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Jimmy Hill Lounge (1 Viewer)

  • Thread starter asiaskyblues
  • Start date Feb 13, 2016
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asiaskyblues

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 13, 2016
  • #1
Hi. First timer here. Something was bugging me and felt had to join and contribute.
I saw the picture of Jimmy Hill's son and grsndkids open the newly named lounge and felt how embarrassing it all is. We don't own the Ricoh and as far as I know JH had nothing to do with the Wasps. I'm not a person who points fingers and what has happened in the past is history but I do feel sad because until we buy the stadium from the Wasps, or the clubs are merged what is the reason behind this naming?
Wasp fans know of JH but do they care enough to accept this? Surely when they have been here a while they'll want to name things, places and rooms after their heroes.
When Wasps initially came to Coventry I was optimistic that we could all get along well, but this first situation where the owners have done something extremely commendable does have an air of 'token gesture'.
I hope Wasps fans don't take this personally because you are an amazing club with history of your own, but with this situation surely you guys can see that you are not a Coventry club and the soon we merge or you move back to London the better.
 

Skyblueweeman

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 13, 2016
  • #2
Welcome mate. Nice topic to start...I was just thinking to myself that we've not had enough Wasps/Cov threads ;-)


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Nick

Administrator
  • Feb 13, 2016
  • #3
I think it's a gesture anyway, as long as they don't try and use it as their own marketing to get people in I don't have a problem with it.
 

Hobo

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 13, 2016
  • #4
Nick said:
I think it's a gesture anyway, as long as they don't try and use it as their own marketing to get people in I don't have a problem with it.
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You just can't pay a full compliment can you? Yet against people critical of SISU you have a different set of values. One of most biased posters on the forum.
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Feb 13, 2016
  • #5
Hobo said:
You just can't pay a full compliment can you? Yet against people critical of SISU you have a different set of values. One of most biased posters on the forum.
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I meant nice / good gesture. I was actually disagreeing with the op.

Strange you didn't have an issue with the op saying it was a token gesture.
 
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jas365

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 13, 2016
  • #6
Nick said:
I think it's a gesture anyway, as long as they don't try and use it as their own marketing to get people in I don't have a problem with it.
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Yeah, i mean god forbid someone should use marketing to sell a product.
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Feb 13, 2016
  • #7
jas365 said:
Yeah, i mean god forbid someone should use marketing to sell a product.
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So they should start using our history now?

Was bad enough.When they used coventrys history
 

Hobo

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 13, 2016
  • #8
Nick said:
I meant nice / good gesture. I was actually disagreeing with the op.

Strange you didn't have an issue with the op saying it was a token gesture.
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It's his first post, I am commenting on your posting history.
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Feb 13, 2016
  • #9
Hobo said:
It's his first post, I am commenting on your posting history.
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So you pick one where I say wasps are doing something nice? Make sense
 

pusbccfc

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 13, 2016
  • #10
One of the stands needs renaming, even if it is for the Coventry games only.
 
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jas365

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 13, 2016
  • #11
Nick said:
So they should start using our history now?

Was bad enough.When they used coventrys history
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Does it really matter if they do? I'd rather they embrace it than shun it altogether.
 

stupot07

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 13, 2016
  • #12
pusbccfc said:
One of the stands needs renaming, even if it is for the Coventry games only.
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I nominate the Higgs stand, the judas's selling their share to the insects


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letsallsingtogether

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 13, 2016
  • #13
stupot07 said:
I nominate the Higgs stand, the judas's selling their share to the insects


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Who else could they sell to no one else offered anything for the white elephant of a ground.
Oh yes I forgot Joy said she would give them a donation as they were a charity.
 

Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Feb 13, 2016
  • #14
jas365 said:
Yeah, i mean god forbid someone should use marketing to sell a product.
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So you think it is acceptable for the London franchise to hijack our history and exploit his memory?
 

SkyBlue_Bear83

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 13, 2016
  • #15
Who gives a fuck if Wasps fans accept it or take it personally anyway? 95% of them aren't genuine Wasps fans anyways.
 

shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 13, 2016
  • #16
Sick Boy said:
So you think it is acceptable for the London franchise to hijack our history and exploit his memory?
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You can not be real.
 

Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Feb 13, 2016
  • #17
shmmeee said:
You can not be real.
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I don't believe that was their intention but I am challenging the poster who believes it would be fair enough if they used it to lure locals to watch them.
 

stupot07

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 13, 2016
  • #18
letsallsingtogether said:
Who else could they sell to no one else offered anything for the white elephant of a ground.
Oh yes I forgot Joy said she would give them a donation as they were a charity.
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Whoops.....

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-city-fcs-ricoh-arena-8108559

I'm not going to get into a debate and derail the thread, there are plenty of other threads discussing this.

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Last edited: Feb 13, 2016

torchomatic

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 13, 2016
  • #19
stupot07 said:
Whoops.....

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-city-fcs-ricoh-arena-8108559

I'm not going to get into a debate and derail the thread, there are plenty of other threads discussing this.

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A story that had been wriiten quite a while before publication!

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italiahorse

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 13, 2016
  • #20
A gesture that they couldn't finance
Fooled a few but not the majority.

"But that offer, which came through the administrator of
CCFC Ltd - a company with no tangible assets and in the final stages of liquidation, has now been turned down by the charity."
 
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jas365

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 13, 2016
  • #21
Sick Boy said:
So you think it is acceptable for the London franchise to hijack our history and exploit his memory?
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It really doesn't bother me if they use Jimmy Hill's image to attract people in, no. I'd hardly call it hijacking our history. What a ridiculous thing to say.
 

letsallsingtogether

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 13, 2016
  • #22
Sick Boy said:
I don't believe that was their intention but I am challenging the poster who believes it would be fair enough if they used it to lure locals to watch them.
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But locals already are many city fans go.
Saw a supporter with a Wasps top on at the City, does that make him less of a city fan at least he turned up for the game.
 

letsallsingtogether

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 13, 2016
  • #23
Sick Boy said:
So you think it is acceptable for the London franchise to hijack our history and exploit his memory?
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Maybe they should take our badges down as well?
 
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