Quote Originally Posted by blue lewj View Post
I can understand the boycott when the club changed to red. I was more a fan who reluctantly stayed on board rather than one who was in any way happy with it. There were varying reactions to it even in the group that I go with. Success always tempers the level of reaction to an extent.

You say though that he trampled on the club's traditions and this was your main reason for boycotting or saying that you would give no more money to the club. We can all agree that he did care little for tradition when he changed the kit colour. I would ask though, if we had stayed blue and changed the badge to the one we have now with the small dragon (bypassing the red fiasco) would you still be on board?
I said at the time that if a sizeable percentage of the fanbase had voiced genuine opposition to the changes, then I almost certainly would have been there supporting the team regardless of what colours they were playing in. Under those circumstances, I would have tried to use what little influence I had to bring about changes from the inside, as it were. However, I simply couldn't stomach the attitude of a large majority of the supporters. That, to me, was far more damaging than what the man from Malaysia was doing.

As far as I'm aware, Tan has never apologised for the rebrand or admitted that he got it wrong, although I'm happy to be corrected on that if any quotes from him either apologising or admitting his errors can be found.