of "I will not pay to watch Hull Tigers" don't you understand. You find one post by me that is supportive of the name change. You will not find one because I never have supported it and never will. The difference is that you think that protest is the only way and I think it isn't. CTWD have stated a longer term objective, look back at my posts fool, and see where the lines cross.
Yes you are an embarrassment. The CTWD campaign has always had my support. I have challenged posts on here, but the reps from this board know where I stand and why I have maintained my position. I have not joined the CTWD group and that reason is known. You are simply too naive to understand that in the grand scheme of things you are just £2 a number and a wrist band. And the fact is that you are a plastic who will still go if the name changes. Put up or shut up. The FA cannot promise anything, Assem Allam could have the backing of a high percentage of member clubs. Hull City the club that he owns is a member. The supporters are not members, its only because of the government that the FA will consult. The PL will be consulted, but they do not have the constitutional ability to go against the member clubs wishes. The FA are the governing body and their members are the clubs. The PL are simply a league who are governed by the FA. Second week in February.
If the football team's name is changed then I would predict the forum name to be changed as well. It's a multi-club site (technically multi-sport) so it should reflect the official names, divisions etc. CI, AN, and any other City only site would be the ones who had a choice over what to do. Obviously it'd be up to Mick. I suppose if it happens there's 4 options to consider really, based on the views of people in the different camps: 1) This forum would be renamed "Hull Tigers" - reflecting the change 2) This forum would be renamed as just "Hull" - reflecting the change has happened, but also not accepting the principle of changing a club's name. The forum name would be correct for both old and new names so it's not a controversial one either way. 3) This forum would keep it's current name - just refusing to acknowledge the name change in the same way people insisted on writing East Yorkshire or Lincolnshire rather than Humberside on their post. 4) This forum would keep it's name and be moved to non-league, and a new forum created in the PL for Hull Tigers - accepting the name change whilst accepting some will refuse to accept it. Obviously we'd need to run it by Mick, and we can't do it until we see who leaves and who stays if it changes (as we'll decide as a group) but I think I'd go for 2, and some of that is me with my mod's head on rather than just thinking about the naming issue itself. I don't like 3 or 4. I'm against the name change on the grounds I don't see any benefit to it, but aside from the fact it'll just make the site look out of date having option 3 is just inviting wummers to make the name change issue an ongoing thing for ever more. Option 4 on the other hand does actually see those who don't care about the name change having their history taken away from them on here, as it would effectively make HT a new club rather than a continuation. They're both just encouraging the issue to be prolonged when we need the decision being taken one way or the other to make the forum a lot cleaner than it is. Similar to 3, I think 1 just leaves us open to wummers making it an issue for ever more, and for fans who are still going to games and following the club but trying to get the name changed back in the long term it's just as annoying as keeping it as Hull City would be to the others. That leaves 2, where the club is just being referred to as Hull. It has the rugby connotations to it, but it removes the wummable element from the name and falls in line with what we're called by most people outside the city anyway. It also internally leaves both sides happy enough, the anti-name change fans aren't seeing Hull Tigers all the time, and the others aren't seeing an out of date name.
Bloody hell Ricardo, that's a lot of effort for the name of a forum! It's either leave it as it is, or change it to Hull Tigers if thats what we end up being called imo. No sense in playing the denial game, whatever we end up as we should wear it loud and proud. This isn't a protest site, its a neutral site and the forum should reflect the name of our club, whatever that may be. I wouldn't ask Mick btw, he was up for changing the forum name 2 months ago
I tried to get mick to change the forum name awhile ago just to see the place go off like a bomb but he wouldn't.
Don't pi55 yer pants, missus. Where did I say you were supportive of the name change? Please excuse me for not reading back over your posts, but - based on what I've heard from you thus far - I'm really not interested enough in your opinion. Fool.
The Omega Man: "The CTWD campaign has always had my support. I have challenged posts on here, but the reps from this board know where I stand and why I have maintained my position. I have not joined the CTWD group and that reason is known." As well as coming across as being somewhat full of your own importance, you also appear a bit confused. If the CTWD campaign has always had your support, then you're not the target of my "embarrassment" jibe, are you? "You are simply too naive to understand that in the grand scheme of things you are just £2 a number and a wrist band. And the fact is that you are a plastic who will still go if the name changes. Put up or shut up." You know nothing of me in respect of the CTWD campaign. As regards the "plastic" accusation.... it's clear that we have differing definitions of the word. I have never said I would stop going to matches if the name changed. I know lots of people who have, of course: some of whom are are involved with the CTWD campaign, and some of whom are not. Good for them. I wish I had their resolve. The fact is though, giving up on your football club is not an easy thing to do, and you're some kind of cnut for suggesting that it should be easy for me, just because I'm vehemently opposed to the name change. Finally - and I really must apologise once again for not being up to speed with the full gamut of the opinions of someone who is clearly a Very Important Hull City Supporter - would you mind giving me a quick outline of where you stand? What is it that you object to about the CTWD campaign, and - perhaps more importantly - how would you have gone about trying to save the club name?
People power can prevent name changes as the good villagers of a Welsh village created a stink (or maybe they prevented a stink) over name change : http://www.independent.ie/world-news/plan-to-change-welsh-village-name-ditched-29878656.html
I’m not spending another penny until Allam ****s off, name-change or not. Not on tickets, not on programmes, not on merchandise and not on food and drink. He’s the worst owner we have ever had, and by some distance. He is an obdurate and intemperate arsewipe whose face I would dearly love to punch.
I am amazed how anyone wants to turn their back on the name we have used for all our supporting lives and those of our fathers and their fathers etc who don't have a say, and lets also think about our children and granchildren who in the future may ask "how could you let this happen?" I think the pro name changers have got to be wind up merchants, they cant exist in real life can they? And if they demand that anti name changers follow their convictions and STOP attending should the name change happen then surely the same should apply to them and THEY should stop attending if the name change doesn't occur. In fact if they felt as strongly they should stop going NOW. The reason they wont is because they aren't bothered and will support Hull City regardless of what they are called yet they are bothered enough to try and help the name change. That tells you an awful lot about a person and his lack of integrity, this forum is largely a pisspot of screaming ninnies and there is no wonder I don't post on here often. I wouldn't dream of speaking to people on here anyway different to how I would face to face, on here there is no respect and immature bitchiness. Keep up the good work lads!!!
When the forum name reflects the name of the club, there's hardly any point is there? If our name stays the same, leave the forum name alone, if our name changes, the forum needs changing. What would be the point of a poll? It would only be needed in the event of a name change, and the deniers would be out in force. It's irrelevant if they approve or not.
