The generic Hearts thread

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Originally Posted by Cataplana

Only Yams would even contemplate joint bass guitarists.

I'm thinking more Great Rock n Roll Stendl.

"That ain't bad for two weeks work, and 100,000 pounds."

Or

Budge said you'll be managerially free
That was just a piece of paper
He said I'll make lots of money
Worry about it later.

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With hindsight I should probably have said joint base guitar directors, but we all know who's really plucking their strings over at the halfbuilt arena.

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Originally Posted by Hibs4185

They are properly going mad across the road!

The whole of Scotland is laughing at them and they are fuming.

One even said “every time we are about to break the status quo in Scotland, the knives come out for us”

The delusion is just off the scale!

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Breaking the status quo by being relegated again ?

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Originally Posted by Bostonhibby

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With hindsight I should probably have said joint base guitar directors, but we all know who's really plucking their strings over at the halfbuilt arena.

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I suspect the FoH are wanting them to mime to backing tracks, supplied by a bloke at the pub.

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Originally Posted by JimBHibees

Breaking the status quo by being relegated again ?

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Twitter ye not, one of them has already said Stendl is in the Klopp/Pep mould.

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Originally Posted by Cataplana

Twitter ye not, one of them has already said Stendl is in the Klopp/Pep mould.

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I think they probably got that inference from Banderson's puff piece in the EEN.

https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.c...hearts-1336562

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Barnsley hired Daniel Stendel from a list including Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola, but will he drink to success at Hearts?

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“We wanted to play a more aggressive, pressing style,” explained Conway. “So, utilising data, we identified some of the best potential pressing coaches for Barnsley. Guardiola was on the list, he was not available. Klopp was on the list, he was also not available. But Stendel was on the list and it seemed like a really good match for the club’s ambitions.

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Originally Posted by Cataplana

Twitter ye not, one of them has already said Stendl is in the Klopp/Pep mould.

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Foreign [emoji819]

Two arms [emoji819]

A head [emoji819]

Has heard of Hearts [emoji777]

Can't really say if he's mouldy or not.

Klopp/Pep it is.

Nae wonder Romanov tricked them so easily.


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Originally Posted by grunt

I think they probably got that inference from Banderson's puff piece in the EEN.

https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.c...hearts-1336562

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Sounds like Barnsley are a bigger basket case than the Yams.

It seems they learned nothing from watching Heckys car crash.

The only link Hearts have with Status Quo is Down Down Deeper and Down though they may also get Black Veils of Melancholy.

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Originally Posted by Supermac

The only link Hearts have with Status Quo is Down Down Deeper and Down though they may also get Black Veils of Melancholy.

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They often Break the Rules, and are generally heading Down the Dustpipe.

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Originally Posted by Cataplana

They often Break the Rules, and are generally heading Down the Dustpipe.

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With any luck it's the Beginning of the End.......

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Originally Posted by Cataplana

Only Yams would even contemplate joint bass guitarists.

I'm thinking more Great Rock n Roll Stendl.

"That ain't bad for two weeks work, and 100,000 pounds."

Or

Budge said you'll be managerially free
That was just a piece of paper
He said I'll make lots of money
Worry about it later.

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Oh, marvellous. I get the control.

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Originally Posted by HoboHarry

With any luck it's the Beginning of the End.......

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I can't think of any more, I'm a Broken Man.

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Originally Posted by Cataplana

I can't think of any more, I'm a Broken Man.

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Time for you to be Rolling Home then.....

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Originally Posted by HoboHarry

Time for you to be Rolling Home then.....

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One last thing, is thus guy On the Level.

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Originally Posted by Cataplana

One last thing, is thus guy On the Level.

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Doubt it, before very long he'll be Burning Bridges.....

Yes, we take it Status Quo produced some songs. Can we get back to laughing at Hearts?

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Originally Posted by Supermac

The only link Hearts have with Status Quo is Down Down Deeper and Down though they may also get Black Veils of Melancholy.

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........ how about ‘Shocking all over the World’ ? :greengrin

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Originally Posted by Iggy Pope

Oh, marvellous. I get the control.

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Completely

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Originally Posted by Estupendo

Yes, we take it Status Quo produced some songs. Can we get back to laughing at Hearts?

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Can't we do both? Again and Again?

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Originally Posted by Estupendo

Yes, we take it Status Quo produced some songs. Can we get back to laughing at Hearts?

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As someone who was born on the same day as Rick Parfitt and who is relieved there is a basic difference between us - and I don’t mean he had an MBE! - I support this suggestion

How can you sack a sporting director and then appoint the same person as half a sporting director?

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Originally Posted by ancient hibee

How can you sack a sporting director and then appoint the same person as half a sporting director?

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No idea. But I'm just a wee team supporter without the wisdom to understand such high powered big team decisions.

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Originally Posted by AltheHibby

No idea. But I'm just a wee team supporter without the wisdom to understand such high powered big team decisions.

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It was a rhetorical question as clearly there could be nobody on this site with the intellect needed to explain the actions of a higher being.

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Originally Posted by ancient hibee

How can you sack a sporting director and then appoint the same person as half a sporting director?

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Easy.... it’s what big famous teams do apparently!!

What makes it strange though is that it’s the manager they removed about 5 weeks previously!

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Originally Posted by ancient hibee

How can you sack a sporting director and then appoint the same person as half a sporting director?

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When Craigys on the bog nanny can tell Danny boy what to do

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Originally Posted by ancient hibee

How can you sack a sporting director and then appoint the same person as half a sporting director?

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Obsessed bitter hobo

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Originally Posted by ancient hibee

How can you sack a sporting director and then appoint the same person as half a sporting director?

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Change the name from Director of Football to Sporting Director, divide by 2 and hey presto 2 Sporting Directors.

The Duncans are probably wondering who the new Levein guy is and also claiming he's an improvement on the one they recently "sacked".


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Originally Posted by Bostonhibby

Change the name from Director of Football to Sporting Director, divide by 2 and hey presto 2 Sporting Directors.

The Duncans are probably wondering who the new Levein guy is and also claiming he's an improvement on the one they recently "sacked".


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That sounds a bit incestuous but then I suppose they have generations of practice at that......

I’m finding it hard to accept that Craig Levein is no longer the main man at Tynecastle. Stendel will continually be working in the shadow of the man who resents his presence at the PB. If ever push comes to shove, Levein will get Budge’s support before Stendel.

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Originally Posted by Jim44

I’m finding it hard to accept that Craig Levein is no longer the main man at Tynecastle. Stendel will continually be working in the shadow of the man who resents his presence at the PB. If ever push comes to shove, Levein will get Budge’s support before Stendel.

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There's a whole shed load of Post it notes to get through before Leveins gone, and they've kept Daly as Assistant footman to the Sporting Director to ensure swift delivery to the Stendel to ensure he knows what to do.

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Originally Posted by ancient hibee

How can you sack a sporting director and then appoint the same person as half a sporting director?

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Utterly bizarre. They clearly can't afford to bring anyone in just now and are reluctant to completely abandon the failed 'boot room' approach (ie Cathro, Daily, Kirk, McPhee etc). What they've ended up with is a manager being asked to work with staff he doesn't know and being overseen by the manager they just 'sacked'.

I mentioned it earlier in the thread but I'm increasingly bewildered by the fawning approch to Budge as a 'businesswoman'.

This new structure of sacking people and then half reinstating them, whilst looking for a new sporting director, whilst the half sporting director works with the new manager is obviously far above our intellect.

We should stick to selling pegs.

You think it's funny just now? Medals takes it to a new level.

"For example, make Gary Locke the sporting director on top of his ambassadorial role. I’m sure he would do it for nothing, as would many others, myself included. I’d happily do the sporting director’s job and there will be a queue of others who feel the same."

They all want a shot. This could go on for years.

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Originally Posted by Cataplana

You think it's funny just now? Medals takes it to a new level.

"For example, make Gary Locke the sporting director on top of his ambassadorial role. I’m sure he would do it for nothing, as would many others, myself included. I’d happily do the sporting director’s job and there will be a queue of others who feel the same."

They all want a shot. This could go on for years.

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Two more Sporting Directors? Excellent, Stendel can nip off to the pub and leave them all to sort out the signings, team selection, tactics etc.

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Originally Posted by Cataplana

You think it's funny just now? Medals takes it to a new level.

"For example, make Gary Locke the sporting director on top of his ambassadorial role. I’m sure he would do it for nothing, as would many others, myself included. I’d happily do the sporting director’s job and there will be a queue of others who feel the same."

They all want a shot. This could go on for years.

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Hahahah thought you made that up but he actually wrote that himself

Can't actually tell if he's being sincere or not

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Originally Posted by Hibs4185

This new structure of sacking people and then half reinstating them, whilst looking for a new sporting director, whilst the half sporting director works with the new manager is obviously far above our intellect.

We should stick to selling pegs.

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It's another "brave experiment".

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For their sake's they better have a 3 month pay off clause or similar or they are going to get shafted. Lovely jubbly.....

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Originally Posted by 1van Sprou7e

Hahahah thought you made that up but he actually wrote that himself

Can't actually tell if he's being sincere or not

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I'm sure in his mind Levein is the reason why he is not chairman of triple Champions League winners, Hearts.

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Originally Posted by Bostonhibby

Two more Sporting Directors? Excellent, Stendel can nip off to the pub and leave them all to sort out the signings, team selection, tactics etc.

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Maybe Levein is the Sporting Directors, Sporting Director? :faf::faf:

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Originally Posted by Not In The Know

Maybe Levein is the Sporting Directors, Sporting Director? :faf::faf:

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Am liking your thinking.

He's directing them sportingly whilst Nanny is in charge of the sportingly directing type situations, two distinct roles that us hobos would never understand, and all on a very decent salary hopefully.



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Originally Posted by Bostonhibby

He's directing them sportingly whilst Nanny is in charge of the sportingly directing type situations, two distinct roles that us hobos would never understand...

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So its not dissimilar to the People's Front of Judea and The Judean People's Front. We just can't get our heads round this amazingly simple arrangement, can we.:confused:

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Originally Posted by Topographic Hibby

So its not dissimilar to the People's Front of Judea and The Judean People's Front. We just can't get our heads round this amazingly simple arrangement, can we.:confused:

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We never will, we can only hope mrs doctor Budge has Ron and Leann round for another one of her legendary tutorials.



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Originally Posted by Cataplana

You think it's funny just now? Medals takes it to a new level.

"For example, make Gary Locke the sporting director on top of his ambassadorial role. I’m sure he would do it for nothing, as would many others, myself included. I’d happily do the sporting director’s job and there will be a queue of others who feel the same."

They all want a shot. This could go on for years.

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So while there is a queue of potential sporting directors who will work for nothing,let’s call them amateur sporting directors,there will be the two half sporting directors being paid possibly a full wage each.As one of these is the sacked previous,one only,sporting director will he be the senior sporting director?I ‘m starting to get the hang of this,all perfectly logical.They could take on the amateurs and have a squad of sporting directors.Perhaps Gary being an ambassador would be the senior sporting director(amateur).He would be able to have high level meetings with the senior sporting director(professional).

I think Budge is basically a hoarder and cant get rid of anything. I bet her house is full of people she was going to get rid of but just couldn't bring herself to do it.

When Stendel is sacked he'll be pushed into the Sporting Director Shed with Levein and McPhee and they'll be joined by whoever gets sacked next!

Its all a bit Monty Pythonesque…!

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Originally Posted by Bostonhibby

We never will, we can only hope mrs doctor Budge has Ron and Leann round for another one of her legendary tutorials.

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We’ll have to wait in line behind Man City now. :grr:

I feel a bit stupid not knowing this, as Budge assured us at the presser that everyone knew, but apparently Hearts have a relationship with Man City.

While they aren’t as Big and Famous as our neighbours, I will concede they are a bit more big and famous than us, so will probably get priority access in Queen Anne’s court.

I don't have the intellectual capacity to understand the complexities of managing a huge, famous institution the size of Hearts.
I asked a friend who operates within a multi national business to explain how the Budge business model works in layman's terms.

He explained it in a simple manner which I still struggle to comprehend but I'll pass on what I was told.

Think about it in terms of a multi national tinned fruit company such as Del Monte. They have a director in overall charge of delivering produce to all major customers, he fails to have all the fruits tinned as required and millions of pounds worth of fruit is wasted and has to be written off.

The C.E.O, under pressure from investors has no choice but to relieve the director from his position.
The failed director's second in command is then given the job but he also fails to have the fruit put into the tins as required and further fruit has to be written off.
In despair the C.E.O. then employs a director from a rival tinned fruit company even though he is still under contract there.
When the new director arrives to take up his role at the fruit factory he is told he can't bring his own management team and he is required to work alongside the two directors who have been deemed unfit for purpose and were thought to have been relieved of their duties.
The new director quickly realises he has been set up as a patsy and goes to The Diggers to get steaming with the companies customers before jumping on the first flight back to Hanover, changing at Heathrow because there are no direct flights from the fruit factory.

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Originally Posted by ancient hibee

So while there is a queue of potential sporting directors who will work for nothing,let’s call them amateur sporting directors,there will be the two half sporting directors being paid possibly a full wage each.As one of these is the sacked previous,one only,sporting director will he be the senior sporting director?I ‘m starting to get the hang of this,all perfectly logical.They could take on the amateurs and have a squad of sporting directors.Perhaps Gary being an ambassador would be the senior sporting director(amateur).He would be able to have high level meetings with the senior sporting director(professional).

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I'm starting to understand the design of the eighth wonder stand.

Us petty Hobos laughed at the lack of segregation of the directors and punters. We must be imbeciles in failing to realise that they have so many directors they need the whole stand to accommodate them.

I'm sure all big clubs will be run this way one day.

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Originally Posted by fat freddy

I don't have the intellectual capacity to understand the complexities of managing a huge, famous institution the size of Hearts.
I asked a friend who operates within a multi national business to explain how the Budge business model works in layman's terms.

He explained it in a simple manner which I still struggle to comprehend but I'll pass on what I was told.

Think about it in terms of a multi national tinned fruit company such as Del Monte. They have a director in overall charge of delivering produce to all major customers, he fails to have all the fruits tinned as required and millions of pounds worth of fruit is wasted and has to be written off.

The C.E.O, under pressure from investors has no choice but to relieve the director from his position.
The failed director's second in command is then given the job but he also fails to have the fruit put into the tins as required and further fruit has to be written off.
In despair the C.E.O. then employs a director from a rival tinned fruit company even though he is still under contract there.
When the new director arrives to take up his role at the fruit factory he is told he can't bring his own management team and he is required to work alongside the two directors who have been deemed unfit for purpose and were thought to have been relieved of their duties.
The new director quickly realises he has been set up as a patsy and goes to The Diggers to get steaming with the companies customers before jumping on the first flight back to Hanover, changing at Heathrow because there are no direct flights from the fruit factory.

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That is just 🍌 bananas 🍌

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Originally Posted by fat freddy

I don't have the intellectual capacity to understand the complexities of managing a huge, famous institution the size of Hearts.
I asked a friend who operates within a multi national business to explain how the Budge business model works in layman's terms.

He explained it in a simple manner which I still struggle to comprehend but I'll pass on what I was told.

Think about it in terms of a multi national tinned fruit company such as Del Monte. They have a director in overall charge of delivering produce to all major customers, he fails to have all the fruits tinned as required and millions of pounds worth of fruit is wasted and has to be written off.

The C.E.O, under pressure from investors has no choice but to relieve the director from his position.
The failed director's second in command is then given the job but he also fails to have the fruit put into the tins as required and further fruit has to be written off.
In despair the C.E.O. then employs a director from a rival tinned fruit company even though he is still under contract there.
When the new director arrives to take up his role at the fruit factory he is told he can't bring his own management team and he is required to work alongside the two directors who have been deemed unfit for purpose and were thought to have been relieved of their duties.
The new director quickly realises he has been set up as a patsy and goes to The Diggers to get steaming with the companies customers before jumping on the first flight back to Hanover, changing at Heathrow because there are no direct flights from the fruit factory.

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Nut, still to difficult for a simple hobo like me to understand.

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Originally Posted by PatHead

Nut, still to difficult for a simple hobo like me to understand.

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Totally sympathise. Who knew they sold tinned fruit at diggers!

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Originally Posted by fat freddy

I don't have the intellectual capacity to understand the complexities of managing a huge, famous institution the size of Hearts.
I asked a friend who operates within a multi national business to explain how the Budge business model works in layman's terms.

He explained it in a simple manner which I still struggle to comprehend but I'll pass on what I was told.

Think about it in terms of a multi national tinned fruit company such as Del Monte. They have a director in overall charge of delivering produce to all major customers, he fails to have all the fruits tinned as required and millions of pounds worth of fruit is wasted and has to be written off.

The C.E.O, under pressure from investors has no choice but to relieve the director from his position.
The failed director's second in command is then given the job but he also fails to have the fruit put into the tins as required and further fruit has to be written off.
In despair the C.E.O. then employs a director from a rival tinned fruit company even though he is still under contract there.
When the new director arrives to take up his role at the fruit factory he is told he can't bring his own management team and he is required to work alongside the two directors who have been deemed unfit for purpose and were thought to have been relieved of their duties.
The new director quickly realises he has been set up as a patsy and goes to The Diggers to get steaming with the companies customers before jumping on the first flight back to Hanover, changing at Heathrow because there are no direct flights from the fruit factory.

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Could he explain it again but incorporate the use of pegs, caravans and burning spoons?

Would be a tremendous help to us unsavvy Hobos:agree:

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Originally Posted by RyeSloan

Totally sympathise. Who knew they sold tinned fruit at diggers!

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Accirding to a friend who works in finance the great Hearts business model is quite common. Underperforming directors are kept on at their full salaries and given different roles but still relating to their original roles. A new director is brought in who is still under contract to a rival. He takes on the original role of the existing directors. He meets resistance to changes he wants to implement and there are no significant improvements in performance.

On the financial side the company has been operating at a real loss only propped up by large donations. They have overspent on infrastructure which is not up to standard. They have paid over the odds for the wrong raw materials. The donations dry up and pay compensation for the new director. They have to cut their cloth accordingly. The raw materials are off loaded at bargain prices and the size of their stock dramatically cut. Their ambitions to operate as a market leader have disappeared and they now operate as a second tier company. The old and new directors have left/paid off and the company is now run by small shareholders who have appointed a director from a small company in the lower tiers of the industry.

Benni McCarthy claiming he had talks to become Hearts manager too. So Stendel 4th choice

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Originally Posted by Topographic Hibby

So its not dissimilar to the People's Front of Judea and The Judean People's Front. We just can't get our heads round this amazingly simple arrangement, can we.:confused:

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What have the Roman(ov)s ever done for us?

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Originally Posted by Since452

Benni McCarthy claiming he had talks to become Hearts manager too. So Stendel 4th choice

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He’s desperate for a managers job in this country so probably just trying to get himself in the media.

https://www.hmfckickback.co.uk/index...l-song-thread/

And I thought our song threads were bad...

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Originally Posted by Northernhibee

https://www.hmfckickback.co.uk/index...l-song-thread/

And I thought our song threads were bad...

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Jeez you can see why their songbook is so small. Who is going to sing that?

"It was a special moment and I got a really good impression from him when he showed me all the facilities"

"After a short time I realised who he was, of course. It’s special but not so different from other situations in other clubs."

"I didn’t actually know it at first – and then I thought maybe this was not a little bit normal."

All of the above quote are from the EEN interview So apart from not knowing who Hearts were, he doesn't seem to have bothered looking into who had just been sacked from the job (otherwise he would have reckognised him)

I think it's hilarious - Potter started showing him around and it took a while for it to dawn on Stendel who he was, he then says that it's not really unusual then admits that it's pretty weird all the same

Read the press interview with Budge this morning where she claims that before going for "something different" she considered getting "a Craig Levein clone" in as manager. Please don't tell me they're making replicas of him, one is dull enough.

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Originally Posted by FilipinoHibs

Jeez you can see why their songbook is so small. Who is going to sing that?

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Someone needs to give them their Etch a Sketches back to keep them busy and do us all a favour.....

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Originally Posted by Peevemor

"It was a special moment and I got a really good impression from him when he showed me all the facilities"

"After a short time I realised who he was, of course. It’s special but not so different from other situations in other clubs."

"I didn’t actually know it at first – and then I thought maybe this was not a little bit normal."

All of the above quote are from the EEN interview So apart from not knowing who Hearts were, he doesn't seem to have bothered looking into who had just been sacked from the job (otherwise he would have reckognised him)

I think it's hilarious - Potter started showing him around and it took a while for it to dawn on Stendel who he was, he then says that it's not really unusual then admits that it's pretty weird all the same

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Bonkers, even by their own comical standards, you have to feel for the new guy, bet he's never shown the new guy round after he got sacked the last time.

Working off the daily hangover is bad enough without being dragged around hockey pitches at Riccarton by some jakey when it should be obvious to all concerned that the pubs/bookies have just opened.

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Budge now quoted in EEN in a heartfelt summary of how fundamentally difficult it is to appoint an out of work head coach in 6 weeks.... “ I spoke to Craig about Daniel and others as potential managers and what did they know about him, if anything. It was the same as I did with other folk.”

https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hearts/latest-hearts-news/ann-budge-reveals-details-hearts-recruitment-process-and-her-interviews-different-managers-1338436

So when Levein was removed as manager and DoF but still remained at the club we all knew deep down this was a fudge and he would remain involved as budge just can’t face him leaving her/the club....all the hearts fans I knew were saying he won’t be involved, will be only involved with youth team etc etc.

Since then he has been confirmed:-

1. with Budge down south seeing Man City re Hickey
2. Gave the new coach Stendel a tour of the training ground - beyond weird
3. As above heavily involved in selection of head coach
4. Now joint Sporting Director with MacPhee

Let’s be clear Levein still runs the football operation. Stendel is going to just love the upcoming interactions with him 😂

I give Stendel until early next year and he will be away.

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Originally Posted by Col2

I give Stendel until early next year and he will be away.

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Hopefully because he’s sacked having never won a game and they’re isolated in 12th Place

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Originally Posted by Peevemor

"It was a special moment and I got a really good impression from him when he showed me all the facilities"

"After a short time I realised who he was, of course. It’s special but not so different from other situations in other clubs."

"I didn’t actually know it at first – and then I thought maybe this was not a little bit normal."

All of the above quote are from the EEN interview So apart from not knowing who Hearts were, he doesn't seem to have bothered looking into who had just been sacked from the job (otherwise he would have reckognised him)

I think it's hilarious - Potter started showing him around and it took a while for it to dawn on Stendel who he was, he then says that it's not really unusual then admits that it's pretty weird all the same

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Is it just me or does he seem to talk in riddles? I'm maybe being too harsh with the language barrier

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Originally Posted by Since452

Is it just me or does he seem to talk in riddles? I'm maybe being too harsh with the language barrier

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It's definitely a language thing.

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Originally Posted by Col2

Budge now quoted in EEN in a heartfelt summary of how fundamentally difficult it is to appoint an out of work head coach in 6 weeks.... “ I spoke to Craig about Daniel and others as potential managers and what did they know about him, if anything. It was the same as I did with other folk.”

https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hearts/latest-hearts-news/ann-budge-reveals-details-hearts-recruitment-process-and-her-interviews-different-managers-1338436

So when Levein was removed as manager and DoF but still remained at the club we all knew deep down this was a fudge and he would remain involved as budge just can’t face him leaving her/the club....all the hearts fans I knew were saying he won’t be involved, will be only involved with youth team etc etc.

Since then he has been confirmed:-

1. with Budge down south seeing Man City re Hickey
2. Gave the new coach Stendel a tour of the training ground - beyond weird
3. As above heavily involved in selection of head coach
4. Now joint Sporting Director with MacPhee

Let’s be clear Levein still runs the football operation. Stendel is going to just love the upcoming interactions with him 😂

I give Stendel until early next year and he will be away.

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I made that point on the podcast last night, Levein's still hugely involved at Hearts, if he wasn't then what Budge is effectively saying that she's recruited him herself - which would be bonkers.

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Originally Posted by Northernhibee

https://www.hmfckickback.co.uk/index...l-song-thread/

And I thought our song threads were bad...

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They haven't even played a game under Stendel yet and they're already making up songs about how great he is and how exciting his style of football is.

Bunch of weirdos.

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Originally Posted by Northernhibee

https://www.hmfckickback.co.uk/index...l-song-thread/

And I thought our song threads were bad...

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Stendel's at the wheel
Tell me, how good does it feel?
He's a clueless, incompetent clown
And he's taking the jambos back down
Na, na, na, na

Cheer up Daniel Stendel
Oh what can it mean
To a, drunk German bassa
And a, ***** football team

Simple

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Originally Posted by Groathillgrump

They haven't even played a game under Stendel yet and they're already making up songs about how great he is and how exciting his style of football is.

Bunch of weirdos.

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I went over for a look... Yep, you're correct.. :)

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Originally Posted by ehf

Stendel's at the wheel
Tell me, how good does it feel?
He's a clueless, incompetent clown
And he's taking the jambos back down
Na, na, na, na

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👍👍👍

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Originally Posted by Since452

Cheer up Daniel Stendel
Oh what can it mean
To a, drunk German bassa
And a, ***** football team

Simple

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Replace German with Jambo or they'll have us for racist chanting. Otherwise...

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Originally Posted by matty_f

I made that point on the podcast last night, Levein's still hugely involved at Hearts, if he wasn't then what Budge is effectively saying that she's recruited him herself - which would be bonkers.

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Budge suggest at the time she would get advice from wider football people which started rumor re Walter Smith (hence Stuart McCall and Neil Mcann).

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Replace German with Jambo or they'll have us for racist chanting. Otherwise...

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You just can’t say anything nowadays 😂😂

Levein and MacPhee should have been punted right out the club 6 weeks ago. They both must be swinging into her.

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https://www.hmfckickback.co.uk/index...l-song-thread/

And I thought our song threads were bad...

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Hibs.net song threads are horrible but this is definitely the Champions' League of Cringe. The epic 'Mr. Stendel' is a wonder of the genre composed, I can only imagine, by a chubby middle-aged chap while sitting at his desk in Standard Life/The Council/RBS and sung in its entirety only the once to his unfortunate Mrs/spinster sister before their TV dinner on Tuesday night. Of course, he'll try to strike up a rendition on Saturday but its general complexity will be overwhelmed by the award-winning atmosphere as a bumper sell-out crowd of nearly 19,051 turn up to cheer Mr. Stendel's swashbuckling boys in maroon for the first time.

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https://www.hmfckickback.co.uk/index...l-song-thread/

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That’s embarrassing
More obsession with Hibs!

Was it not Stendel who got battered from Joey Barton. Just remembered that

Stendel seems to be one of those guys who thing that if you leave your hair unwashed for long enough, it begins to clean itself with natural oils....It doesn't, it just looks greasy and unkempt.

Levein is a Budge crutch ........ my God, that sounds disgusting. :greengrin

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"It was a special moment and I got a really good impression from him when he showed me all the facilities"

"After a short time I realised who he was, of course. It’s special but not so different from other situations in other clubs."

"I didn’t actually know it at first – and then I thought maybe this was not a little bit normal."

All of the above quote are from the EEN interview So apart from not knowing who Hearts were, he doesn't seem to have bothered looking into who had just been sacked from the job (otherwise he would have reckognised him)

I think it's hilarious - Potter started showing him around and it took a while for it to dawn on Stendel who he was, he then says that it's not really unusual then admits that it's pretty weird all the same

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It's amazing that Levein didn't introduce himself to the guy before showing him round. I wonder who Stendel thought he was?

Two things,
1/ Does Budge still have the mental capacity to run a business like Hear7s. Given the amount of mistakes she has made during her tenure, her shambolic overseeing of the building of new stand. Her shambolic appointment and subsequent ramblings of her last three managerial appointments I would suggest that she should maybe think about retiring after all she ain’t getting any younger.

2/ The McCrae's Battalion will be spinning in their graves at the thought of a German leading their team.

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It's amazing that Levein didn't introduce himself to the guy before showing him round. I wonder who Stendel thought he was?

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Maybe he did but Oberleutnant Stendel was too blootered to remember?

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Originally Posted by Kato

Read the press interview with Budge this morning where she claims that before going for "something different" she considered getting "a Craig Levein clone" in as manager. Please don't tell me they're making replicas of him, one is dull enough.

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She is completely obsessed with him.

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Bonkers, even by their own comical standards, you have to feel for the new guy, bet he's never shown the new guy round after he got sacked the last time.

Working off the daily hangover is bad enough without being dragged around hockey pitches at Riccarton by some jakey when it should be obvious to all concerned that the pubs/bookies have just opened.

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2/ The McCrae's Battalion will be spinning in their graves at the thought of a German leading their team.

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Why would they? Was the Bruttish Empire not lead by a Saxe Coburg Gotha monarch?

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Was it not Stendel who got battered from Joey Barton. Just remembered that

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Joey Barton is the pricks prick. I hope he got a skelping back.

I think that Stendel is, at the very least, a more creative appointment than the likes of Levein or Neilson.

Having said that, objectively that press conference is a genuinely awkward and difficult watch.

Budge is clearly not that comfortable in front of a camera and Stendel basically just said that he'd never heard of Hearts. No idea what kind appointment Stendel will turn out to be for Hearts (Sporting Director is probably just as important for them to get right), but it's a bit of a weird start.

Not complaining mind.

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Joey Barton is the pricks prick. I hope he got a skelping back.

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Not from Stendel he didn't but he might get one from the judge when it gets to court....

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Not from Stendel he didn't but he might get one from the judge when it gets to court....

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Stendal must be the anti-Levein then, because Levein liked throwing punches on the pitch.

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Originally Posted by Keith_M

What have the Roman(ov)s ever done for us?

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Apart from the liquidation?

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Read the press interview with Budge this morning where she claims that before going for "something different" she considered getting "a Craig Levein clone" in as manager. Please don't tell me they're making replicas of him, one is dull enough.

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Christ. I thought Budge was way too old for that but modern medicine can do amazing things I suppose.

Congrats to Anne and Craig.

[QUOTE=Cataplana;6013433]You think it's funny just now? Medals takes it to a new level.

"For example, make Gary Locke the sporting director on top of his ambassadorial role. I’m sure he would do it for nothing, as would many others, myself included. I’d happily do the sporting director’s job and there will be a queue of others who feel the same."

Locke could be Assistant Sporting Director and Medals could be Assistant to the Assistant Sporting Director. They could give them both wee name badges.

[QUOTE=Crazyhorse;6014974]

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You think it's funny just now? Medals takes it to a new level.

"For example, make Gary Locke the sporting director on top of his ambassadorial role. I’m sure he would do it for nothing, as would many others, myself included. I’d happily do the sporting director’s job and there will be a queue of others who feel the same."

Locke could be Assistant Sporting Director and Medals could be Assistant to the Assistant Sporting Director. They could give them both wee name badges.

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Instead of name badges they could give them nice shiny medals. If they then say it loud and often enough it means it is a fact that they have medals then.

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She is completely obsessed with him.

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Have you see the size of his tongue??!!!

[QUOTE=Crazyhorse;6014974]

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Originally Posted by Cataplana

You think it's funny just now? Medals takes it to a new level.

"For example, make Gary Locke the sporting director on top of his ambassadorial role. I’m sure he would do it for nothing, as would many others, myself included. I’d happily do the sporting director’s job and there will be a queue of others who feel the same."

Locke could be Assistant Sporting Director and Medals could be Assistant to the Assistant Sporting Director. They could give them both wee name badges.

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Sounds perfectly sensible but I think they'd want hats as well, if they didn't have a hat they wouldn't stand out from your every day Duncan who has his name attached to every item of clothing.

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Have you see the size of his tongue??!!!

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Uuugh

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Originally Posted by hibeerealist

Have you see the size of his tongue??!!!

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No but I have seen the size of her f—-y about 6 foot with a greybeard and glasses

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Originally Posted by WoreTheGreen

No but I have seen the size of her f—-y about 6 foot with a greybeard and glasses

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:top marks

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Originally Posted by WoreTheGreen

No but I have seen the size of her f—-y about 6 foot with a greybeard and glasses

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Poor and classless.No need.