Post subject: Re: The fans of both hull clubs deserve better?
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:18 pm
jimmyfivebellies
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Gordon Gekko wrote:I think a merged team would easily attract 10-12000 fans pretty much every week. There are plenty of rugby fans out there who don't subscribe to the tribalistic rivallry that many supporters of both clubs currently do.
Long term one club in the Elite division is the aim imho, thats if the gamegone bust by then hasn't .
Post subject: Re: The fans of both hull clubs deserve better?
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:49 pm
blakeysrobin
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Gordon Gekko wrote:I think a merged team would easily attract 10-12000 fans pretty much every week. There are plenty of rugby fans out there who don't subscribe to the tribalistic rivallry that many supporters of both clubs currently do. Long term one club in the Elite division is the aim imho, thats if the game hasn't gone bust by then.
Thats a big point. I dont live in Hull and therefore dont subscribe to the hate fc above all mentallity. If (big if) one team emerged and was going well it could well attract more fans from outside the city limits. Someone mentioned salary cap, but if you have a team to compete and attract 15-20,000 a week then you attract the Haslers and the Kearneys and Bellamys of this world, who would work the miracles within. Nice dream but will never happen.
Post subject: Re: The fans of both hull clubs deserve better?
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:55 pm
Bet Lynch
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blakeysrobin wrote:Thats a big point. I dont live in Hull and therefore dont subscribe to the hate fc above all mentallity. If (big if) one team emerged and was going well it could well attract more fans from outside the city limits. Someone mentioned salary cap, but if you have a team to compete and attract 15-20,000 a week then you attract the Haslers and the Kearneys and Bellamys of this world, who would work the miracles within. Nice dreambut will never happen.
No a definite nightmare
I would genuinely just stick to amateur if that nightmare ever happened.
Post subject: Re: The fans of both hull clubs deserve better?
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 6:17 pm
rover49
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Gordon Gekko wrote:I think a merged team would easily attract 10-12000 fans pretty much every week. There are plenty of rugby fans out there who don't subscribe to the tribalistic rivallry that many supporters of both clubs currently do.
Long term one club in the Elite division is the aim imho, thats if the game hasn't gone bust by then.
The passion would go, it would become a franchised, manufactured and souless club in my opinion. I for one could not feel anything for such a creation. I have friends who are FC fans and we have great rivalry with the rugby, this would be lost if we all started supporting Hull United or whatever the name might be, probably playing in black and red and more than likely at the KC.
Hull KR and Hull FC are what makes this city unique in RL in this country, I don't like FC, but I sure as hell want them to continue for as long as I am alive, the same as I do my club, the rivalry is REAL, forget any other so called derby, this city has the ONLY one and long may it continue.
'when my life is over, the thing which will have given me greatest pride is that I was first to plunge into the sea, swimming freely underwater without any connection to the terrestrial world'
Post subject: Re: The fans of both hull clubs deserve better?
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 6:18 pm
jimmyfivebellies
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rover49 wrote:The passion would go, it would become a franchised, manufactured and souless club in my opinion. I for one could not feel anything for such a creation. I have friends who are FC fans and we have great rivalry with the rugby, this would be lost if we all started supporting Hull United or whatever the name might be, probably playing in black and red and more than likely at the KC.
Hull KR and Hull FC are what makes this city unique in RL in this country, I don't like FC, but I sure as hell want them to continue for as long as I am alive, the same as I do my club, the rivalry is REAL, forget any other so called derby, this city has the ONLY one and long may it continue.
Post subject: Re: The fans of both hull clubs deserve better?
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 7:13 pm
rover49
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berrigans bitch wrote:Sadly I would, you have to live in the city to understand we have a long history, made worse the last few years by your bitter chairman.
Don't get me wrong I have a lot of friends who are rovers fans, but is a big no no for me.
You mean by grabbing the club by the balls, getting it into SL and bringing in a coach, players to beat you regularly (when we all knew it was 8 easy points for you). Give me a bitter chairman anyday if thats the result.
'when my life is over, the thing which will have given me greatest pride is that I was first to plunge into the sea, swimming freely underwater without any connection to the terrestrial world'
Post subject: Re: The fans of both hull clubs deserve better?
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 7:15 pm
Bet Lynch
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rover49 wrote:You mean by grabbing the club by the balls, getting it into SL and bringing in a coach, players to beat you regularly (when we all knew it was 8 easy points for you). Give me a bitter chairman anyday if thats the result.
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