Heard Hull AFC from 2014. Apparantly it will drum up local support

Careful what you wish for.

I heard the bogs at the KC had been renamed 'Tigers' and 'Tigresses'.

The man's a pr*ck.

They have but all the other rugby decorations are up and its what you would call close season

I miss Lambrettaman.

They were changed before the Catalans play off game

the sports bar has changed name aswell. think its "The Dugout" now.

To be fair I'm considering a huge investment on the back of that alone.

It's always been Hull, City, Rovers. Clearly he knows best.

"Dugout" has fewer letters than "Sports bar". Bet it's rammed now.

I've a few mates flying over from the US for the sole reason of supping a pint there now.

Assam has five letters, now if he shortened that to 3................

........................he could be called Sam

Why in God's name does he want to change from Hull City to Hull Tigers?

I know he's spat his dummy out with the Council but it's not as though anybody would associate Hull City with Hull City Counc...

Oh, hang on....

Surely Hull City is shorter than Hull Tigers? Or will he be writing in Egyptian, maybe it is shorter that way?

I think it's really funny!

And they all thought he was the messiah.

If nothing else he has created a talking point for his beloved club. People down here in the beautiful south are talking about them. I personally don't really get what the issue is. They are the tigers and have been for as long as anyone can remember. I have never heard anyone refer to them as Hull City Association Football Club. Most # I see on twitter for them are #UTT so what is the issue.
It is not a complete renaming in the way we became Sharks over night. But it is causing one or two (thousand) to see the good Dr for what he is and what we have warned them about.
As someone has said its very funny watching from afar.

There is no opposition, it seems......

He's not the messiah, he's just a very naughty boy.....

Mind you anything which upsets city supporters is fine by me.

TIGERS supporters. Do keep up.

who gives a toss.

Clear case of Egyptian democracy at work here! The bloke really is not playing with a full deck!

IMO it is another attempt at getting the stadium. I think he is deliberately being obtuse, to alienate the fans. They will then hopefully get on his side when he says "the only other way to make money is to get the stadium"

I think he is doing himself no favours, on a now national basis.

My original post was that I just think it would be amusing (if unbelievably childish and counter productive) for Pearson to say something like that off the cuff.

Just my opinion but Its that national exposure that I find interesting it is undoubtably the fact that the Council won't gift him the stadium that is getting his goat! Watch next for a "well if I don't change the name and go with all you fans who don't want a change we'll all have to get at the Council and pressure them to give me the ground, otherwise Hull City will go under".

I think that could well be the tactic.

He's upset at the Council, look at the timing of the announcement on the City Web site. All the national interest in the City of Culture stuff and he does it the same day as the Culture Secretary is in town perusing Hull's Year of Culture bid, two days before the Council make their presentation in Derry and a week before the winner is announced. So he goes out and veildly rubbishes the Council of causing the whole problem because they won't give him the Stadium!

The Mail interview is pretty amazing really its so beligerent, lacking in any sort of angle on what the majority of the City fans think and muddled to the extreme!