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ENTERTAINMENT and ADVENTURE => Sports Watch => Topic started by: Folami David on Aug 13, 2013, 03:59 PM

Title: Steve Bruce Unfazed By Tigers Name Change
Post by: Folami David on Aug 13, 2013, 03:59 PM
The controversial move to rebrand English Premier League newboys Hull as Hull City Tigers does not bother manager Steve Bruce, he said on Tuesday.
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The club's Egyptian-born owner Assem Allam upset fans last week when he revealed he had dropped the "AFC" suffix from the club's official name after 109 years.
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Renaming them as Tigers offered better marketing opportunities at home and abroad, he said.
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The fans immediately launched a petition in protest at the move and it quickly gathered more than a thousand signatures.
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However, Bruce believes the row is little more than a storm in a teacup.
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"It's a couple of words, it doesn't really make a difference as far as I'm concerned," he told Sky Sports News.
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"The furore will die down a bit and we'll still be Hull City next year, albeit Hull City Tigers not Hull City AFC.
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"I think if it's more commercially attractive abroad then surely it's up to the owner, who has bought the club, to say what he thinks."
Title: Re: Steve Bruce Unfazed By Tigers Name Change
Post by: Shola Sholaz on Aug 13, 2013, 11:25 PM
'Unfazed' is just the right word to use. I can see that in the news big time. Very correct I must say.