Beware Paul Duffen

Quote: FC Wembley 08 "I have sent the following email to Paul Duffen at SMC......................

Dear Mr Duffen,

I am writing to express my disappointment regarding a couple of your recent actions over the last few days.

My first point is the decision not to allow the upcoming England International Rugby League test matches to be held at the KC stadium. As you may or may not be aware we have had these games played in Hull four times over the last six years or so and this year you have deprived the whole community a chance to support their national side in our own city.

The decision, i believe, is due to a possible clash of fixtures with Hull City AFC and that you asked the RFL to wait until June/July, when the fixtures for the new season are released, before a decision would be made.

The stadium itself was built with council money and is ]therefor ]owned by all of the people of Hull and the UK, Not just you!
Other then the financial gain to the SMC, it is also an excellent opportunity for local businesses to benefit from the extra fans from many other areas of the country.

When the story broke in the Hull Daily Mail on 21st February, you were ]'unavailable for comment', why have you since not given an acceptable reason on how and why this decision was made?. Especially as you seem to be in the media every other day commenting on Hull City and always 'available' then.]
My second point is your latest statement regarding 'Rugby league fans'. At a recent Hull City questions and answer session you were asked by Radio Humberside about complaints regarding the above mentioned test match. Your reply as to whether you had received many complaints from rugby league fans was "no, i didn't even know they could write". Now, I'm sure this comment may have been a little tongue in cheek but when you've already placed yourself on many people's bad side regarding their sport you shouldn't be making such statements in which you imply that people who support rugby league are of lower intelligence.

Maybe if you showed a higher level of intelligence by not making the two above decisions (particularly the second) you would not be reading this, and many others I'm sure, email of complaint.

We can read and, obviously, we can also write.

Finally, after not only creating a problem and annoying a whole community of fans, I speak for all rugby league fans and demand a public apology through all areas of the media as soon as possible.

Let's hope he does something about it !!!

Just a couple of points regarding the above:
1) I appreciate feelings run high but if you're going to send an email asserting your ability to write, you may want to get someone to proof-read your work and check your spellings and grammar as highlighted above. I'm not judging you - it makes no odds to me and I'm not claiming to be perfect - but it does seem somewhat ironic that your email contains several mistakes and tends to defeat your own argument somewhat.

2) I think it is a bit presumptuous to state you speak for all rugby fans when clearly, judging by some of the responses on this board, you don't.