Clerry Jambo Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Well that’s the lochenders setting their stall out. Do we need to re-evaluate or happy with what we do recruiting wise, increase our budget etc? https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hibs/hibs-celtic-rangers-old-firm-billionaire-bournemouth-black-knight-football-foley-4538908 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Lynam Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Talk is cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jock _turd Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 (edited) Well that can only happen if this guy actually stumps up the cash surely ? It is an interesting scenario, in theory it works... in practice? Make no mistake all it really needs is for someone with money to burn to buy out a Scottish SPL club to out do the OF ... who really wants to burn money in the SPL? Edited March 3 by jock _turd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pettigrewsstylist Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Blah, blah. The figures mentioned so far will change nothing. Its a loan nursery on current plans announced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnking123 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Will take a lot more that six million 😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirror Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Just need to wait and see what happens over the summer. Just as much of a chance that they will have forgotten about it by then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bungalow Bill Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Hibs aside, we need to loosen the purse strings and take advantage of group European football (should we get it). We need to cement 3rd place for years to come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTT Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 He's hardly going to say anything less is he?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zico Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Solidify third place? They’ve finished third four times in 45 years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jock _turd Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Just now, OTT said: He's hardly going to say anything less is he?! Exactly! These billionaire types did not get rich investing large sums of money in deadbeat teams like Hibs and Bourenmouth. To make real money you need to buy teams with a huge background support none of the football teams this guy has invested in have that . You have to wonder what he is thinking. He needs a team to get European football on a sustainable basis. Girona look like getting him a place this season... he has no chance in the EPL ever unless he dumps a wad of money into Bournemouth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Kilpatrick Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 I never worry about the vermin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debut 4 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 It’s seriously cringe. The comments aren’t based on historical fact or form where you may have justification to say these things. Of course you need ambition but some things that are said should be kept in the boardroom. If anything, all you do it stoke the flames of your closest rivals. Teams gain even more hunger to beat you when you shout your mouth off about targets you’ve never even been close to before. They are setting themselves up for another fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooks Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Love it when they come out with stuff like this . Easily linked and copy and pasted , and rammed full of quotes and soundbites . An egg sandwich in the sun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Announce the permanent signing of Marcondes then. Show how positive things are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaturalOrder74 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 They get a draw against us and beat Ross county at home and they’re taking about taking on the old firm 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spellczech Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 They've always been good at talking. It appeared to have started to get them good transfer fees, but I have to say I suspect they may puff those... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1971fozzy Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Has Foley even been to Edinburgh yet ? 🤣🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 31 minutes ago, Bungalow Bill said: Hibs aside, we need to loosen the purse strings and take advantage of group European football (should we get it). We need to cement 3rd place for years to come. What purse strings are tight at the moment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Lynam Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 33 minutes ago, Bungalow Bill said: Hibs aside, we need to loosen the purse strings and take advantage of group European football (should we get it). We need to cement 3rd place for years to come. Look at the amount of money James Anderson has put into the club as a comparison. It’s well known at hibs that Ian Gordon is clueless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_Duncan Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Hibs board lay what on the table? Their sisters? Feck them. I give them as much notice as I do East Fife. An irrelevance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrysmithsgloves Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 This kinda sums them up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 50 minutes ago, Des Lynam said: Talk is cheap. So are Hibs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBJambo Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 With 6 million 🤣🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegas-voss Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Selling season tickets chat.We are going to do this we are going to do that.Two seasons ago we were coming out with shit about cementing third place for years to come.End of last season Aberdeen were spouting the same and look at them now. I like Hearts best when we just shut the **** up about the footballing side of things and just get on with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go for it 1308 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 12 minutes ago, davemclaren said: What purse strings are tight at the moment? I think he means some marquee signings of significance. He's got a point tho....we're going to have to replace Shankland at some point in the near future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clerry Jambo Posted March 3 Author Share Posted March 3 19 minutes ago, Mikey1874 said: Announce the permanent signing of Marcondes then. Show how positive things are. Agree MIkey. They may attract decent loans but ultimately will need to increase their wage bill etc to get the decent players. Hearts are raking in the money, if we just nail the recruitment in the right areas we have the platform to stay where we are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundermann Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 19 minutes ago, NaturalOrder74 said: They get a draw against us and beat Ross county at home and they’re taking about taking on the old firm 🤣 They'll be send footballing ambassadors to Brazil soon to teach them how it's done in Abbeyhill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Squad changes in the summer crucial. Something the Gordons have failed at since they arrived. Still early days on the January loan signings where seems decent, but clearing out the likes of Boyle, Levitt, Vente, all the centre halfs and replacing them with better is the main challenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott herbertson Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 1 minute ago, vegas-voss said: Selling season tickets chat.We are going to do this we are going to do that.Two seasons ago we were coming out with shit about cementing third place for years to come.End of last season Aberdeen were spouting the same and look at them now. I like Hearts best when we just shut the **** up about the footballing side of things and just get on with it. Yup - I was struck by how sparse parts of their ground were yesterday Attendance 15,705 after what they were hailing as a great derby performance tells youi a lot about their financial prospects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clerry Jambo Posted March 3 Author Share Posted March 3 35 minutes ago, Debut 4 said: It’s seriously cringe. The comments aren’t based on historical fact or form where you may have justification to say these things. Of course you need ambition but some things that are said should be kept in the boardroom. If anything, all you do it stoke the flames of your closest rivals. Teams gain even more hunger to beat you when you shout your mouth off about targets you’ve never even been close to before. They are setting themselves up for another fall. Agree Debut, they have raised expectation levels of the fans, they have always been a mouthy lot from board to supporters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamboj Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 4 minutes ago, GBJambo said: With 6 million 🤣🤣 "Much of the 6 million will be spent on infrastructure projects". To put this in context, Rangers spent 4m on their second choice left back. It's an amount of money which won't make a difference, and they will be playing unseasoned Bournemouth loanees in a league where "know-how" is crucial (see Steven Robinson and Derek McInness). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Monument Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Just now, scott herbertson said: Yup - I was struck by how sparse parts of their ground were yesterday Attendance 15,705 after what they were hailing as a great derby performance tells youi a lot about their financial prospects. I very much doubt that was the real figure the place looked empty even for their standards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoGwash Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 49 minutes ago, Bungalow Bill said: Hibs aside, we need to loosen the purse strings and take advantage of group European football (should we get it). We need to cement 3rd place for years to come. What does this even mean. Any cursory glance at our accounts would show that our playing budget has increased signifcantly over recent years and is directly related to our huge increases in turnover. As long as our income keeps increasing, through the likes of European football, our outlay on the team will go up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder and Lightning Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Oh no. Not mighty hibs. **** off ya tramps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazzas right boot Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Every club will try to improve. The proof will be in the results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicalEric Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Guy didn't become a Billionaire by burning through his money. Just have to look at Lorient and Bournemouth to see he's not going to be extravagant. Borderline deluded to think he's going to start chucking millions and millions into Hibs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
132goals1958 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 8 minutes ago, vegas-voss said: Selling season tickets chat.We are going to do this we are going to do that.Two seasons ago we were coming out with shit about cementing third place for years to come.End of last season Aberdeen were spouting the same and look at them now. I like Hearts best when we just shut the **** up about the footballing side of things and just get on with it. Exactly what I was thinking. Good timing to reel them in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger Rudi Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 31 minutes ago, Mikey1874 said: Announce the permanent signing of Marcondes then. Show how positive things are. Or maybe we should! 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingantti1874 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 (edited) The investment isn’t enough to close the gap that already exists between hibs and hearts. Never mind the additional £2.5m to £3m total turnover increase with expected 50% profit following the hotel project. aside from this, they claim turnover will be £15m next season including this investment. They also claim they will be self sustaining and their wage to turnover ration will be back to around 65%. Their current wage bill is c£10m at a wage to turnover ration of 81%. now it doesn’t take a genuius to work out not all of the above statements made by hibs can be true. 65% of £15m is £9.75m. So where is the huge increase in wages which will result in expected success? all of this said, it’s about time we did look to move forward a level and recruit higher quality players. We should however have no fear. Of them. They are a fundamentally smaller club. AND if for some reason it does work out and they don’t hold true to their own statements and spend big then I have zero doubt at all that hearts would be able to secure additional investment if we wanted. On our terms, without the desperation of becoming a feeder club. We are easily and bay far away the most attractive investment opportunity in Scottish football Edited March 3 by kingantti1874 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Салатные палочки Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 His other clubs are doing well in fairness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spellczech Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 (edited) To close the gap on the OF, you actually need them to come back towards you too. This used to happen with bad manager choices and spending on poor players but the OF have such a large gap that generally they can afford to have quite a few expensive duds... They also have a policy of jointly taking apart any squad which even threatens to close the gap, and that is the real problem...they protect their duopoly. The 1980s competition from Aberdeen, DUFC and even us to a far less successful extent will never be allowed to happen again due to Bosman and wages disparity. The key thing we need to do is become a club which players do not want to leave on a free. We need players to want to do what Gordon did before his move to Sunderland. Losing the likes of Ritchie, Webster, Patterson and Souttar for nothing is not the way forward. Clubs like Killie and even Hibs seem to get more loyalty from their better players. We need to identify why and correct the situation. Edited March 3 by Spellczech Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 1 hour ago, Clerry Jambo said: Well that’s the lochenders setting their stall out. Do we need to re-evaluate or happy with what we do recruiting wise, increase our budget etc? https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hibs/hibs-celtic-rangers-old-firm-billionaire-bournemouth-black-knight-football-foley-4538908 Good for them. They are 'special'. ER is like one of those schools where everyone is a winner no matter how absolute shite they really are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMJ_1874 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 They’re forever in our shadow. Meanwhile our own plans are based on sustainability and to make our home a 365 day operation unlike our wee neighbours who only use it 19 times plus cup games per season. If we can get groups stages and even get out the groups then the financial rewards will see an even stronger squad being assembled. We’ve failed once but it was a great learning curve for our club. The financial brains behind our current operations will not make the same mistake twice. We are light years ahead of that mob both on and off the park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Klack Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 1 hour ago, Geoff Kilpatrick said: I never worry about the vermin. Yes - agree with this approach. I sometimes worry about what Hibs are going to do following on from a recent manager appointment / player signing / financial investment but then I remember it’s Hibs and they always have been and always will be, sh1te. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4marsbars Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 1 hour ago, Zico said: Solidify third place? They’ve finished third four times in 45 years! Yes, but your figures are from the actual league table. If you looked up the 'flair, we should have scored (extravagant claim) table', you'd find a different story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pap Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 1 hour ago, Bungalow Bill said: Hibs aside, we need to loosen the purse strings and take advantage of group European football (should we get it). We need to cement 3rd place for years to come. Exactly this. We need to start showing more ambition to close the gap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Pile ay pish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valois No1 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 I think it’s one to be aware of. I agree that right now it could all be talk but then people said that about Romanov and he did fund some excellent players. The proof is in the pudding and 6million although welcome isn’t going to change much. I’m sure our board will be keeping tabs on them though and so they should. I still maintain that out of any club in Scotland Hearts are a team to invest in. Our facilities are top class and we are by and large debt free. We have a support that has the potential to add another 10k per game if the stadium allowed it and some sort of challenge on the park. HHGH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weebroon98 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 I wonder how many managers they will go through when they don't might the targets, i think monty will be punted at the end of the season. Foley has 2 of his guys on the board so ian gordon will just be told what to do and say. Essentially the gordons are just a front for the yankball corporation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boag1874 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Everyone who comes in to that club says this shite. In reality they need to spend big just to keep up with us never mind the OF. If they start bringing in players on about 15-20k a week I‘ll worry, until then they can keep talking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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