Think they need a new CEO and board to do that. Neilson can get them up but not with the style and play to thrive in the top League. January loan signings saved our first season back up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Man Down Under
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Think they need a new CEO and board to do that. Neilson can get them up but not with the style and play to thrive in the top League. January loan signings saved our first season back up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Man Down Under
Me too, but feel terrible for thinking about him at the same time as levain!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by grunt
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I'm maybe 100% wrong but that was on Twitter, JKB Meltdown, really think it might be a Hibby Troll because some, no sorry, all of that stuff is just plain mad, if it is a Hibby your doing great work 😁
Well English, after listening to tonight’s podcast on Sportsound, must be going for the longest ever interview duration in his attempt to get the Head of Communications gig at Tynie...
I actually think that TE stance on this has given Budge false hope in the Hearts legal case.Quote:
Originally Posted by Viva_Palmeiras
His "its outrageous" "affront to natural justice" "SPFL are entirely in the wrong" style utterances over the last 3 months have basically given her the confidence to assume that these statements are true and not just his opinion.
He sounds to me like the kind of guy that will never actually admit he is wrong - even when they lose arbitration, have to pay costs and play out the season in the Championship, he will keep on it, keep speaking to Budge etc.
What is unknown, obviously, is - When the penny will drop for Ann B?
I see they're now wanting to boycott supporting the national team. How more like Rangers could they be?
This. I don’t think the penny will drop and she will always be in denial!Quote:
Originally Posted by green day
Her arrogance has been and will be her downfall!
There is still some way to go but hopefully one week into the new season (for some of us anyway) they will be dealt with by the SFA and the appropriate punishment handed out to them and PT!
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No, no you must be mistaken. Remember she regularly has other chairmen on the phone for advice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aldo
Ah yes silly me!Quote:
Originally Posted by B.H.F.C
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If you're looking to deliberately spend millions for the sole purpose of avoiding relegation (an uninspiring target in itself) whilst actually being relegated she's the first number to call.Quote:
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Same principle applies if you're thinking of building a single tier stand, laying a football pitch, starting a court action etc, etc.....
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Jumbo Jim back at Hertz to help the Caveman. Can only hope wee Billy Broon turns up too.
Why do Hearts always look back the way?Quote:
Originally Posted by flash
To be fair he just happened to be in the club shop.Quote:
Originally Posted by Since452
Because shicht always attracts flies...Quote:
Originally Posted by Since452
Will take a lot of pressure off Ann as well while she is occupied fighting the court case. What court case? They’re a bit slow on the uptake.
Interesting that the hearts have appointed Jumbo Jim instead of a sporting director and they state that one of the reasons is due to the ongoing costs of their legal challenge ! maybe the cash is drying up again and they need the compo rapidly ?
What role is he in if not Director of football?Quote:
Originally Posted by greenpaper55
Actually think a decent appointment.
Advisor??Quote:
Originally Posted by JimBHibees
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Given his recent ill-health, I’d’ve thought this was the last thing he needs!
Now Potter's gone she needs a new toyboy😉Quote:
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It’s a nice appointment.Quote:
Originally Posted by JimBHibees
Jim & Anne can go a few walks a week to Saughton Park. Maybe a wee run in the car every now and again down the coast.
She said when she took over that most clubs aren’t run properly and she was going to sort that out. Oops. She’s been so bad and made so many mistakes that it’s almost a case of better the devil you know with them. To them she’s a Jambo though I suspect if she never had Benny factor Anderson smoothing over her mistakes with his cash injections then she might have been viewed differently. In fact because he is there to keep the club afloat they think they are untouchable. If he wasn’t there then she would be gone and they would have to live within in their means. I know that’s impossible for them to understand but they would have had to face actual reality.Quote:
Originally Posted by matty_f
She’s played another blinder here imho. Another ex Jambo but one who actually won something. Will appease the hordes and take their mind away from relegation etcQuote:
Originally Posted by hibbyfraelibby
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Jim becomes the new Craig. All makes sense.🤣 Let the lunacy continue.Quote:
Originally Posted by MagicSwirlingShip
I believe he's also a QC so that's another wage saved.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aldo
Ha! Like that!Quote:
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he was involved in 0-7 and 6-2Quote:
Originally Posted by flash
im personally delighted he’s back
Id say its a cert they will make him Sporting Director.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aldo
Indeed. You can just see it. She’ll come out with “we’ve spent weeks/months looking for one that fits the image of the club and all along he’s already at the club”Quote:
Originally Posted by underscore
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Can't be a bad thing for them bringing him in. I've got a lot of time for Jefferies. One of footballs good guys.
Ann 'Contradiction' Budge does it again. We're going to put the appointment of a Sporting Director on hold for now and then appoints an "advisor" who role description sounds awfy like a Sporting Director's.
Why bother making the announcement a few days ago when you could have just waited and said Jeffries is coming in as a temporary Sporting Director? As far as Budge is concerned it's why do it in 1 statement when you can do it in 2?
Agree a much better appointment than LeveinQuote:
Originally Posted by Since452
Is it jambo policy to re-employ everyone they have sacked?
Jumbo Jeffries back at Fartz... Who next? Billy 'I've got a Raith Rovers jacket' Brown?
They'll be digging up graves next. That's an old team they've got going on there. Starting to think they won't come straight back up. Strange times at Fartz FC.
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I'm waiting on them announcing Colin Cameron on a 3 year deal.
I've nothing against Jim Jefferies but I have to wonder what the thinking is with this? It's a strange policy of trying to move forward by continually reaching for the past......
Surely Jeffries will be stuck somewhere in the past?
Yeah it’s a weird one, obviously a very knowledgable guy about Scottish football but how much of that knowledge will still be relevant to modern day football, and the likes of modern scouting methods or sports science. What exactly is he advising the board on? I doubt he’ll be doing much advising and more likely there as a conduit who can translate the pish the board come up with into managerial patter for Robbie.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoboHarry
This has got to be a wind-up, surely.
Budge seems to have no imagination whatsoever when it comes to making appointments at that club.
Why not appoint Billy Brown for this? He's dun 'hings.
It appeals to the support/benefactors JJ kicking about. It will make them more money than they will spend on him.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoboHarry
........and been placesQuote:
Originally Posted by Speedway
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Given the time pressures and escalating costs of the ongoing challenge to our relegation we have decided to put our recruitment process on hold for now," the club said. "Such an important appointment deserves our full focus and uninterrupted attention, which, right now, is simply not possible."
They seem blind to the fact that they are solely responsible for the "escalating cots" of legal action and that they'd have plenty of time to give this appointment their full focus if they hadn't embarked on such action.
Their statement doesn't even make sense, Ann can multi-task. She was adamant about that!Quote:
Originally Posted by G B Young
At 69 and post heart attack I very much doubt he has the time, energy or desire to be a full time Sporting Director.Quote:
Originally Posted by underscore
I do see him being able to talk some sense to the Board though and act as an occasional conduit between the mentalist Budge and her ‘football department’
Let’s be honest she needs as much help as she can get and clearly there are zero people interested in taking any perm Sporting Director role at her car crash club (despite her alleged huge pile of CV’s that months and months and months later she still has not got the time to look at!) so sticking plaster time it is....
Director Of Football Advice has a nice ring to it. Its very different to Director Of Football & you only need tippex the 'Advice" part off his office door sign when he gets the gig full time.
When you look at Budge’s history of appointments and who she’s been rumoured to be looking at... generally speaking it’s from a list of people she’s already met.
Levein repeatedly in different roles, and other coaches that were there when she arrived being shuffled around or linked to the DoF role. Hell she was linked with approaching Dempster, as presumably they’ve met...
The only one that doesn’t fit that mould is Stendel, but I think that came about because the media and fans mentioned him enough to make it seem the ‘smart choice’ otherwise, who has she hired for a significant role that she wouldn’t have already met in her capacity at Hearts?
Poor Neilson, desperate to be his own man. I’d be saying wtf, why is this guy needed as a middle man. Expect more note passing along the home benches at Tynecastle.
Ann hasn’t got a clue on recruitment, you need only look at the length of time to both sack and then replace Levein to know that. Yet another act of distraction and playing to the crowd that runs through everything they are as a club.
No doubt the eventual appointment will be a promised ‘big name’
The opposite. He wants to work with someone who can tell him what to do.Quote:
Originally Posted by HIbs2
He’s Jim’s new assistantQuote:
Originally Posted by Speedway
They really only need to fill the Footballing Advice Director role as well and they're pretty much back to normal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dalianwanda
Any candidates who might work with Jim here? I'll go for his Doppelganger, Peter Griffin. He'd probably have done a better job of the stand as well
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Great to see Hibs legend JJ back at Tynecastle.
Prob in charge of the shop since he seems to be in there a lot?😁Quote:
Originally Posted by JimBHibees
Interesting that they’re now referring to their relegation properly.Quote:
Originally Posted by G B Young
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Originally Posted by Sudds_1
:greengrin
"Every time his telephone rings, the man in the changing room gets his wings"
The Edinburgh clubs are both so different. Hibs being the progressive club, always exploring new and exciting ventures. Hearts, stuck in the past, droning on about derby records years ago under Wallet Mercenary, bringing back Levein, Neilson Jefferies umpteen times, trying desperately to sign Sam bloody Nicholson etc. No wonder the youth are swaying towards Hibs in large numbers. You'd be embarrassed to support that boring little Championship club. Even their colours are boring. They really are the burgundy Volvo 740 of the football world.
Maybe it’s Jim Jeffries The Comedian
Trying to lighten the Mood
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Are large numbers of youths swaying to Hibs? I'd love it to be true but we would need some kind of evidence to back that claim up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Since452
Aye but but they are really big and really famous don’t you know 😆Quote:
Originally Posted by Since452
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Originally Posted by Since90+2
If any young person likes wearing maroon polyester then that’s up to them, but they won’t get much action.
Has taken some kickings from Hibs over the years: 7-0 / 6-2 / 3-0, that’sQuote:
Originally Posted by Bishop Hibee
16-2 in just three games alone. And quite a few others throughout the 1970’s against the Tornadoes. Welcome back Jim.
And a 5-1 cup final too. :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Roxyhibee
Missed out the 5-1 League Cup final as Killie managerQuote:
Originally Posted by Roxyhibee
JJ is there to take the heat.He knows that so the pocket money will come in handy.
Ahh, always forget that one.! 👍🇳🇬Quote:
Originally Posted by blackpoolhibs
Best flumps manager in my lifetime by some distance. Nice guy too. Back at the club he loves at a ripe old age. Well done him.
Anyway back to the legal challenge thread so I can go back to ridiculing them.
Manager of Killie in our 5-1 LC truimph as well.Quote:
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In all fairness, they did try with Cathro. It didn’t work so they went for the tried and tested.Quote:
Originally Posted by Since452
Tried and tested got them relegated, so good luck with that Hearts.
My thoughts too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Since452
Ian Murray, MP on Scottish News calling for a review of Scottish Football led by fans. The bold Jambo says that the ‘ the COVID crisis has shone a very bright light on the governance of the Scottish game on individual clubs, on fan’s contribution to keeping clubs going and a really good time for Scottish football to reflect on the clubs themselves, the national game from the national team down to grass roots and once and for all do something about it.’
Only one thing has rattled his cage and we all know what that is. :jamboclow
I'm all for a review of Scottish football, but it should start next season.
Hearts new director makes reference to Hibs in first interview.
Well there's a surprise!
sums up how I see it. Every single thing about that club is dourQuote:
Originally Posted by Since452
Was that to say how well we are coping and dealing with matters in the present crisis?Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith_M
Of course he doesQuote:
Originally Posted by Keith_M
They’re absolutely obsessed at hearts with all things hibs. So much so that they’ve taken their eye off the ball and got relegated.
If he's another one that's saying there should be a commissioner making the decisions I'd argue the decision to end the league based on ppg was correct, the decision to promote and relegate vs no promotion or relegation was correct and no reconstruction, albeit harsh on 3 clubs, was the best decision for more clubs than reconstruction would have been. It would have been very likely commissioner that a commissioner would have made the same decisions so we would have still had all the same people squealing about the same things and wanting change to the governance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim44
I'd say having a commissioner would probably lead to more disputes and court cases/arbitration because what we have now is a democractic process rather than an autocracy. No doubt there would be more calls for suspensions/sackings/investigations from the likes of Rangers and Hearts when they don't get their way.
The one thing change that would improve things is the 11-1 vote in the Premiership but that doesn’t suit Celtic and Rangers so probably unlikely to be changed.
What did he say?Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith_M
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Originally Posted by Jim44
Well, obviously!
"I very much admire the businesslike way Hibs have handled this unprecedented crisis. They have been very discrete, approaching players and members of staff in private, without attempting to use undue pressure, and threats of obscure rules, in an effort to get them to lower their wages to help the club see out the rest of the season.
I am particularly impressed with the professional manner in which they have avoided making public statements, which we all know has the danger of allowing emotion to override logic.
Their supporters have stepped up to the plate and bought Season Tickets in large numbers, purely for the love of their club. That, and the donations from HSL, are very admirable."
...are among the many complimentary things about Hibs that he didn't actually say.
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Originally Posted by matty_f
'Jefferies admitted that it was “unfortunate” and “sad” that players, coaches and staff at clubs across Scotland have lost their jobs and had to accept wage reductions as a result of the Covid-19 crisis.
But he said: “The onus is still on putting a team on the pitch. Hibs have made massive cuts and they have let staff and coaches go. Maybe the reason they have made the cuts is so they can bring in better players than what they have and improve their team.
“Okay, some players have had to depart. Hearts, Hibs and other clubs have done that. It is easy to have a go at clubs for doing that. How can they do this? How can they do that? They have got a point." '
Herald
I don't see anything wrong with what he said.Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith_M
Maybe JJ's got a point, IF we are doing it this way, it's surely better and more ethical and business like than stiffing millions of Lithuanian pensioners, the NHS, HMRC and assorted Scottish charities like the Macraes Battalion trust and the Lady Haig poppy fund just to spend it on wages for footballers you couldn't otherwise afford?Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith_M
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Originally Posted by Jim44
Any review should focus on the self-serving sanctimonious attitude of Budge and how to prevent the damage she’s caused happening again.
Nobody knows what cuts Hbs are making and it's certainly not for him to comment. Why not speak about what Hearts are doing?Quote:
Originally Posted by grunt
And this - "Maybe the reason they have made the cuts is so they can bring in better players than what they have and improve their team." - he's stirring it.
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Originally Posted by grunt
In isolation, no.
I can't disagree with the points he was making. However, why specifically did he feel he had to mention Hibs? If it was a one-off, it wouldn't be so strange, but this is almost a compulsory part of an interview with any new signing at Hearts.
Sign new manager? "He has had a great record, especially against the new Hibs manager"
Sign new player? "The first thing they drummed into me was how important it is to beat Hibs"
Sign new Director? "Yeah, we had to lay off staff, but so did Hibs!"
This.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peevemor
Commisioners will never work in the SPFL for the simple reason two clubs will want to know where they went to school second guessing their mindedness....
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They cannot help themselves, always have to get wee digs in to Hibs, for such tiny little minds, we take up a lot of space there
Why mention Hibs at all? Why not clubs in general?Quote:
Originally Posted by grunt
Did they not pay off staff at the beginning of the crisis?Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe6-2
Jeffries is just the latest tool being used by Budge's grand deflection operation. Her target audience will lap it up and continue to support her despite her obvious failings, whilst the rest of us should just ignore anything they have to say just now which isn't an apology.Quote:
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Originally Posted by Future17
Apology? From them?! Lol you will waiting a while.
One of the finest Full Backs to wear the muddy sort of Broon jobby like colour. an if you know your history.......Quote:
Originally Posted by Future17
:greengrin:greengrin:greengrin:greengrin:greengrin :greengrin:greengrin
Ian Murray throwing his dummy tit out the pram now. Whatever next? Go ram yer party and yer sad little team.
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JJ quote:
”Hibs have made massive cuts and they have let staff and coaches go. Maybe the reason they have made the cuts is so they can bring in better players than what they have and improve their team.”
All this just to endear yourself to them by reinforcing their siege mentality and talking keek! He has no idea the cuts made at our club. Complete tool and has lost any goodwill from me. Twat!
He's a hypocrite just like Budge and the rest of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrSmith
Just as I thought, suggesting a commissioner. Interview at 44.25. More squealing.Quote:
Originally Posted by 007
https://youtu.be/H8b9XwPrVQM
We think guys with so much experience in Scottish football have the inside track in what’s going on at Scottish clubs when in truth all this quote shows is that this fossil gets his news from the Daily Record. Time for a cup of tea and a nap Jim.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrSmith
That is where I am JJ is a rabid Jambo and I wish him good health but hope his time at Hearts is nothing other than miserable.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrSmith
Well if the experience of Chuckies previous toyboy was anything to go by he's in for a miserable time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sammy7nil
I’m absolutely delighted to hear folk having a go at Jeffries as I could never understand the regard and respect some Hibbys had for him. He is a Jambo tosser of the first order.
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Originally Posted by Jim44
:agree: my auld man disliked him with a passion, never ever gave credit to hibs if they beat his poxy team, then again he rarely gave any opposition team credit for beating heartz