Higgy
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Post by Higgy on Sept 1, 2006 14:58:47 GMT
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Post by spuzz on Sept 1, 2006 15:01:10 GMT
Stupid idea IMO  They will always be known as the Newcastle Vipers so there is no point  |
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Post by Doughnut on Sept 1, 2006 15:04:13 GMT
Stupid idea?
I don't think it's that stupid. I'd change my name to Mobilx if they paid me enough! ;D
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Post by Helen B on Sept 1, 2006 15:04:42 GMT
Dear me, if I get asked who we're playing I don't say the Vipers, I say Newcastle... stupid.
I like having to town name in the club name because it gives the club identity and tells people where they're from.
Mobilx Vipers?? Where are they from?? Doesn't really give people a clue does it?
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Post by Doughnut on Sept 1, 2006 15:05:48 GMT
Mobilx Vipers?? Where are they from?? Doesn't really give people a clue does it? Can I have a guess? .... err ... Newcastle?  |
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Post by Carnell on Sept 1, 2006 15:08:07 GMT
They will still be known as Newcastle Vipers as Spuzz said, as long as we remain NOTTINGHAM Panthers and not become East Midlands Panthers i will still be happy
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Post by Helen B on Sept 1, 2006 15:08:39 GMT
Mobilx Vipers?? Where are they from?? Doesn't really give people a clue does it? Can I have a guess? .... err ... Newcastle? Thats because we know where they are from but what if it was new people? |
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Post by Doughnut on Sept 1, 2006 15:11:31 GMT
Can I have a guess? .... err ... Newcastle? Thats because we know where they are from but what if it was new people? I'm pretty sure most new people in Newcastle will be pretty well aware that it's their local ice hockey team. In my experience most people I know in Nottingham have known what I meant when I said "Panthers" without me needing to say "Nottingham" in front of it. The simple equation to think about is how much money would they loose from the (very) few people that don't turn up to games because the team name doesn't have Newcastle in it? Now compare that to how much money Mobilx paid them. |
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Post by ted on Sept 1, 2006 15:39:31 GMT
We can be the East Midlands Panthers, Sheffeild can be the South Yorkshire Steelers.
Dunno what this move will acheive really.
Im thinking along the same lines as doughnut
A lot of money was paid!
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Post by Carnell on Sept 1, 2006 15:44:43 GMT
Cardiff could become the Welsh Devils and we could also end up with the Irish Giants
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Post by DoUrden on Sept 1, 2006 15:50:15 GMT
Eagles did that and moved from Ayr to Glasgow, and look what happened to them  If I were a Vipers fan I wouldn't be happy. It's the Nottingham part of our name that makes me proud more than the Pantehers part, and certainly not the GMB bit!! |
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Post by KimThePanther on Sept 1, 2006 15:59:09 GMT
I think the few seasons that we were simply the GMB Panthers is a good example of how this won't work. How many people stopped refering to us as Nottingham? The whole idea was to give us a more regional idea and the whole thing failed misserably.
We kept on calling them Nottingham and chanting Nottingham at matches, away fans kept calling us Nottingham, the press kept calling us Nottingham and even other clubs and the league kept calling us Nottingham. The club eventually realised the whole thing was a futile exercise and we became the Nottingham Panthers again!
I wonder how many people are actually going to stop refering to the team as 'Newcastle'?
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Post by Lord of the Rinks on Sept 1, 2006 16:01:25 GMT
They will still be known as Newcastle Vipers as Spuzz said, as long as we remain NOTTINGHAM Panthers and not become East Midlands Panthers i will still be happy But we are GMB Panthers, so what's the difference. |
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Post by twix on Sept 1, 2006 16:27:20 GMT
I guess somebody needs to get busy on their website then. "Newcastle's " all over the place in the images  |
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Post by Louisa on Sept 1, 2006 17:08:45 GMT
Doesn't Gary Moran say at the beginning of games "Please welcome onto the ice, the GMB Nottingham Panthers!!!"
Or does he not??
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Post by cat on Sept 1, 2006 17:42:39 GMT
I dont like this idea.... Doesnt affect me too much so im not all that bothered about it, but like someone said, i would still call the Panthers the Nottingham Panthers if we dropped the Nottingham part just like people will still call them the Newcastle Vipers...
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Post by rangers on Sept 1, 2006 18:16:36 GMT
TBH, I'm not that bothered. But then I have no real links to Newcastle-the nearest I got was spending 3 years at uni in Sunderland. I always call us the Vipers, rather than Newcastle anyway. In the same way I rarely say Nottingham Forest, Instead just Forest. 90% of people will know who we are anyway, and if we have a shed load of cash for something that makes no difference to the on ice product then it'll do.
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Post by Lord of the Rinks on Sept 1, 2006 18:31:42 GMT
Vipers are Nottingham ladies team.. ;D
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