Mckinlay

[Australis]

Interesting, when he said we have been receiving job applications for last few weeks, before he was even sacked.

 

That must have helped the board make their decision.

 

[Lone Striker]

11 hours ago, Pasquale for King said:

Thats not the point, you are giving him huge credit for realising that he had to go like hes some visionary, hardly anyone thought he should stay. 

Where did I say he was a visionary ?  Surely if the majority of fans wanted a change of manager/coaches (based on the lacklustre performances and results this season), then McKinlay also contemplating it and then taking action is to be welcomed  ?     Why are you slating our CEO for doing what a likely  majority of fans  wanted ?

 

 

 

 

[periodictabledancer]

13 hours ago, Dusk_Till_Dawn said:

last time we had virtually no applicants, according to McKinlay. This time we have loads, also according to him.

 

You’d almost think that Bloom is about to revolutionise the tinpot Budge/McKinlay operation and McKinlay doesn’t dare pretend that he has to appoint Liam Fox.

 

It’s all good though. Bloom knows what he’s doing and McKinlay will be gone before long.

He absolutely said the opposite in terms of applicants re RNs sacking. He might have backtracked later  to cover the board over ruling his public statement of a preference for an experienced manager but that is not what Hhr originally said. 

[hmfc1440]

14 hours ago, Rudy T said:

My issue with him is around Savage, it stinks quite honestly. He says in that interview Savage was brought in for recruitment and that was his focus. Not so long ago we were told Savage had a wide ranging role and the recruitment was done by Lancefield and his team. There’s long been rumours around a rift between Naismith and Savage. It does make me question what goes on behind the scenes and do we get told what he thinks we want to hear at the time and the reality is very different.
 

No matter who is interviewed at the club it never seems to be their fault, he’s the head of the club surely he’s asking questions of either the sporting director or the manager when he sees we have one Striker he might not be Pep but he knows enough about the game to ask the question. He says we update the manager list every 3 months yet after the start we’ve had he didn’t think it appropriate to update it a couple of weeks ago? He’s not the only one Savage always deflected, Naismith was similar this season it’s a bit of a theme.
 

Don’t get me wrong I think he’s great for the business and I’m sure on the commercial side he’s brilliant, but the new Sporting Director needs to take control of the football side.

I agree but GJ in control of all fitba ops?

[busbyfth]

2 hours ago, Australis said:

Interesting, when he said we have been receiving job applications for last few weeks, before he was even sacked.

 

That must have helped the board make their decision.

 

Thats always the case - when a team/manager has a really bad run, then all the folk without a job (in the footballing managers world) send in their lucky dip forms in advance of sackings ,,,,,,,,,,,,but re Hearts, they must all have seen (like us) so many shapes and so many players - no continuity and familiarity with game plans and personnel,no understandings built/nurtured, and think, I can do better - surely,,,,,,but The board gets part of the blame for allowing so many new players to be brought in, as required squad rotation due to midweek matches is a total BS myth. 

[Pasquale for King]

3 hours ago, Lone Striker said:

Where did I say he was a visionary ?  Surely if the majority of fans wanted a change of manager/coaches (based on the lacklustre performances and results this season), then McKinlay also contemplating it and then taking action is to be welcomed  ?     Why are you slating our CEO for doing what a likely  majority of fans  wanted ?

 

 

 

 

As i said originally you gave him far too much for credit for seeing that Naismith needed to go, most people could see it and not many clubs would’ve waited so long until they were rooted to the bottom of the league after 8 defeats in all competitions. 
The writing was on the wall from another poor preseason and start to the campaign.

[Smithian]

17 hours ago, Lone Striker said:

Good and fair post.  McKinlay comes in for some ridiculous criticism and abuse on here from some posters.   He's inherited the abuse that Ann Budge got on here, maybe from the same posters,  when she was CEO.

 

Must admit I was surprised & impressed about his stated reasoning for sacking all three - that fact that he'd dished out new contracts to them 2 months ago didn't cloud his opinion (which most fans  shared) on how their coaching/tactics weren't bringing about any change on the pitch - which I think shows him to be a strong & alert CEO.   Credit to the rest of the board for agreeing.

The kindest thing I can say about McKinley is if I met him at a Chamber of Commerce meeting and he introduced himself as a CEO of a midsized bank or large engineering company, I'd probably think, "Yes, this guy fits that mold." And that's the person I want as a CEO for the club.

 

And to his credit, McKinlay may get over excited, like the "we welcome Aberdeen" comment, but he also shows up when there is a massive feces sandwich to eat. You can enjoy time in sun when you're willing to work when the sun ain't shining.

[OTT]

8 hours ago, Australis said:

Interesting, when he said we have been receiving job applications for last few weeks, before he was even sacked.

 

That must have helped the board make their decision.

 

 

Very, very valid point

 

Top hint you need to sack your manager, other managers are apply for his job!!!!

[Mikey1874]

Another interview

 

 

[Hashimoto]

Gawd no. The guys a buffoon. He'll no doubt be telling the gullible that everything is rosy in the garden

I'll give him a miss

 

[hughesie27]

2 minutes ago, i8hibsh said:

This sack of fat farting shit is killing us.

**** sake 

[RustyRightPeg]

2 minutes ago, i8hibsh said:

 

Savage was an imposter imo.

Couldn’t give a flying **** what you think. 
 

The personal insults are just ****ing bizarre and uncalled for. You must be a heavy insecure person if the first thing you think of doing is just insulting him. 

Why not just say, “this guy is killing us?”

 

I’d say do better, but I know your track record. You’re a lost cause.

[Famous 1874]

Soft board, soft CEO = soft team. 

[Locky]

Said it before and I'll say it again but your words Mr McKinlay have made us a laughing stock. I will never forget your bleating in the press about how we should be challenging for 2nd and yet tonight, we are 22 points off 2nd place which is currently occupied by Aberdeen.

 

This was the season to finish 2nd if ever there was one, and once again we shat the ****ing bed.

 

I will abstain from personal comments, but please Andrew, just keep your ****ing mouth shut.

[Ricardo Quaresma]

So, @i8hibsh, what is AM guilty of?

 

A brief list, if you will, pal

[gorgieshuffle]

They’ve timed the release of this well 👀. 
 

Best be leaking some Bloom news after tonight..

[Lone Striker]

1 hour ago, i8hibsh said:

 

Savage was an imposter imo.

If Savage was on JKB, he might think you're an imposter too.  

[heartsfc_fan]

Skipped bits of it.

I did note he said at the end we are close to working on a signing in January, or similar words.

 

Any clues to who/position that would be?

Bloody hope it's a striker.

 

[Threedoorsdown]

Watched Savage on OpenGoal. The abuse he suffered was totally unacceptable. I make no excuses for what he endured. 
 

With that said. I’m glad he is away. The successful people live and breath football, it comes before anything. He just seems too nice. 
 

[i8hibsh]

Why do I always feel that Mckinlay thinks he is doing the fans a favour just by doing these videos.

[joondalupjambo]

We don't hear enough from our CEO.

For God's sake shut up McKinlay.

Cannae win🤣

[GinRummy]

10 minutes ago, i8hibsh said:

Why do I always feel that Mckinlay thinks he is doing the fans a favour just by doing these videos.

Is it because you dislike the Hearts board?

[i8hibsh]

7 minutes ago, GinRummy said:

Is it because you dislike the Hearts board?

 

 

Dislike is nowhere near a strong enough word to fully show my true feelings for them.

[rocketman19]

8 minutes ago, i8hibsh said:

 

 

Dislike is nowhere near a strong enough word to fully show my true feelings for them.

At least you're consistent and honest 

[PapaShango]

4 hours ago, Threedoorsdown said:

Watched Savage on OpenGoal. The abuse he suffered was totally unacceptable. I make no excuses for what he endured. 
 

With that said. I’m glad he is away. The successful people live and breath football, it comes before anything. He just seems too nice. 
 

Savage is a big reason we are where we are, got no sympathy for him at all, he will have been paid handsomely for his role. 

[RustyRightPeg]

2 minutes ago, PapaShango said:

Savage is a big reason we are where we are, got no sympathy for him at all, he will have been paid handsomely for his role. 

So handsome he’s walked away and chose a new career. 
 

Reality is we have some total ***** in our fanbase and more and more of them are crawling out the woodwork. Is it the fan ownership that makes them think they’re entitled? I think so. It’s sad. 
 

I used to enjoy going to Tynecastle, now I sit wincing listening and watching folk getting purple in the face cause they act in such a bizarre fashion. 

[Captain Lithuania]

8 minutes ago, RustyRightPeg said:

So handsome he’s walked away and chose a new career. 
 

Reality is we have some total ***** in our fanbase and more and more of them are crawling out the woodwork. Is it the fan ownership that makes them think they’re entitled? I think so. It’s sad. 
 

I used to enjoy going to Tynecastle, now I sit wincing listening and watching folk getting purple in the face cause they act in such a bizarre fashion. 

I agree with this. The worst thing about going to Tynecastle is all the belters waiting to scream about something. 

[PapaShango]

10 minutes ago, RustyRightPeg said:

So handsome he’s walked away and chose a new career. 
 

Reality is we have some total ***** in our fanbase and more and more of them are crawling out the woodwork. Is it the fan ownership that makes them think they’re entitled? I think so. It’s sad. 
 

I used to enjoy going to Tynecastle, now I sit wincing listening and watching folk getting purple in the face cause they act in such a bizarre fashion. 

Agree, I have a woman behind me in the Gorgie Stand that spends 90 minutes screeching how bad we are (even when we are winning)! Not sure how she manages to enjoy her day out. 

[JJ1984]

I8 on this forum has taken much worse abuse than he’s given McKinley or Savage btw. All completely unacceptable but people should do well to remember that. 

[gwd1957]

4 hours ago, heartsfc_fan said:

Skipped bits of it.

I did note he said at the end we are close to working on a signing in January, or similar words.

 

Any clues to who/position that would be?

Bloody hope it's a striker.

 

A signing ,does he not watch the games ,we need a total overhaul, weak softies that are chicken hearted need emptied ASAP , bring in the young hungry boys from the B team that will fight for the team and jersey along with at least four new signings , above the current standard that are stealing a wage at Tynecastle.

[RustyRightPeg]

21 minutes ago, JJ1984 said:

I8 on this forum has taken much worse abuse than he’s given McKinley or Savage btw. All completely unacceptable but people should do well to remember that. 

Presume you missed his latest unnecessary comment about AM, only last night?

[Rudy T]

36 minutes ago, RustyRightPeg said:

So handsome he’s walked away and chose a new career. 
 

Reality is we have some total ***** in our fanbase and more and more of them are crawling out the woodwork. Is it the fan ownership that makes them think they’re entitled? I think so. It’s sad. 
 

I used to enjoy going to Tynecastle, now I sit wincing listening and watching folk getting purple in the face cause they act in such a bizarre fashion. 

The abuse was absolutely unacceptable, make no mistake about that.

 

I for one am glad he’s chosen a new career away from Hearts the state we’re in and his part in that are very much aligned. I’m only sorry he endured the level of abuse he did, let’s not rewrite history tho, he gets about 5/10 for his role at Hearts.

[RustyRightPeg]

2 minutes ago, Rudy T said:

The abuse was absolutely unacceptable, make no mistake about that.

 

I for one am glad he’s chosen a new career away from Hearts the state we’re in and his part in that are very much aligned. I’m only sorry he endured the level of abuse he did, let’s not rewrite history tho, he gets about 5/10 for his role at Hearts.

Significantly higher than that for me. 
 

Have you listened to the interview? We had no recruitment set up in place when he arrived. He’s built it from scratch.

 

Did he hit on every signing, no. He admitted as much, but when he left, no mistake about it, pre summer, we were in a healthy place. 
 

He had nothing to do with 3/4 of the summer signings. Guys like Salazar, even Boateng he had no involvement in. He was long gone before then.  

[JJ1984]

9 minutes ago, RustyRightPeg said:

Presume you missed his latest unnecessary comment about AM, only last night?

I didn’t but in context I’ve read worse posted about I8.  All completely unacceptable. In fact in the case of I8 many have ripped the piss out of him for being overweight loads of times on here. 

[Ricardo Quaresma]

12 minutes ago, RustyRightPeg said:

Significantly higher than that for me. 
 

Have you listened to the interview? We had no recruitment set up in place when he arrived. He’s built it from scratch.

 

Did he hit on every signing, no. He admitted as much, but when he left, no mistake about it, pre summer, we were in a healthy place. 
 

He had nothing to do with 3/4 of the summer signings. Guys like Salazar, even Boateng he had no involvement in. He was long gone before then.  

 

Are you saying you believe everything joe said?

[AGoodLaugh]

8 minutes ago, Ricardo Quaresma said:

 

Are you saying you believe everything joe said?

You don't think he's really a Gemini? 

[RustyRightPeg]

8 minutes ago, Ricardo Quaresma said:

 

Are you saying you believe everything joe said?

I didn’t say that did I. 
 

What part of what I said could possibly be misconstrued there? 

[hmfc1440]

5 hours ago, Threedoorsdown said:

Watched Savage on OpenGoal. The abuse he suffered was totally unacceptable. I make no excuses for what he endured. 
 

With that said. I’m glad he is away. The successful people live and breath football, it comes before anything. He just seems too nice. 
 

This is the issue. You need powerful persons in the football-side. All the way from top down. No room for leeway - run like a tight ship.

[hmfc1440]

25 minutes ago, RustyRightPeg said:

Significantly higher than that for me. 
 

Have you listened to the interview? We had no recruitment set up in place when he arrived. He’s built it from scratch.

 

Did he hit on every signing, no. He admitted as much, but when he left, no mistake about it, pre summer, we were in a healthy place. 
 

He had nothing to do with 3/4 of the summer signings. Guys like Salazar, even Boateng he had no involvement in. He was long gone before then.  

""We had no recruitment set up in place when he arrived"" - Again, very much all on the Board????

[davemclaren]

3 minutes ago, hmfc1440 said:

""We had no recruitment set up in place when he arrived"" - Again, very much all on the Board????

We were recruiting players long before we recruited Savage.  He may have put in his preferred set up but we definitely had something in place.  

[RustyRightPeg]

6 minutes ago, davemclaren said:

We were recruiting players long before we recruited Savage.  He may have put in his preferred set up but we definitely had something in place.  

John Murray sitting in an office. 

[davemclaren]

3 minutes ago, RustyRightPeg said:

John Murray sitting in an office. 

Probably.  😀

[SUTOL]

48 minutes ago, JJ1984 said:

I didn’t but in context I’ve read worse posted about I8.  All completely unacceptable. In fact in the case of I8 many have ripped the piss out of him for being overweight loads of times on here. 

 

What have people been accusing the knicker stealer from doing now? 

[Pasquale for King]

Still thinks we can get 3rd and was hoping Rangers would beat Aberdeen, begging bowl out for the hotel, can probably keep the next one until after a busy January.

Edited October 31, 2024 by Pasquale for King

[GinRummy]

54 minutes ago, RustyRightPeg said:

Significantly higher than that for me. 
 

Have you listened to the interview? We had no recruitment set up in place when he arrived. He’s built it from scratch.

 

Did he hit on every signing, no. He admitted as much, but when he left, no mistake about it, pre summer, we were in a healthy place. 
 

He had nothing to do with 3/4 of the summer signings. Guys like Salazar, even Boateng he had no involvement in. He was long gone before then.  

Why significantly more. The first 11 hasn’t improved since we were last promoted and we’ve sold 1 player for over a million, big deal. 

[pettigrewsstylist]

Budgeting on 2 euro wins and SC SF...?

Edited October 31, 2024 by pettigrewsstylist

[Jamboross]

2 minutes ago, pettigrewsstylist said:

Budgeting on 2 euro wins and SC SF...?

 

Do you think that's unreasonable? I'm not sure it is. 

[AlphonseCapone]

1 hour ago, JJ1984 said:

I didn’t but in context I’ve read worse posted about I8.  All completely unacceptable. In fact in the case of I8 many have ripped the piss out of him for being overweight loads of times on here. 

 

He gives it out so he also needs to take it, no? Unless you think he only gets personal about folk on Hearts board because folk were getting personal about him on here first, like JKB created the Joker I8 version.

[RustyRightPeg]

21 minutes ago, GinRummy said:

Why significantly more. The first 11 hasn’t improved since we were last promoted and we’ve sold 1 player for over a million, big deal. 

Because the infrastructure he’s left behind is significantly better than the one he inherited. 

[Threedoorsdown]

1 hour ago, AGoodLaugh said:

You don't think he's really a Gemini? 

I cringed so hard when he came out with that. I wonder if he would have battered the boys if he was a Capricorn.