There is certainly a strong argument for doing that. St Johnstone did well for a number of years spending hee haw on youth development.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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14-12-2019 09:21 PM #181
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14-12-2019 09:27 PM #182This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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14-12-2019 09:30 PM #183This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Scenario 2 - Hibs marketing department failed to find a suitable shirt sponsor, thus depriving the club of revenue to invest in the men's first team.
I find scenario 2 more plausible, so it's hardly made up.Mature, sensible signature required for responsible position. Good prospects for the right candidate. Apply within.
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14-12-2019 09:59 PM #184This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The point I initially replied to was about Hibs having poor narketing. My point was that it was a commercial decision, not a marketing failure.
Genuinely confused
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14-12-2019 10:07 PM #185This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
By my counting, there were five academy graduates in the 18 last week.
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15-12-2019 11:04 AM #186
There is an argument for not having a youth development system, but if we are to carry on having one and there has been no talk of not, at least they do come through and play for us.
Purple and green says 5 were in the squad last week, not a bad average i'd say.
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15-12-2019 11:37 AM #187This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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15-12-2019 11:39 AM #188This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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15-12-2019 12:15 PM #189This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Murray and Shaw are simply the latest fringe players. Scrap the development team and we could pick up the equivalent from another team without wasting money.Mature, sensible signature required for responsible position. Good prospects for the right candidate. Apply within.
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15-12-2019 12:17 PM #190This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Stevenson and Hanlon are interesting - very unusual in this day and age to have 2 players with 10 plus years from the academy.
There's a paradox though - every time those two are selected, there's two less places for academy players.
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15-12-2019 12:27 PM #191This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
We're bringing in money from development fees all the time, and my understanding is that a large part of of our academy is funded through project brave - funding we would lose if we scrapped it.
I think the answer, is to improve the development, and have better players coming through - and my belief is that is what the club is doing - measuring performance and trying to improve all the time. Unfortunately that doesn't happen overnight, but there is a possibility that we might be having this same discussion in one or two years time.
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15-12-2019 12:41 PM #192
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Much better spending my season ticket money on something that I might see on a Saturday as opposed to the women, who I’ll never see.
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16-12-2019 11:45 AM #194
shame, but unless you're a coach of sellick/sevco starting next season you're always going to lose your better players...for nowt
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50802273
Grant Scott has resigned as head coach of Hibernian Ladies after becoming increasingly frustrated at the failure to affiliate the team more directly with the Easter Road club.
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16-12-2019 11:45 AM #195This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50802273
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16-12-2019 12:01 PM #196
You would think by reading this that the Hibs ladies team are incredibly popular. Yet what is their average crowd? Is it not normally less than 1000? I dont know for sure as I dont know any Hibs fans that go to watch them.
It seems to upset some on here, but I too would rather NO funds from Hibs finds itself to the ladies team. Its nice to hear they do well, but really thats where my interest ends. Which looks to be the case for 99% as well, or they would be self sufficient and this discussion wouldn't be a thing.
And Im amazed some seem to think investing in a separate Woman's entity is the same in having development / boys teams which are there to benefit the first team.
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16-12-2019 12:05 PM #197
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16-12-2019 12:13 PM #198This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
End of the day, Hibs ladies are one of the most successful teams in the country. Winning cups every year. And no one goes to watch them. Looking at this thread you would think there would be queues round the block to watch the team. But the interest is just not there.
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16-12-2019 05:32 PM #199This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Nice thought that they could be full time, funded by the men’s team etc but it’s just not feasible really. In an ideal world we could pump loads of money in and make them full time, best in Scotland, competitive in Europe etc but the club simply doesn’t have the money to be throwing at something which will provide a return nowhere near what they’d need to put in.
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