Well, I finally voted in the above poll, but as the name given to us was "Houston 1836", it seems to me that the first two poll choices are one and the same, now... I didn't do a hard count over in the official name-choosing thread, but it seemed to me that Clockwork Orange is the front-runner right now. That's cool, 'cause I like it. And this one falls under Option 1 and Option 3 in the above poll... But I do like others, and I am still undecided. Basically, I feel that whatever name we end up with, I am not going to mind too terribly much. My wife likes "1836 Battalion", or, in short, just the "Battalion". I'm assuming that this is pretty much universally translateable (sp?), as she is saying it in Portuguese, and it sounds pretty much the same. I can't remember which name her mom liked - I think it was "Old 34 Boyz" (I'm fairly certain it had something to do with "Boyz"), but I'm not waking her up to ask her right this moment. Now, help me out here, but who exactly is voting on Friday night? Just dues-paying members, or anyone with more than a passing interest in the group? I ask, as I have been putting FuBoy's list out to anyone who cares to look at it (work, neighbors, etc.), simply out of curiousity's sake and just to get a general feeling from more people than just us (for now!) few. Will we throw those several picks into the final mix, or use them as closing campaign fodder?
Yes I need to know when to get my commercials aired....on radio and tv. Hey when I want a name, I go for it. ...... rock bford
I wouldn't mind letting everyone vote on the name. If it's just the people paying dues this week, it'll be the same people that voted on here and we'll never find a majority winner. That's just my .02.
I think CLOCKWORK ORANGE is something the rest of the footy world wont expect. They think were a bunch of dumb hicks that would call it the Shootin Gallery or the Rodeo...they wouldnt expect the ultra-violence
The more I think about it, the more I like Clockwork Orange. The votes here aren't binding, right? I was of the opinion that it was just to get an idea of a few names that were popular and then tomorrow we'd actually vote.
The home kits better be showing plenty of orange for those orange-oriented names to make sense. I'm still waiting to see how Space City Blue makes it into the kits....
I'm not all that big of a fan of Clockwork Orange. What happens down the road is MLS changes the color? Or, like the person above me pointed out, what if there isn't alot of orange in the uniform? I just don't think "Hi, welcome to Clockwork Orange's section" has a very nice ring to it at all. Oh and Dre, the votes aren't binding. That was just to get an idea of the top 5 names so we could vote at the meeting.
Well, I thought the Casbah was one of the better names that and it lasted beyond the Clash name. But if orange doesn't play a prominent role in the kit, it won't make much sense. The main reason why I'm growing to like it is that a lot of the other names are too similar to the names of other supporter's groups. Why don't we just go by the "The Cop" Anyway, I'm sure we'll have a spirited discussion in the lead up to the vote.
Yes, if orange is the major color, then I like Orange Machine as a team nickname, but for the supporters group I like legion 1836 and a couple of others. Clockwork Orange just sounds so strange to me... plus I just don't like the movie very much.