If they take the south bit out of the name the Fekwits wont have a clue where to go so it can only ever be a bonus.

I don't particularly mind either way about losing the 'South' bit, I would hate to see it called the 'John Holmes Stand' and then have a company name stuck in front of it.
If the club want to honour John Holmes then either re-name the stand and leave it without a corporate sponsor, or if the club need the money from the sponsor then build a statue or some other relevant honour instead.

I'm not sure why, I would just hate the honouring of a player like John Holmes to be joined in with a corporate sponsor.

Blackpool FC have that one down to an art.

In honour of Stanley Matthews, the "Pricebusters Matthews Stand" was recently renamed to the "Blackpool International Airport Matthews Stand"

Urgh!

Actually Rob, I think you might have convinced me and I think you are right. If they put a John Holmes statue close to the redeveloped stand it may start to get unofficially known as the John Holmes Stand anyway and the club could just put the name/sponsorship of the stand out as they see fit.

In response to the marketing and use of the South Stand logo/brand, it has not been used for a few years now and I would argue it was never the strongest brand anyway. I think the South Stand will be history, a well and fondly remembered one, but history none the less.

The memory of Joh Holmes will not pay the bilils.

I am sure there is another way to honour his memory. In the Carnegie Stand we have the Lewis Jones Suite so it can be done.

Personally I would love it to be The John Holmes Stand. However, when Sam Burgess is thinking of coming back to Blighty in 5 years & the Rhinos need some cash the temptation to rename it in honour of the New University Metropolitan Polytechnic Technology Yorkshire Stand will be too much.

There's always one clown who has to muddy the water.

We are discussing a Leeds legend and a tribute in his honour and you come up with this.

Fact is , Tigertot is probably not far wide of the mark .

Yep like I say I don't mind if the club do need the sponsorship money from the renaming of the Stand but I think any "honour" to John Holmes should be seperate from any corporate sponsorship.

Not sure why, just like Bramleyrhino, it makes me go urgh to think of it!

Wrong thread to make sh#t jokes on imo.

I thought it wasn't bad for me. If you want to look through rose tinted glasses at the running of a corporate body then fair enough. If you are prepared to let your dominant position in RL wane it's no skin off my nose. I have stated what I would like the stand called, but there's no way can or will the board be able to ignore the commercial realities of naming a stand.