Thanks again Sir Tom Farmer

[Ship Hibs]

Watching them squirm across the road without anybody credible wanting to touch them with a bargepole makes me think how lucky we were that Sir Tom stood up and got counted when we had our troubles. Thanks again Sir

[Sanger]

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Watching them squirm across the road without anybody credible wanting to touch them with a bargepole makes me think how lucky we were that Sir Tom stood up and got counted when we had our troubles. Thanks again Sir

Remember when people wanted him to spend more on players?

[Hibernia Na Eir]

I recall sayin this years ago....

Hertz maxed out their credit cards.

Sir T doesn't do them.

[Ship Hibs]

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Remember when people wanted him to spend more on players?

Too true, thankfully Sir Tom went to the 'You can only piss with the c**k you've got' school of economics!

[Elephant Stone]

OAPEN THE BISCUIT TIN PETRIE!!

[CropleyWasGod]

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OAPEN THE BISCUIT TIN PETRIE!!

TBH, I'd be quite happy if he opened the cigar box tonight and sparked up a fat one. Just for himself.

[Stringer]

There is a happy medium (spending wise) between Petrie and Mad Vlad.

[kaimendhibs]

Have never understood Critiscm of sir Tom! Right up there with hibs legends


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[CropleyWasGod]

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There is a happy medium (spending wise) between Petrie and Mad Vlad.

I thought Rima was the happy medium.

[DH1875]

Give it a couple of weeks and there will be folk moaning and wanting rid off him and Rod

[leither17]

Petrie out vlad in

[The Modfather]

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Give it a couple of weeks and there will be folk moaning and wanting rid off him and Rod

Just because we are not comparable to the extreme example of the Pub Teams "business model" does not automatically exempt Petrie, and to a lesser extent Farmer, from criticisim of the mess, which we look like we might ever so slowly be pulling ourselves out of, we were in.

Anyway, time to crack open another celebratory beer after this weeks events

[Hibs Giant]

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There is a happy medium (spending wise) between Petrie and Mad Vlad.

Vlad took them on a £60m jolly and didn't ask for any of the money back. They were in exactly this position when he turned up.

If a crazy person wants to spend that kind of dough on Hibs and then return us to our current situation then I'd be cool with that.

[CropleyWasGod]

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Vlad took them on a £60m jolly and didn't ask for any of the money back. They were in exactly this position when he turned up.

If a crazy person wants to spend that kind of dough on Hibs and then return us to our current situation then I'd be cool with that.

No, they weren't. They had an offer from CALA for £22m for Tynie. Their debts were £16m. They were solvent.

Now they have debts of over £35m and assets of....?. They are nowhere near solvent.

[Hibbyradge]

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There is a happy medium (spending wise) between Petrie and Mad Vlad.

Is there?

Hibs spend all the money they receive on the team and have suffered losses over the last few years.

Are you suggesting we should have deliberately incurred even bigger losses?

[Hibbyradge]

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Vlad took them on a £60m jolly and didn't ask for any of the money back. They were in exactly this position when he turned up.

If a crazy person wants to spend that kind of dough on Hibs and then return us to our current situation then I'd be cool with that.

Tosh. Don't fall for that sheite.

Hearts owned their stadium. They don't now.

Had they sold it, they would have had millions left over.

They didn't owe HMRC anything. They didn't have £25m++++++ debt, nothing near it.

And they wouldn't have stolen from their creditors by going into administration or liquidation.

Now, they will lose their stadium, lose their players, screw loads of folk here and in Lithuania and have zilch money left to buy even a wee trophy cabinet for copies of their 2 shiny baubles that cost them so dear.

[LeighLoyal]

In reality we were lucky to land with Farmer, it's never seen any lavish spending like they enjoyed but it's brought stability and steady progress despite some good ups and desperate downs along the way. Just hope Fenlon can bring us into another bright period like we had with Mowbray and Mcleish.

[macca70]

Speculate to accumulate or in Hearts case Speculate to Capitulate!!

[Mixu62]

Admit that I was one who wanted the purse strings loosened a little, but glad now that Sir Tom is there. Was very P'd off over selling GOC a few days before THAT semi, but hey ho, all history now. Much like the yams soon will be!!

[West hamBERNIAN]

must admit, find it really annoying that we (the majority)get so excited about them getting "liquidized" or whatever you want to call it. there only going to come back in a few years with no debt and the same fan base. look at sevco, there are a lot of rangers fANS really enjoying the escapade and its not really in effect a just punishment, say what you will, 5 years from now we'll be 10 to 1 at home to rangers and hearts will be outbidding us for players because lets face it, what will they lose? nonsense. what do they lose. **** castle? was always happening anyway, they'll end up ground sharing with livingstone.

[...WentToMowAnSPL]

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must admit, find it really annoying that we (the majority)get so excited about them getting "liquidized" or whatever you want to call it. there only going to come back in a few years with no debt and the same fan base. look at sevco, there are a lot of rangers fANS really enjoying the escapade and its not really in effect a just punishment, say what you will, 5 years from now we'll be 10 to 1 at home to rangers and hearts will be outbidding us for players because lets face it, what will they lose? nonsense. what do they lose. **** castle? was always happening anyway, they'll end up ground sharing with livingstone.

That's the problem with zombies ... Difficult to kill something that's already dead

[Pretty Boy]

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Is there?

Hibs spend all the money they receive on the team and have suffered losses over the last few years.

Are you suggesting we should have deliberately incurred even bigger losses?

This.

The Hibs manager has one of the most competitive budgets in the league.

[Chibs]

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must admit, find it really annoying that we (the majority)get so excited about them getting "liquidized" or whatever you want to call it. there only going to come back in a few years with no debt and the same fan base. look at sevco, there are a lot of rangers fANS really enjoying the escapade and its not really in effect a just punishment, say what you will, 5 years from now we'll be 10 to 1 at home to rangers and hearts will be outbidding us for players because lets face it, what will they lose? nonsense. what do they lose. **** castle? was always happening anyway, they'll end up ground sharing with livingstone.

Oh dear. Hangover this morning.

[Waxy]

We still have to be careful.How do we make sure we always have sensible owners.Only takes us to fall into the wrong hands once and it's all over. Look across the road and the blue side of Glasgow.

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We still have to be careful.How do we make sure we always have sensible owners.Only takes us to fall into the wrong hands once and it's all over. Look across the road and the blue side of Glasgow.

Agreed. I've had many an argument with zombie fans in the past few weeks and I have to agree when they say that it could hypothetically happen to us.

It'd be good to be able to ensure nae fannies ever took us over, but Rod and STF aren't hinting that they're leaving so all is ok the now.

[SonOfDavidFrancey]

Just for the record - can anyone explain, in two sentences for a business/ economics moron, where Hibs will be when STF's interest ends (ie when he dies/ retires etc)...

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Oh dear. Hangover this morning.

Just going for a game of tennis mate but aye, I little bit

[The Leith Dutch]

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TBH, I'd be quite happy if he opened the cigar box tonight and sparked up a fat one. Just for himself.

[The Leith Dutch]

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This.

The Hibs manager has one of the most competitive budgets in the league.

Also worth pointing out - it's about more than budget.

Dunno what other folk think but here's a question:
Outside of Celtic would you swap our squad last season for any one other squad?

On paper I'm not sure I would have.

I'd say we can have more impact by addressing the reasons we seem to underperform rather than thinking buying better players alone is the answer.

That's not to say I'd say no if Rod finds a spare £80 million down the back of the sofa and decides to bring Gareth Bale in mind

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TBH, I'd be quite happy if he opened the cigar box tonight and sparked up a fat one. Just for himself.

I remember meeting STF at a function soon after he took control at ER and he stressed the need for companies , especially in football , to have a solid 3/5 year business plan in place and to it !
In hindsight he has been proved correct and how