The generic Hearts thread

**FilipinoHibs** · 18-12-2019 12:00 AM

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Knowing the guy and the company in question of old, being essentially joiners, I'd imagine they were only involved in the internal fit-outs, probably being paid on a time and materials basis due to the design changing from day to day.

Jim's a good guy and always struck me as being very honest. I'd be very surprised if he was pocketing squillions from the Tynie project.

Agree and he still appears to be owed a considerable amount for work that his company completed. 70% of his assets according to company house.

**SMAXXA** · 18-12-2019 06:02 AM

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There must be £1.5M in 2p coins in that big cow by now.

What a ****ing shambles of a club.

That’s no a very nice way to refer to Dr Budge

***Coco Bryce*** · 18-12-2019 06:43 AM

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JB being Jim Brydon her brother who owns JB Contracting. Suggested on another post that he was the mysterious donator. His company has £1 million in assets of which £700,000 is outstanding debt for work that has been completed. Probably, Hearts are the debtor.

The fact he's a Hibby makes this all so much sweeter

***Aldo*** · 18-12-2019 06:54 AM

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The fact he's a Hibby makes this all so much sweeter

So they owe him 700k, they have a £400k deficit and £1.5 million (minimum) to finish the Megastand.... pleasing.

We all know what happens when they owe folk money don’t we?

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***Col2*** · 18-12-2019 07:29 AM

I don’t get it.

Chic Young and Derek Ferguson and Billy Dodds etc on sportsound said Budge could be the next SPFL CEO a few years back. She was in the job 5 mins and they were claiming that we had some sort of visionary on our hands...

More recently the pundits and journos were saying she lacked football knowledge but was still a brilliant business woman, “look at what she has done off the park”....

Yet today she has been responsible for a one tier stand that is 90% over budget and contracted to her brother in law 👀 , a £1m hibrid pitch which looks like the meadows, a £9m player cost for a bloated bunch of total wasters and a club that relies on benefactors and fan donations to make ends meet. The club could in theory go bust AGAIN if they are relegated before she even hands the shares over to the gorgie cardigan wearing bowling club committee..

Wow a true genius.

***Hibs4185*** · 18-12-2019 07:32 AM

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I don’t get it.

Chic Young and Derek Ferguson and Billy Dodds etc on sportsound said Budge could be the next SPFL CEO a few years back. She was in the job 5 mins and they were claiming that we had some sort of visionary on our hands...

More recently the pundits and journos were saying she lacked football knowledge but was still a brilliant business woman, “look at what she has done off the park”....

Yet today she has been responsible for a one tier stand that is 90% over budget and contracted to her brother in law 👀 , a £1m hibrid pitch which looks like the meadows and a £9m player cost for a bloated bunch of total wasters.

Wow a true genius.

That’s a bit unfair to the meadows! The grass is far better at the meadows.

**Since452** · 18-12-2019 07:40 AM

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So they owe him 700k, they have a £400k deficit and £1.5 million (minimum) to finish the Megastand.... pleasing.

We all know what happens when they owe folk money don’t we?

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They owe it to themselves. It's like when I spend £100 on my credit card. It's my credit card therefore I owe it to myself not the provider. Might pay myself back might not doesn't matter because it's owed to me. Same rules apply with with the giant glass curtain world wonder megastand or anything else Homfc do.

***Barney McGrew*** · 18-12-2019 07:50 AM

At this rate of ploughing through money again, they’ll have next years seasons on sale by February to plug the gap

***greenginger*** · 18-12-2019 08:04 AM

https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/hearts...s-by-february/

Budge has said she may complete the handover by February. What a great situation for the biggest fan owned club in the country to kick off with.

***Bostonhibby*** · 18-12-2019 08:05 AM

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At this rate of ploughing through money again, they’ll have next years seasons on sale by February to plug the gap

They could always have another share issue to the Duncans, you know, like that savvy businessman Romanov did.

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**FilipinoHibs** · 18-12-2019 08:14 AM

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https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/hearts...s-by-february/

Budge has said she may complete the handover by February. What a great situation for the biggest fan owned club in the country to kick off with.

On course and could be February or March. She keeps the donators up to date on how Hearts are wasting their money. They don't want any say over how it is spent. Can you believe any of that. Particularly, has she had to make a further lian if £2 million to Hearts. Why did the donators not stump then
I still think it us Queen B herself.

**Treadstone** · 18-12-2019 08:17 AM

Have I dreamt this or is she still going to be chief executive after the handover?

***Bostonhibby*** · 18-12-2019 08:27 AM

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Have I dreamt this or is she still going to be chief executive after the handover?

I have the same dream, we really need more of the same. If anything I'm hoping she can convince Levein to stay indefinitely, but only coming in between 2am and 245am on the last Wednesday of the month to turn all the pictures in Stehndal's office upside down.

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**FilipinoHibs** · 18-12-2019 08:36 AM

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Have I dreamt this or is she still going to be chief executive after the handover?

She said when results were announced she would stay on for another year to smooth the transition (try and get as much of her money back as possible).

Sometimes dreams do come true.

***Kato*** · 18-12-2019 08:38 AM

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JB being Jim Brydon her brother who owns JB Contracting. Suggested on another post that he was the mysterious donator. His company has £1 million in assets of which £700,000 is outstanding debt for work that has been completed. Probably, Hearts are the debtor.

At one point her brother was only charged with fitting and arranging the building works for the temporary changing rooms and tunnel. I don't think he was anything to do with the New old looking stand. Maybe that changed in time. The new stand was built by the guy who built the bus shelter parts of the ground.

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***Bostonhibby*** · 18-12-2019 08:38 AM

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She said when results were announced she would stay on for another year to smooth the transition (try and get as much if her money back as possible).

Sometimes dreams do come true.

Aw man........

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***Carheenlea*** · 18-12-2019 08:41 AM

Might not be long before the Jumble Sales are being set up again down Gorgie Road

**~~Peevemor~~** · 18-12-2019 08:42 AM

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At one point her brother was only charged with fitting and arranging the building works for the temporary changing rooms and tunnel. I don't think he was anything to do with the New old looking stand. Maybe that changed in time. The new stand was built by the guy who built the bus shelter parts of the ground.

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In the first instance JB did the changing rooms etc. in the Wheatfield. They have since done fitting out work in the new stand.

As for the guy who did the rest of the ground, I don't know if you're speaking about the kid-on architect but he was sacked during the construction of the main stand.

**FilipinoHibs** · 18-12-2019 08:43 AM

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At one point her brother was only charged with fitting and arranging the building works for the temporary changing rooms and tunnel. I don't think he was anything to do with the New old looking stand. Maybe that changed in time. The new stand was built by the guy who built the bus shelter parts of the ground.

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Difficult to tell exactly how involved he became. But unpaid debts went from £450k at end March 2018 to £730k at end March 2019. For a company of 9 people that is considerable. Maybe explains the JB Contractor advertising at Tinycastle. Thrown in free while he waits to get paid.

***Smartie*** · 18-12-2019 08:47 AM

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Might not be long before the Jumble Sales are being set up again down Gorgie Road

The National Grid reported a bizarre power surge as 400,000 ovens were simultaneously started up in the Edinburgh area.

***jacomo*** · 18-12-2019 08:59 AM

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Have I dreamt this or is she still going to be chief executive after the handover?

Yes but possibly working from home (just the mornings or all day)?

**FilipinoHibs** · 18-12-2019 09:12 AM

This thread is such a hoot and they are playing Celtic tonight. There is going to be so much more material by midnight.

**Springbank** · 18-12-2019 09:13 AM

Interesting fact, but the Finance Director at Hearts is called Jacqui Duncan

#Allisbarry

**Since452** · 18-12-2019 09:24 AM

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This thread is such a hoot and they are playing Celtic tonight. There is going to be so much more material by midnight.

I think that Ping-pong boy will destroy them. Looks some talent

**Booked4Being-Ugly** · 18-12-2019 09:40 AM

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https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/hearts...s-by-february/

Budge has said she may complete the handover by February. What a great situation for the biggest fan owned club in the country to kick off with.

What a photo on that page.

Looks like Yoda with a wig on!

**007** · 18-12-2019 10:13 AM

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What a photo on that page.

Looks like Yoda with a wig on!

"Relegated we will be."

**Treadstone** · 18-12-2019 10:16 AM

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What a photo on that page.

Looks like Yoda with a wig on!

She always puts me in mind of this.

https://youtu.be/8SGtO2MsJ8Y

**Waxy** · 18-12-2019 10:25 AM

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What a photo on that page.

Looks like Yoda with a wig on!

Rust our stand will.

***matty_f*** · 18-12-2019 10:31 AM

I can't believe the FoH aren't up in arms at what amounts to gross mis-management of their club (or soon-to-be their club).

Can you imagine how different their fortunes would be if that additional £12m or so had been put into players rather than a stand which isn't going to deliver anywhere near what they hoped for. They'd be out of reach of us, and most of the rest of the league. The fact that they still need to find funds to finish it AND repay her is incredible.

If you actually step back and look at their situation, it's staggeringly bad. It's hilarious, but from their point of view, horrendous.

If there aren't already massive alarm bells ringing in their support, there should be. Everything they touch at the moment turns to keech. We joke about laughing stocks etc, but they actually are a laughing stock at the moment. The only crumb of comfort they've had in 12 months is a relatively flukey win at Easter Road. That's the sum of it. And it cost them millions and millions of pounds.