The generic Hearts thread

[Springbank]

Sorry if I missed it but any idea who the 'minimum of 2' are?

[RoYO!]

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Seems a bit of a cheek to be one of the ones calling for the SPFL EGM for an investigation into some of the SPFL board for bullying/coercion.

Has there ever been a better example of coersion than "take the pay cut or there's the door"?!

[Iain G]

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Has there ever been a better example of coersion than "take the pay cut or there's the opening where the door should be but we haven't ordered that yet"?!

Just fixed that for accuracy... 😁

[The 90+2]

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Sorry if I missed it but any idea who the 'minimum of 2' are?

Two internationalists.

[NOLA]

Hertz finding out how well liked they are by every other club in Scotland except their big bigot brother in govan ....

[Coco Bryce]

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Two internationalists.

They have internationalists in that squad? 😂

Defo can't be Naismith. He took his wage cut at the very start.

[Col2]

It’s Smith, Uche and Berra is what I heard.

[-Jonesy-]

Poetic justice if Berra is holding out on that shower

[Hibby Kay-Yay]

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Poetic justice if Berra is holding out on that shower

Indeed, especially the way they treated him. Totally shambolic way to treat their players, hope this hits HMFC hard.

[Keith_M]

So, long after almost every club, they've finally got their players (or most of them) to take a wage reduction, through weeks of coercion and threats.


The class of that club knows no bounds.






p.s I thought I'd just point out that their overall wage bill, despite the reductions, is still massively higher than that at Easter Road. Amazing stuff, Queen Ann

[JimBHibees]

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So, long after almost every club, they've finally got their players (or most of them) to take a wage reduction, through weeks of coercion and threats.


The class of that club knows no bounds.






p.s I thought I'd just point out that their overall wage bill, despite the reductions, is still massively higher than that at Easter Road. Amazing stuff, Queen Ann

Even after the agreed cuts? Incredible if that is the case.

[Greenworld]

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Poetic justice if Berra is holding out on that shower

Will he not still be getting paid by dundee

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[Peevemor]

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Will he not still be getting paid by dundee

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His contract is with Hearts - not Dundee. Hearts pay his wages and Dundeee will reimburse Hearts whatever amount waas agreed.

[Mainstandman]

I wonder if Budge was hoping that more would not agree so she could get rid of them and their wage. as it stands she'll have to find 70-90% of their wage bill which still appears unsustainable for them. and lumbered with them for the duration of their contracts.

[CentreLine]

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I wonder if Budge was hoping that more would not agree so she could get rid of them and their wage. as it stands she'll have to find 70-90% of their wage bill which still appears unsustainable for them. and lumbered with them for the duration of their contracts.

It would be interesting to see a breakdown of how many players agreed to what percentage. My money is on any players who accepted a reduction did so on the bases of no more than 10%. Just a hunch

[Biggie]

Yeah it would be interesting to see how much some of these guys are on....I mean £6 / 8k per week at a club like hearts is a nonsense, and surely asking for trouble.

[Peevemor]

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Yeah it would be interesting to see how much some of these guys are on....I mean £6 / 8k per week at a club like hearts is a nonsense, and surely asking for trouble.

Yeah, but Budge has managed to claw back 10% from most of them.

So that's nice...

[CockneyRebel]

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Yeah, but Budge has managed to claw back 10% from most of them.

So that's nice...

But it's still nowhere near the 50% that she said was necessary for the club operations to remain sustainable.

[sean04]

They have changed there tune. When the players weren’t agreeing to the reduction in wages they were all ***** and hopefully the leave. Players agree wage reductions, great guys, great players, come on hearts! What a club 😂😂

[Jim44]

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They have changed there tune. When the players weren’t agreeing to the reduction in wages they were all ***** and hopefully the leave. Players agree wage reductions, great guys, great players, come on hearts! What a club 😂😂

I haven’t taken much interest in their player problems but I assume there has recently been a bit of a climb down on their behalf. Probably less from a sense of loyalty and goodwill towards their club, which has treated them like dirt, but more from a sense of self preservation in view of the ongoing virus crisis, ensuring some income and the unknown dilemma of the end of contracts/summer transfer window dogfight.

[Real Emerald]

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But it's still nowhere near the 50% that she said was necessary for the club operations to remain sustainable.

Yes, and they’ve now used their get out of jail card. If they can’t pay wages and have costs they can’t meet the next stage will be administration. They can dump all their players, bump their debts and take a points deduction this season when they look like being relegated anyway. Maybe I’m being a bit too simplistic as I’m not sure of all the implications of administration but it certainly wouldn’t surprise me.

[HoboHarry]

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But it's still nowhere near the 50% that she said was necessary for the club operations to remain sustainable.

Where is it being reported that the figure was 10%? I haven't seen it as yet.....

[Joe6-2]

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Yeah it would be interesting to see how much some of these guys are on....I mean £6 / 8k per week at a club like hearts is a nonsense, and surely asking for trouble.

Yeah but, but it’s to avoid relegation

[LancsHibs]

Sorry but I hadn’t been playing close attention to the situation but could someone answer the following questions for me as simply as possible thank you:
Why aren’t Hertz relegated yet?
What’s the hold up?
When do we expect it to happen?

[jacomo]

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Yes, and they’ve now used their get out of jail card. If they can’t pay wages and have costs they can’t meet the next stage will be administration. They can dump all their players, bump their debts and take a points deduction this season when they look like being relegated anyway. Maybe I’m being a bit too simplistic as I’m not sure of all the implications of administration but it certainly wouldn’t surprise me.

They would do all that and still claim relegation is ‘unfair’.

Classless club.

[Waxy]

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Sorry but I hadn’t been playing close attention to the situation but could someone answer the following questions for me as simply as possible thank you:
Why aren’t Hertz relegated yet?
What’s the hold up?
When do we expect it to happen?

I thought they were going to do it yesterday.
There was meant to be an SPFL meeting yesterday. Did it happen?

[monarch]

It’s a pity we can’t get the semi final played now. With all the wage shenanigans and threats from the club owner their dressing room spirit must be on the floor.

[Keith_M]

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Where is it being reported that the figure was 10%? I haven't seen it as yet.....

From the Banderson article from yesterday


"With monthly salaries due to reach bank accounts on Thursday, those agreeing to reductions of between 10 and 30 per cent must do so by close of business this afternoon for money to be processed."

[jacomo]

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From the Banderson article from yesterday


"With monthly salaries due to reach bank accounts on Thursday, those agreeing to reductions of between 10 and 30 per cent must do so by close of business this afternoon for money to be processed."

The fitting and lighting of the name and Hearts crest are still amateurish, but that is the best photo of their new main stand I have seen... it really doesn’t look too bad there.

[Kato]

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From the Banderson article from yesterday


"With monthly salaries due to reach bank accounts on Thursday, those agreeing to reductions of between 10 and 30 per cent must do so by close of business this afternoon for money to be processed."

Thought I'd blundered into a thread from 2011 there. Banderson makes these things sound so banal.

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