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15-01-2018 07:04 AM #61
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15-01-2018 11:57 AM #62This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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15-01-2018 12:21 PM #63This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Mercer's stated plan was for the "merged" club to be playing in Maroon at Tiny and be called Hearts. The new name/stadium stuff was a vague aspiration for the future. ****.
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15-01-2018 09:39 PM #64
For Mercer it was nothing to do with merger (however misguided) and everything to do with eliminating the opposition and taking over assets - simple as that. This was from a man who understood plenty about how to make money but absolutely nothing about community, loyalty, identity and all the other social factors that self-obsessed Tories will never be capable of properly understanding. Thatcher (despite her personal contempt towards football) would have been immensely proud of him for seeing the opportunity he did and exploiting it for self-gain. That was the zeitgeist of the time and sadly can still be seen in plenty folk today. It was no small feat to stand against that mentality in the 80s and to triumph. All the odds were stacked against you and many others failed. Everyone involved in the HoH campaign should be proud of that success.
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15-01-2018 10:13 PM #65This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
My perception at the time though was that Hertz fans didn’t really want it to go ahead, although they were under the spell of WM and would have gone along with the sham because they worshipped him.
All conjecture as it turned out.
However, one aspect that makes me smile still was the proposed plans of the shared stadium as featured in the programme. Bears a striking resemblance to how ER looks today and we all know how Jambos “love” the so called Lego/breeze block (their terminology, not mine) construction that we adopted - i.e. - a stadium that will stand the test of time as opposed to what they ended up with - a pink corrugated carbuncle with no pitch view hospitality areas and nose bleed steep seating. Wonder if they’d still be as critical of the shared stadium design if it had gone ahead? Hypocrites!!
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15-01-2018 10:26 PM #66This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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16-01-2018 07:32 AM #67This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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16-01-2018 09:09 AM #68This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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16-01-2018 09:15 AM #69This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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16-01-2018 09:22 AM #70
Mercers wee smirk when he describes deliberately keeping his identity from Duff until the last moment as his funny wee 'game' is a really disgusting thing, the kind of smile that turns your stomach. He really was a creature.
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16-01-2018 01:55 PM #71This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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26-01-2018 07:38 PM #72
Just watched it there. Mercer really was a horrible slimy rat. I was only a bairn at the time of it but can appreciate the hate people still carry.
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26-01-2018 07:44 PM #73
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26-01-2018 08:45 PM #74This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Watching the documentary again it's almost possible to believe Duff as a mere puppet. As loathsome as Mercer undoubtedly is the one I would most love to boot square in the baws is David Rowland. An absolute tosser who saw Hibs as a mere commodity to be used and traded as he pleased.PM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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26-01-2018 10:12 PM #75
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