Sir Adam....

By your criteria, I am no longer a supporter.
Does that make you feel better?

 

-> "I was taken to City for the first time by my dad back in the early 60's as I'm sure a lot of us older ones were"
Just to clarify, I wasn't. Did he own a bus or something?

 

Hilarious.
My father took me to watch Hull City. It was a Cup game and the ticket was my Christmas present. That clear enough for you Alan ****ing Carr ?

 

Our supporter base is fickle. Built on sand. Always has been.

 

Our supporter base is fickle.

So they are enjoying the concessions many of the fans boycotted until they got.......but still don't go ?

 

Football like anything else is a product that people decide to buy or not. There may be several reasons for their decision. Often finances play a great part. Some can afford it others not. When the product is high quality like the premier league some buy into it and will pay out. If the standard of the product drops they stop buying it. Others really love the product and will always buy it even if the quality is low. Often it just becomes a habit. Give the product away for free to kids and they may start to love it and keep coming back. There are so many reasons that you do or do not buy the product and that’s why marketing is so important. Look at Ratners CEO if you don’t think a CEO can destroy faith in the product.

 

In English. The Premier League lot, many of the 3,000 according to you are still attending but paying peanuts are they ?
So they are taking advantage of the concessions those nasty Allams brought in. £50 compared to peanuts. What's not to like ?
Is that English enough for you ?

 

Wow! Bad day?
Unfortunately my Dad died young. I never got to experience that magical moment with him. A friend's Dad took me along. Still got that 'Bobby Robson' moment!

 

The 'but still don't go' referred to those who boycotted because the concessions were removed but still don't attend when they were re introduced.
There are many factors why those paying £50 a game in the PL and to be part of the Premier Club don't attend today. From the one's I know the reason they don't go anymore has nothing to do with cost or the owners its simply because we are no longer a Premier League club.
If you were a true supporter, and those still attending are, then paying 'peanuts' ( you words) to sit in the same seats they were paying £50 for is quite a bonus isn't it ?

 

So if you've been going for over 50 yrs but stopped when the Allams turned ****ish, like myself, are no longer true supporters?
**** off daft lad.

 

Previous owners were ****ish from the off, I'm sure future owners will be too. They could be Olympic class ****s, but they ain't stopping me attending, I'm too much of a stubborn **** to let them, and my line in the sand is somewhere in Abalos Undae!

 

Well you're not wrong about the stubborn...or the ****

 

Maybe you are now an ex true supporter?

 

Let's see if we draw Chelsea in the cup again.

I wonder what the gate might be?

 

I agree.

 

I see all of this in a different vein.

I never liked Adam Pearson. His legacy at two clubs (us and Derby) is not something that I believe should be forgotten.

Sorry if that goes against the grain but that’s the way I have felt for a long time.

Would I choose him over the Allams? Honestly, I think on a personal level, yes, but as a club owner, I am not sure if I would trust him above someone completely new.

As for fickle support, I probably was in that group. Football is not a passion, Hull City became one late in my life, when I stopped playing Hockey. I do not consider myself or anyone else a good or bad supporter.