All they players had much better careers then Maclean.
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Much as I am one for ripping into Hearts I think that's a bit disingenuous
I would be astonished if East Mains isn't costing us that and more per season.
I get that we own it and its an asset we can sell at some future date should we desire to and that there are kudos attached to having your own training ground and unfettered use of it, but right now its an expense the same as HWU is to them, albeit a necessary one that we can shape to whatever our future requirements are without asking the landlords permission.
MacLean in the same breath as Mixu, Brewster and Grant Holt 😂
I am still very much in the camp that Hearts are still living beyond their means, augmenting cash flow with'mystery donors' and fans contributions. They are NOT relying on success on the pitch to generate income, which we most certainly are.
That they choose to spend it on players like McLean demonstrates to me, just how parlous their whole business plan is, and you do wonder where they would be shopping if they did not have such an artificial leg up.
Pleasing!
Good post & Im a genuine fan of players like Stevie McLean who are model professionals & give 100% for every club they play for. However, if it was us going for SM then this board would be in melt down & I would find it hard to be positive. I dont want to sound like a delusional cardigan but i geninely believe we're fishing in different waters these days. Long may it continue.
I think you misunderstand me
I am glad that we own our own facility and think that the decision to buy it was absolutely the correct one.
The developments Leeann alluded to her that are coming to it, most probably would not have been possible had we only been renting someone else's facility
The point I was making that was that doing so may not be to our financial advantage over Hearts renting theirs.
But the only real way to ascertain that would be to compare both clubs respective usage and quality of facilities and the total costs involved and that's not going to happen
Holt had a higher pedigree than the other 2, given he scored goals in the EPL at a time when that was at a standard a fair bit higher than the SPFL.
But Mixu and Brewster? I'd say they had pedigrees roughly the same as McLean. Mixu was a solid SPL forward and had a moderately successful stint in the second level down South. Brewster was a reasonable SPL forward who did fine on a wee jaunt abroad. Brewster actually went on to do very well after he left Hibs, and improved his reputation immensely as a result. Mixu was a fantastic player for us, but I remember being raging when he joined, thinking he was well past his best - his best not having been that great in the first place.
McLean had a solid enough stint down South, and has done well for St Johnstone.
I don't think the comparison is at all unreasonable. Sometimes you can sign an unfashionable thirty-something and it works well, sometimes it really doesn't.
You do understand that it costs us money to run the place, to maintain it, to purchase new equipment to tart it up
Leeann was taking in her interview about the need to relay the astro pitch
And that we also had to buy the place, which you could argue we are still repaying to STF as part of the £500k pa we are repaying
All Hearts do is rent their facility HWU pick up all the maintenance and repair costs as there is no way it will be a full repairing and maintenance lease as all and sundry get to use and even Hearts wouldn't be daft enough to sign up for that. They don't have to worry about its upkeep.
I still think its a great thing and in our best interests but there is no such as a free lunch
Unless they made if from Lego
Isn’t he a big Hibs fan?
Exactly. I know EM is good, but the complex itself won't cost anything like £10k per week for heating, rates, maintenance, etc. The £500k figure will be the cost of the facility, including the staff employed there (physio(s), catering, maintenance/groundsmen & coaching staff outwith the management team).
Unbounded ambition in signing an up and coming young striker(half Queen Anns age or there abouts)
If this is one of the three "marquee" signings Rolf Potter was tempting them with to sell Season Tickets I guess they will be overjoyed down Dalry way.
Next step is checking out wee Pat Fenlon's availability...