Foley and Caswell Join Board

[blackpoolhibs]

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Leslie Robb is a major shareholder and is entitled to vote how he wishes. I for one am glad he is now on the board,you want the best people on the board of the club. He has a lot to offer.

I had never heard of him until a few weeks ago, but he put his money in and appears to be a successful businessman, and a good Hibs fan. Welcome aboard.

[7Hero]

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Leslie Robb is a major shareholder and is entitled to vote how he wishes. I for one am glad he is now on the board,you want the best people on the board of the club. He has a lot to offer.

He's not a major shareholder, but exact definition he is a minor shareholder..

[Ozyhibby]

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He’s never been to Edinburgh before, but said he’d come up in August

Will cost him a fortune in August. He’d be better waiting till the festival is finished.


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[Ozyhibby]

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Robb and Foley on the board is incredibly good news.

They aren’t there for a couple of business lunches.

This lot mean business.

When you see how aggressive the Vegas Golden Knights are in pursuing success in the NHL, this can only be a good thing. Foley is obsessed by winning.


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[bingo70]

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When you see how aggressive the Vegas Golden Knights are in pursuing success in the NHL, this can only be a good thing. Foley is obsessed by winning.


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Asked this on the PM Board but does this put Montgomery under a bit more pressure?

[Onceinawhile]

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When you see how aggressive the Vegas Golden Knights are in pursuing success in the NHL, this can only be a good thing. Foley is obsessed by winning.


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Stanley cup final in their first year (though battered 4-1 by the caps) and then champions within 5 years is incredible.

More important however (imo) is how they reacted to the terrorist attack about a week before their first game which claimed (I think) 59 lives.

They pulled together as a squad and a community and drove themselves forward. Obviously hope that doesn't happen here, but it's good to know they recognise some things are more important than sport.

[MelbourneHibees]

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Leslie Robb is a major shareholder and is entitled to vote how he wishes. I for one am glad he is now on the board,you want the best people on the board of the club. He has a lot to offer.

Absolutley, he and Hibs have an agreement in place that the club will use his properties to house new players. Makes sense that they gave him a non-executive seat at the table.

[gbhibby]

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Absolutley, he and Hibs have an agreement in place that the club will use his properties to house new players. Makes sense that they gave him a non-executive seat at the table.

Don't know if he owns the properties thought they were held in a company he is only one of a number of officials in the company that the properties are registered to.

[Glory Lurker]

Folk talking about success in American sports. Woot. How's his fitba empire doing?

This might end up great for us but so far the boy's got no track record in fitba.

[Silky]

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Folk talking about success in American sports. Woot. How's his fitba empire doing?

This might end up great for us but so far the boy's got no track record in fitba.

Plenty folk who do have a track record in football have failed. Time will tell, obviously, but he's just arrived so we'll need to see how it pans out.

[JoeT]

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What formation will they sit in, we should be told.

I'm going 4 5 3

FFS if Montgomery refuses to change I'm off

[Ozyhibby]

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Folk talking about success in American sports. Woot. How's his fitba empire doing?

This might end up great for us but so far the boy's got no track record in fitba.

He didn’t have a track record in Ice Hockey 6 years ago either.


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[Jack]

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So Robb was offered a seat on the board in order to get his vote sealed.
Presumably HSL weren't offered such a deal. Good call after recent events.

Perhaps if HSL had a seat on the board or were even spoken to by the club (as they presumably have with Robb) the HSL reaction might have been different.

[The Spaceman]

HSL have shown no signs of being capable or grown up enough for a seat on our board. Thank god they are nowhere near it.

[Forza Fred]

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HSL have shown no signs of being capable or grown up enough for a seat on our board. Thank god they are nowhere near it.

That’s probably a bit harsh but viewing from afar they didn’t win any points in the PR Stakes.

[SonOfDavidFrancey]

Interesting to see that Rob was a partner in Baillie Gifford - I’m sure that was the same company as the Hearts benefactor whatever his name was?

[JimBHibees]

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Interesting to see that Rob was a partner in Baillie Gifford - I’m sure that was the same company as the Hearts benefactor whatever his name was?

James Anderson

[Leithenhibby]

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HSL have shown no signs of being capable or grown up enough for a seat on our board. Thank god they are nowhere near it.

The irony in this post is as constructive as ever...

[WhileTheChief..]

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[WhileTheChief..]

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Interesting to see that Rob was a partner in Baillie Gifford - I’m sure that was the same company as the Hearts benefactor whatever his name was?

Our non-exec vice chairman is Kathrin Hamilton. She's a director at Baillie Gifford.

They like their football over at BG apparently!

[jacomo]

This is big news.

It’s clear that Foley is personally invested, way beyond the £6m (which is a tiny proportion of the wealth backing his Black Knights project).

As for Monty, yes he’s under pressure. Expectation levels have now been raised hugely, and Bournemouth have shown they aren’t afraid to roll the dice if they feel the guy in the dugout isn’t delivering.

[CapitalGreen]

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Folk talking about success in American sports. Woot. How's his fitba empire doing?

This might end up great for us but so far the boy's got no track record in fitba.

Bournemouth are doing excellently. Had a difficult start to the season as their new manager bedded in his tactical changes however over the last 15 games they have the 5th best record in the league outperforming clubs with budgets multiple times bigger than their own.

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Loreint are currently 14th in the league which is above their 10 year average position of 17th. They have struggled during the first half of the season but nobody in the league has a better record than them over the previous 5 matches.

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[CropleyWasGod]

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Absolutley, he and Hibs have an agreement in place that the club will use his properties to house new players. Makes sense that they gave him a non-executive seat at the table.

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Don't know if he owns the properties thought they were held in a company he is only one of a number of officials in the company that the properties are registered to.

It's not "his" properties or company. It's a Limited Liability Partnership, which has 9 members. Robb, Ian Fraser, Malcolm McPherson, Kathrin Hamilton are members, as is a Delaware company called Bydand Flats.

The extent of the members' ownership might be clearer in the LLP's first accounts, which are now due.

Edit.
Robb joined the LLP in June last year, as did most of its members. Not sure if this adds to, or subtracts from, the conspiracy theories.

[green day]

I dont think that Hibs would "gift" a board seat to someone simply because he is part owner of a commercial property company which houses new players.

[VoltaireHibs]

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I'm hoping it might mean there's more chance of him chucking an extra mill or 2 our way now and again, e.g. to keep Marcondes and/or Maolida. Of course it could go the other way and he decides he doesn't want to throw good money after bad.

He really has to throw money at us. The whole thing is a massive waste of everyone's time otherwise. It's pretty much all on him now. But as he said himself, it's a very low level of investment for BK, chump change basically.

[MWHIBBIES]

Hopefully make better decisions here than the one to sack Gary O'Neil at Bournemouth. Miles ahead of them with his wolves side.

[CapitalGreen]

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Hopefully make better decisions here than the one to sack Gary O'Neil at Bournemouth. Miles ahead of them with his wolves side.

Iraola has Bournemouth in 13th with a 1.19ppg.

O’Neill finished 15th with Bournemouth last season and had a 1.09ppg record while he was manager.

Bournemouth have also already matched last seasons goals scored total with 11 league games remaining.

O’Neill is doing a really good job at Wolves but in terms of Bournemouth, Iraola has been an improvement on him.

[Since90+2]

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I dont think that Hibs would "gift" a board seat to someone simply because he is part owner of a commercial property company which houses new players.

He's clearly a very smart and successful businessman, who's also a big Hibs fan.

Seems like exactly like the type of guy you'd want on the board.

[Since90+2]

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He really has to throw money at us. The whole thing is a massive waste of everyone's time otherwise. It's pretty much all on him now. But as he said himself, it's a very low level of investment for BK, chump change basically.

It's not all on him, he's a minority shareholder. The main custodians of the club remain the Gordons.

Foley will have a keen interest on what we do, but to suggest it's all now down to him whilst the Gordons still own the club clearly isn't correct.

[Ringothedog]

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He really has to throw money at us. The whole thing is a massive waste of everyone's time otherwise. It's pretty much all on him now. But as he said himself, it's a very low level of investment for BK, chump change basically.

Nonsense but you know that. He is a minority shareholder who will either invest as he sees fit or keep the status quo