Re: St helens nickname................. : Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:30 pm  

Ski wrote:

You don't feel Northern, Loiners and names of that ilk would have prospered under the changes?

Sadly NO.

They are part of the heritage of the game but we had no choice but to dance to the Sky Pipers tune I'm afraid and embrace the moderm marketing era

Re: St helens nickname................. : Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:31 pm  

DoubleAone wrote:

Sadly NO.

They are part of the heritage of the game but we had no choice but to dance to the Sky Pipers tune I'm afraid and embrace the moderm marketing era

Unfortunately for heritage, aye.

In view of the games development, I am being a flat capper.

: Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:31 pm  

Warrington had two choices,

Warrington Wolfs

OR

Warrington Wolves.

They went for the right choice in the end but some fans woudnt budge from Wolfs

: Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:41 pm  

As I remember it all of the clubs in SL were forced to get an American nickname for marketing purposes, but we got away with it because we were already using the 'Saints' logo as a brand.

Thank f**k for that.

: Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:43 pm  

i believe that before halifax took the ridiculous blue sox name,they considered calling themselves the halifax bombers.allthough this was a marvellous plane and played a huge part in ww2,it was deemed not particularly pc in a european super league

: Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:45 pm  

St Helens snowdogs

St Helens Slumdogs

: Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:49 pm  

BigRedV wrote:

St Helens snowdogs

St Helens Slumdogs

i'll go with the first one

: Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:49 pm  

snowdog wrote:

i believe that before halifax took the ridiculous blue sox name,they considered calling themselves the halifax bombers.allthough this was a marvellous plane and played a huge part in ww2,it was deemed not particularly pc in a european super league

I think they actually were called the Bombers for a season or two. IIRC the fans revolted against it and they got rid of the name. Then called themselves the bluesox. I bet a few people wished they'd kept shtum.

Re: St helens nickname................. : Thu Mar 05, 2009 6:21 pm  

Ski wrote:

I am being a flat capper.

Fair enough just so long as you dont drive the car whilst wearing it.....

: Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:27 pm  

St Helens Swines owing to close proximity to Piggy Fletchers (and the swines are now trotting out onto the pitch)
St Helens Scorpions the team with a sting in their tail.
Seriously though let's just stick with good old SAINTS!