Leeann Dempster special on Sky Sports

[DavieRoy]

I see Sky Sports have Leeann Dempster on their show tonight from 6pm on Sky Sports Football.

[Baker9]

I see Sky Sports have Leeann Dempster on their show tonight from 6pm on Sky Sports Football.

I'm very nervous about this type of exposure to potential employers. I'd like to keep her as our little secret.

[DavieRoy]

I'm very nervous about this type of exposure to potential employers. I'd like to keep her as our little secret.

Good point. 30 minute show, so it will be interesting to see what she says.

[tartanhibee]

Let’s hope she talks about distribution of tickets for big games that will put potential suitors off 😜

[CMurdoch]

I'm very nervous about this type of exposure to potential employers. I'd like to keep her as our little secret.

Yes, we are in great danger of selling her to alternative employment.

[Michael]

At least we now know how a football club should be run if a bigger club did go for her. I really couldn't understand why we were so rubbish before she came in.

[Smartie]

I could see her being in big demand South of the border, and she could earn some big bucks there. I suspect that she is putting herself in the shop window here. I could understand her thinking her work is done here - promotion back to the Premier League, a strong showing upon return and the Scottish Cup in the bag is a good return in 3 and a bit years.


Martin Bain occupies a similar position at Sunderland and earns a fortune. His cv includes leading a previous club to extinction.

LD has been successful everywhere she's been and might understandably fancy a move.

[Baker9]

At least we now know how a football club should be run if a bigger club did go for her. I really couldn't understand why we were so rubbish before she came in.

Everything good about our club just now stems from her.

[The Modfather]

At least we now know how a football club should be run if a bigger club did go for her. I really couldn't understand why we were so rubbish before she came in.

Rod Petrie

[Billy Whizz]

Everything good about our club just now stems from her.

Apart from the abolishment of the loyalty scheme

[HoboHarry]

Rod Petrie
Who at the very least should be given some credit for seeing that and securing her services.....

[heretoday]

I'm very nervous about this type of exposure to potential employers. I'd like to keep her as our little secret.

I never thought of that. I assumed she stays here because we're so wonderful or something.

Oh dear!

[jacomo]

I could see her being in big demand South of the border, and she could earn some big bucks there. I suspect that she is putting herself in the shop window here. I could understand her thinking her work is done here - promotion back to the Premier League, a strong showing upon return and the Scottish Cup in the bag is a good return in 3 and a bit years.


Martin Bain occupies a similar position at Sunderland and earns a fortune. His cv includes leading a previous club to extinction.

LD has been successful everywhere she's been and might understandably fancy a move.


Can we tie her to a new deal with a hefty release clause?

We've not won the Premiership yet so I would'nt say her work is done.

[Nakedmanoncrack]

I could see her being in big demand South of the border, and she could earn some big bucks there. I suspect that she is putting herself in the shop window here. I could understand her thinking her work is done here - promotion back to the Premier League, a strong showing upon return and the Scottish Cup in the bag is a good return in 3 and a bit years.


Martin Bain occupies a similar position at Sunderland and earns a fortune. His cv includes leading a previous club to extinction.

LD has been successful everywhere she's been and might understandably fancy a move.

Didn't realise that, looks like he's doing a good job of leading another into the abyss.

[HH81]

Good interview and cool to learn they went to three English youth set ups and only learnt one thing.

Hibs are heading in the right direction from top to bottom.

[Fife-Hibee]

Really enjoyed that !

[21.05.2016]

What a signing she has been for us, an absolute hero. What a total shambles the club was when she first walked through the door, she must have wondered where to even begin! She's re-built the club from top to bottom.

Leeann, you may not have been on the pitch (unless you sneaked on with the fans after :greengrin) on 21.05.16 but you are one of the biggest reasons we won that cup. It all started with you.

Not just the football side of things, she's helped re-build so many burn bridges with the fans and made the club far more transparent and open to listening to the fans.

The club is totally different from what it was pre-relegation and so much of that is down to her.

[DarlingtonHibee]

I know it's early, but anyone got a link?

[ManBearPig]

Can only find the one min section online can anyone find a link? Please

[greenlex]

Bookshelf’s a ****ing disgrace. Really stressing me oot

[Hibs90]

http://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/11171890/dempster-on-spfl-matters

[Onion]

EVERY single thing the Scottish media do is designed to benefit their Glasgow Twins, so no good can come from heightened exposure of any of our key assets. Like others, would prefer to keep her in a box marked "secret".

[Firestarter]

Bookshelf’s a ****ing disgrace. Really stressing me oot

Who?

[silverhibee]

Who?

Doctor :dunno:

[Slim Shady]

Wonder if BillyWhizz will watch 🤔

[hibby6270]

Not seen it yet but SPFL Matters programme is repeated at 23:30 tonight on Sky Sports Football channel. It’s also on a couple of times on Saturday morning.

EDIT: Sorry, missed the post above with the link. D’oh!!

[Real Emerald]

Bookshelf’s a ****ing disgrace. Really stressing me oot

Me too, it looks like Spuds flat in TS2, Petrie 😂

[hhibs]

Who at the very least should be given some credit for seeing that and securing her services.....

Nope.

[Delboy4]

Well said Leeann 👏

[Ozyhibby]

Any link to full interview?


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[Firestarter]

Doctor :dunno:

😂

Bookshelves are at weird angles though. Boyd again seems alright.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Quite enjoyed that. Neil Lennon part of the panel on the show next week looking back at some OF memories, no thanks!

[ShinyFantastic]

Did she talk about loyalty points?

[Sammy7nil]

Leeann has been fantastic but if we are honest she and the club just got very lucky when we won the cup. Everything changed on 21 May.

[high bee]

Leeann has been fantastic but if we are honest she and the club just got very lucky when we won the cup. Everything changed on 21 May.

There was no luck involved in the cup win. We were run in a very conservative business fashion before she arrived, she chose to speculate to accumulate, appointing a hungry manager and giving him a great budget which allowed us to field the team we did that season. It’s no coincidence we won the cup so soon after changing our whole approach.

All IMO of course.

[matty_f]

Leeann has been fantastic but if we are honest she and the club just got very lucky when we won the cup. Everything changed on 21 May.
Lucky? Really?

There was nothing lucky about it, we put together a team good enough to win it - we very nearly won a double that season.

[Thecat23]

Leeann has been fantastic but if we are honest she and the club just got very lucky when we won the cup. Everything changed on 21 May.

Eh? Did they get lucky building the foundations that has alloweded the club to drive on and compete at the right end of the Prem? Honestly some folk need to seriously have a word, they completely rebuilt Hibs from what was a car crash of a club. Cup win or not Leeann and co deserve so much credit they are the real heroes for me in all this, they saved our club from years of emptiness and drifting in the lower leagues.

[Holmesdale Hibs]

It’s a good interview and Leeann is very articulate and honest and talks a lot of sense. Great to see communication like this from the club and quite different to anything I can remember before her time.

[Nicho87]

Very interesting that she said that she wants to see hibs as a high pressing attacking team. I personally love that. Just interesting that before this structure was in place hibs would have dreamt of telling a manager a style they prefer to see. Butcher comes to mind.

Love Leeann, very passionate and it has rubbed of to the management team and us the fans.

[DarlingtonHibee]

Leeann has been fantastic but if we are honest she and the club just got very lucky when we won the cup. Everything changed on 21 May.

On what basis were we lucky?

[Sammy7nil]

On what basis were we lucky?

We had not won the cup for over 100 years, we were two down to our city rivals I think perhaps we had a little luck in winning the cup if you think we didn't fair enough.

[Thecat23]

We had not won the cup for over 100 years, we were two down to our city rivals I think perhaps we had a little luck in winning the cup if you think we didn't fair enough.

Every club needs luck winning the cup, that’s what it takes to win the thing. Can’t believe you’d throw a comment “they just got lucky” at Leeann and the work she’s done. Are you going to completely ignore the rest of the work she’s done?

[Sammy7nil]

Eh? Did they get lucky building the foundations that has alloweded the club to drive on and compete at the right end of the Prem? Honestly some folk need to seriously have a word, they completely rebuilt Hibs from what was a car crash of a club. Cup win or not Leeann and co deserve so much credit they are the real heroes for me in all this, they saved our club from years of emptiness and drifting in the lower leagues.

And some people should be more tolerant of others views it is a forum after all and there will be different opinions. If we had not won the cup a great season would have ended in failure in 3 comps we could have won. I don't think the fans would have turned out in the same numbers the following season and our progress may have stalled a little.

In winning any cup competition you need a bit of luck just look at the Ross County final.

[Sammy7nil]

Every club needs luck winning the cup, that’s what it takes to win the thing. Can’t believe you’d throw a comment “they just got lucky” at Leeann and the work she’s done. Are you going to completely ignore the rest of the work she’s done?

Did you read my post or did you just pick out the four words?

[greenlex]

And some people should be more tolerant of others views it is a forum after all and there will be different opinions. If we had not won the cup a great season would have ended in failure in 3 comps we could have won. I don't think the fans would have turned out in the same numbers the following season and our progress may have stalled a little.

In winning any cup competition you need a bit of luck just look at the Ross County final.

So unlucky not to win the league cup but lucky to win the Scottish. Half empty if half full? I can’t make my mind up.

[Moulin Yarns]

Did you read my post or did you just pick out the four words?

If you are honest everything didn't change on 21 May. It changed when Leeann walked through the door at Easter Road.

[Sammy7nil]

So unlucky not to win the league cup but lucky to win the Scottish. Half empty if half full? I can’t make my mind up.

I will leave to you to ponder :greengrin but at least we agree you need luck or if you don't believe in luck a few breaks to win a cup.

[Sammy7nil]

If you are honest everything didn't change on 21 May. It changed when Leanne walked through the door at Easter Road.



As said Leeanne has been fantastic and of course there was a lot of great work done before the cup win but it is the cup win that has made the huge difference and without it the club would be in a very different position.

[Baker9]

Who at the very least should be given some credit for seeing that and securing her services.....

That was nothing to do with Petrie.

[Ozyhibby]

The only thing lucky about the cup run was that it was lucky that Leeann had came in and put in place a recruitement system that has seen us sign players with the quality needed to take advantage of the opportunities when they presented themselves.


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[Sammy7nil]

The only thing lucky about the cup run was that it was lucky that Leeann had came in and put in place a recruitement system that has seen us sign players with the quality needed to take advantage of the opportunities when they presented themselves.


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So were we lucky then :greengrin