In part, yes I was, but mainly to the people starting a new club. It's a ****ing name. As I said yesterday, there's no right and wrong about it, it's a matter of differing opinion. The way some people are reacting to it all would be embarrassing for a 5 year old quite frankly.
And some see it as being beyond just the name and don't understand those that can't...such are opinions.
That's not what the release said, it continues to thank him for what he's done for the club, but expresses disappointment in the fact that he hasn't kept to his word. And he hasn't. Decent piece from the BBC... http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24905905
One group - the campaign. There is absolutely no reason for the campaign to attack him at a personal level like they've started to. He may well be each of those things I listed but why encourage fans to dislike him? That statement yesterday was a whole load of nothingness save for a personal attack on his character. No need for it.
Which specific promise(s) has he broke ? Is it the 2-3 year research promised before any change ? Or something else ?
To anyone who didn't just hear Assem's interview on Humberside, try and get to hear it. He doesn't even know what the club is registered as with the FA and he speaks about fans with utter contempt. Disgusting.
We remain puzzled that Dr Allam cannot distinguish between the name of his holding company and the football name of the club he owns. Until he registers a new name with the Football Association, the club remains Hull City AFC. His belief that we are already called Hull City Tigers, a name ripe for shortening, is therefore spectacularly ill judged and erroneous. He's stupid Our group has already had extensive contact with key figures at the FA, and we anticipate they will take a dim view both of this announcement and of Dr Allam’s rubbishing of our club’s proud history at the meeting we had with him last week. He's irrational Let us be clear - Dr Allam CANNOT change the football name of the club without approval of the FA, who in turn require consultation with fans of the kind promised by Dr Allam when we met. By claiming we are now called Hull City Tigers, he has announced a new name and gone back on that promise - it took him 10 short days. He's a liar, an oath breaker, and irrational We have seen the academic paper that Dr Allam has based his name shortening strategy on. He has apparently only read the first page, we have read all 59. The paper is entirely irrelevant in that it has nothing to do with sports businesses and nothing to do with business success. It is a paper about stock market gaming - apparently stock brokers are more likely to trade shares in companies with shorter names. He's stupid and irrational To conclude - we remain eternally grateful to Dr Allam as the saviour of Hull City AFC and the man whose money propelled City to the Premier League. A load of false arse licking But we believe a man that breaks FA rules, breaks his own promises within days and rides roughshod over our club’s proud history should not go unchecked. We remain determined to do everything we can to retain Hull City AFC as our club name. Our campaign continues - indeed with today’s announcement it is clear that it has only just started. He's a lying, irrational oathbraking **** and we believe he should be hanged. Get the bayonets out lads, we're going to war The entire statement is a personal attack.
I've not heard it, but maybe, just maybe, it's because the fans are treating him with contempt? Can't have it both ways.
Mr Hat.....i thought this was an anti Allam thing.. Reading some peoples posts on here i am more convinced it is. The whole citytillwedie thing is bollocks in my mind Same owner..same nickname..same players..same manager...same colours...same team If i change my surname....im still the same person Ffs Hull City....Hull Tigers... Big ****ing deal. The Allams are the Best thing that ever happened to our club in my time of supporting the team...almost 50 years.. Without the Allams we would have gone bust.. We would have been reborn under a new bloody name as well....and this season we would have been playing Bridlington Town in some ****ty league....i doubt IF we would have had the money to stay in the KC Stadium. ( i would have still supported the team ) Those who dont like it BUY the club ..offer the Allams 60m I cant remember anyone being able or been bothered enough to save us when the Allams stepped up. You change the name if you want Mr Allam plenty of us will buy our season passes still. Not all fans feel the same way as the Anti Allams posters on a couple of internet sites...most fans dont ever use the city on line sites....
RH shouldn't have sent a woman to interview him. You can sense his irritability at being questioned by a woman.....
A point being made by several people on Twitter, he was obviously irritated by it being a woman, he was walking off half way through the interview to talk to Look North instead.
I don't think that you or anyone else has control over the offending of Dr. Allam or not ; that is solely under his control. I worded my point badly. I accept the protests are important in view of keeping the issue in the public eye, but I was thinking about what will actually accomplish anything. I think there are three issues that will, unfortunately, mean this all ends badly. Hull people are VERY insular and stubborn. Assem Allam is a VERY successful businessman who has "Getting my own way" tattooed on his chest. We have a divided, fractured and weak organisation heading football in this country (I mean, for Gods sake they - the FA -are currently trying to decide whether or not they can talk to Radio Humberside about the issue!!!)
Strov and Fez, I think we're effectively using different words to say the same thing. In my view, there isn't one root of the problem, this seems to have been initiated by a scan of an article that ignited a thought process that seemed to suit several needs for Mr Allam. Where I think I differ from fez, is I don't necessarily think it means Mr Allam's position is untenable yet, but it's going to take the wisdom of Solomon to resolve it and keep him happy. Perhaps if a new income stream could be found that negated the name change?
I dont read these and hate the man. I hate the man for what he is doing. What are your thoughts on Dr Collina?
Here's the interview: https://audioboo.fm/boos/1723049-hull-city-owner-assem-allam-on-the-tigers-name#t=2m12s
That's actually piss funny, he genuinely thinks that the name is Hull City Tigers AFC and has been since 1904. So in his view it isn't going to change. This makes so much more sense now. The question "surely somebody with your finacial background and nous can turn this club into a success without shortening the name?" was a really good one. He then refused to answer any question about AFC. He then answered a question about AFC.
