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Hull City......Tigers

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  • EastStand
    EastStand Posts: 4,109
    The end is coming.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,973
    Their supporters cant be happy. So corny.
  • chazza
    chazza Posts: 243
    Cringe.
  • JollyRobin
    JollyRobin Posts: 1,706
    edited August 2013
    I've been to go and see Hull play quite a bit when I at uni. There are a lot of "fairweather" fans who love this kind of jumped up bullshit. I know the old guard in the west upper where I usually grab a seat are going to be livid about this.
  • Oh.Dear.God
  • redcarter
    redcarter Posts: 1,009
    The club will be marketed locally as the 'Hull City Tigers' and nationally, and internationally, just as the 'Hull Tigers'.
    Won't take long for them to drop the 'City' completely.
  • redcarter
    redcarter Posts: 1,009
    edited August 2013
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  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,031
    The FA should block name changes, soon it'll be like the MLS. We'll be the Charlton Robins or something ridiculous.
  • JollyRobin
    JollyRobin Posts: 1,706
    Many Hullians refer to the football team simply as "City" so I think there will be further backlash if they attempt to try and remove that altogether.
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  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,219
    se9addick said:

    The FA should block name changes, soon it'll be like the MLS. We'll be the Charlton Robins or something ridiculous.

    South London Valiants?
  • JollyRobin
    JollyRobin Posts: 1,706
    Soon the Premier League is going to start sounding like an early 2000s version of Pro Evo
  • newyorkaddick
    newyorkaddick Posts: 3,052
    If football clubs are going to expect a myriad of foreign owners to step in and finance massive across-the-board losses, then they are going to have to give something up in return. Most are not doing it out of the kindness of their heart, even though ironically Hull's owner seems better than most.
  • RugbyAddick
    RugbyAddick Posts: 2,079
    South east London Red
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,839
    edited August 2013
    iaitch said:

    se9addick said:

    The FA should block name changes, soon it'll be like the MLS. We'll be the Charlton Robins or something ridiculous.

    South London Valiants?
    The Greenwich Meridians? The Greenwich Meantimes? Acworth Athletic?
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  • Paddy7
    Paddy7 Posts: 1,663
    Tossers. Hope their real fans just ignore it - I will. For God's sake; they didn't even wear stripes last season. Don't these people realise that the reason football doesn't need to emulate all the silly juvenile "dynamic" names is that it has its own uniquely rich history to draw on? That kind of marketing crap really irritates me. Come on Hull City fans - tell them where to stick it.
  • Kap10
    Kap10 Posts: 15,560
    South London Giants
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,345
    grrrrrreeeeat when you're winning .. a redtop headline writers dream when you're at the bottom ... this is a BAD idea
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    sam3110 Posts: 21,242
    edited August 2013
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  • CHG
    CHG Posts: 4,529
    The quiz questions about the only team you can't colour in any of their letters is now dead!
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    "My dislike for the work 'City' is because it is common.

    "City is also associated with Leicester, Bristol, Manchester and many other clubs.

    "In the commercial world, the shorter the name, the better. The more it can spread quickly

    Should someone point out to him that Tigers is longer than City?
  • newyorkaddick
    newyorkaddick Posts: 3,052
    County cricket has been rejuvenated by the advent of t20 and its associated silly names.
  • JT
    JT Posts: 12,348
    CHG said:

    The quiz questions about the only team you can't colour in any of their letters is now dead!


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  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,973

    County cricket has been rejuvenated by the advent of t20 and its associated silly names.

    Thats cos county cricket and especially T20 is a bit of a joke. They havent done it to test cricket because it goes against tradition and its not needed. Same with football.
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051

    County cricket has been rejuvenated by the advent of t20 and its associated silly names.

    do you really think more people go along because of the Surrey "brown caps"? ;)
  • Nug
    Nug Posts: 4,623
    Greenwich Mudlarks
    (sounds like a baseball team though)
  • newyorkaddick
    newyorkaddick Posts: 3,052
    McBobbin said:

    County cricket has been rejuvenated by the advent of t20 and its associated silly names.

    do you really think more people go along because of the Surrey "brown caps"? ;)
    No but I'm saying that I don't think the traditions of county cricket have been destroyed by adding a nickname to the end of the county name. Indeed it's arguably saved county cricket.

    It's ironic that Cardiff and now Hull are the two clubs most impacted by these types of marketing ideas, and yet both have just been promoted to the Premiership. I suspect neither would have done so without their wealthy owners so the question for the fans is would you rather be struggling in the Championship/L1 or competing in the Premiership (having had to make one or two sacrifices to tradition along the way)?
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    Very good Sam3110
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,345

    McBobbin said:

    County cricket has been rejuvenated by the advent of t20 and its associated silly names.

    do you really think more people go along because of the Surrey "brown caps"? ;)
    No but I'm saying that I don't think the traditions of county cricket have been destroyed by adding a nickname to the end of the county name. Indeed it's arguably saved county cricket. It's ironic that Cardiff and now Hull are the two clubs most impacted by these types of marketing ideas, and yet both have just been promoted to the Premiership. I suspect neither would have done so without their wealthy owners so the question for the fans is would you rather be struggling in the Championship/L1 or competing in the Premiership (having had to make one or two sacrifices to tradition along the way)?
    I'd be all for modern marketing innovations IF I thought it would be in the club's best interests. Rebranding Hull City as 'The Tigers' would in my opinion make the club something of a laughing stock and would have a long term negative impact on the club, unless .. the whole FL and PL undertook wholesale joint rebranding exercises with every club taking on a 'brand name'
    In cricket and in Rugby League, whole new competitions were undertaken along with team renaming/rebranding and this has proved quite successful.
    Cardiff only changed the colour of their shirts to red, a colour which might be regarded as being lucky in the far east, it is also the colour traditionally associated with Wales and things welsh.
    My advice to the innovative and forward looking Hull City owner(s) ... errrr .. when it comes to tigers .. leave well alone, you might find that you have a tiger by the tail.