Plans to oust Petrie & "prehistoric hoofball" Butcher

[Glorious St Pat]

A lot of good ideas coming out but could admins merge into single thread.

What is clear is that emotions are running high and a large percentage believe we cannot sit back and await announcements from the board. The trust is gone.

So so far we have:

season ticket boycott or threat of one
Online petitions
Supporters Associations making moves - believe they can call a vote of no confidence
Mass protest march to east Mains or Petrie's house!
Calls from corporate backers to sit on further funding until regime change
Pressure put on Farmer

Believe though that, like the Hands off Hibs campaign, any movement needs a spokesperson and a united backing behind it. Is this possible and who would it be?

Vive le revolution
Petrie & Butcher out

[nribs]

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A lot of good ideas coming out but could admins merge into single thread.

What is clear is that emotions are running high and a large percentage believe we cannot sit back and await announcements from the board. The trust is gone.

So so far we have:

season ticket boycott or threat of one
Online petitions
Supporters Associations making moves - believe they can call a vote of no confidence
Mass protest march to east Mains or Petrie's house!
Calls from corporate backers to sit on further funding until regime change
Pressure put on Farmer

Believe though that, like the Hands off Hibs campaign, any movement needs a spokesperson and a united backing behind it. Is this possible and who would it be?

Vive le revolution
Petrie & Butcher out

Can we not have protests surrounding marches to Petrie's house? This doesn't sit comfortably with me at all.

[trev the hat]

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Can we not have protests surrounding marches to Petrie's house? This doesn't sit comfortably with me at all.

100%
Any action MUST be through proper channels to have any credibility & there should be none of this whatsoever

[Cropley10]

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Can we not have protests surrounding marches to Petrie's house? This doesn't sit comfortably with me at all.

Actually it's likely to be the most effective. Several thousand Hibees marching to Maison Petrie after dark with flaming torches and the odd pitch fork for good measure would certainly grab the headlines and focus his mind that enough is enough.

[Gus Fring]

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Actually it's likely to be the most effective. Several thousand Hibees marching to Maison Petrie after dark with flaming torches and the odd pitch fork for good measure would certainly grab the headlines and focus his mind that enough is enough.

I know your half joking but all that would achieve is making the support look like a bunch of raving lunatics both in reality and in the media.

[theonlywayisup]

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Mass protest march to east Mains or Petrie's house!

Pressure put on Farmer

No, No, No.

[Cropley10]

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I know your half joking but all that would achieve is making the support look like a bunch of raving lunatics both in reality and in the media.

And we certainly wouldn't want that,

tell me, what's your suggestion then?

[Gus Fring]

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And we certainly wouldn't want that,

tell me, what's your suggestion then?

I don't have one but because a bad idea is the only idea doesn't stop it from being a bad idea.

[Weir7]

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Can we not have protests surrounding marches to Petrie's house? This doesn't sit comfortably with me at all.

Everybody has their own way to protest. Peaceful protests at rods house seems fair

[greenpaper55]

Keep Petrie out of ER.

[nribs]

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Everybody has their own way to protest. Peaceful protests at rods house seems fair

Seems fair to go to someones house to protest? Any idea who else may be in the house at the same time and feel intimidated by a number of Hibs fans have a ahem peacful protest? Not for me I'm afraid.

[pontius pilate]

Protest at E.R on any given date and make sure that word gets round get the media but most of all make sure that all who are protesting know what the common goal is petrie out. The last few protests I beleive turned nasty so lets keep the next one peaceful but forceful banners signs media chants songs ( non aggressive). Just my idea/thoughts

[Golden Bear]

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Seems fair to go to someones house to protest? Any idea who else may be in the house at the same time and feel intimidated by a number of Hibs fans have a ahem peacful protest? Not for me I'm afraid.

Or me.

Business life and personal life are two entirely different things.

[One Day Soon]

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A lot of good ideas coming out but could admins merge into single thread.

What is clear is that emotions are running high and a large percentage believe we cannot sit back and await announcements from the board. The trust is gone.

So so far we have:

season ticket boycott or threat of one
Utter madness in my view. Butcher, or whoever the manager is to be, needs to be able to get players in fast given the scale of squad reduction we have seen. A season ticket boycott or threat of one is probably the single fastest way to guarantee a weak start to next season. Might have been a possible course of action if we were still in the SPL but not now.

Online petitions
Better. Would make feelings known and the scale of those feelings. But ultimately toothless unless the petition is able to point to specific planned actions. Its a wee bit Yam open letter-ish.

Supporters Associations making moves - believe they can call a vote of no confidence
If that is deliverable it would be pretty effective in delivering a direct sanction to the Board, though calling a vote and then winning it are two very different things.

Mass protest march to east Mains or Petrie's house!
The first won't work because the 'mass' protest march would I predict be a pretty small number affair. The second shouldn't be suggested or attempted by anybody in their right mind. It is mob mentality and is just plain wrong.

Calls from corporate backers to sit on further funding until regime change
See point one on funding for playing squad.

Pressure put on Farmer
How exactly?

Believe though that, like the Hands off Hibs campaign, any movement needs a spokesperson and a united backing behind it. Is this possible and who would it be?

Vive le revolution
Petrie & Butcher out

There is only one answer here that doesn't damage the thing we want to nurture and protect. The present owner(s) need to be bought out. I very much doubt anyone or any collection of people has both the money and the inclination to do so.

[Gus Fring]

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Everybody has their own way to protest. Peaceful protests at rods house seems fair

"peaceful". Like the protest on Sunday that ended up with people getting hurt, staff trapped in the stadium for several hours and a journalist getting pelted with coins?

"Oh I say Mr Petrie, we feel that you are not doing a very good job running Hibernian Football Club, would you please arrange as soon as possible for someone else to run the club in your place please, thank you very much". Is that how it would go?

Ff there's going to be a protest then do it at East Mains or Easter Road. That's where the club is and that's where any action will be taken.

[nribs]

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There is only one answer here that doesn't damage the thing we want to nurture and protect. The present owner(s) need to be bought out. I very much doubt anyone or any collection of people has both the money and the inclination to do so.

Worry not I have this minute received and email from a very wealthy Nigerian who needs to get some money out of the country. All he needs is my bank details. It seems its our lucky day I'm about to become very rich and hibs will benefit greatly from my unexpected windfall.

[Dan Sarf]

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Worry not I have this minute received and email from a very wealthy Nigerian who needs to get some money out of the country. All he needs is my bank details. It seems its our lucky day I'm about to become very rich and hibs will benefit greatly from my unexpected windfall.

Good news at last. Can you ask him if he can also play in the Matty Jack role?

[leithsansiro]

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A lot of good ideas coming out but could admins merge into single thread.

What is clear is that emotions are running high and a large percentage believe we cannot sit back and await announcements from the board. The trust is gone.

So so far we have:

season ticket boycott or threat of one
Online petitions
Supporters Associations making moves - believe they can call a vote of no confidence
Mass protest march to east Mains or Petrie's house!
Calls from corporate backers to sit on further funding until regime change
Pressure put on Farmer

Believe though that, like the Hands off Hibs campaign, any movement needs a spokesperson and a united backing behind it. Is this possible and who would it be?

Vive le revolution
Petrie & Butcher out

Don't do that - I live along the road from him and it's a nice peaceful area! :)

[silverhibee]

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"peaceful". Like the protest on Sunday that ended up with people getting hurt, staff trapped in the stadium for several hours and a journalist getting pelted with coins?

"Oh I say Mr Petrie, we feel that you are not doing a very good job running Hibernian Football Club, would you please arrange as soon as possible for someone else to run the club in your place please, thank you very much". Is that how it would go?

Ff there's going to be a protest then do it at East Mains or Easter Road. That's where the club is and that's where any action will be taken.

Who got hurt.?

[blackpoolhibs]

His house is fair game in my opinion, he ****s up our Saturdays we **** up his evenings.

We are too soft, make it as uncomfortable as humanly possible for that man to continue coming to work for our club. And if that means protests outside his house then its fine by me, i'd go as far as one a night until he's gone.

[Carheenlea]

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His house is fair game in my opinion, he ****s up our Saturdays we **** up his evenings.

We are too soft, make it as uncomfortable as humanly possible for that man to continue coming to work for our club. And if that means protests outside his house then its fine by me, i'd go as far as one a night until he's gone.

The actions and mindset of a bully - and nobody likes a bully. Would be a massive OG in any campaign.

[greenpaper55]

I think protests should be around the ground when the fans know he is there, not to happy about targeting someones home , when wallet merciless tried to destroy us his offices were targeted and he quickly got the message which caused a rapid turnover in his underwear department.

[blackpoolhibs]

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The actions and mindset of a bully - and nobody likes a bully. Would be a massive OG in any campaign.

When they dont listen you have to up the anti. Lets protest outside Easter Road then, no ****er is there now and the team dont report back for weeks.

Too soft by far, a soft touch off and on the park.

[BroxburnHibee]

There's only one thing Rods interested in - money.

That's how you get him to go.

[Gus Fring]

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Who got hurt.?

One of the security guys broke his wrist when the people at the front started pushing the green barrier against them when trying to get in and Jamie Borthwick got hit with coins when he was leaving. If that's what happens to innocent people I'd hate to think what will happen if someone gets close to Petrie.

[Glorious St Pat]

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There is only one answer here that doesn't damage the thing we want to nurture and protect. The present owner(s) need to be bought out. I very much doubt anyone or any collection of people has both the money and the inclination to do so.

Here lies the paradox in your answer - I feel any future announcements coming out of the club will be towards a fan-based ownership proposal. Leeann Dempster introduced this at Motherwell - the Well Society - and she is still a paid up member in it (perhaps a conflict in interest here?) Look at the following link under 'D'.

http://www.thewellsociety.co.uk/members/

The Well Society is a great idea but is currently failing due to a lack of support. They have only raised something like £450,000 out of the target of £1.5m to collectively buyout John Boyle's shares.

It is my other opinion that Farmer's shares will be past into a trust and tun by a trustee such as his son, Tony.

To some of the posters that are still sitting on the fence with any possible radical ousting - the club is broken. To suffer in silence and just muddle along with blind acceptance of everything that the club spins is one of the reasons we are in this mess.

Enough is enough...radical change has got to happen quickly and I fear that any change proposed by Petrie is merely going to scratch the surface.

A proposed season ticket boycott could force the issue and with the right changes and proposals in place thereafter I am sure the fans would buy into.

Vive la revolution
Petrie & Butcher out

[Lago]

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And we certainly wouldn't want that,

tell me, what's your suggestion then?

Mob rule certainly isnt the answer.

[Gus Fring]

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When they dont listen you have to up the anti. Lets protest outside Easter Road then, no ****er is there now and the team dont report back for weeks.

Too soft by far, a soft touch off and on the park.

The people who work at the club day to day are still there in the off season. Including Rod.

Has anyone considered how these protests will affect players coming in to the club? Will they really want to join when they think the club is in turmoil?

[Dr Jimmy]

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There's only one thing Rods interested in - money.

That's how you get him to go.

Sounds like an episode of The Wire. Go after the money.

Seriously though if his home was targeted it would give him the sympathy vote and that man deserves **** all let alone sympathy.
We need to keep the pressure up through the media and at the games, this will take a while unless it's coordinated

[Glorious St Pat]

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The actions and mindset of a bully - and nobody likes a bully. Would be a massive OG in any campaign.

So similar actions adopted by various unions on the back of the Grangemouth debacle are the tactics of a bully too?

Petrie is the bully here because he has paid lip service to supporters concerns for years as per his nonsense at previous AGM's. He doesn't get it and never will. When his vision is something like "to win more games" he is grossly out of touch with that of the fans. The more shameful stories coming out about his stewardship the better as it only adds to a groundswell of opinion against.