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Keith_M
27-05-2014, 10:26 AM
The article from Simon Pia (http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/spfl/buck-for-hibs-relegation-stops-with-rod-petrie-1-3422961) in today's Scotsman is the best summary I've read to date of why Hibs are where they are and who the major problem is at Easter Road.


"But that night over a decade ago Sir Alex (Ferguson) also asked me what was happening at Hibs, a club he had affection for due to his father’s admiration for the Famous Five and the outstanding players since, not least his great friend, Pat Stanton."

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"The harsh reality is that all of the dozen or so managers who have served under the current regime has had at least one hand tied behind their back. They may have walked into Easter Road with high hopes, but if they got above their station and were too ambitious, their legs would be cut from under them, none more so than John Collins just after he had won the League Cup. His mistake was to announce publicly he wanted to go on and challenge the Old Firm."

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"The absentee owner, Sir Tom Farmer, had always openly professed his lack of interest or knowledge of football – why own a club, you may ask – but when Petrie was pushed into the front line, edging out football men and Hibs supporters on the board such as Douglas Cromb, Tom O’Malley and Malcolm McPherson, he was asked if he had ever seen Hibs play before. Not only had Rod Petrie never seen Hibs play, he had never been to a football match."

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Sure beats the hell out of 'Petrie, Petrie get to ...'

Keith_M
27-05-2014, 11:14 AM
Admins, I noticed this is a duplicate of another thread (http://www.hibs.net/showthread.php?284563-Todays-Scotsman-article), feel free to merge.