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DR
Not an absolute disaster granted, but to me it is the owners attitude that starts to ring alarm bells. The hissy fits that it is his club so he can do what he wants ( to the ordinary life long supporter these people are mere custodians/guardians ), along with the threats that he will walk away if he does not get his own way ( spoilt brat, stamping their feet syndrome ), it also says to me that he sees this purely as a business and he has none or very little emotional attachment to the club ( I realise he has lived in Hull for some time ). He tells people that he has pumped millions into the club ( the estimates range but an average is £50 million, ) Ok so if he wants out he will almost definitely get a very attractive return on his investmestment. I am unsure what the going rate is but a Premiership mid table club will more than cover his outlay. Anyone that comes into football should do so for the love of the game and do their utmost to run a club on a secure footing for future generations of fans and not because they are looking for a quick buck. Look closely and you will see not many clubs make much money ( even with todays available revenues ). Those that look for a long term, stable business will survive and flourish.
Allam took over in December 2010. When Hull's accounts for 2012-13 were published in November, they showed that Hull lost £28 million last season (when they were promoted). It takes total losses in his 3 years of control to £57 million. He has loaned the club £66 million (as of last July), and is earning 5% interest on his money.
He has said that he expects the club to lose another £11 million this season (and they have just spent £14 million on two new strikers).
Thank goodness for Tony Bloom, eh?
if i'm down for the game I'll be bringing a frosties box along with me![]()
Yup. The problem is this increasing and lazy polarisation in football. I want rowdy, intimidating atmospheres, to be playing at the highest level possible in a great stadium, and still feel part of a club with it's feet on the ground and in the community, and with a wider outlook and an attitude of respect to other clubs and a longer memory that what happened at the end of last season. None of that is mutually exclusive.
This. "Banter" with the opposition is a jokey, mickey-take between friends who support different clubs because they live in different cities - this is good. You try to raise your team up and I'll do the same, but it's not banter that disappears at what some have been calling a "love-in", it's the tribal hatred of someone for no good reason.
If Hull supporters reached out and asked for a banner then we bloody well should be putting it up, if they don't then we don't. But we should never refuse just because some neanderthals don't know the difference between banter and hatred.
Nothing. It's there problem
What, you mean like last time we played them?Can we get Everards Tiger beer as the away end guest ale?
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Since when did supporting another club's fans protest against what is an unsavoury symptom of modern football and life in general constitute a 'love-in'? Agree it's not on the same scale as our struggle or Plymouth's plight, but if everyone took that attitude Fans Utd would never have gotten off the ground. Stop trying to be too cool for skool and grow up.
Don't see too many threads on here about Coventry's fans and their situation at the moment.
What, you mean like last time we played them?