Joined: Nov 20 2011 Posts: 1183 Location: Australia
Kosh wrote:You don't understand the dislike for a club who's fans despise us and who's owner has one everything in his power to make life difficult for us? You don't understand the wish for ill fortune to befall a club who's fans and owner would be delighted to see us go out of business?
Really?
On this forum there are people, including myself, who support both clubs. I nominate your post as the dumbest, least researched and least factual to be posted in 2014.
Kosh wrote:You don't understand the dislike for a club who's fans despise us and who's owner has one everything in his power to make life difficult for us? You don't understand the wish for ill fortune to befall a club who's fans and owner would be delighted to see us go out of business?
Really?
Never heard so much rubbish in all my life. Try living here and getting a genuine feel for what's going on before you make such stupid comments.
Whether we like it or not Hull City playing in the Premier League of football brings a lot of kudos to our city. I know many rugby fans who also attend their matches and visa versa. I agree with the above posters, you are talking absolute rubbish.
Freddie Miller. wrote:On this forum there are people, including myself, who support both clubs. I nominate your post as the dumbest, least researched and least factual to be posted in 2014.
Let's see the 'facts' then, if not then your post is much dumber... there may well be some stalwart city fans that support FC, probably even fewer that come to games regularly however I've read plenty of vehemance shown by city fans towards our club & the 'egg chasers'
Like it or not there is a lot and I mean lot that have turned against city because of Allan. Not to fussed what happens to them as long as it doesn't effect us
once a black and white always a black and white COYH
Joined: Jul 15 2005 Posts: 29812 Location: West Yorkshire
The viewpoints expressed aren't wholly mutually exclusive.
My opinion is: Allam's frustration at lack of control over a public asset he wanted to borrow against for commercial purposes is expressed in some obvious ways (making life difficult for us) and other unfathomable ones (hacking off his own fans via the name change shambles). Clearly if you put to one side for a moment the owner's animosity to the council, Hull FC, the press (by which I mean the proper press, not the HDM), the FA and large sections of City's fanbase, having City in the Premiership is a great thing for the, er, City. But the fact is that he's soured what should be a jubilant time in City's history with pointless and some would say spiteful barbs against those he's legally contracted too (tough titty!) but worse those who've supported City through the bad times and are now less able to enjoy the good. Try here (language warning) for views on the latest - removal of City from the matchday programme cover as an example: http://www.hullcityindependent.net/?pag ... d_id=20233
To me it's not about wanting City as an entity to fail. But it's unrealistic to expect the fans of our club who are at best ambivalent about football to wish them well when the direct observable consequences of his tenure have been wholly negative for our club.
The viewpoints expressed aren't wholly mutually exclusive.
My opinion is: Allam's frustration at lack of control over a public asset he wanted to borrow against for commercial purposes is expressed in some obvious ways (making life difficult for us) and other unfathomable ones (hacking off his own fans via the name change shambles). Clearly if you put to one side for a moment the owner's animosity to the council, Hull FC, the press (by which I mean the proper press, not the HDM), the FA and large sections of City's fanbase, having City in the Premiership is a great thing for the, er, City. But the fact is that he's soured what should be a jubilant time in City's history with pointless and some would say spiteful barbs against those he's legally contracted too (tough titty!) but worse those who've supported City through the bad times and are now less able to enjoy the good. Try here (language warning) for views on the latest - removal of City from the matchday programme cover as an example: http://www.hullcityindependent.net/?pag ... d_id=20233
To me it's not about wanting City as an entity to fail. But it's unrealistic to expect the fans of our club who are at best ambivalent about football to wish them well when the direct observable consequences of his tenure have been wholly negative for our club.
Joined: Jul 31 2003 Posts: 36786 Location: Leafy Worcester, home of the Black Pear
Deary me - some right precious responses.
Someone questioned why so much 'hate' towards City. I put forward what I consider to be two reasons why you could expect strong dislike to be expressed by FC fans towards City. At no point did I suggest that all FC fans shared those views or even if I did myself.
Maybe a few folk could do with reading and comprehending before rushing to post.
Happy New Year.
Edit: Oh - and as for the attitude of City fans being restricted to the minority who post on forums, the exact same is true for the 'hate' expressed by FC fans.
Hold on to me baby, his bony hands will do you no harm It said in the cards, we lost our souls to the Nameless One
Joined: May 02 2010 Posts: 1521 Location: Playing League on The Close
For what it's worth, I've supported both Hull and City with equal passion all my life, so I don't get the 'hate' towards Hull City.
As a City fan, I don't always agree with how Dr Allam goes about his business and and at times he has spoiled the great work he has done in getting City back to the Premier League. Yes he takes money out of the club (most owners do one way or the other), but he has invested heavily too in players.
Even if you just rugby league, you can't argue that Hull City's presence in the PL helps raise the stature of Hull.
As a Hull FC fan, naturally I always want us to do well. However, from a City of Hull point of view I always enjoyed the early 1980's most when we had the best two RL teams in the country.
I've lived in the Midlands for over 20 years now, but still take enormous pride in coming from Hull and will never have a bad word said about it.
Normally I wouldn't bother to comment on anything City related but after a few years of them being in EPL I'm slightly bored of bandwagon City fans mouthing off.
All of a sudden, because they're having a little success they're the most important team in the area.
Comments like "you're ruining our pitch" infuriate me. Although, when it's pointed out that City haven't won home since the rugby finished they do get slightly twitchy.
City fans also get very defensive when it's pointed out that if Hull FC hadn't let them okay at the Boulevard in 1904 they wouldn't have been allowed in to the league in 1905.
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