Rod Petrie

**SkintHibby** · 23-05-2015 05:57 PM

When I think of outright failure in life I now simply call it the "Rod Petrie".

How the 4th biggest club in Scotland (with 3rd potential) is about to spend it's second season in the lower league and people accept this is beyond belief!

You lot need to wake up and smell the effing coffee!

**patch1875** · 23-05-2015 06:02 PM

Can we blame him for this season?

Don't think so

**scuttle** · 23-05-2015 06:03 PM

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When I think of outright failure in life I now simply call it the "Rod Petrie".

How the 4th biggest club in Scotland (with 3rd potential) is about to spend it's second season in the lower league and people accept this is beyond belief!

You lot need to wake up and smell the effing coffee!

So tell us what we have to do then?

**SkintHibby** · 23-05-2015 06:04 PM

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Can we blame him for this season?

Don't think so

Of course we can't blame him, he brought in scapegoat Leanne Depmster.

As I said, you lot bought the bull shiete!

***s.a.m*** · 23-05-2015 06:04 PM

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When I think of outright failure in life I now simply call it the "Rod Petrie".

How the 4th biggest club in Scotland (with 3rd potential) is about to spend it's second season in the lower league and people accept this is beyond belief!

You lot need to wake up and smell the effing coffee!

The fact that we were competing with the 2nd and 3rd biggest teams in Scotland for 2 possible promotion places didn't help. If we had beaten one of those to it, presumably their fans would have been within their rights to say the same thing....

madhatter · 23-05-2015 06:04 PM

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Of course we can't blame him, he brought in scapegoat Leanne Depmster.

As I said, you lot bought the bull shiete!

Oh my. Not this again.

**SkintHibby** · 23-05-2015 06:05 PM

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So tell us what we have to do then?

We collectively man handle him 10000 miles from ER! (That would be a start at least).

**SkintHibby** · 23-05-2015 06:07 PM

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Oh my. Not this again.

Yes this again. When a country goes tits up you normally remove the person at the top. Not Hibs though - we employ someone else to blame!

***tamig*** · 23-05-2015 06:07 PM

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Of course we can't blame him, he brought in scapegoat Leanne Depmster.

As I said, you lot bought the bull shiete!

She's a scapegoat? Good one.

**ionahibby** · 23-05-2015 06:10 PM

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Yes this again. When a country goes tits up you normally remove the person at the top. Not Hibs though - we employ someone else to blame!

Some folk need to leave all this Petrie rubbish alone. He has done exactly what we wanted by staying out of things and leaving dempster to it, i think I've read maybe 1 statement from him all season so he has hardly been pulling strings. Like somebody else has said it's hardly his fault we didn't get promoted.

**SkintHibby** · 23-05-2015 06:11 PM

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She's a scapegoat? Good one.

Who employed her?

Next we'll have Leanne Dempster employing someone else to blame when we spend a 3rd season in oblivion!

Ah, **** it, i'm peeing in the wind arguing with fans who accept we are gonners (not gooners).

**Pretty Boy** · 23-05-2015 06:13 PM

As the man many ultimately blame for the last few years decline and being in this situation in the 1st place this kind of thing is going to keep cropping up until he goes, he's not going anywhere anytime soon though.

Personally I don't think this season would have been much different without RP as chairman.

**SkintHibby** · 23-05-2015 06:18 PM

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As the man many ultimately blame for the last few years decline and being in this situation in the 1st place this kind of thing is going to keep cropping up until he goes, he's not going anywhere anytime soon though.

Personally I don't think this season would have been much different without RP as chairman.

Personally I think you are wrong. I also am gutted that think most Hibees probably agree with you. As long as Rod Petrie remains at Hibernian Football Club in any capacity we will remain in the lower echelons of Scottish Football.

***tamig*** · 23-05-2015 06:19 PM

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Who employed her?

Next we'll have Leanne Dempster employing someone else to blame when we spend a 3rd season in oblivion!

Ah, **** it, i'm peeing in the wind arguing with fans who accept we are gonners (not gooners).

Leeann Dempster has turned this club round in less than a year. She's done a fantastic job. I don't see anybody blaming her for anything. So how is she a scapegoat? Are we in oblivion? Is your name Doncaster?

***blackpoolhibs*** · 23-05-2015 06:21 PM

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As the man many ultimately blame for the last few years decline and being in this situation in the 1st place this kind of thing is going to keep cropping up until he goes, he's not going anywhere anytime soon though.

Personally I don't think this season would have been much different without RP as chairman.

His presence stinks, and will continue to until he's gone.

**SaulGoodman** · 23-05-2015 06:21 PM

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Who employed her?

Next we'll have Leanne Dempster employing someone else to blame when we spend a 3rd season in oblivion!

Ah, **** it, i'm peeing in the wind arguing with fans who accept we are gonners (not gooners).

Gonna give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you are steaming.

***scoopyboy*** · 23-05-2015 06:23 PM

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The fact that we were competing with the 2nd and 3rd biggest teams in Scotland for 2 possible promotion places didn't help. If we had beaten one of those to it, presumably their fans would have been within their rights to say the same thing....

The perfect answer and at this point the thread should have been locked.

**scuttle** · 23-05-2015 06:24 PM

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Personally I think you are wrong. I also am gutted that think most Hibees probably agree with you. As long as Rod Petrie remains at Hibernian Football Club in any capacity we will remain in the lower echelons of Scottish Football.

If Petrie was to go ,do you honestly think his successor would splash cash that we have not got. Most clubs now are cutting their cloth accordingly, Petrie takes blame for where we are but IMHO not for this season

**Pretty Boy** · 23-05-2015 06:29 PM

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His presence stinks, and will continue to until he's gone.

I don't disagree.

I genuinely believe LD is running the show now though, if that makes me naive then so be it.

***GordonHFC*** · 23-05-2015 06:31 PM

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Yes this again. When a country goes tits up you normally remove the person at the top. Not Hibs though - we employ someone else to blame!

He effectively owns 10% of the Club. We have been given the opportunity to get rid of him by buying 51% of the shares in the Club. When we reach that figure he can be removed from any power.

***bingo70*** · 23-05-2015 06:33 PM

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I don't disagree.

I genuinely believe LD is running the show now though, if that makes me naive then so be it.

I agree.

I don't understand why he has to hang about though? Surely all hand over work has been done now?!

***Alfred E Newman*** · 23-05-2015 06:35 PM

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When I think of outright failure in life I now simply call it the "Rod Petrie".

How the 4th biggest club in Scotland (with 3rd potential) is about to spend it's second season in the lower league and people accept this is beyond belief!

You lot need to wake up and smell the effing coffee!

Jeezo! How long did it take you to come up with this utter pish.

**SkintHibby** · 23-05-2015 06:36 PM

The whole lot of you (apart from Blackpool Hibs) are missing the point. As long as Pterie remains at ER IN ANY CAPACITY then the stench of medicroty will prevail. I'm guessing most of you are young ones under 40 who don't really understand that Hibs were once a good football team that normally spends their time in the top league.

***GordonHFC*** · 23-05-2015 06:39 PM

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The whole lot of you (apart from Blackpool Hibs) are missing the point. As long as Pterie remains at ER IN ANY CAPACITY then the stench of medicroty will prevail. I'm guessing most of you are young ones under 40 who don't really understand that Hibs were once a good football team that normally spends their time in the top league.

Over 50 actually and we have been full of potential for most of the 47 years I have been going to watch them.

***Benny Brazil*** · 23-05-2015 06:43 PM

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When I think of outright failure in life I now simply call it the "Rod Petrie".

How the 4th biggest club in Scotland (with 3rd potential) is about to spend it's second season in the lower league and people accept this is beyond belief!

You lot need to wake up and smell the effing coffee!

Would he have been able to score a couple of goals to get us past TheRangers?

***O'Rourke3*** · 23-05-2015 06:44 PM

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When I think of outright failure in life I now simply call it the "Rod Petrie".

How the 4th biggest club in Scotland (with 3rd potential) is about to spend it's second season in the lower league and people accept this is beyond belief!

You lot need to wake up and smell the effing coffee!

OK, there's the complaint, what's the answer? Please don't say get rid of Petrie. Give us all the simple and straightforward solution or **** right off back to Tynecastle.

**The Green Goblin** · 23-05-2015 06:44 PM

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Some folk need to leave all this Petrie rubbish alone. He has done exactly what we wanted by staying out of things and leaving dempster to it, i think I've read maybe 1 statement from him all season so he has hardly been pulling strings. Like somebody else has said it's hardly his fault we didn't get promoted.

How much responsibility does he bear for our initial relegation which got us here though?? A fair bit imo.

That said, I do think that we just have to look ahead and not past. In a slightly bizarre way, when I think of Hibs now compared to a year ago, I am much happier with so many things: a manager who has us playing decent football again, a chief exec who communicates, takes a stand on things that matter, defends the club and is dynamic and outstanding, better quality players, much better PR and general communication with fans, lots of new initiatives, greater involvement in the community.....and so on. I no longer see the shame on the faces of fans who sat last year with their hearts breaking as they watched some of the worst performances in living memory by a squad that by and large didn't care. Hibs today bear no relation to Hibs a year ago. I'm gutted we lost today but I am also really happy with the progress that has been made from such an appalling shambles just 12 short months ago in such a short space of time. Massive credit is due to Stubbs and Dempster for effecting so much positive change across the whole club so quickly.

I am gutted we are staying down and I share some of the frustration of people who were debating why Hibs still need to find a way to deliver on the big occasions, but in a strange way that I still don't quite understand, I am also really proud of my club once again and that is no small thing, if you think about how things have been over the last few years.

**SkintHibby** · 23-05-2015 06:45 PM

If this Petrie love in continues I'll need to rename him Kim Il Petrie ffs!

***Alfred E Newman*** · 23-05-2015 06:46 PM

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The whole lot of you (apart from Blackpool Hibs) are missing the point. As long as Pterie remains at ER IN ANY CAPACITY then the stench of medicroty will prevail. I'm guessing most of you are young ones under 40 who don't really understand that Hibs were once a good football team that normally spends their time in the top league.

Over 60 actually and for most of that time we have managed to underachieve without Rod Petrie.