Complete red herring, we are already The Tigers, no change was required to sell the club abroad and as has been mentioned many times, only success on the pitch will increase our appeal overseas.
So who is exactly is voting on this poll because their usernames tend to suggest that they are not sunderland supporters.
I take your point OLM but clearly the Allams feel it will help and they must surely have taken some advice from PR people before doing so,anticipating the local backlash....we may all sneer at their seeming cynicism in mooting the name change in the first place and whilst it doesn't make it right I still think there's a commercial logic to it - "The Tigers" will sell far better to the great unwashed in far away fields than "Hull City AFC" ......
I think aiming for tiger beer shows a gross lack of ambition. You need to aim higher than that. Hull City fairy liquid, Hull City Crunchy nut cornflakes, Hull City imperial leather. They sound brilliant.
In the Far East, bless 'em, they only want and identify with success, trophies, silverware etc They assign certain characteristics to tigers, dragons, sharks etc......then they eat them Hey I've got a great idea! Why don't we concentrate on building up our core market to the point where we have 25,000 hard core supporters? There is an isolated area of Yorkshire with no rivals Premier League clubs in it that's crying out for exploitation of this type.
You have either missed or avoided my point. The name-change is with-in the remit of the owner, although I and just about every reference point I can find (including the new Fulham owner) cannot find any commercial justification for it. So, back to my point, do you believe the underhanded manner that has been used to develop the name-change is acceptable? The club has his money and he has the club, so that entitles him to exercise that power in an arrogant and deceitful manner against the majority of those he constantly claims he wishes to help. I personally believe he has made a PR gaffe of huge proportions and it is folk like yourself who enable him. As a supporter of this football club you should hang your head in shame.
More to the point does he ever post on any other topic, apart from telling everyone ad nauseam how he's not bothered?
Yes, let's have our single season of glory in the Premier League, and then get back to our proper place because we after all we shouldn't have ambitions above our station. While we're at it, let's tell Siemens to go f*ck themselves with their silly windfarm ideas because after all we're just a small fishing port at the end of the day.
Yes... I will be hanging my head in shame (in front of any Norwich supporters that is) when they see the tiny little march today.
It's because we're ambitious for OUR club that we don't want it tarnishing with some gimmicky animal name. (It's bizarre how you equate common sense with a lack of ambition)
I'm definitely for no.3 Agree with OLM that the number in the march will not reliably reflect the number opposed to the removal of AFC. Need to differentiate between those of the Lunatic Fringe and their carers. Lets all enjoy the match....2-0 to Hull City.
16 votes ffs. To me the poll makes no sense as we have no option but to accept any daft idea our owner decides to inflict upon us, just as we have to accept **** beer, ridiculous away ticket prices, over policing and all the other **** football fans tolerate nowadays. Doesn't mean I have to like it and I'll act against all of the above, given the opportunity.
If it's the one I'm thinking of it was a poll asking who would prefer being in League 2 with a proper name and who would prefer being in the PL with a new name. That's a stupid poll, why should people be choosing between the two? This one is better, but for the reasons OLM and Happy Clapper pointed out it still doesn't mean much.
The poll is intended to find out what people on here think. No more no less. Why does that make no sense?
Because the poll is, 'will you, or won't you accept it'. We have no option but accept it, so it's a moot point. If you'd done a poll that simply asked 'should we remain Hull City, or are you happy to accept a name change', then I suspect you'd get a more accurate reflection of people's views.
