jamboinglasgow Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 If we can get reinstated back to the premiership, it is 3 months and 5 days till our first league game (not sure if we have Betfred games before that.) I have found in the last month that it was a good to have football on the TV, and there has been much going on with our fight against the SPFL and their unfair and incorrect decision to demote us with 8 games still to go. But I miss having a Hearts game to watch and dissect. There is nothing that will match that and thought that it will be 7 months without a Hearts league game is depressing. Even seeing Premiership clubs talking about friendlies and training is feeling like salt being rubbed into the wounds after we have been stitched up by rivals who cared more about making us suffer than working together in an unprecedented event. The fact we can have the normailty of training due to the Kafkaesque rules of who can train and who cant is mad. I hope arbitration reinstates us into the Premiership, or if not makes the other clubs face serious financial consequences for thinking only of themselves. I just want the normality of some kind of Hearts playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hearts1975 Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, jamboinglasgow said: If we can get reinstated back to the premiership, it is 3 months and 5 days till our first league game (not sure if we have Betfred games before that.) I have found in the last month that it was a good to have football on the TV, and there has been much going on with our fight against the SPFL and their unfair and incorrect decision to demote us with 8 games still to go. But I miss having a Hearts game to watch and dissect. There is nothing that will match that and thought that it will be 7 months without a Hearts league game is depressing. Even seeing Premiership clubs talking about friendlies and training is feeling like salt being rubbed into the wounds after we have been stitched up by rivals who cared more about making us suffer than working together in an unprecedented event. The fact we can have the normailty of training due to the Kafkaesque rules of who can train and who cant is mad. I hope arbitration reinstates us into the Premiership, or if not makes the other clubs face serious financial consequences for thinking only of themselves. I just want the normality of some kind of Hearts playing. Very good post And if it means by our further pending demotion and obvious restraint of trade by the fact we face a further delay in playing our first game in the championship, let’s try and ruin the same clubs financially and that who decided their own self interest was more important than having any ethical judgement applied and who put us there in the first place With the move to allow the SFA to arbitrate let’s not kid ourselves on that there will be fairness within the arbitration hearing. After all, the folk that are allowed to arbitrate are on the side of the SPFL. I mean the SFA couldn’t wait to investigate us and by our lodging a court petition to claim the whole farce that led to us being expelled in the first place. For me, we are going into the championship, no question in my mind. However, All I ever wanted the club to do, and from the get go, was to fight tooth and nail and to defend our own interests, and regardless of the impact it would have on the rest of the clubs financially. Is that a form of payback - yes, it bloody well is. Have we been hurting and set back - yes. So this means that In this particular situation that Karma is of the ultimate importance to me and if we ruin some clubs in the process, fantastic. That’s what it’s all about and they, not us, made it this way. Casing point. Make it as shitty as we possibly can, and for everyone involved. Try and get as much compo as we possibly can and at least this way when the likes of Roy McGregor says that we can go down and take “our medicine” we can shout back that we will, but we made sure him and the others that put us in this position, payed for it, and out of their own pockets That’s what it’s all about for me. Edited July 12, 2020 by Hearts1975 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graygo Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 6 hours ago, Hearts1975 said: Very good post And if it means by our further pending demotion and obvious restraint of trade by the fact we face a further delay in playing our first game in the championship, let’s try and ruin the same clubs financially and that who decided their own self interest was more important than having any ethical judgement applied and who put us there in the first place With the move to allow the SFA to arbitrate let’s not kid ourselves on that there will be fairness within the arbitration hearing. After all, the folk that are allowed to arbitrate are on the side of the SPFL. I mean the SFA couldn’t wait to investigate us and by our lodging a court petition to claim the whole farce that led to us being expelled in the first place. For me, we are going into the championship, no question in my mind. However, All I ever wanted the club to do, and from the get go, was to fight tooth and nail and to defend our own interests, and regardless of the impact it would have on the rest of the clubs financially. Is that a form of payback - yes, it bloody well is. Have we been hurting and set back - yes. So this means that In this particular situation that Karma is of the ultimate importance to me and if we ruin some clubs in the process, fantastic. That’s what it’s all about and they, not us, made it this way. Casing point. Make it as shitty as we possibly can, and for everyone involved. Try and get as much compo as we possibly can and at least this way when the likes of Roy McGregor says that we can go down and take “our medicine” we can shout back that we will, but we made sure him and the others that put us in this position, payed for it, and out of their own pockets That’s what it’s all about for me. I struggle to understand why there are some in our support who still think this. 🥺 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky_26 Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 2 hours ago, graygo said: I struggle to understand why there are some in our support who still think this. 🥺 they see SFA arbitration and nothing else. They dont know the requirements for those who make up the panel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hearts1975 Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 4 hours ago, graygo said: I struggle to understand why there are some in our support who still think this. 🥺 Fair enough. Let’s just wait and see. I Stand by what I said Graygo Dont get me wrong, I wish I shared your optimism, but I just don’t I am not prepared to put my faith in getting a fair hearing from the SFA at all, regardless of what has been said. I do not believe that the right thing to do will happen so it’s about screwing them to the ground as much as possible for me for money You should also have highlighted my 4th paragraph in bold as this would probably be more indicative of the reason why I don’t think we will get the fair hearing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hearts1975 Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 2 hours ago, milky_26 said: they see SFA arbitration and nothing else. They dont know the requirements for those who make up the panel Regardless of who is on the panel it is run, people appointed and led by the SFA The same SFA that wanted to investigate us for lodging the initial petition They, including me see the SFA arbitration as that’s what it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hearts1975 Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 4 hours ago, graygo said: I struggle to understand why there are some in our support who still think this. 🥺 2 hours ago, milky_26 said: they see SFA arbitration and nothing else. They dont know the requirements for those who make up the panel Dont get me wrong both. If you are both right, and I’m wrong, I will gladly admit to being wrong with this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky_26 Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 14 minutes ago, Hearts1975 said: Regardless of who is on the panel it is run, people appointed and led by the SFA The same SFA that wanted to investigate us for lodging the initial petition They, including me see the SFA arbitration as that’s what it is we (hearts) choose one of the panel members Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Just 3 weeks till first game if reinstated to Premiership. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hearts1975 Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 13 minutes ago, milky_26 said: we (hearts) choose one of the panel members 4 Panel members (total) ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Hunt Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 11 hours ago, Hearts1975 said: Very good post And if it means by our further pending demotion and obvious restraint of trade by the fact we face a further delay in playing our first game in the championship, let’s try and ruin the same clubs financially and that who decided their own self interest was more important than having any ethical judgement applied and who put us there in the first place With the move to allow the SFA to arbitrate let’s not kid ourselves on that there will be fairness within the arbitration hearing. After all, the folk that are allowed to arbitrate are on the side of the SPFL. I mean the SFA couldn’t wait to investigate us and by our lodging a court petition to claim the whole farce that led to us being expelled in the first place. For me, we are going into the championship, no question in my mind. However, All I ever wanted the club to do, and from the get go, was to fight tooth and nail and to defend our own interests, and regardless of the impact it would have on the rest of the clubs financially. Is that a form of payback - yes, it bloody well is. Have we been hurting and set back - yes. So this means that In this particular situation that Karma is of the ultimate importance to me and if we ruin some clubs in the process, fantastic. That’s what it’s all about and they, not us, made it this way. Casing point. Make it as shitty as we possibly can, and for everyone involved. Try and get as much compo as we possibly can and at least this way when the likes of Roy McGregor says that we can go down and take “our medicine” we can shout back that we will, but we made sure him and the others that put us in this position, payed for it, and out of their own pockets That’s what it’s all about for me. Lord Clark was quite clear that the SFA will not have jurisdiction over the arbitration process. Our own QC, David Thomson, is on the list of SFA arbitrators. To suggest that everyone on the SFA list is in favour of the SFA/SPFL would suggest he would also favour them, in which case we’ve really fecked up by employing him as our QC! I am as cyclical as they come however, I believe that the process - thanks to Lord Clark providing clarity and some direction - will be fair. To suggest otherwise is frankly nonsense. The tribunal will have to document their findings and reasoning. If it is found to be biased, incompetent, or they have wrongly interpreted the law then we will be back on the CoS and the arbitrators reputations will be in tatters. Too many people thinking the SPFL are Spectre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky_26 Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 22 minutes ago, Hearts1975 said: 4 Panel members (total) ? no three, spfl choose one, we choose one and the two choices agree on the chair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamboinglasgow Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 7 hours ago, Ethan Hunt said: Lord Clark was quite clear that the SFA will not have jurisdiction over the arbitration process. Our own QC, David Thomson, is on the list of SFA arbitrators. To suggest that everyone on the SFA list is in favour of the SFA/SPFL would suggest he would also favour them, in which case we’ve really fecked up by employing him as our QC! I am as cyclical as they come however, I believe that the process - thanks to Lord Clark providing clarity and some direction - will be fair. To suggest otherwise is frankly nonsense. The tribunal will have to document their findings and reasoning. If it is found to be biased, incompetent, or they have wrongly interpreted the law then we will be back on the CoS and the arbitrators reputations will be in tatters. Too many people thinking the SPFL are Spectre. Yup, I understand the skepticism towards arbitration because of the SFA, I certainly was up till I read more after the ruling in the Cos. But saying the SFA will control it ignores what a big victory we got in that initial hearing. The SPFL may have got the abritiation they initally wanted, but it was on the courts terms on how it is run which is fantastic for us and bad for the SPFL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graygo Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 9 hours ago, Hearts1975 said: Dont get me wrong both. If you are both right, and I’m wrong, I will gladly admit to being wrong with this one. Hopefully some of the replies will have given you a wee bit more belief that we will get a fair hearing. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pasquale for King Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 On 12/07/2020 at 00:10, jamboinglasgow said: If we can get reinstated back to the premiership, it is 3 months and 5 days till our first league game (not sure if we have Betfred games before that.) I have found in the last month that it was a good to have football on the TV, and there has been much going on with our fight against the SPFL and their unfair and incorrect decision to demote us with 8 games still to go. But I miss having a Hearts game to watch and dissect. There is nothing that will match that and thought that it will be 7 months without a Hearts league game is depressing. Even seeing Premiership clubs talking about friendlies and training is feeling like salt being rubbed into the wounds after we have been stitched up by rivals who cared more about making us suffer than working together in an unprecedented event. The fact we can have the normailty of training due to the Kafkaesque rules of who can train and who cant is mad. I hope arbitration reinstates us into the Premiership, or if not makes the other clubs face serious financial consequences for thinking only of themselves. I just want the normality of some kind of Hearts playing. Reads much better if it said CANT get reinstated, as for the training rules what point would there be in taking players off furlough and costing us upwards of £500k to do that over 3 months before we play a game? I’m not missing games yet, maybe when the top league starts and we’re not involved. It is good to watch games but none have got the juices flowing like ours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamboinglasgow Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 1 minute ago, Pasquale for King said: Reads much better if it said CANT get reinstated, as for the training rules what point would there be in taking players off furlough and costing us upwards of £500k to do that over 3 months before we play a game? I’m not missing games yet, maybe when the top league starts and we’re not involved. It is good to watch games but none have got the juices flowing like ours. I only realised my typo after I couldn't edit it. Really your not missing games? I am fed up with chatting about what will happen, I am bored talking about what should be and the court case (though it is important,) I miss seeing Hearts play and talking about how player x played, what decision a manager made, seeing a replay of a Hearts goal. Its been 4 months and 2 days since we last played a game (and that game was one to forget.) If that was the gap after finishing mid May as normal than it would be now mid September. No games, no real transfer talk to distract us (apart from Gordon which happened very quickly), not even a preseason which would have started in late June under a normal season. This must be the longest time between Hearts competitive games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hearts1975 Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 19 hours ago, Ethan Hunt said: Lord Clark was quite clear that the SFA will not have jurisdiction over the arbitration process. Our own QC, David Thomson, is on the list of SFA arbitrators. To suggest that everyone on the SFA list is in favour of the SFA/SPFL would suggest he would also favour them, in which case we’ve really fecked up by employing him as our QC! I am as cyclical as they come however, I believe that the process - thanks to Lord Clark providing clarity and some direction - will be fair. To suggest otherwise is frankly nonsense. The tribunal will have to document their findings and reasoning. If it is found to be biased, incompetent, or they have wrongly interpreted the law then we will be back on the CoS and the arbitrators reputations will be in tatters. Too many people thinking the SPFL are Spectre. Makes me feel a bit better reading this. Cheers EH Got to be honest and say that after Lord Clarke put it back over to the SFA to arbitrate I sort of stopped following what was happening, including the overall process, as I had prematurely made my own mind up. 10 hours ago, graygo said: Hopefully some of the replies will have given you a wee bit more belief that we will get a fair hearing. 👍 For sure. As above. Obviously you and others have paid more attention to the detail whilst I have been casting assumptions in my own head. 19 hours ago, milky_26 said: no three, spfl choose one, we choose one and the two choices agree on the chair Sounds fair. I had it in my head that it was 4. Appreciate the correction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis Albert Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 Has the panel been chosen yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis Albert Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 (edited) 20 hours ago, Ethan Hunt said: Lord Clark was quite clear that the SFA will not have jurisdiction over the arbitration process. Our own QC, David Thomson, is on the list of SFA arbitrators. To suggest that everyone on the SFA list is in favour of the SFA/SPFL would suggest he would also favour them, in which case we’ve really fecked up by employing him as our QC! I am as cyclical as they come however, I believe that the process - thanks to Lord Clark providing clarity and some direction - will be fair. To suggest otherwise is frankly nonsense. The tribunal will have to document their findings and reasoning. If it is found to be biased, incompetent, or they have wrongly interpreted the law then we will be back on the CoS and the arbitrators reputations will be in tatters. Too many people thinking the SPFL are Spectre. I think Spectre if real would sue for defamation for that comparison If the SPFL fail to screw us it will be down to 007's intervention in the shape of Lord Clark. Edited July 13, 2020 by Francis Albert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pasquale for King Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 10 hours ago, jamboinglasgow said: I only realised my typo after I couldn't edit it. Really your not missing games? I am fed up with chatting about what will happen, I am bored talking about what should be and the court case (though it is important,) I miss seeing Hearts play and talking about how player x played, what decision a manager made, seeing a replay of a Hearts goal. Its been 4 months and 2 days since we last played a game (and that game was one to forget.) If that was the gap after finishing mid May as normal than it would be now mid September. No games, no real transfer talk to distract us (apart from Gordon which happened very quickly), not even a preseason which would have started in late June under a normal season. This must be the longest time between Hearts competitive games. I know it’s been a while but strangely enough I’m just now bothered yet, possibly part of it is how bad we’ve been these last few years. Craig Gordon is a great signing and Neilson is a good manager but we’re still stuck with the same dross that’s got us into this position. Maybe signing an exciting winger with pace will make me look forward to seeing us again. Part of it could be the fact we’re not going to seeing the team in the flesh for a while yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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