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Didn't we stop playing John O'Neill because of his appearance fee or it trigger extra years or something?

Who was the interferer back then?

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Iirc we didn’t play O’Neil because he was on a fairly astronomical appearance bonus - one that even as a good player his impact on games was unlikely to be able to justify.

When we signed him we were chucking decent amounts of cash about and I think we beat a few teams (including Hearts) to his signature.

I seem to remember a tv deal with Scottish football collapsing and Scottish clubs suddenly facing a new financial reality - Hibs were one of the earliest to properly adapt to that reality, hence getting the golden generation getting their chances at a young age and signings of players like Sauzee, Zitelli, Latapy and De la Cruz ceasing.