Agm

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Originally Posted by Andy74

I thought the new Head of Finance was really impressive and clearly understood the interaction with the football side of things.

Really interesting on our last European run.

We played 3 rounds and it earned us £1.2m in prize money and additional gate money, but it cost us about £600k I think he said to put on the games and travel to the away matches.

On Europe next year it was very dependent on what competition we end up in but he estimated that reaching the group stages of the proper Europa league could be a net £4m. I think that’s what he suggested.

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Don't think it was net. I took it to be costs had to be subtracted from that.

Either way, significant money.

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Originally Posted by hibbysam

Knowing that we were guaranteed 3 home ties in the group stages, I’d like to see the club offer a deal of some sort on the play off tie (should we get that spot). I don’t necessarily want or need it myself but reckon it would really help with the uptake and those that are swithering may take it up.

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The type of opposition we would likely face in that play-off tie, there shouldn’t be any need to incentivise fans to buy tickets - it would be the biggest European tie at Easter Road since AEK Athens. The seeded teams in this years playoff were:

Tottenham Hotspur
FC Basel
Rio Ave
Sporting CP Lisbon
FC København
PSV Eindhoven
VfL Wolfsburg
Viktoria Plzen
APOEL Nicosia
Galatasaray
Maccabi Haifa
Malmö FFI
Charleroi
Standard Liège

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Originally Posted by 3pm

Don't think it was net. I took it to be costs had to be subtracted from that.

Either way, significant money.

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Yeah, think you may be right.

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Originally Posted by CapitalGreen

The type of opposition we would likely face in that play-off tie, there shouldn’t be any need to incentivise fans to buy tickets - it would be the biggest European tie at Easter Road since AEK Athens. The seeded teams in this years playoff were:

Tottenham Hotspur
FC Basel
Rio Ave
Sporting CP Lisbon
FC København
PSV Eindhoven
VfL Wolfsburg
Viktoria Plzen
APOEL Nicosia
Galatasaray
Maccabi Haifa
Malmö FFI
Charleroi
Standard Liège

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The qualifying is totally different from next season. There won’t be any teams from the top 5 leagues in the Playoff round. However I agree about there being no need for any incentives, I think we’ll easily sell all the tickets that we’re allowed to for all of the European games next season regardless of opponent

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Originally Posted by CapitalGreen

The type of opposition we would likely face in that play-off tie, there shouldn’t be any need to incentivise fans to buy tickets - it would be the biggest European tie at Easter Road since AEK Athens. The seeded teams in this years playoff were:

Tottenham Hotspur
FC Basel
Rio Ave
Sporting CP Lisbon
FC København
PSV Eindhoven
VfL Wolfsburg
Viktoria Plzen
APOEL Nicosia
Galatasaray
Maccabi Haifa
Malmö FFI
Charleroi
Standard Liège

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Won’t need incentivised to buy tickets for that game, but if we want to maximise season ticket sales then (and it sounds like they’re looking at it already) they need to find clever ways to market and incentivise those.

It was a very quickly thought out idea but if it shifted a number of folk from the fence to buying a season ticket, then it more than makes up for the lost revenue from the game itself, and like I say we’ll have at least 3 more huge home ties in the groups that will go like gold dust.

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Originally Posted by truehibernian

And that Jack wants a left sided striker :dummytit::greengrin

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No mention of replacement for Marciano?

Did they mention when season tickets were going on sale?

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Originally Posted by Iain G

No mention of replacement for Marciano?

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No.

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Originally Posted by hibee-boys

Did they mention when season tickets were going on sale?

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Don't think there was a specific date.

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Originally Posted by Iain G

No mention of replacement for Marciano?

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I saw mention elsewhere (possibly the EEN) that we are wanting to keep Macey. So presumably next season Macey and Dabrowski would be our 1 and 2.

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Originally Posted by Big_Franck

we are undertaking a rebrand and update of the kiosks and plan to have the 'best pies in football'.

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A pretty transparent attempt to drum up a rivalry with Kilmarnock now that Hearts can't be relied on to provide multiple derbies each season.

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Originally Posted by Andy74

I thought the new Head of Finance was really impressive and clearly understood the interaction with the football side of things.

Really interesting on our last European run.

We played 3 rounds and it earned us £1.2m in prize money and additional gate money, but it cost us about £600k I think he said to put on the games and travel to the away matches.

On Europe next year it was very dependent on what competition we end up in but he estimated that reaching the group stages of the proper Europa league could be a net £4m. I think that’s what he suggested.

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I thought it was refreshing how open and honest he was when asked questions. No way would the Tache allowed exact figures to be released on either the European games or SJM

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Originally Posted by Twiglet

Mark McGill Butcher up at Currie would be good (also owns the bakers on Slateford Road). I might even eat something with those pies.

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I believe it’s neither of them, the pies will be wrapped and heated within the wrapping so there is no physical contact with them. I was told this by the company who have supplied the new ovens and were involved in the testing/heating process.

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Originally Posted by hibee-boys

Did they mention when season tickets were going on sale?

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Ron said that he reckoned it would happen in the next couple of weeks, but was leaving it to the team to push the button at the right time.

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Originally Posted by davhibby

The qualifying is totally different from next season. There won’t be any teams from the top 5 leagues in the Playoff round. However I agree about there being no need for any incentives, I think we’ll easily sell all the tickets that we’re allowed to for all of the European games next season regardless of opponent

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Indeed. This year will have;

Scottish Cup Winner (or 3rd)
Belgian Cup Winner (or league placing)
Ukrainian Cup Winner (or league placing)
Dutch Cup Winner (or league placing)
Turkish Cup Winner (or league placing)
Austrian Cup Winner (or league placing)
Danish Cup Winner (or league placing)
6 Qualifiers from previous round

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Originally Posted by Hibernian Verse

Indeed. This year will have;

Scottish Cup Winner (or 3rd)
Belgian Cup Winner (or league placing)
Ukrainian Cup Winner (or league placing)
Dutch Cup Winner (or league placing)
Turkish Cup Winner (or league placing)
Austrian Cup Winner (or league placing)
Danish Cup Winner (or league placing)
6 Qualifiers from previous round

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So basically we want to play The Rangers in the cup final...

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Originally Posted by Not In The Know

So basically we want to play The Rangers in the cup final...

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Attempting to balance the optimistic (just win the cup ourselves and not worry about anyone else) with the realistic (it's relatively unlikely that we'll win the cup), for me the best overall scenario would be to play Celtic in the final – better chance of winning than vs Sevco, but not needing to win to secure the good Euro slot.

An all-or-nothing final against Aberdeen would be some spectacle if we won and utterly nightmarish if we lost.

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Originally Posted by nonshinyfinish

Attempting to balance the optimistic (just win the cup ourselves and not worry about anyone else) with the realistic (it's relatively unlikely that we'll win the cup), for me the best overall scenario would be to play Celtic in the final – better chance of winning than vs Sevco, but not needing to win to secure the good Euro slot.

An all-or-nothing final against Aberdeen would be some spectacle if we won and utterly nightmarish if we lost.

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That scenario v Aberdeen would be a nightmare.

So many variables, let's just go out and win the Scottish Cup.

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Originally Posted by Allez Hibs

That scenario v Aberdeen would be a nightmare.

So many variables, let's just go out and win the Scottish Cup.

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Really don't want it being us vs Rangers in the final, I enjoy having 2016 over them.

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Originally Posted by Iggy Pope

By my sums and what was said today, he’d need to be shifted for about £40m for us to get close to £4m.....

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we can hope :greengrin

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Originally Posted by Hibernian Verse

Really don't want it being us vs Rangers in the final, I enjoy having 2016 over them.

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All the better having 2016 and 2021

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Originally Posted by Allez Hibs

That scenario v Aberdeen would be a nightmare.

So many variables, let's just go out and win the Scottish Cup.

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The nightmare would be finally getting 3rd place sorted and at last dislodging Aberdeen only for them to go and win the Scottish cup, at our direct expense or not.

Would be brutal if we secure 3rd, go out the cup and then see them still in it with a chance to finish below us but still walk off with the enhanced European prize.

Doubt they are good enough to win it but it would be typical!

Sorry if this has been well covered but what happens if we finish third a d Aberdeen win the cup?

I know it’s not guaranteed group stages but where would we go into the qualifying?

Looking at the post above, even if we do just finish 3rd, we’d surely still have a decent chance of getting to the Europa league play off round? If we lose the final play off round then presumably we go into the conference competition?

Essentially 3rd and a top 3 cup win would guarantee it but just finishing 3rd would still give us a decent shot or can there be only one Scottish representative in the conference league?

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Originally Posted by bingo70

Sorry if this has been well covered but what happens if we finish third a d Aberdeen win the cup?

I know it’s not guaranteed group stages but where would we go into the qualifying?

Looking at the post above, even if we do just finish 3rd, we’d surely still have a decent chance of getting to the Europa league play off round? If we lose the final play off round then presumably we go into the conference competition?

Essentially 3rd and a top 3 cup win would guarantee it but just finishing 3rd would still give us a decent shot or can there be only one Scottish representative in the conference league?

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If that happens, then Aberdeen will be in the Europa League playoff and Hibs will be in the Conference League with a couple (not sure how many) of knock out rounds to negotiate if we want to reach the group stage.

There was a BBC article that covered it.

I'd we don't get into the Europa or Conference League group stages then it'll be a tough sequence of qualifying rounds. Basically unlikely unless we do it via a cup win or 3rd assuming Rangers or Celtic win the Cup.

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Originally Posted by Eyrie

If that happens, then Aberdeen will be in the Europa League playoff and Hibs will be in the Conference League with a couple (not sure how many) of knock out rounds to negotiate if we want to reach the group stage.

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Cheers.

So if we finish 3rd we don’t automatically go into the Europa league competition.

I assumed we did, just thought we would just have a few very difficult play off games like what has happened in the past.

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Originally Posted by bingo70

Cheers.

So if we finish 3rd we don’t automatically go into the Europa league competition.

I assumed we did, just thought we would just have a few very difficult play off games like what has happened in the past.

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Europa play off. Lose and it’s Conference League group stages.

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Originally Posted by 3pm

Europa play off. Lose and it’s Conference League group stages.

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No, that’s if someone in the top 3 wins the cup, I get that.

I’m asking what the alternative is if we finish top 3 but someone outside the top 3 wins the cup.

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Originally Posted by bingo70

No, that’s if someone in the top 3 wins the cup, I get that.

I’m asking what the alternative is if we finish top 3 but someone outside the top 3 wins the cup.

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Eyrie post above covers this.

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Originally Posted by bingo70

No, that’s if someone in the top 3 wins the cup, I get that.

I’m asking what the alternative is if we finish top 3 but someone outside the top 3 wins the cup.

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Second (which I think is the final qualifying round) of the Conference League I believe.

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Originally Posted by green day

Eyrie post above covers this.

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I know 😂

I just felt compelled to reply to that post cos I get annoyed that people still don’t get what happens if we finish 3rd and one of the old firm wins the cup. I didn’t want to be labelled as one of those posters so felt I needed to clarify.

Apologies for wasting everyone’s time 😉

Longbangers did a wee AGM special for Recast:

https://share.recast.app/v/5pMEo?referrer=5mW18

(Note, watching this generate income for Hibs).

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Originally Posted by 3pm

Kieran still to be involved as a football liaison officer.

Congrats Kieran. 👍🏻

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Well deserved. I'm assuming this will mean the end of the fans rep on the board?

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Originally Posted by matty_f

Longbangers did a wee AGM special for Recast:

https://share.recast.app/v/5pMEo?referrer=5mW18

(Note, watching this generate income for Hibs).

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Thanks.

When I try to sign up on my phone I just get redirected to a blank screen.

Teething issues like this won’t help!

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Originally Posted by BroxburnHibee

Well deserved. I'm assuming this will mean the end of the fans rep on the board?

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I think it will be replaced by a HSL rep.

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Originally Posted by jacomo

Thanks.

When I try to sign up on my phone I just get redirected to a blank screen.

Teething issues like this won’t help!

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If you close it and go back in, should be sorted now.

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Hopefully they want to sell McGinn now.


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If we don't step it up Ron Gordon is going to be in for a tough evening at the AGM...

Should be an exciting one.

Will be interesting.