SanFranHibs
22-07-2011, 06:58 PM
Just reading a couple of posts regarding the 'State of the Hibee Nation' in threads about CC, several people touched on 'wasting' money on the stadium which could have been used to build the team.
An interesting point of view but one I confess I can't agree with.
I think even if Hibs had not upgraded Easter Road, the money, or very little of it, would have been spent directly on the first team, because this implies that we would have bought better quality players or somehow gotten better players in. But I think we all agree that Hibs present setup is not to increase significantly our expenditure and particulary our wage bill. Our debt/wage bill is a point which has concerned me for years in that even if Hibs had ZERO debt will we ever be willing to incur some managed debt to improve our team. Seems to me that every team that is succesful or at least competitive on the field is in the red to varying degrees. Not sure this Hibs administration will ever take this route. Of course there must be many teams who are in the red and still struggle on the field.
I know it is a LOT easier said than done but I just think Hibs need a long term footballing strategy and direction and stop lurching from bad situation to bad situation because we definitely are in danger of becoming permanently stuck in the middle of the table wilderness.
I think our stadium's improvement and our training facility is at least something we can feel good about.
Now, when does that next crop of youngsters come through?
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An interesting point of view but one I confess I can't agree with.
I think even if Hibs had not upgraded Easter Road, the money, or very little of it, would have been spent directly on the first team, because this implies that we would have bought better quality players or somehow gotten better players in. But I think we all agree that Hibs present setup is not to increase significantly our expenditure and particulary our wage bill. Our debt/wage bill is a point which has concerned me for years in that even if Hibs had ZERO debt will we ever be willing to incur some managed debt to improve our team. Seems to me that every team that is succesful or at least competitive on the field is in the red to varying degrees. Not sure this Hibs administration will ever take this route. Of course there must be many teams who are in the red and still struggle on the field.
I know it is a LOT easier said than done but I just think Hibs need a long term footballing strategy and direction and stop lurching from bad situation to bad situation because we definitely are in danger of becoming permanently stuck in the middle of the table wilderness.
I think our stadium's improvement and our training facility is at least something we can feel good about.
Now, when does that next crop of youngsters come through?
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