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Do you believe lessons have been learned?
Don't you believe that somewhere in the millions of tickets sold per season to watch football games in Scotland, there might be some funds found to investigate and rehabilitate the validity of our competitions?
This doesn't begin and end with applying sanctions to Rangers. In my opinion that is a very small part of it, if it that is even part of it at all.
The credibility of our national game is what is at stake.
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13-09-2017 06:15 PM #751
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13-09-2017 06:30 PM #752This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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13-09-2017 06:33 PM #753This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Lots assumed that Regan was playing with words when he said that only one club had come forward, some people on here said there might be other clubs coming out in support of Celtic.
I did say a few days ago it was odd that the SFA was being pounded on this while simultaneously having two SPFL members on its board.
If what Ross County say is true (and I assume it is), then Doncaster and his SPFL board have been grandstanding on this - with no regard for the apparent wishes of (the majority) of their members.
He could be in deep doo doo
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13-09-2017 06:44 PM #754This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Perhaps those new members are keen to make a name for themselves, or dissociate themselves from the previous regime, or ( as you suggest) do a bit of muscle-flexing.
Whatever the reason, it does seem a bit disingenuous of ND to claim to be writing "on behalf of" the clubs.
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13-09-2017 06:58 PM #755This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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13-09-2017 08:30 PM #756
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Must admit I'm not really sure why they do it but it does seem pretty much usual practice.
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13-09-2017 08:33 PM #757This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The supreme court judgement was madeon the 5th July and the announcement about no further punishments but supporting the call for an independant enquiry was on the 26th July, only two days after the 17/18 board was elected. I think it’s more than likely that the 16/17 lotwere the ones to decide on the SPFL’s approach to this:
Neil Doncaster (SPFL Chief exec)
Ralph Topping (SPFL Chairman)
Karyn McCluskey (independent non-exec0
Peter Lawwell (Celtic)
Ann Budge (Heart ofMidlothian)
Ian Maxwell (Partick Thistle)
Leeann Dempster (Hibernian)
EricDrysdale (Raith Rovers)
Ken Ferguson (Brechin City
Given that the new board looks like this it will be interesting to see how this is dealt with moving forward:
Neil Doncaster (SPFL Chief exec)
Murdoch MacLennan (SPFL Chairman)
Karyn McCluskey (independent non-exec)
AnnBudge (Heart of Midlothian)
Les Gray (Hamilton Academical)
Stewart Robertson(Rangers)
Martin Ritchie (Falkirk)
Warren Hawke (Morton)
Iain Dougan (Stranraer)Last edited by MyJo; 13-09-2017 at 08:37 PM.
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14-09-2017 12:50 AM #758This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
He's not played a long game, football-wise, he's played a strategic game and then had to react based on how the managers have done. A good number of them have disappointed but it was hardly like we didn't want them. Butcher was being called for on here two appointments before he arrived. Were you one of those who wanted him? It's funny how people can be experts on here, then shift attitudes and use hindsight as an evaluation tool.
What Petrie has done is seen us to a point where we have a marketable stadium that can accommodate an increase in support, a training facility that's top-notch and a presence in the community that makes life better for people who are marginalised, admittedly this was clearly STF's wish.
Please don't reply and say that Hibs are a football club and that is all we should be concentrating on. We were founded to improve the prospects of folk who were marginalised, in our case the immigrants from Ireland who settled in the Old Town. It's honourable that the club wants to take that forward in the twenty-first century, and make it relevant to our time and age.
I was a wee bit wary about Leann and am more than happy to eat humble pie. Since STF and Rod took Hibs on, we have steadily progressed. Leann seems to have accelerated things since she joined.
He was right for the role he had and he's right for the role he has now. Still, haters gonna hateThere's only one thing better than a Hibs calendar and that's two Hibs calendars
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14-09-2017 02:47 AM #759This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I have no problem with any of the community work the club does and have always been supportive. Not sure about the level of involvement from Rod Petrie though. Seems to me that we only took it seriously when Leeann came on board.
Since STF and Rod took over we have steadily progressed? New stadium is certainly fantastic although they had to be persuaded by the fans to build it there. On the pitch though?
Quick look at our league finishes shows no real improvement and the last few years shows quite a dip. Of course we do have 3 cup successes and they are most certainly not to be sniffed at but league finishes are a better barometer of on field progress and it does not appear to show any improvement.
And the 'haters gonna hate' thing? Lol, as the youngsters also might say.
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14-09-2017 08:41 AM #760
Got as far as 'Keenest legal minds'. Tantamount to just saying its not worth the bother and we senior managers know better than you minions.
Disappointing to say the least.
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14-09-2017 08:47 AM #761
To paraphrase Richard Nixon and the fat tramp on crutches who was outside Ibrox the day they entered administration, 'there can be no whitewash in the Big Hoose'.
HIBERNIAN FC - ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY SINCE 1875
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14-09-2017 09:14 AM #762
I'm still raging with that statement! Siding with those mobs is infuriating to say the least!
Rod, they all slaughtered us after the cup final, the Rangers slaughtered us constantly with their statements that were lies, Reagan slaughtered us after the match, MSM slaughtered us for months after, Radio, TV and papers all slaughtered us with fabrication, fallacy and lies yet you meekly lay down to them ... Dirty, dirty filthy game we are involved with!
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14-09-2017 09:17 AM #763This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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14-09-2017 09:19 AM #764This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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14-09-2017 09:38 AM #765This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
How would an independent enquiry into the SFA, when we know Rangers are not going to be punished further, help us get back at Rangers, thier fans, the media and the police who have all pushed the anti-hibs agenda you are talking about?
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14-09-2017 09:57 AM #766This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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14-09-2017 10:06 AM #767
For years we all complained that club kept the fans in the dark, never told us anything, communication was non existent. Recently the club have tried to change this and as soon they announce to us all about a decision they have made at board level, half the fans seem to be up in arms, threatening never to go back.
On a personal basis, I totally disagree with the boards decision, I don't think that despicable club, The The rangers or Oldco or newco or whatever guise they come under, should get away with anything. However, I have to trust OUR board to have made their decision in the best interest of OUR club, regardless of how much I hate it, and there is not a chance in the world that there will be any boycott of Easter road from myself because of this.
I hate it when petrol and beer prices go up, but I'm not going to stop driving or drinking.
A long time after we have all left this life, HIBERNIAN FOOTBALL CLUB will hopefully still be here. IF that horrible bunch of sectarian, cheating, barstewards are still here too, I hope Hibs fans, and ALL Scottish football fans, continue to remind them of what they did.
For now though, C'mon the Hibees, getintae the 'Well and let's get the three points on Saturday
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14-09-2017 10:47 AM #768This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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14-09-2017 11:43 AM #769This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteThere's only one thing better than a Hibs calendar and that's two Hibs calendars
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14-09-2017 12:10 PM #770This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
- the club racked up £16M of debt, but in mitigation nobody saw the tv collapse coming
- he had the car park to sell, a £10M get out of jail free card. An enormous stroke of luck but the timing of the sale (with hindsight) was a masterstroke
- he had the golden generation. All those players coming through at once at a time when transfer fees peaked. Again, the luck vs planning balance is v hard to guess at.
- the succession of duff managerial performances, consequent early sackings and squad turnover is not easily forgotten!
Summary - he (mostly, as far as we know) handed over the reins with the football operation in a dire state and a dwindling, thoroughly hacked off fanbase but with reasonable financial health and comparatively excellent infrastructure. The ignorant abuse may be unwarranted but then some of the pro-Petrie hagiography is a bit hard to take.
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14-09-2017 01:57 PM #772This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Although why Thatcher would come into the discussion should have been a giveaway that I was wrong.
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14-09-2017 08:21 PM #773This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
He's far from perfect but I think he's genuine. Compare him to many of the sharks and criminals involved in football and he looks rather good.
Plus he has a luxuriant moustache.
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