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Post by alanwycombe on Apr 6, 2024 10:51:20 GMT
Imagine a big international group takes us over, let’s say DHL. They can guarantee financial security - might even build us a new stadium - BUT they insist on the shirt being red with a yellow yoke in line with their corporate image. We might be able to get our traditional kit kept as the second strip. Would you stomach it? In fact, what would you accept in future? I couldn’t accept a merger or moving far away from our home. I’m from Queens Park, that’s why I’m here. The Hoops….? Maybe I would. And I hate red.
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Post by gtleighsr3 on Apr 6, 2024 11:03:18 GMT
Would out set pieces get better delivery?
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Post by alanwycombe on Apr 6, 2024 11:07:48 GMT
Fuck me, that’s good😁 That’s what I get for being serious with you on the board.
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Post by acricketer on Apr 6, 2024 11:41:42 GMT
Queens Park Couriers
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Post by Corbray on Apr 6, 2024 11:42:57 GMT
wouldn't like it tbh, clubs need to have their identity and the kit is a main part of that. that being said identities change and if we had that DHL kit for the next 30 years we'd probably adjust and accept it lol.
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Post by Shania on Apr 6, 2024 11:58:13 GMT
Our box to box play would surely improve.
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Post by Rangers77 on Apr 6, 2024 12:12:41 GMT
I still hate sponsorship on the shirts. After forty years. Even Guinness. And hate squad numbers and names on the shirt. Advertising on the arms. Yuck. Only the kit maker and the crest. Nothing else.
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Post by acricketer on Apr 6, 2024 16:45:39 GMT
I think the thread title should be renamed How scared are the hoops after today's debacle.
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Post by Stanley75 on Apr 6, 2024 17:08:54 GMT
No. It was one of the main reasons I became a fan in the first place. It's integral to our identity and no amount of money would change that for me. |
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Post by MattyRangers on Apr 6, 2024 17:21:43 GMT
No. It was one of the main reasons I became a fan in the first place. It's integral to our identity and no amount of money would change that for me. This. They’re scared. |
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Post by 2Loftus on Apr 6, 2024 17:49:14 GMT
No. It was one of the main reasons I became a fan in the first place. It's integral to our identity and no amount of money would change that for me. This. They’re scared. Scared Hoops? After today’s performance against Wednesday, praps you’re right  |
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Post by Timmy Doc on Apr 7, 2024 7:43:10 GMT
I have to admit I don't actually like hoops too much. Prefer stripes.
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Post by MattyRangers on Apr 7, 2024 9:50:54 GMT
*sacred ffs autocorrect on the phone lol
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Post by alanwycombe on Apr 7, 2024 9:57:03 GMT
Yes, the original Supahoops from when the term was first coined in the press in the 70s, and no doubt part of our folklore, but would we really rather go bust than change strip? Just hypothetical, out of interest. I plucked DHL out of the air just because red and yellow is so different (it was a serious question😂) and, on balance, I’d rather look like a van driver in West London than play in Reading.
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Post by Stanley75 on Apr 7, 2024 9:59:53 GMT
I have to admit I don't actually like hoops too much. Prefer stripes. Ahh it's all coming out now eh Timmy! 😉 |
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Post by Corbray on Apr 7, 2024 10:02:45 GMT
it depends tbh, when faced with that prospect then the kit change is a begrudging acceptance but it would be a big blow that would likely lose a fair few fans.
if the ownership model was more extreme ala red bull rangers then no fucking way. would rather us cease to exist, reform as a phoenix club and climb back up the leagues than have our entire identity purged and modled into something entirely different.
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Post by Stanley75 on Apr 7, 2024 10:04:16 GMT
would we really rather go bust than change strip? Whether we went bust or not, I would lose interest in the club if we dropped the hoops as the two things are completely synonymous and interwoven with Queens Park Rangers FC. It's simply too integral to the club. Just my opinion but suspect it's shared by most, at least of Generation X and older. |
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Post by alanwycombe on Apr 7, 2024 10:09:16 GMT
it depends tbh, when faced with that prospect then the kit change is a begrudging acceptance but it would be a big blow that would likely lose a fair few fans. if the ownership model was more extreme ala red bull rangers then no fucking way. would rather us cease to exist, reform as a phoenix club and climb back up the leagues than have our entire identity purged and modled into something entirely different. Interesting. That happened years ago with Philips in Holland and never really took off. Looks like the big companies settled for sponsoring stadia rather than alienate football fans as you say. And it would I’m sure. |
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Post by alanwycombe on Apr 7, 2024 10:12:49 GMT
would we really rather go bust than change strip? Whether we went bust or not, I would lose interest in the club if we dropped the hoops as the two things are completely synonymous and interwoven with Queens Park Rangers FC. It's simply too integral to the club. Just my opinion but suspect it's shared by most, at least of Generation X and older. I wouldn’t like it but I would reluctantly accept it as I’m not ready to stop attending live games and there’s no way I’d have the passion for another team. |
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Post by Timmy Doc on Apr 7, 2024 10:50:00 GMT
I have to admit I don't actually like hoops too much. Prefer stripes. Ahh it's all coming out now eh Timmy! 😉 Of course they are very nice on the pitch but I wouldn't wear. |
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Post by jfrabbit on Apr 13, 2024 17:31:07 GMT
Only thread I thought this would be relevant for. Ha ha, this is fucking nuts.
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Post by jfrabbit on Apr 13, 2024 17:31:36 GMT
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Post by Ginger Ninja on Apr 13, 2024 17:58:25 GMT
That Thogden is a little cunt.
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Post by jfrabbit on Apr 13, 2024 18:07:51 GMT
That Thogden is a little cunt. Ain’t he just. Little wanker. |
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Post by gtleighsr3 on Apr 13, 2024 18:26:42 GMT
His dads a twat too, see the vid of him getting all wound up😀
About as hard as a chemical castrated rapist
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