When asked if he had responding to many letters from rugby fans about refusing an international match at the KC, he said "that can't be true because they cannot write".

Was this played on the air? If so its absolutely disgraceful and grounds for an apology at least and potentially disciplinary action.

should be removed from SMC chairman or whatever his position.

That was on Humberside last night, Burnsy asked him during the Hull city forum, it was apparantly meant to be tongue in cheek but not many people have taken it that was, myself included. As I said we should boycott buying anything from the KC that is going to make the SMC a profit, its not like it'll be a big loss cos the food and beer is of a poor quality anyway.

Anyone else think this may have just been him trying to play it down with a bit of humour that people then grab onto as being a dig, we are afterall fairly sensitive to people knocking our game a lot of the time arent we.

Yep, it was in reply to a question at the Hull City forum that was broadcast on Radio Humberside on Tuesday night. I'm sure he was trying to crack a funny, but its a brave man indeed (or a daft one) that would tick off BOTH FC and Rovers supporters in one fell swoop!

Im sure the council can act if his actions are not in the best interest of the community and is solely thinking about hull city.

should be neutral in charge of the SMC so as there is no bias to either club. That would be the most beneficial to the Council.

I fully agree with that but the reason they let a football chairman run it was to tempt a chairman with some money to run hull city, and its worked looking at city's standings in the football world compaired to where they was before the KC, it has been for the good of the community until now.

Hull were offered a place on the SMC at it's inception but failed to take up the offer, for whatever reasons that was it now seems to have been a poor decision.

Well hope he sees the banner on our next sky game...

Mr Duffen not only can we read..we can write...your comments are a disgrace!!!!

You mean arrogant tw*ts like a curtain Mr Lloyd?,he was so called water tight but we all sent him packing.Duffin takes on the Rugby League fans of this city at his peril.

What a set of reactionary hypocrites you are...

Look at all teh slagging off of Hull City the Club, the fans and football in general you lot have done. Mr Duffen makes one off the cuff remark and you're blubbing like girls again.

You've no idea why the Internationals not on, but you choose to blame football. As ill-timed as the flippant remark was, that's all it was.

It's your own lack of self esteem that seems to be driving these 'poor 'ickle me' whinges on here.


You're guilty of far more in the past and presently doing far more to give a poor impression of the people of Hull than that one comment ever would.

Get over yourselves...

He shouldn't have said it but get over it.