American Consortium/Abramovich

[itslegaltender]

American Consortium interested in Hibs? Never a great word "consortium", usually means no pot of gold for investment.

Mark Donaldson ‏@DonaldsonESPN 3m
Thursday night gossip... Killie boss Allan Johnston keen on Gary Locke to be his assistant and an American consortium interested in Hibs...

[AlbertK86]

Think this was mentioned earlier in week by somebody but seemed to be brushed aside

Think that hertz barsteward Donaldson is based in the states these days

[Diclonius]

I'd be fine with this as long as they didn't rebrand us as the "Edinburgh Pandas" or some such tripe.

Especially seeing as I ****ing hate pandas.

[Jones28]

Interesting to see how/if this will develop.

[nribs]

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American Consortium interested in Hibs? Never a great word "consortium", usually means no pot of gold for investment.

Mark Donaldson ‏@DonaldsonESPN 3m
Thursday night gossip... Killie boss Allan Johnston keen on Gary Locke to be his assistant and an American consortium interested in Hibs...

Mark Donaldson tweeted hearts wouldn't enter admin days before they entered admin.

[Heisenberg]

His reply to someone suggesting he lifted it from here: @DonaldsonESPN: @bryce_coco Not been on there for years! I was chatting to the person they would want as their next boss...

[nribs]

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His reply to someone suggesting he lifted it from here: @DonaldsonESPN: @bryce_coco Not been on there for years! I was chatting to the person they would want as their next boss...

That will be coco Bryce of here then :)

[TRC]

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That will be coco Bryce of here then :)

Could be or someone that just loves the acid house

[SlickShoes]

loady psh

[nribs]

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Could be or someone that just loves the acid house

Off topic a bit but great book/film Stanton is in one of the short films. The Granton Star Cause

[TRC]

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Off topic a bit but great book/film Stanton is in one of the short films. The Granton Star Cause

To be honest prefer it to trainspotting

[Waxy]

And where will we be in 7 years time?
255 million in debt.

[lord bunberry]

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And where will we be in 7 years time?
255 million in debt.

That's the way to do things these days

[hibsfan7]

I WOULD TAKE THAT IF WE WON THE SCOTTISH CUP


:tbgwa::tbgwa::tbgwa::tbgwa::tbgwa:

[Waxy]

We dont need an American consortium.

[Thecat23]

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We dont need an American consortium.

What if they want to invest in the club and actually push us on to be the club we could potentially be with a bit of backing?

[Kato]

Is this not just an example of bull bouncing around the net.

[andrew70]

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What if they want to invest in the club and actually push us on to be the club we could potentially be with a bit of backing?

This would be great however I find myself asking why would they choose Hibs? It would take significant backing from any investor to produce a team that gains promotion and then consistently challenges in the top 3 of the SPFL which is what we would need to do before the backers even realised any sort of return on their investment.

[Thecat23]

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This would be great however I find myself asking why would they choose Hibs? It would take significant backing from any investor to produce a team that gains promotion and then consistently challenges in the top 3 of the SPFL which is what we would need to do before the backers even realised any sort of return on their investment.

For the record I agree. STF would surely only sell to someone that would make sure it had the best interests of the club at heart. Like you say they wouldn't see any return unless we continually finish top three. Be great if this happened but it's a long shot to say the least.

[TRC]

Dougray Scott or is Dario franchitti a hibee?

[lord bunberry]

What if this consortium wanted to put up £20m a season but keep petrie on the board, that would be a right dilemma

[Thecat23]

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What if this consortium wanted to put up £20m a season but keep petrie on the board, that would be a right dilemma

Oooh now that would be a dilemma. I'd still want him gone :D

[andrew70]

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What if this consortium wanted to put up £20m a season but keep petrie on the board, that would be a right dilemma

Football fans have always been incredibly fickle ;)

[HibsMax]

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This would be great however I find myself asking why would they choose Hibs? It would take significant backing from any investor to produce a team that gains promotion and then consistently challenges in the top 3 of the SPFL which is what we would need to do before the backers even realised any sort of return on their investment.

I find myself asking why anyone would even invest in Scottish football at all, but let's say someone did. What team would they invest in? Some might consider Hibs as being a low-budget, fixer-upper that could pay off with less investment than, say, trying to get a foothold in an English league team. There's a lot less competition in Scotland so the level of investment required to take a team "somewhere" could be less. Not saying any of this is true, just my musings.

[Cameron1875]

The boy Donaldson is living the dream. Great job at ESPN, living in great part of USA and paid handsomely.

Yet he is one of the most hibs obssessed people i've seen on twitter. An absolute weirdo and whatever he says about anything i'd take with a pinch of salt. One of my s****s has more class and creativity than him.

[cabbageandribs1875]

Over there, over there
Send the word, send the word over there
That the Yanks are coming, the Yanks are coming
The drums are rum-tumming everywhere







auld yins will know that tune :)

[1875STEVE]

I just asked him who the manager is, he wouldnt say, but said they have not been involved in scottish football before.

[ScottB]

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I find myself asking why anyone would even invest in Scottish football at all, but let's say someone did. What team would they invest in? Some might consider Hibs as being a low-budget, fixer-upper that could pay off with less investment than, say, trying to get a foothold in an English league team. There's a lot less competition in Scotland so the level of investment required to take a team "somewhere" could be less. Not saying any of this is true, just my musings.

I can't think of a single business reason. There's no money to be had in Scotland, out with the Old Firm anyway. I'm not sure the money required to turn Hibs into a Champions League side (the only tournament potentially open to us with lots of money on offer) would be achievable under the FFP regulations.

The only outside shot at investing Hibs returning a load of cash would be a merger of our leagues with England's, but that isn't happening.


Outside of an emotional investor, I'd be very suspicious of the motivations of any interested party.

[HibsMax]

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I can't think of a single business reason. There's no money to be had in Scotland, out with the Old Firm anyway. I'm not sure the money required to turn Hibs into a Champions League side (the only tournament potentially open to us with lots of money on offer) would be achievable under the FFP regulations.

The only outside shot at investing Hibs returning a load of cash would be a merger of our leagues with England's, but that isn't happening.


Outside of an emotional investor, I'd be very suspicious of the motivates of any interested party.

Right. There have to be better ways to make money so I would be hoping for someone who wants to invest but with no real expectation of making loads of money (so "invest" is the wrong word). Who knows though? Maybe there is someone out there with some spare millions and they want a football / soccer team.......just coz.

Donald Sterling anyone? ;)

[SMAXXA]

There is no America consortium, well I'm sure there actually is but none that are interested in hibs. Let's not let this grow arms and legs