| Further disasters at Hull 15:48 - Jun 16 with 6244 views | Northernr |
Captain Eric Lichaj, midfielder Jackson Irvine, Marcus Maddison who they only signed from Peterborough in January to fill in for Bowen and Grosicki departures, and defender Stephen Kingsley have all been told they're being released on June 30 and will play no part in the nine remaining games.
Barnsley, obviously a relegation rival, have also denied them permission to continue to play their other Bowen/Grosicki fill in Malik Wilks, who was on loan there.
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| Further disasters at Hull on 17:54 - Jun 22 with 1715 views | BrianMcCarthy |
Have to feel for them. Even allowing for their vile chanting at us years ago, I'm sure most of them are sound. |  |
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| Further disasters at Hull on 17:58 - Jun 22 with 1699 views | distortR |
| Further disasters at Hull on 17:28 - Jun 22 by Northernr |
Honestly, I think it's a vindictive thing now.
I've written about this on here before but at the same time as wanting to change the name, they also wanted the council to sell them the stadium for a nominal £1 fee. At this point they'd actually put a lot of money into Hulll, got them promoted, got them to a cup final, European football and stuff and they said if the council would sign the stadium over to them they'd put a second tier on the East stand, invest in it and so on.
Of course what they actually wanted was the huge patch of waste land to the north of the stadium, currently used as its car park, and the location of the annual Hull fair. They wanted to put a big retail village on there, make a tonne of money off it. The council said no. The stadium, and a load of other improvements in the city, was built with the sale of the publically owned phone company as a facility for the city, not for some rich bloke to profit off. It's also the home of the Hull FC rugby league team, which Allam has been nothing but antagonistic towards since he took over HUll City. At the same time the fans opposed the name change, which the Allams seemed to see as rude and ungrateful.
Since then it's been a two pronged approach. First prong is asset stripping, clawing money back. Money has gone out of the club in enormous amounts. They went up to the Premier League, with the £120m that brings, and spent nothing. They've sold a whole heap of talent for big money - Grosicki £4m, Bowen £22m, Robertson £16m, Clucas £16m, Elmohamady £2m, Huddlestone £4m, Livermore £8m, Maguire £17m, Ince £5m, Chester £8m, Brady £7m, N'Doye £2m, Jelavic £2.8m, Long £12m, Boyd £3m - all in the last five years. That money has gone, tiny fractions of it reinvested in players. They now habitually release 80% of their squad in May and only put it back together again in August so they're not paying players over the summer.
The second is antagonising the fans and the council that wouldn't let them have their way. I could write you a list of things a mile long. The stadium is falling into a state of disrepair. They did away with senior and junior concessions. They've banned local media. They've refused to allow the stadium to be used for prosigious rugby internationsl and boxing matches, but have done things like errect three squash courts for the squash world championships, which were watched by nobody, and left the rugby club playing on a destroyed pitch. They force the rugby club to play away from home for six weeks in the middle of their season so they can work on the pitch. When they returned from one of these breaks 18 months ago they found the pitch had been shortened to less than rugby league standards, so the gap between the 30 and 40 metre lines at each end is now onl 5 metres to make it fit. They charge the rugby club £20,000 a season to display pictures and memorabilia in the stadium, resulting in the Johnny Whiteley Suite having its Johnny Whitely picture removed and replaced with one of Steve Bruce. Hull FC players have their testimonial games away from home, because they charge them a punitive amount to stage games there out of season. They dug up the floor in the adjacent sports hall and replaced it with 4G for their youth academy, without planning permission, making a whole load of community sports clubs, kids gymnastics, disabled sports teams homeless. They've locked a gate that leads into the stadium from the east, meaning to get into the public park the ground is built in you have to walk a mile out of your way, it's a public right of way but the Allams say it poses a "terrorism threat" to leave it open on non matchdays. They gifted £1m to Hull KR, the other team in Hull and bitter rivals of Hull FC.
They've basically gone out of their way to be absolute fcking dicks, while at the same time sucking money out of the thing. It appears to me like they're deliberately running it into the ground to spite the city, while at the same time asset stripping it to get their money back. They've had numerous chances to sell it, and chosen not to, which suggests it's a fcking spiteful, deliberate operation. |
frightening what can happen to a club, a community and what little can be done to oppose it.
Can I bring in some politics at this stage? |  | | |
| Further disasters at Hull on 00:41 - Jun 23 with 1402 views | Jigsore |
| Further disasters at Hull on 17:28 - Jun 22 by Northernr |
Honestly, I think it's a vindictive thing now.
I've written about this on here before but at the same time as wanting to change the name, they also wanted the council to sell them the stadium for a nominal £1 fee. At this point they'd actually put a lot of money into Hulll, got them promoted, got them to a cup final, European football and stuff and they said if the council would sign the stadium over to them they'd put a second tier on the East stand, invest in it and so on.
Of course what they actually wanted was the huge patch of waste land to the north of the stadium, currently used as its car park, and the location of the annual Hull fair. They wanted to put a big retail village on there, make a tonne of money off it. The council said no. The stadium, and a load of other improvements in the city, was built with the sale of the publically owned phone company as a facility for the city, not for some rich bloke to profit off. It's also the home of the Hull FC rugby league team, which Allam has been nothing but antagonistic towards since he took over HUll City. At the same time the fans opposed the name change, which the Allams seemed to see as rude and ungrateful.
Since then it's been a two pronged approach. First prong is asset stripping, clawing money back. Money has gone out of the club in enormous amounts. They went up to the Premier League, with the £120m that brings, and spent nothing. They've sold a whole heap of talent for big money - Grosicki £4m, Bowen £22m, Robertson £16m, Clucas £16m, Elmohamady £2m, Huddlestone £4m, Livermore £8m, Maguire £17m, Ince £5m, Chester £8m, Brady £7m, N'Doye £2m, Jelavic £2.8m, Long £12m, Boyd £3m - all in the last five years. That money has gone, tiny fractions of it reinvested in players. They now habitually release 80% of their squad in May and only put it back together again in August so they're not paying players over the summer.
The second is antagonising the fans and the council that wouldn't let them have their way. I could write you a list of things a mile long. The stadium is falling into a state of disrepair. They did away with senior and junior concessions. They've banned local media. They've refused to allow the stadium to be used for prosigious rugby internationsl and boxing matches, but have done things like errect three squash courts for the squash world championships, which were watched by nobody, and left the rugby club playing on a destroyed pitch. They force the rugby club to play away from home for six weeks in the middle of their season so they can work on the pitch. When they returned from one of these breaks 18 months ago they found the pitch had been shortened to less than rugby league standards, so the gap between the 30 and 40 metre lines at each end is now onl 5 metres to make it fit. They charge the rugby club £20,000 a season to display pictures and memorabilia in the stadium, resulting in the Johnny Whiteley Suite having its Johnny Whitely picture removed and replaced with one of Steve Bruce. Hull FC players have their testimonial games away from home, because they charge them a punitive amount to stage games there out of season. They dug up the floor in the adjacent sports hall and replaced it with 4G for their youth academy, without planning permission, making a whole load of community sports clubs, kids gymnastics, disabled sports teams homeless. They've locked a gate that leads into the stadium from the east, meaning to get into the public park the ground is built in you have to walk a mile out of your way, it's a public right of way but the Allams say it poses a "terrorism threat" to leave it open on non matchdays. They gifted £1m to Hull KR, the other team in Hull and bitter rivals of Hull FC.
They've basically gone out of their way to be absolute fcking dicks, while at the same time sucking money out of the thing. It appears to me like they're deliberately running it into the ground to spite the city, while at the same time asset stripping it to get their money back. They've had numerous chances to sell it, and chosen not to, which suggests it's a fcking spiteful, deliberate operation. |
i knew a lot of this already, half of it from you probably, but they really gave Hull KR £1m? f*cking hell there is taking the piss and there's that |  | | |
| Further disasters at Hull on 12:22 - Jun 23 with 1200 views | Northernr |
| Further disasters at Hull on 00:41 - Jun 23 by Jigsore |
i knew a lot of this already, half of it from you probably, but they really gave Hull KR £1m? f*cking hell there is taking the piss and there's that |
Yup. Because he'd done nothing for East Hull apparently. After years and years of antagonising the rugby club in West Hull.
The bloke's just a total fcking arshole.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/ru | | | |
| Further disasters at Hull on 13:27 - Jun 23 with 1077 views | TheChef |
| Further disasters at Hull on 17:40 - Jun 22 by MrSheen |
Terrible, terrible, terrible...apart from the Hull KR bit, which is quite funny. |
And the "terrorism threat", which is laughable.
What an awful mess - and that's why for QPR, currently it's definitely a case of better the devil you know. |  |
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| Further disasters at Hull on 16:26 - Jun 23 with 893 views | switchingcode |
| Further disasters at Hull on 12:22 - Jun 23 by Northernr |
Yup. Because he'd done nothing for East Hull apparently. After years and years of antagonising the rugby club in West Hull.
The bloke's just a total fcking arshole.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/ru |
A mate of mine up in Hull,not football fan told me a few years back when he worked for the NHS trust up there Allam gave millions a year to the nhs to pay for equipment.Everytime I’ve been up there over the past years the crowd have been demonstrating against the Allam family one night game they were holding up red cards and calling for his resignation.They have had a fairly successful time over the last 20 years compared to many clubs. | | | |
| Further disasters at Hull on 16:47 - Jun 23 with 871 views | Northernr |
| Further disasters at Hull on 16:26 - Jun 23 by switchingcode |
A mate of mine up in Hull,not football fan told me a few years back when he worked for the NHS trust up there Allam gave millions a year to the nhs to pay for equipment.Everytime I’ve been up there over the past years the crowd have been demonstrating against the Allam family one night game they were holding up red cards and calling for his resignation.They have had a fairly successful time over the last 20 years compared to many clubs. |
The Oystons has years of success at Blackpool. Does that mean you then just accept it when the owner asset strips the club and deliberately runs it into the ground? Ah well, we had a good run and he gave some dosh to the local hospital. Fck that right in the arris. | | | |
| Further disasters at Hull on 18:09 - Jun 23 with 767 views | LazyFan |
| Further disasters at Hull on 16:47 - Jun 23 by Northernr |
The Oystons has years of success at Blackpool. Does that mean you then just accept it when the owner asset strips the club and deliberately runs it into the ground? Ah well, we had a good run and he gave some dosh to the local hospital. Fck that right in the arris. |
Agree. Football Clubs are for generations of supporters not just the here and then. However, if you do want that then the premshites will accommodate and also MK Dons who will take any fan they can get.
I suspect its the "Club" word that people have forgotten, meaning the community "clubs" together to support their team above and beyond the grave. Hence the need for your "club" to become a sustainable entity forever after to complete the fairy tale they fell in the love/hate relationship with. From the Drama to the Karma!
Or one could just watch American "Padded-Up" Ball. |  |
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| Further disasters at Hull on 21:04 - Jun 23 with 639 views | switchingcode |
| Further disasters at Hull on 16:47 - Jun 23 by Northernr |
The Oystons has years of success at Blackpool. Does that mean you then just accept it when the owner asset strips the club and deliberately runs it into the ground? Ah well, we had a good run and he gave some dosh to the local hospital. Fck that right in the arris. |
Ok just stating a fact about his donations to the community.Other than than that ouldny give a flying F to be honest | | | |
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