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Post by secondsout on Feb 27, 2011 12:57:06 GMT
I couldnt care less what its called, the likelihood is that we would sell the naming rights anyway, however, I really dislike The New Manor.
The Manor was of its time. Its gone now. Time for a change.
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Post by luvthepink on Feb 27, 2011 16:35:22 GMT
Realistically we need to take into account a name which will work alongside a sponsor for example The BMW New Manor Just Grenoble Road ain't gonna work with a sponsor's name Personally I can't understand the fascination with naming it after a road. My preference would be The Manor and then shove a sponsor in the between when we inevitably get one Grenoble Road BMW stadium ? Please let's move on from anything with Manor in the name - for reasons pointed out by ZTH. Ridiculous ....New Manor or The Manor and as said a sponsor name could easily be put in.....i cant see why people want to "move on" and forget our history? ? i still say "i,m going up the Manor when i go to footie....I,m going up the Greenoble sounds stupid....i,d rather it stayed The Kassam than have that numpty name. Lets have a new generation of fans saying they are going "UP THE MANOR"!!!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2011 12:35:39 GMT
But we're not forgetting our history. The Manor was the Manor.
If new generations call this stadium the Manor, how will people in future know which one we are talking about?
The Manor was unique and we should never disrespect that memory by calling another stadium the Manor.
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Post by Yellowbrains on Feb 28, 2011 21:03:38 GMT
But we're not forgetting our history. The Manor was the Manor. If new generations call this stadium the Manor, how will people in future know which one we are talking about? The Manor was unique and we should never disrespect that memory by calling another stadium the Manor. Especially not such a crap stadium as the Kassam!
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Post by luvthepink on Feb 28, 2011 22:20:24 GMT
But we're not forgetting our history. The Manor was the Manor. If new generations call this stadium the Manor, how will people in future know which one we are talking about? The Manor was unique and we should never disrespect that memory by calling another stadium the Manor. NEW Manor...........................
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Post by kinch on Mar 2, 2011 9:43:23 GMT
The low amount of votes is probably because we don't own the ground and so can't rename it. Unless I've missed something, I don't think we are about to buy the ground.
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Post by scoob on Mar 2, 2011 13:12:52 GMT
The 'boring' name (Grenoble Road) is the best. Why? Well it is accurate, and permanent. Name it after a sponsor, and eventually it will have to change (The Emirates, KitKat Crescent, B2Net etc). Give it a fancy name and you run the risk of looking daft (Stadium of Light - in Sunderland!!) The Isis would be OK if it was next to the Thames. It isn't. It simply isn't the New Manor. Doesn't look like it, doesn't feel like it. Difficult to think of the stadium being in a Park (surely that was St Albans!) or a Farm. Why do we need accuracy? Kassam Stadium is accurate but none of us want that! OK it is not right next to the Isis but it is less than a mile away as the crow flies. If you fell in that torrent of a brook next to the stadium you would end up in the Isis pretty quick .
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Post by ZeroTheHero on Mar 2, 2011 13:16:19 GMT
Well I can't say that I really care Scoob! Anything would be better than the pesent name. Although the New Manor is the one I like least. Not that renaming it is going to be an urgent concern, I'm afraid...
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Post by scoob on Mar 2, 2011 13:28:48 GMT
Its a good distraction from what really matters at the moment though.
I agree about the New Manor though. I just think that we may have the opportunity to make the club stand out from the crowd a little by using a little imagination but I suppose that most people just want to fit in.
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Post by alessandro on Mar 3, 2011 9:52:36 GMT
I have to say Ive been very disappointed by the votes. I really thought, like scoob, our fans would show more imagination. It's all very well us having the ugliest fans. We can't do much about that. We're an inbred farming county, but we can at least use our imaginations for the naming.
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Post by Paul Cannell on Mar 3, 2011 11:50:55 GMT
Imagination is vastly overrated, IMO.
TBH I can't see why a poncy name wouldn't just make us seem, well, a little effete.
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Post by captainox on Mar 3, 2011 13:08:23 GMT
Grenoble Road
call one of stands the manor stand.
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