Hibs sold?

[Diclonius]

Filling in the corners shouldn't be considered until we are routinely selling out ER and not just for big games.

[Since452]

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Filling in the corners shouldn't be considered until we are routinely selling out ER and not just for big games.

This. Need to tackle the issue with the FF stand being half empty before we even consider it

[Pedantic_Hibee]

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Short podcast about the takeover here:

https://open.spotify.com/show/6ncXsv...Qj-x-ILyELqGFw

Is that you speaking, Matty?

[04Sauzee]

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Short podcast about the takeover here:

https://open.spotify.com/show/6ncXsv...Qj-x-ILyELqGFw

Not sure who longbangers is but would be fantastic if you could have enough material for a weekly podcast. Preferred that to the other Hibs podcast that does the rounds. Just my opinion the other guys do a good job

[matty_f]

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Is that you speaking, Matty?

Yeah it is, apart from the seagull bit-that was Derek the seagull.

[BILLYHIBS]

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Yeah it is, apart from the seagull bit-that was Derek the seagull.

Good podcast Matty

Been years since I’ve had a good game of longbangers

Will this be available on YouTube?

Them pesky seagulls get everywhere even noticed they followed us to Carlisle.

[matty_f]

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Good podcast Matty

Been years since I’ve had a good game of longbangers

Will this be available on YouTube?

Them pesky seagulls get everywhere even noticed they followed us to Carlisle.

Hadn’t thought about YouTube but I’ll put the next one on there.

[HibbySpurs]

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Villa have a stand that forms a bridge over Trinity Road at the back of the ground. It's a public road.

Indeed they do and it looks quite smart. The problem is that there’s ample space behind that stand which accommodated it’s Construction. The north end of ER is completely hemmed in with flats behind the FF, flats on the corner at where the west and FF “meet” and these are the biggest problem. Do you honestly think the residents of those flats are going to want a new structure erected that could potentially come to within 2/3m of their windows?

It’s a nice idea but it’s just not practical at that particular corner, the chances of getting planning permission are extremely low in my opinion.

The corner of the FF/East is easy in comparison as it encroaches on nothing.

[JeMeSouviens]

Not that I think there's a pressing need, but couldn't we do single tier half-height corners (with scoreboard/screens above them) at the hemmed corners and full height at the open ones?

Edit - similar to the corner we get at Snake Mountain (warning link contains traces of Hun)

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/...2!4d-4.3092686

[ScottB]

Realistically, if we ever had the need for expanding ER, it’d be via an additional tier on an existing stand, the corners seem out for all the reasons given, or certainly very limited in terms of adding a decent number of seats.

The original plans for the East, back when Scotland were looking at hosting the Euros, proposed a stand that had an extra tier for the tournament that could then be taken down. Wonder if such thoughts informed the stand that was eventually built, given talk of a Scottish bid was still ongoing at the time, could there be scope to add an extra tier built in? Probably not, but it seems a more achievable way of increasing capacity, should the need ever arise.

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Realistically, if we ever had the need for expanding ER, it’d be via an additional tier on an existing stand, the corners seem out for all the reasons given, or certainly very limited in terms of adding a decent number of seats.

The original plans for the East, back when Scotland were looking at hosting the Euros, proposed a stand that had an extra tier for the tournament that could then be taken down. Wonder if such thoughts informed the stand that was eventually built, given talk of a Scottish bid was still ongoing at the time, could there be scope to add an extra tier built in? Probably not, but it seems a more achievable way of increasing capacity, should the need ever arise.

I think the extra tier on the east is ruled out now because of the new flats that were built behind it.

[Vault Boy]

Video of a Ron singing song to the chorus of Sunshine on Leith on Hibs' twitter. Love it.

[WhileTheChief..]

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Indeed they do and it looks quite smart. The problem is that there’s ample space behind that stand which accommodated it’s Construction. The north end of ER is completely hemmed in with flats behind the FF, flats on the corner at where the west and FF “meet” and these are the biggest problem. Do you honestly think the residents of those flats are going to want a new structure erected that could potentially come to within 2/3m of their windows?

It’s a nice idea but it’s just not practical at that particular corner, the chances of getting planning permission are extremely low in my opinion.

The corner of the FF/East is easy in comparison as it encroaches on nothing.

The corner of the west / FF doesn’t need seats. It just need a permanent tv box thing with the rest of joined up somehow. Big screen above the tv box maybe?

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Not that I think there's a pressing need, but couldn't we do single tier half-height corners (with scoreboard/screens above them) at the hemmed corners and full height at the open ones?

Edit - similar to the corner we get at Snake Mountain (warning link contains traces of Hun)

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/...2!4d-4.3092686

This us exactly what could be done.
Seats ir no seats, these are the two corners that should house tv screens.

[Inconsequential]

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Villa have a stand that forms a bridge over Trinity Road at the back of the ground. It's a public road.

Yes I knew that and have seen that picture before. The adjacent flats would cause a problem though and would the council agree to any such proposal? This was why Hibs' original intention was to build a stadium at Straiton similar to MacDiarmid Stadium but larger with four perfectly rectangular stands on a site with loads of room around it.

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Indeed they do and it looks quite smart. The problem is that there’s ample space behind that stand which accommodated it’s Construction. The north end of ER is completely hemmed in with flats behind the FF, flats on the corner at where the west and FF “meet” and these are the biggest problem. Do you honestly think the residents of those flats are going to want a new structure erected that could potentially come to within 2/3m of their windows?

It’s a nice idea but it’s just not practical at that particular corner, the chances of getting planning permission are extremely low in my opinion.

The corner of the FF/East is easy in comparison as it encroaches on nothing.

Maybe the corners could be filled in with seating and a glass back wall like the stadium in Dublin? Wont stop the sunlight.

[Antifa Hibs]

Is this of any significance? Tweeted by that Price of Football guy


https://twitter.com/KieranMaguire/st...18529376579585

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Is this of any significance? Tweeted by that Price of Football guy


https://twitter.com/KieranMaguire/st...18529376579585

Why would we want another loan?

[04Sauzee]

Ewan Murray tweeting to keep an eye on then Hibs Takeover. All that glitters ain't gold he says

https://twitter.com/mrewanmurray/sta...800104454?s=19

I think he's a total tool btw

[Heisenberg]

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Ewan Murray tweeting to keep an eye on then Hibs Takeover. All that glitters ain't gold he says

https://twitter.com/mrewanmurray/sta...800104454?s=19

I think he's a total tool btw

He’s absolutely stirring *****. No doubt about it. He’s probably seen the security documents and decided we’re doomed. He’s deflecting away from the fact that someone has nailed Levein for being the ***** manager that he is.

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He’s absolutely stirring *****. No doubt about it. He’s probably seen the security documents and decided we’re doomed. He’s deflecting away from the fact that someone has nailed Levein for being the ***** manager that he is.

Correct, hes picked up that tweet from the Price of Football guy - the content of which was debunked on here at the time of the takeover. The guy simply retweeted the documents when they were lodged, neatly ignoring that he made a complete tit of himself when he initially "exposed" it before.

Murray is a troll when it comes to Hibs and needs to stick to golf.

[CentreLine]

This Is exactly the same arrangement that we had with STF. From time to time he would inject cash in to the club to ensure that the cash flow remained stable. That money had to be repaid and was secured against the club property.
Provided we do not start to see spending beyond our means then this arrangement is no threat whatsoever to our football club and is a perfectly normal business practice. A threat would also be if we started to see other parts of RG’s business empire being supported by loans secured against Easter Road. Nothing to suggest that would happen with RG who seems to have a very sound business ethic. So glad his name is not Romanov.

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This Is exactly the same arrangement that we had with STF. From time to time he would inject cash in to the club to ensure that the cash flow remained stable. That money had to be repaid and was secured against the club property.
Provided we do not start to see spending beyond our means then this arrangement is no threat whatsoever to our football club and is a perfectly normal business practice.

Yep.

At the time of the takeover, a couple of things happened - bringing the ticket office under the same ownership umbrella and what you describe above.

The Price of Football guy tweeted this as fact that Ron had leveraged the purchase price against Hibs assets (Like Glaser did with Man Utd), effectively spending none of his own cash.

When it was demonstrated to him that this was utter pish, he went all quiet. All of this is on twitter and the thread here.

Roll on to this week and he has now tweeted the actual documents being lodged, and the erse Murray has picked up on it.

Twitter and its "experts" can be dangerous and someone like Murray knows this - but he hates Hibs and probably cant get a ride at the shows, so its his bit of fun

[Carheenlea]

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Ewan Murray tweeting to keep an eye on then Hibs Takeover. All that glitters ain't gold he says

https://twitter.com/mrewanmurray/sta...800104454?s=19

I think he's a total tool btw

Follow him on Twitter and when you read his interactions with his peers in the media you get the impression they feel the same.

[Bostonhibby]

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Follow him on Twitter and when you read his interactions with his peers in the media you get the impression they feel the same.

He's a proper Duncan, probably who Judy Murray based the character on.

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