So the banner maker won't be getting a blog?

Probably not been living in a cave for the last several weeks.


You'd need several tankers to cross the 'desert' we've been stuck in.

Reads like it was written by someone pretending to be a fan to me.



Indeed. Which makes the whole exercise kind of pointless, as it's not the 'view from the terraces' at all.

Not sure about that TBH. You get all shades of opinion and it wouldn't be that difficult to find a fan with a media-friendly attitude. Especially given the bit about how old he is and how long he's been following the club. We've had examples right here on the forum. Seems more likely than making someone up when that info would be bound to leak sooner or later.


I agree. I've never been a fan of gimmicky stuff like that TBH, regardless of where it's been used. I only really visit the official site for FCTV, and I haven't seen anything on the new site that's likely to change that pattern.

Looks better than the old Hull site (and the current Rovers one). One thing that does annoy me though is that both Hull and Rovers go out of town for the majority of their design work. There are more design agencies in Hull per capita than anywhere else in the UK and while a lot of them are small fry pretenders there are some quality studios putting out great work (I should know, I work at one). It's disappointing that 2 clubs that put so much emphasis on the local community and getting support from local businesses don't return the favour when it comes to them spending their own money.

Probably a selfish rant, I'd love to do work for either Hull or Rovers.

We'll have to differ on that. It reads like an outright piece of club propaganda to me. If the guy [iis[/i a real person, it looks like he's been given a fairly narrow brief about what his piece should include.

I've just watched the u20's v hudds, a very good program.

Hopefully this will carry on for the full season.

This is the new message for 2011 , Bad times make the good times better! Hell we don't want to get into that winning all the time stuff it'd just be boring but .. hang on.....

That is hilarious. I feel compelled to mock up a picture of Jimmy Rule as Joseph Goebbels but sadly I fear my photoshop skills aren't up to it... anyone?

You don't have to invent someone in order to do that. As I said, it wouldn't be that hard to find an on-message fan and as you point out he could be further guided by giving him a narrow brief.

And just about everything on every official club site is propaganda of some sort. That's kinda the point of them, which is why I don't use them much.

This seems most likely. Another thought is that it is based on a conversation with a real fan and then the most appropriate parts are stitched together into an article. If it is self-authored, it just sounds like somebody trying to be phlegmatic, pleased to have got the gig and not wanting to create any controversy in his first outing.

It is to an extent, I agree. However, the need for propaganda would be drastically reduced by simply addressing the problems on the playing side. Then the club site could just be about reporting the positive things that are happening instead of trying to convince us not to believe what's right before our eyes.

I mean, do the club really think we'll read that and say,

"Panic over, chaps. 'Phil Back' says that bad times make the good times sweeter, so there's nowt to worry about. I love Richard Agar, and hope he's here for many years to come."

[i"A lie told often enough becomes the truth."[/i
Vladimir Lenin.

[i"There's nothing so absurd that if you repeat it often enough, people will believe it."[/iWilliam James

If you don't agree with what's being said slag it off.

It's the club official website. If you think the club is a bag of and you want the team to lose every week don't read the official website. It's not that difficult and it remains well and truly a personal choice.

This.