Re: Get rid : Thu Jan 17, 2019 5:24 pm  

Leigh were always known, affectionately, by their fans, as 'The Comics'. (would also have been very apt after this close season's farcical goings on) As we all know, they are now known as the 'Centurions', which would have been fine, had there been a Roman connection, or a history of battle tank manufacture in the town. The apparent reason for choosing the name, was to celebrate the club's 100 year anniversary - in which case, 'Centenarians' would have been appropriate. Just to confuse matters further, we selected a pig, as mascot?!

Maybe 'Comics' was a good choice, after all!!

Re: Get rid : Thu Jan 17, 2019 5:42 pm  

Psychedelic Casual wrote:

Absolutely agree wholeheartedly!

They are cheesy gimmicks that belong in the 1990s.

A few years ago Wire were saying they were going to make a big announcement and, to a man, our entire fanbase were hoping that it would be the ditching of “Wolves” from our club name.

We were all let down as it ended up being the release of a new club badge.

Which is appalling, and I've bought not one single item of merchandising with it on.

Re: Get rid : Thu Jan 17, 2019 5:51 pm  

Been working well for Cas Tigers for quite some time. This photo was taken at Wembley in 1969:-

Re: Get rid : Thu Jan 17, 2019 5:56 pm  

I cannot see a problem with it myself. It was a disaster for Hull FC (Sharks), Hudds (remember Barracuda's anyone?) and Halifax (Blue Sox) and not quite well received for Wakey (Wildcats) and Wigan (Warriors).

However it as been quite successful at Tigers, Dragons, Rhino's and Bulls. None of which will be ditching their moniker's anytime soon.

Re: Get rid : Thu Jan 17, 2019 6:00 pm  

Tigerade wrote:

Been working well for Cas Tigers for quite some time. This photo was taken at Wembley in 1969:-

I've now got the voice of Mr Chumley Warner in my head.

Re: Get rid : Thu Jan 17, 2019 6:04 pm  

MorePlaymakersNeeded wrote:

I've now got the voice of Mr Chumley Warner in my head.

Is that so Grayson?

Re: Get rid : Thu Jan 17, 2019 8:27 pm  

Agree i love seeing Huddersfield RLFC written rather than Huddersfield Giants

Re: Get rid : Thu Jan 17, 2019 8:36 pm  

Oh I dunno, if I'm honest I hate the lot of em, that hatred is tempered only by the giggle I get when talking to fans at work about the "Rhinos".
Yeah, its infantile to be entertained by that, but that's the level it drags me down to...lol
Course, if they're a Bradford fan, Northern is my default reference for maximum annoyance.
Conversely, they refer to Wakey as the Wildcats, just to p155 me off, so its swings and roundabouts.
I don't see any difference between Wildcats, Tigers, Giants, Blue sox, or any other marketing led moniker, they're all garbage in equal measure, but if it works for them.....crack on, I'm just glad we don't have that 5h1t no more.

Re: Get rid : Thu Jan 17, 2019 9:16 pm  

EastHullUTR wrote:

Agree with the original post, glad my club has never bothered with silly animal names. Perhaps it works for some clubs but I'm sure if a poll of fans were done the majority would be in favour of going back to traditional names.

It may do if you poll fans with a simple, would you prefer Leeds Rhinos or Leeds RLFC as the club name. They’d do this for 2 reasons. 1 because you will get a higher proportion of “die-hard” fans voting than is actually part of your fan base and so give a skewed opinion. And another because it is a simple question with no associated information.

If you reposed the question as we can go back to being called Leeds RLFC however it would lose us x amount of money and exposure each year and so affect our ability to compete then you may get a different response to the poll.

Re: Get rid : Thu Jan 17, 2019 9:37 pm  

My dad first took me to Belle Vue in 1953, i always remember Trinity’s nickname at that time being “The Dreadnoughts”, can anyone on the forum confirm this was Trinity’s nickname.