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Originally Posted by 007
The Failures is more apt.
The most amusing thing about their stand is that Budge stated many times that it would create a 20k + seat stadium (and we all know why that target was important to them).
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Originally Posted by 007
The Failures is more apt.
The most amusing thing about their stand is that Budge stated many times that it would create a 20k + seat stadium (and we all know why that target was important to them).
I notice it’s AGM day over at Tynecastle.
I wonder if anyone will be asking about:
- £21m spent on the new stand when the budget was £12m
- £25m spent of money donated since Admin
- the shortage of cash at year end after taking £5m of early season ticket money
- what level of funding the “donor” will be providing to see them through to end of season
- the recent revision downwards of the stadium capacity to 19,852
- the lofty league position of 11th soon to be 12th
It’s all a good laugh isn’t it?
I know where she lives and she's doing a grand job.Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith_M
The AGM should be cracking. Can't wait for the EEN report.Quote:
Originally Posted by cocteautwin
I'm pretty sure it will be unquestioning support and acceptance of the great situation that Budge will tell the fans she's leaving them with. Must be true, she's said it herself.Quote:
Originally Posted by FilipinoHibs
Will Levain take his seat at the top table or will he be filling up the tea/coffee jugs
With Plug and Daly going around with a plate of french fancies?Quote:
Originally Posted by Gmack7
At the airplane banner company offices:
Lads, I've just received an order for a banner to be flown over Tynecastle during the hearts agm.
It's from a Daniel Stendel. He wants it to say:
"No style, no bottle, Stendel Out"
He says its urgent...
Yes the whitewash job which we will have dismantling.Quote:
Originally Posted by cocteautwin
What you have written is FACT so in a nutshell no one will mention any of the above, especially the capacity.Quote:
Originally Posted by cocteautwin
The EEN will print what they are told and will confirm to the norm when it comes to them!
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Say what you like about Stendel, he’s got plenty of bottles.Quote:
Originally Posted by Springbank
I'm really surprised allisbarry tweeted on Saturday that Stendel needed new players and time. Only eighteen months he was tweeting on the new signings and it was looking rosy.
https://twitter.com/BarryAnderson_/s...373318656?s=19
Just love the fact that if they lose to Celtic on Wednesday by more than 4 goals, they go BOTTOM of the league!!!!!!
The way Celtic are playing just now it could easily be 10!!!!
Just need to lose 3-0 and they go bottom don’t they? Or is my maths wrong?Quote:
Originally Posted by where'stheslope
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They would go bottom on alphabetical order.Quote:
Originally Posted by cocteautwin
That’ll do. Just for the screenshot and the WhatsApp group message on Thursday morning ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by PatHead
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Do goals scored not count in all this??Quote:
Originally Posted by PatHead
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They would.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aldo
Both teams should Hearts not score tonight have a Goals For Of 16.
16 Goals in what will be 18 games for Hearts, they scored 5 of them against St Mirren in 1 game!!
Can they be relegated on alphabetical order?Quote:
Originally Posted by PatHead
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Oooft.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kato
How funny would that be?
Cheers!Quote:
Originally Posted by 04Sauzee
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I don't know why you're worrying about Hearts, Celtic won't score tonight.Quote:
Originally Posted by 04Sauzee
AGM. AB quoting their new manager as saying "isn't overly impressed with the squad"..
Any shred of confidence/morale in the playing squad has all but gone
This is actually very funny some of the stuff coming out of the AGM
Empty your blader before clicking the link 😂
https://www.hmfckickback.co.uk/index...ge/7/#comments
Another £1.5m required to complete the stand.
which really means £3m
Budge confirms that Levein doesn't come near the club now... In the mornings.
Shambolic
Austin MacPhee ( whos contract expires in May) sat at home in charge of player recruitment...
Probably scouting players via football manager 2020
Wouldnt be surprised if the playing squad downed tools. Sod playing for that ungrateful lot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve88
All of this should add to the cheery atmosphere in Gorgie...... :faf:
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/50826082
The AGM thread is priceless.
Two gems amongst many are:-
1. Stand needs another £1.5m to complete and they don’t have the cash but should have it next year. How many years is it now? And it must be over £20m now surely?
2. The reason given for the bad pitch despite it being the most advanced and monitored in world football is “unexpected amount is shade in recent months”. Well knock me over with a weather but isn’t the amount of shade determined by the rotation of the that thing they call Earth???
Levein got an absolute roasting from the angry mob at the AGM earlier.
Pleasing :greengrin
Maybe the plans were drawn in Saudi Arabia and they forgot......Quote:
Originally Posted by Col2
I never read Kickback, but I might be tempted to read the thread - assuming that the posts above aren't a wind-up?
This reminds me of the Terry Butcher school of diplomacy. Remind me, how did that end 😂Quote:
Originally Posted by Waxy
Knock yourself out, or perhaps save reading the thread on kickback until Wednesday evening when they're getting pumped on their state of the art pitch... undone by nothing more than the lack of sunlightQuote:
Originally Posted by matty_f
Well its exactly what happened to us. Players turned on the fans and manager and sent us down on purpose.Quote:
Originally Posted by monarch
My favourite part of the Jambo Kickback thread:
Jambo 1 - way more than 5 managers were interviewed, Stendel showed the most passion [my edit: really? what does that say for the others?] and Hearts have not paid Barnsley or heard back from Barnsley about payment, so it is now assumed Stendel has arrived for free
Jambo 2 - when can Hearts bring in Stendel's 2 assistants then, if theyve all been sacked?
Jambo 1 - ahh, his assistants might not have been sacked but put on gardening leave
[and no-one at all on JKB thinks for a minute that there might be a follow-up question..."ehm, so are ya SURE that Stendel was sacked & not put on gardening leave too?"]
I suspect there's further fun for us to be had on that story...just a hunch...
Sounds like they're in a spot of financial difficulty. If they are in fact due Barnsley money then their rich benefactor had better pony up again
I like the bit where he got the job because he's "tough" and shows "zero tolerance to players who won't change". If you were looking for an identikit to get them relegated that's what I'd go for. :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by Springbank
This - my memory is that Butcher(at the same stage in the season) told a bunch of players that they should fInd other clubs - it was all downhill from there!Quote:
Originally Posted by monarch
Loved the bit about Austin ‘working from home’...clearly spending a lot of time in detailed discussions with their new manager on what players to recruit then!
So much comedy gold from their AGM today!
Their deep seated sense of pomposity prevents them from seeing that. An upbeat article in tomorrow's EEN will have them shouting from the rooftops about brave experiments and untapped potential.Quote:
Originally Posted by RyeSloan
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They seem an utter basket case of a club. The Scottish Sunderland
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Originally Posted by RyeSloan
"Levein only comes in Afternoons"! what a shambles of a club.
And McPhee not at all :faf:Quote:
Originally Posted by Not In The Know
Looks like the grounds man works from home toQuote:
Originally Posted by RyeSloan
Reminds me of a song by JamesQuote:
Originally Posted by Not In The Know
:greengrin :top marksQuote:
Originally Posted by Since452
Only when there is excessive shade....which it appears is way more often than you would believe could be possible in ever sunny Scotland.Quote:
Originally Posted by WoreTheGreen
So they’ve spent £21.6 million on a single tiered rust bucket and still need to find a minimum of £1.5 million to complete it but it’s now in the back burner because they’ve hit no money.
They have a £400,000 deficit in terms of budget for the year..... o ya boy. Another anonymous benefactor donation required.
So reading between the lines
1. They don’t have any cash to finish the mega rust stand
2. They are running a £400,000 deficit
3. The new manager wants new players - but they’ve no cash and he will have to move players on to get quality players in???
So it looks like (we already know this) they are living outwith their means again and they’d be millions in debt if it hadn’t been for donations.
For those looking in.... what a basket case your club is.
Pleasing, all very pleasing!
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I believe they are also doing a fly on the wall documentary of their season this season over in Gorgie (not a joke, I heard this was the case)Quote:
Originally Posted by Since452
Assuming it's not a wind-up, then what a fantastic season to pick to follow the Duncans around!
The "MacPhee effect" and "negotiations with Barnsley" episodes will be ones to enjoy
You don’t like them Aldo, do you😜Quote:
Originally Posted by Aldo
What makes you say that Billy??Quote:
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Surprised he was at it, he’s not a Director anymoreQuote:
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https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/c...filing-history
This bit got me 😂Quote:
Originally Posted by HoboHarry
Levein, who was also director of football, was sacked on 31 October but will continue to help with the academy and medical setup.
A manager who assembled the most injury prone squad in history is helping with the medical set up. It’s comedy gold.
He also likes a sit down as we know.Quote:
Originally Posted by Since452
The final episode "Levein back in the dugout as caretaker manager to finish the season" will be the best though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Springbank
I think Aldo has a healthy regard for the Jambos, no hate, no bitterness -- just sees right through their special brand of bull.Quote:
Originally Posted by Billy Whizz
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Indeed like most of us do. Unlike the head in the sand brigade down Tiny way who hang on Budgies every word, even though she constantly contradicts herself! (For those looking in that us FACT and I have proof) and gulp it right doon.
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Levein doesn't work in the mornings.
MacPhee works from home.
They can't afford to finish their wonderful main stand.
:faf:
One million quid pitch not working because of the clouds.
Can't afford to finish the stand they started building years ago until next Julember.
Sacked ex manager and director of football Craig Levein working backshift.
McPhee working from home.
Was this a professional football clubs AGM or one of Daniel Stendel's drunken dreams?
Here's a gem: apparently budge told the agm that 'as a rule' hearts dont pay signing on fees.
Helps explain why bottom of league dross and knackered old pros is what they can attract
It really is a hoot over there, they are in the crap and cannae get oot, really had me laughing that thread, started reading from page 5 :greengrin:greengrin
All that money, and this is what they've done with it, fantastic stuff from Mrs doctor Budge and doctor football.
Great to see their money management issues continue in a post Romanov world.
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Whats the deal with Naismith? Injured again?
That 4 year deal looking like a great piece of business now if he can't keep himself fit more than a couple of games at a time. I know a couple of jambos at work starting to get a bit frustrated with it.
Who knows but regardless will be fit (even if not fit) for the Derby.Quote:
Originally Posted by 21.05.2016
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But, but, but... she's a canny businesswoman doncha know. Knows FA about football, but canny enough to sell the 'Believers' a 70's office facade as a 'Glass Curtain', and to suspend their payments to buy her out to get them to pay for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostonhibby
F****** Clowns to a man... and woman!
:jamboclow:jamboclow:jamboclow
:lolyam:
Love it!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack Hackett
What makes it even funnier is that lot are gullible as and don’t see what we can all see. £21.5 million on a single tiered rust bucket that still isn’t finished and will cost millions to finish.... but she’s says it’s got the best facilities and most modern in Scottish Football (try telling the media that when it’s pissing down) so they beLIEve it.
They will beLIEve anything.
Alarm bells should be tuning that they have a £400,000 deficit in the budget and that’s after millions of donations from benefactors. £8 million plus on wage bill [emoji23][emoji23]
Long may it continue imho and I cannot wait for fan ownership!
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Just listening to her being asked very simple questions by Brian McLaughlin, she is a slaver - apparently spoke for 43 minutes before taking questions - and sounds (after 5 years in charge and a "stellar business career") clueless.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack Hackett
I dont imagine Hearts fans will be happy - spoke to my Hearts ST holder neighbour the other day, he said they are rank, the new stand is unfinished, and they have "*****ed money" on crap players.
Sounds about right based on everything we have heard.
None of this would be as funny if they didn't continuously bang on about being the big team etc
If I was at the AGM and or an investor in any business with these numbers the first question I'd be asking is can the directors give me a breakdown of where the millions went across the various parts of the business and in relation to the stand and pitch I'd want to know how they decided they were getting best value and paying the right price.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aldo
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You'd get shouted down by the half-a-heids......Quote:
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That's happened before[emoji6]Quote:
Originally Posted by HoboHarry
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Hilarious - Medals Mackay (who calls it Heart of Midlothian Football Club) is now agreeing with radges at the AGM who have demanded that Gary Locke does the dressing room "gee up" ahead of the derby :faf:
You would think but I bet no one asked!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostonhibby
The majority have been brought up with this financial filing and they are at it again. This is FACT (they don’t do this) and mentioning the £400,000 deficit prices this.
Berra, ratboy, whelan snd I’m sure many others will be in upwards of £5k a week (I’m not itk on this). £8 million wage bill would possibly back this up.
They only know one way and they will continue but there will come a time when the donations will stop!
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Glad you said Gee and not P........ well you know! [emoji23]Quote:
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What a great listen that was. Think I have used up a lifetime’s schadenfreude this last week or so.Quote:
Originally Posted by green day
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It's a great idea, they could get big Trudi to come back to help Lockey, naturally he'd charge them for his appearance again but since money's still no object.... .Quote:
Originally Posted by green day
He could pull a couple of pints for the manager afterwards as well.
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MacPhee and Levein are sharing the director of football role. One works from home and the other doesn't come in until the afternoon when training's over?!
Budge is clearly out of her depth here if she expects anyone to see that as anything but a crackpot way to run a football club.
As for the 'new' stand...still at least £1.5 million away from completion so the entire second floor apparetnly lies unused for the foreseeable future. This is a structure that was originally supposed to cost £12 million (which even at that price seemed steep for a single tier stand). What has the price risen to since then? Almost double that??
As discussed before, you have to ask what Budge's reputation as a 'businesswoman' is based on.
Sums its up perfectly. I thought the fun had ended after the Romanov days but the Budge and Levein combination is the gift that keeps giving 👍Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveHFC
Aye. Let's bring in another ex manager into the fold. Why not really go for it and bring back Burley as a drinking partner for Stein-del.Quote:
Originally Posted by green day
I hope they do. Players would surely lose respect for Stendel if he can't gee them up himself.Quote:
Originally Posted by green day
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂Quote:
Originally Posted by WoreTheGreen
I take it the half-a-heid they've got includes the part with their chip-holes?Quote:
Originally Posted by HoboHarry
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:faf:Quote:
Originally Posted by WoreTheGreen
ER pitch is in good nick. Maybe we should invite them round to show them how it is done. Show Stendel a bit of Christmas spirit.
The other thing to note from this was that despite making a big song and dance about how their stand would be income generating with offices let out, they've said they can't do it because it costs too much with too little return.
They are genuinely an absolute shambles.
It was on special offer, 1 for the price of 2.Quote:
Originally Posted by G B Young
By the state of him in the first interview, he's no stranger to spirits......Quote:
Originally Posted by 007
That's actually quite a simple question. She and her business partner built their software company up from scratch and sold it for millions to a French company.Quote:
Originally Posted by G B Young
The fact they have made the people who brought in the players that sees them fighting relegation as the ones overseeing further transfer recruitment gives me more hope they will at minimum be in the play offs at the end of the season. I think Stendel will walk by February/March.
I'm sure I heard they were miles ahead on this one [emoji23][emoji23]Quote:
Originally Posted by matty_f
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Saw the news tonight and some genius shareholder said there were a few concerns but at least the financial figures were good.Quote:
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What planet is that spam from?
Desperation and fear!Quote:
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Maybe he meant everyone on Hibs.net thought they were good. I know I do.Quote:
Originally Posted by PatHead
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Yes, and the other "income generating" news was the fall off in hospitality bookings, which "genius Budge" put down to "lower crowds"..........Quote:
Originally Posted by matty_f
There was acknowledgement by her that - without the donators, their cashflow was up **** creek and that the money had been used to pay (these !!) players wages.
The guys in the studio were scathing about the chances of them offloading in January due to the mental salaries they are paying.
And - it has to be said - fair play to Brian McG for posing the questions, recording the answers and putting them out tonight.
I suspect there might be a few of the radges starting to understand - if it was us I would be worried :na na:
Funny as ****, mind :greengrin:greengrin
Given that those accounts are only up to the end of June and they won’t include what they are now paying for the likes of Whelan and Naismith on his permanent deal, I would suspect their position now is even more shaky.
Those donations from the mystery benefactors won’t keep rolling in forever, and with the team they’ve got now there’s no danger they’ll get to another Scottish Cup final to boost their coffers.
I believe the phrase “tick tick” might need dusted off again soon......
Few concerns OMG it’s laughable. They have a 400k budget deficit and it’s only December. The new manager wants new players and his coaches but neither can come in because they cannot afford to.Quote:
Originally Posted by PatHead
I really do wonder what their finances would actually be like without the donations??
Throwing big wages at ageing players has got them where???? An £8 million pound wage bill.
It will never ever sink in with them and the generations of them used to this see no wrong!
I’ve just had a thought (dangerous I know) say they had 15,000 ST and they cost say 500 a piece. That’s only £7 million quid! There wage bill is £8 million FFS they are in the ****
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Erm, 5-1 .Quote:
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Funnily enough!!!!!!Quote:
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I’ve seen plenty of those in last few days. But you missed the jealous peg selling spoon burning hobo!
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She´s a canny business woman awrite,
canny finish the stand
canny afford tae pay oaf Levein and McPhee
canny get us a view ay the castle
canny have a decent working pitch,
canny stop Hobos laughin at us :greengrin:greengrin:greengrin
canny, canny, canny last long.