American Consortium/Abramovich

***Callum_62*** · 06-06-2014 06:48 AM

Originally Posted by JustSimplyHibs

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Serious?????

Of course 20 million would win you the league

$20 mill

for a whole new squad...plus there inflated wages

10,000 per week is $500,000 per year

so 11 x that is about $5 mill done

$15 mill to buy a whole new squad that will breeze past Celtic and Rangers?

no chance

**~~JustSimplyHibs~~** · 06-06-2014 06:56 AM

Originally Posted by Kaiser1962

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Celtic spend about £35m each season on wages and old Rangers were at about £30m before their demise.

Aye and they're pish and anyway, they are two clubs that are more interested in competing with themselves than the rest of the country - hate them... When i win the Euros the night and buy the club next week, i'd expect to see league dominace within 4 years and the Scottish Cup in two...

I'll be very suprised is Selick can maintain that spending with only 20000 coming through the gate last season - it'll be even less this year with no Hibs in the league!

**Dr Jimmy** · 06-06-2014 07:02 AM

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I doubt farmer has lost money in his time with hibs so to suggest money can't be made isn't true.

He probably has lost money over his time at Hibs, but a lot of that has gone into improving the value of his investment, through the infrastructure. farmer would recoup this and he would make sure he got it all back and more if he sold up.
Petrie would also be quids in, as his 10% will be worth a lot more now than when he got it. Despite relegation we now have actual assets with the ground and training centre.

Petrie GTF

Elephant Stone · 06-06-2014 07:04 AM

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I'd be fine with this as long as they didn't rebrand us as the "Edinburgh Pandas" or some such tripe.

Especially seeing as I ****ing hate pandas.

Aye, that's definitely the worst that could happen.

**~~JustSimplyHibs~~** · 06-06-2014 07:04 AM

Originally Posted by Callum_62

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$20 mill

for a whole new squad...plus there inflated wages

10,000 per week is $500,000 per year

so 11 x that is about $5 mill done

$15 mill to buy a whole new squad that will breeze past Celtic and Rangers?

no chance

For a start you wouldn't need a whole new squad - 4 or, 5 decent players would do the trick probably in the Craig Gardiner mould/bracket the rest would be from local Scottish talent - for example Leigh Griffiths.

Selick and The Rangers are piss bud...

***offshorehibby*** · 06-06-2014 07:08 AM

FFS, we're starting to sound like hearts 10 years ago on the back of an .net rumour.

***bingo70*** · 06-06-2014 07:10 AM

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FFS, we're starting to sound like hearts 10 years ago on the back of an .net rumour.

It's not a .net rumour, when it was a .net rumour it was dismissed as pish.

What's being discussed is a rumour from an Epsn journalist who says he's spoken to somebody involved.

If that's not worthy of discussing on a hibs message board I've no got a clue what is.

***offshorehibby*** · 06-06-2014 07:14 AM

Originally Posted by bingo70

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It's not a .net rumour, when it was a .net rumour it was dismissed as pish.

What's being discussed is a rumour from an Epsn journalist who says he's spoken to somebody involved.

If that's not worthy of discussing on a hibs message board I've no got a clue what is.

I'm just saying we've veered of and talking about winning leagues now.

***Kato*** · 06-06-2014 07:19 AM

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It's not a .net rumour, when it was a .net rumour it was dismissed as pish.

What's being discussed is a rumour from an Epsn journalist who says he's spoken to somebody involved.

If that's not worthy of discussing on a hibs message board I've no got a clue what is.

Given the ESPN Journalist is a prat I still thinks it's pish.

***Steve20*** · 06-06-2014 07:19 AM

If people are going to make up rumours, they should at least make it realistic.

So far this week we've had Freddy Adu and Titus Bramble signing for Hibs and now an American consortium interested in Hibs.

**ManBearPig** · 06-06-2014 07:20 AM

this really is the dream on thread or the 'wouldnt it be nice thread'

***bingo70*** · 06-06-2014 07:22 AM

Originally Posted by Kato

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Given the ESPN Journalist is a prat I still thinks it's pish.

Don't know the guy from Adam but I don't believe journalists just rehash stories from fans websites without doing a bit digging themselves first of all.

**~~JustSimplyHibs~~** · 06-06-2014 07:22 AM

Originally Posted by offshorehibby

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I'm just saying we've veered of and talking about winning leagues now.

All i can say is what i've been told about this...

Overseas investor is buying Hibs, Sir Tom has spent the last six months doing background checks on the consortium and is satisfied with the groups credentials and intentions. He is happy although health has played a role in his overall decision.

***Kato*** · 06-06-2014 07:26 AM

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Don't know the guy from Adam but I don't believe journalists just rehash stories from fans websites without doing a bit digging themselves first of all.

You live a sheltered life then.

***bingo70*** · 06-06-2014 07:27 AM

Originally Posted by Kato

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You live a sheltered life then.

Ha ha cheers.

Have you seen how much pish gets posted on here? Why did he rehash this story and not the one about Freddie adu or Titus bramble?

**robinp** · 06-06-2014 07:28 AM

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Dougray Scott or is Dario franchitti a hibee?

Celtic fan

**~~Gustavo Fring~~** · 06-06-2014 07:29 AM

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All i can say is what i've been told about this...

Overseas investor is buying Hibs, Sir Tom has spent the last six months doing background checks on the consortium and is satisfied with the groups credentials and intentions. He is happy although health has played a role in his overall decision.

rumour has it that snoop dogg is interested in buying a scottish club

he's goin to bring his old pal suge knight over to help 'facilitate' the negotiations

big suge will be the conduit between the board and snoop dogg as well as handling player contract negotiations

**Sioux** · 06-06-2014 07:30 AM

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Don't know the guy from Adam but I don't believe journalists just rehash stories from fans websites without doing a bit digging themselves first of all.

You forgot this I think

***AlbertK86*** · 06-06-2014 07:31 AM

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It's not a .net rumour, when it was a .net rumour it was dismissed as pish. What's being discussed is a rumour from an Epsn journalist who says he's spoken to somebody involved. If that's not worthy of discussing on a hibs message board I've no got a clue what is.

An ESPN journo who is a dyed in the wool Jambo with a habit of nosing up Hibbies at every opportunity

***Kaiser1962*** · 06-06-2014 07:33 AM

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Aye and they're pish and anyway, they are two clubs that are more interested in competing with themselves than the rest of the country - hate them... When i win the Euros the night and buy the club next week, i'd expect to see league dominace within 4 years and the Scottish Cup in two...

I'll be very suprised is Selick can maintain that spending with only 20000 coming through the gate last season - it'll be even less this year with no Hibs in the league!

By the fifth year, at £20m per years, you'll be skint

***Kaiser1962*** · 06-06-2014 07:34 AM

[QUOTE=Max;4049793]He probably has lost money over his time at Hibs, but a lot of that has gone into improving the value of his investment, through the infrastructure. farmer would recoup this and he would make sure he got it all back and more if he sold up.
Petrie would also be quids in, as his 10% will be worth a lot more now than when he got it. Despite relegation we now have actual assets with the ground and training centre.

Not a hope in hell, IMO.

***Keith_M*** · 06-06-2014 07:37 AM

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American Consortium interested in Hibs? Never a great word "consortium", usually means no pot of gold for investment.

Mark Donaldson ‏@DonaldsonESPN 3m
Thursday night gossip... Killie boss Allan Johnston keen on Gary Locke to be his assistant and an American consortium interested in Hibs...

A Tweet by Mark Donaldson, from a rumour on hibs.net, which came from a rumour on Facebook, etc, etc, etc

**Pretty Boy** · 06-06-2014 07:39 AM

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I just asked him who the manager is, he wouldnt say, but said they have not been involved in scottish football before.

Bruce Arena?

I've decided this is definitely happening.

We are going to spend millions we don't have, owe it to ourselves, win the Scottish Cup, sack Bruce and replace him with a shady character, hail him a hero, blow the league, win the Scottish Cup again, enter admin, a local businessman will bail us out and then hibs.net will pay off charities on our creditors list years late and claim it as a moral vicotory.

Then we can truly say we have arrived. Edinboro Green Sharpshooters (previously known as Hibernian FC) = BIG TEAM.

***Kato*** · 06-06-2014 07:42 AM

Originally Posted by bingo70

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Ha ha cheers.

Have you seen how much pish gets posted on here?

Swimming in it.

Why did he rehash this story and not the one about Freddie adu or Titus bramble?

Not had time to bounce around yet?

Originally Posted by AlbertK86

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An ESPN journo who is a dyed in the wool Jambo with a habit of nosing up Hibbies at every opportunity

AYe, makes you wonder, eh. The guy is a grade A trumpet.

I of course reserve the right to be delighted if it turns out to be true and will apologise unreservedly.

***Keith_M*** · 06-06-2014 07:47 AM

I'd be willing to bet that this is the most quoted thread on Yakback today.

If nothing else, it's given them something to talk about.

***offshorehibby*** · 06-06-2014 07:56 AM

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All i can say is what i've been told about this...

Overseas investor is buying Hibs, Sir Tom has spent the last six months doing background checks on the consortium and is satisfied with the groups credentials and intentions. He is happy although health has played a role in his overall decision.

I have no problem with that, it's just people getting carried away about £20 and winning leagues.

**HUTCHYHIBBY** · 06-06-2014 07:57 AM

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if someone with the correct advertisement / business savoy could pull this of

Perhaps they heard someone call us The Cabbage!

**~~calumhibee1~~** · 06-06-2014 08:00 AM

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rumour has it that snoop dogg is interested in buying a scottish club

he's goin to bring his old pal suge knight over to help 'facilitate' the negotiations

big suge will be the conduit between the board and snoop dogg as well as handling player contract negotiations

Suge can be our midfield enforcer.

**jodjam** · 06-06-2014 08:02 AM

I get the fact that the ba is burst with scottish footy but I can't work out why some on here think a US group would not invest in us. A Texan mob now control dundee. Maybe this one has legs. Maybe new ways to shoe live footy might generate income. Who knows?