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Re-brand a football club – f*!k yes

9 August 20139 August 2013| streetlyvillastreetlyvilla| 82 Comments| 7:30 PM
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Today, Hull (owner Assem Allam) announced that they were rebranding the club “Hull City Tigers” and it struck me we could have some fun here.
I love the fact that he says “… City is irrelevant. My dislike for the word ‘City’ is because it is common….It is about identity. City is a lousy identity”. So true, take note Small Heath. Wait a minute, there’s a rebrand option for the scum already, Scum City – there’s another one.
He goes on “City is also associated with Leicester, Bristol, Manchester and many other clubs. I don’t like being like everyone else. I want the club to be special”. Well you can’t get more special than Aston Villa, totally unique with history that should never be wiped away by some marketing guru.
So what new club names might we have for clubs out there? The more derogatory the better.
Arsenal – No Where to Fucking Park FC
Liverpool – Job Centre Plus
Sunderland – Mussolini’s SS
West Ham – Ann Summers 11
I’m sure there is better out there. Let’s have some fun.

82 thought on “Re-brand a football club – f*!k yes”

  1. How about Glasgow Loan Rangers or Wolverhampton Wonderers.
    Nottingham Florists
    Norwich Special Recipes
    Bristol’s

  4. Edit: (Badger/anon)
    Nope: while I understand the sentiment, in that it’s just a joke, that’s not alllowed either.

    You can post derogatory stuff about other clubs (within reason): that’s fine.
    Any hint at race is not acceptable though.

  6. on a less jovial note owners of clubs, especially foreign ones are starting to worry me aside from this guy at hull there’s the Cardiff city owner who has decided his club will now play in red as their home kit and primary colour because he doesn’t like blue and red is lucky in south east Asian tradition of some sort. so the bluebirds now play in red and there’s not a dam thing anyone at Cardiff can do about it.
    (this is absolutely true btw, no joke)

    1. It is something that is a real concern.

      Could you imagine next season’s kit being royal blue because it’s Randy’s favourite colour.

      There has to be a sense of tradition, and chicken farmers or hairdressers can’t just come along and mess things up.

  7. I know this isn’t the right heading for this but I’ve awoken to the news that Paul Lambert is finally waking up to what myself, oohaah and others have been saying for months that Ron Vlaar isn’t good enough and he’s about to be dropped and stripped of the captaincy. (article in the Mail online) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2388150/Aston-Villa-captain-Ron-Vlaars-future-club-thrown-doubt.html
    I really hope this is true as I cannot believe he never got stick for saying he’d leave if we went down just as we were in the middle of a relegation fight. Lambert is obviously unimpressed with what he’s seen in the friendlies and pre season and fancies Okora. Who’s getting the armband if it’s true?

    1. I’d be happy to see Delph get the armband, could be the making of the lad.

      That said, it’s probably seen as something as a poison chalice after the last captain’s season.

    2. My thoughts exactly Sir Earl iv put my 10 cents worth on other post. Best news iv heard all summer. I was right about dunne and right about Vlaar you were one of the only other posters that saw the light. Agree with u about him not getting stick about wanting to leave either if we went down. Just what you want to hear from your most experienced player and captain in the eve of the biggest game of the season. The guy is a complete waste if space hopefully lambert will sell him and get another ch in.

    3. I’d like to apologise for sounding like a broken record but Westwood. He’s as certain of a place in midfield as Guzan is between the sticks and Benteke is up front.

  9. I’ve been quite optimistic about the coming season and this is now making me more so. We’ve been crying out for a manager that sees a problem and does something about it quickly irrespective of the repercussions if it’s in the best interests of the club. I agree with Vaze as I like Delph but would it see him more determined and thus picking up more stupid yellow cards in the first 5 minutes of each game? UTV and keep the good news coming!!

    1. So you dont want a midfielder and captain to be ‘more determined’ lol… You do spout some bollocks mate…. Thats one of the funniest things I’ve ever heard lol 🙂

      1. I like delph and he always gives 100% My point being that he’s already often reckless and has had to go 85 minutes on a yellow so is the captaincy likely to make him more vulnerable. He’s no good as a captain if he spends half the games suspended. Perhaps determined was a wrong choice of wording my apologies R82!

  10. i read this article too although i wouldn’t take much heed to it as 1)its the daily mail and daily mail sports at that and 2)the article seems conspicuous by the absence of any direct quotes from anyone or any evidence of any kind at all.
    im no fan of Vlarr personally, what i saw last season did not impress on many occasions, admittedly he had a very, very inexperienced defence around him but still he was often found wanting.
    it will be very interesting to see the starting line up today as i believe this will tell us more about our team than the daily mail.

    1. Vlaar named as skipper i believe. The factthat Bent was skipper then frozen out keeps my hopes alive though. UTV

      1. Playing well going fwd but vlaar and Luna look very dodgy defending. Against arsenal we will pay. Looks like the same as last season great going forward but shit in defence. If we are 2-3.0 up with 10 mins left we will never feel safe with a defence that selfs destruct

  11. I understand why many don’t rate Vlaar, but when you read the statistics about our defence, the facts are that he was our best defender in pretty much every area.
    That’s not saying a fat lot, I know, but on that basis, I’d give him another go.

    I totally agree about that interview he gave though; simply very poor judgement and I’d guess those comments have played on Lambert’s mind. We all know the manager wants players who are 100% behind the cause, so it wouldn’t surprise me if the story has more than a hint of truth to it.

    As for any new captain, I wouldn’t be unhappy with Delph or Westwood.
    Gabby would also be ok with me, as would Benteke if he’s totally committed to the cause, although I’d have doubts about the communication. Probably a non-starter though, if as we suspect, he’ll be off next season.

    1. Was just about to say the same, but you beat me to it.
      Should be good experience for him.
      I do like loaning our kids out as it’s much better than them playing in the reserves imo.

    1. Not a bad call that; he’s certainly vocal enough.
      But I’ve never been that convinced about goalies being caps, as they’re not where the action is for most of the game (hopefully :-))
      I much prefer midfielders myself.

  14. I agree to a point about Carruthers. The downside his that he will have to adjust to a different culture of football as well as a different way of playing and training. This means when he comes back and is neededfor first team action it will be harder for him to readjust.
    Swings and roundabouts…BTW, I’m not sure that football in league 1 is much better than our reserve league!

    1. I would hope that the training would have been discussed between the clubs to check suitability.
      The style of play is a good point, but I just feel the competitive edge is lacking in reserve footy. You can’t beat the promotion/relegation thing for giving games a real edge, is my point.
      League 1 still provides some very canny old timers who know a few dirty tricks etc, where hopefully he’ll learn a few things 🙂
      I certainly can’t see it doing him any harm.

    3. Lambert has done fuck all to improve defence. What I’d give for a quality centre half to play alongside baker

      1. yeh a couple of defensive errors, can’t blame okore for the og mate, Luna was out of position for it to happen and Vlaar earlier in the game let a through ball go by him, very complacent, would like to see okore and baker as out ch pairing tbh

        1. OG always seem to happen to us. Though glad he’s done it in a friendly and got it out if his system. I think vlaar and Luna are a liability. Luna is not the answer to left back problem and as for vlaar enough said. We have to to start with baker and okore but I havnt a clue who left bk shud be as they are all shite. Lambert just hasn’t got a clue defensively he’s had a whole year now and defence is as bad as ever

          1. To be fair we have a looked a lot more solid since the appointment of the nex coaches so maybe there addressing it. It’s not a secret we were terrible last season defesively and Lambert will know that so I think he has the coaches on it.

            I’ve said many times that this is the season for Vlaar to show if he’s got what it takes, I’m not sure he has, his positioning is constantly in question. I reckon Luna can be decent for us mate, he’s not that bad imo.

            1. Hope so md8. Got to give Luna 10 games or so to judge but I’m not convinced wev traded up from Bennett tbh. If vlaar can’t get his positioning right at 28yrs old he never will. Iv seen Sunday league players position themselves better than vlaar and even thou everyone says he’s had to look after the youngsters I’m beginning to feel like its the other way round.

          2. I’m beginning to think the same about vlaar too mate, after all this time, it could turn out he’s been the weakest link all along. I was surprised PL kept Clarke, who i’m not a fan of at all, but if he’s seen that vlaar can’t cut we need someone other than okore and baker

            1. Agreed md8. The only thing with Clarke is he is half decent in midfield and still young enough to improve. With vlaar being out of position and making constant errors I think that has rubbed of on the youngsters. They would be looking to him to lead by example and to steady them and teach them. But he’s done none of that and I think he is the reason the youngsters panic IMO

  23. very good half from us, 3-1, okore with an own goal which in fairness can happen to anyone. Really well played, great passing and movement, hoping for another 45 like that, we could run away with it

  25. Can’t believe we conceded an og against a champ league team Lambert the club and players are a complete joke what a disgrace of a club we follow…Blah Blah Blah ooh ah!

    1. I was tempted to say exactly the same kerry, but bit my tongue.

      Although as I type, Malaga apply a bit of pressure and we do indeed look ropey at the back 🙁

      1. We could end up being one of those teams that say ok we will let u score 3 but we will score 4. Though that’s a dangerous game to play especially against a top 6 team

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