Sauzee's Army ready to
march!
We are family, Sauzee and the Hibees
stand or fall as one - STUART
CROWTHER
THE
DAWN OF A NEW ERA ARRIVED when
the sunshine shone over Leith yesterday morning, and Franck Sauzee became
the first Frenchman to manage a Scottish Football club. In a long
and distinguished history, never before have the Hibernian family been
more united, brought together by a common cause at the end of an
incredible week for the Hibees.
Hibs.net
have been there for every twist and turn, and the feelings being expressed
here by over 10,000 visitors to the true No.1 Hibernian on-line magazine
were noted by a Board who have in recent years worked miracles to deliver
a product the fans could enjoy. Alex McLeish was the man who turned
things around for Hibs and paved the way for an understanding between fans
and boardroom; but the legacy of Alex McLeish that matters most to
Hibernian today is that of Franck Sauzee.
Many a
new manager has 'said the right things' on the day of his appointment;
equally many a new player has proclaimed 'xxxx club is the club I've
always wanted to play for', and of course fans living more in hope than
reality have always accepted these words as true. Never before however has
a football club been faced with the absolute certainty that when the new
man speaks, he is speaking the truth and straight from the heart. It
was in the admission that he may turn out to be the worse manager in the
history of Scottish football that had even the most hardened hacks sitting
up and actually listening for a change! Sauzee means to do
everything in his power to take Hibernian on to greater heights, but he
also means to ensure that he does no harm to the club he loves. In
the unlikely event that he turns out to be a terrible manager, Franck has
said, then he will be the first to ask the Chairman to find someone
else. Why? Simple really, Franck Sauzee is not thinking of
personal glory, because like every Hibernian fan, Franck Sauzee has only
the good of the club in mind and nothing else.
Father of the new Hibernian family! (sns)
There
is a danger of overkill of course, expectation of the Hibernian support,
many will say, is far too high, and that will place a weight on the
shoulders that would perhaps even make 'Le God' buckle under the
strain. Yes, that is a possibility, but much as Hibernian fans have
in recent times accepted higher than average prices at the Easter Road
gates, they are prepared to accept that there will be bad times as well as
good on the road ahead. For fans of other clubs who cannot
understand this, I have to tell you that sorry, you never will. You
have to be a Hibs fan, a member of the Hibernian family, to understand
what is occurring down Easter Road these days. Cynics will say it's
all hogwash - of course they will - but Hibs fans will care little for
that, a revolution has started at Hibernian, a new way of running a
football club. If it all ends in tears, then it will be tears shared
by every Hibee glad at least to have dared do something different.
"In
life there are times when you have to take complete responsibility and
have enough self-respect to prove you are a man. This is one of
them." You just can't buy
words like that can you? Franck Sauzee may only have learned to
speak English 3 years ago, but his grasp of the language is now as
legendary as his ability with a dead-ball! As for those who will
doubt, Franck said: "I know
even some of the players will have doubts about what I can do as a
manager. Those doubts will not go away within two or three
days. They will stay until I prove myself in the difficult times and
in the good time, but I promise you this - I will do this honestly and
with all my heart." The
Hibernian clan will gather at East End Park today, a ground where Hibs
have not actually won a league match for almost 10 years, and they will
roar louder than ever before. That will be enjoyed by Franck Sauzee,
but it will merely confirm to him what he already knows - wherever the
Hibernian support gather is his home, not matter what happens in the
future.
Hibs.net
reached new heights in terms of circulation this
week. Many Hibs sites have come and gone on the internet, some
making grandiose claims to be the 'No.1 Hibs web site'. The audited
figures prove however that there is only one that leads the way, as on
Tuesday Hibs.net reached 10,000
readers recording an incredible 215,000 page hits - the highest single-day
ever recorded by any single site on the Rivals network. It did not
stop there either, as the site consistently recorded in excess of 100,000
hits a day throughout the dramatic week, during which Hibs.net
brought the news first and in detail to the Hibernian support
world-wide, leaving the mainstream media in our slipstream. There is
only one No.1 site for Hibs fans!
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