Gynnsthetonic
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What identity, a club owned by a foreign hedge fund, no stadium, a council and a former London Rugby club which has forced us out of the City, we have no identity!
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vow
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We may as well pack it all in, ffs whats the point of Coventry City, Sky Blues etc. then?
vow
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Spot on
Gynnsthetonic
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RegTheDonk
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Would have to insist on remaining Coventry City, but can't see a major problem. If you look at other teams, the branding and sponorship stands out - be it on kit, boots, stadiums, boards around the pitch etc. But they are still called and everyone knows these teams as Liverpool, Chelsea, Spurs etc.
I've said in other threads Red Bull could bring a lot more experience of running a sports set up than our current lot, based on historical experience. Look at Leicester - not RB of course but I think you need people in the background not only with a fair bit of financial clout, but the desire to invest and see the programme to it's conclusion.
I've said in other threads Red Bull could bring a lot more experience of running a sports set up than our current lot, based on historical experience. Look at Leicester - not RB of course but I think you need people in the background not only with a fair bit of financial clout, but the desire to invest and see the programme to it's conclusion.
clint van damme
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None of those owners have changed their names or the colours they play in.
There's no comparison.
clint van damme
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vow
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#SHFWF
robbiekeane
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Not if they changed badge, colours, or club name.
Other than that yeh
Other than that yeh
shmmeee
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We’ve changed our name, and our colours, and at least tried to change our badge at one point I’m aware of.
Don’t get me wrong I wouldn’t want to change it for Red Bull or similar, but the club identity isn’t preserved in aspic.
SlowerThanPlatt
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RB Leipzig were founded in 2009 so they seem like the German version of MK Dons who have no tradition but RB Salzburg have a long history dating back to 1933
Reading up on it and it seem to spilt opinion in their fanbase:
Reading up on it and it seem to spilt opinion in their fanbase:
clint van damme
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The first two didn't happen on my watch.
The attempted badge change did and I was one of the people that kicked off about it.
shmmeee
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But the point is the stuff you’re defending was at one point something someone like you would’ve opposed. Who can argue with the Sky Blues change now? If it would improve the club and had solid reasoning I’d be behind it.
SlowerThanPlatt
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Salzburg went from 6,941 avg attendance the season before the takeover to over 16,000 when it was completed
But they have gradually declined and for the 19/20 season it was just over 11,000
Their stadium holds 30,000
But they have gradually declined and for the 19/20 season it was just over 11,000
Their stadium holds 30,000
Sky_Blue_Dreamer
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Although this clearly isn't going to happen we're probably one of the closest fits in terms of colours/brands.
Our shirt colour isn't far off the sugar-free colouring and we've got a bull elephant as our mascot.
Who here cares about us becoming the Sky Blues instead of the Bantams and considers JH sacriligeous for changing our identity? Does anyone care that the club changed its name from Singers FC?
Our shirt colour isn't far off the sugar-free colouring and we've got a bull elephant as our mascot.
Who here cares about us becoming the Sky Blues instead of the Bantams and considers JH sacriligeous for changing our identity? Does anyone care that the club changed its name from Singers FC?
COVKIDSNEVERQUIT
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King of the Lesbians
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Tampax Talk might attract a completely different kind of poster.
I'm in...
Johnnythespider
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I think it's sanitary towels that give you wings, sanitary towels fc it is then
clint van damme
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I'm surprised we've got supporters who are ambivalent about changing the colour of our kit or our name to be honest.
Especially a name change that incorporates a brand of energy drink.
But then again we've got supporters who think liquidation will solve our problems.
Johnnythespider
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Energy drink you say, what about the sky bluecozades
Gynnsthetonic
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It wouldn't stop me from supporting them if they did take us over although highly unlikely they will. I can understand people's views of not bothering if they did, same as the ones who stopped going to HR when it went all seater or the ones who stopped going when we moved to the Ricoh.
Gynnsthetonic
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Yes we did, rumour going round that they were interested in taking us over
shmmeee
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Again. I wouldn’t support it for Red Bull sorta of reasons. But I’m not ideologically opposed to a change if it was for the right reasons. The badge change had some right reasons but was executed poorly for such flimsy reasoning (print costs IIRC).
The club is its fans. As long as we are here so is it IMHO.
Johhny Blue
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Maybe they'll change they're name to Blue Elephant?
SlowerThanPlatt
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We’ve already had rebranding on a lesser scale with Hull changing to Tigers and Cardiff changing their home colours but both didn’t last too long - would have been interesting to see though if their fans would have still vetoed it if they didn’t get relegated. Cardiff only seemed to make noise about it when they went down
I don’t think it’d work for Red Bull in England unless they went for a club very low down so there wouldn’t be much uproar to contend with
I don’t think it’d work for Red Bull in England unless they went for a club very low down so there wouldn’t be much uproar to contend with
BornSlippySkyBlue
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I don’t get the stopping supporting because of...thing. I support Coventry City FC. If they became RB Coventry I’d be massively pissed off, but I’d still support them. Same goes for kit colour, badge, manager, players, owners etc. If the entity I support still exists, I will still support it. Regardless of how much I disagree with a decision of the owners.
I’d take a hypothetical RB takeover if it meant security and investment. Change is inevitable.
NorthernWisdom
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Well I suppose we are now Otium FC...
NorthernWisdom
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Both Cardiff and Hull made a massive fuss, regardless of league position.
shmmeee
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We’re basically Triggers broom.
NorthernWisdom
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Of course we all remember those heady Singer days...
Covstu
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Our identity is probably the only thing we do have
