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| Topic Started: 5 Apr 2014, 05:29 PM (152,770 Views) | |
| duffsticks | 26 May 2014, 03:52 PM Post #741 |
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Cheap aftershave and bullshampoo
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Both are fair points, which are why I expect Petrie to retreat into the shadows and stay there. Dempster has openly talked about the need to re-engage the support, and she's canny enough to know that Petrie is persona non grata with the Hibs support. I fully expect her to become the public face of the club. On Butcher - I suspect his saving grace may well be his willingness to confront underperformance. There will be plenty of things for Dempster to tackle at the start without finding a new manager as well. But I don't suppose it matters either way. They'll need an awful lot of things to go their way this summer to have a realistic shot of winning the league. That said, if I was a Hibs fan, I'd want the pair of them gone. They do both deserve to go. |
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| Hamster | 26 May 2014, 03:57 PM Post #742 |
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Retired and now a BT Sports pundit
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![]() That's basically their entire squad. I expect they'll still be stuck with those huddies Nelson, Collins and the inexplicably awful McGivern. |
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| jim62 | 26 May 2014, 04:04 PM Post #743 |
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up on the roof!!
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I'm assuming their contracts allow a wage reduction on relegation ?? |
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| jim62 | 26 May 2014, 04:14 PM Post #744 |
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up on the roof!!
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Those having a go at Butcher ..... He took over at ICT in mid season 08/09....they got relegated He took them back up at first time of asking and kept them in the top league throughout He finished fourth last season and it was arguably his team that made the league cup final this season All of the above presumably done on a fraction of the budget which Hibs have.....quite clearly he is now getting the chance to empty the squad at Hibs and build his own...perfectly feasible that he can do exactly what he did in Inverness |
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| duffsticks | 26 May 2014, 04:15 PM Post #745 |
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Cheap aftershave and bullshampoo
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You read that list and you just think who the feck has been doing scouting for Hibs over the last few years. |
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| Glorious_1967 | 26 May 2014, 04:25 PM Post #746 |
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Getting on a bit
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The League Two play off is one of the worst matches I've seen. Even Hibs would annihilate either of them. |
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| dovercelt | 26 May 2014, 04:25 PM Post #747 |
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First name on the team-sheet
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I concur. Butcher has a good track record in Scotland and Hibs is his first real blip. Think he was sold a pup with Hibs. Let him clear the decks and start afresh next season. Deserves the chance. |
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| Quiet Assasin | 26 May 2014, 04:27 PM Post #748 |
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..for the maintenance of dinner tables for the children and the unemployed
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Apart from finishing bottom of the table with a Motherwell team full of pretty decent players who he had playing horrible football? |
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| pablo5 | 26 May 2014, 04:31 PM Post #749 |
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Whatever it is, there's not enough of it
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He did what Mowbray did to us, taking a poor team that needed rebuilt, destroying the morale and confidence of the players who had to keep things ticking over and then blamed them when it all went wrong. The problem here for Hibs is they have to decide whether to bet on Butcher's experience of having been here before or change him too at this point. He might need a couple of seasons to get the job done, but I doubt he'll get more than one. |
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| jim62 | 26 May 2014, 04:34 PM Post #750 |
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up on the roof!!
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Can they really afford to change managers again at this point ?? They really need to say to somebody "this job is yours.. take whatever time is needed" ?? |
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| KTP | 26 May 2014, 04:35 PM Post #751 |
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How about no?
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| Corky Buczek | 26 May 2014, 05:43 PM Post #752 |
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Trolololo
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No disrespect Jim but the past has nowt to do with what he did at Easter Road. He inherited a poor team no doubt, but a side that was also mid-table. He went in quickly decided that he didn't fancy the players he inherited and proceeded to let the world know he didn't rate them. He had however rather presumptuously assumed that they were safe from relegation and he wouldn't need those same players to have to rise to an occasion. An epic fail. He got knocked out the Scottish Cup at home to Raith Rovers, and saw a free fall in the league of gigantic proportions. They had the chance to beat Kilmarnock at home to preserve their SPL status - a team whose fans sing that their own manager, Alan Johnston, is out of his depth - but instead they lost. He then had a playoff against the mighty Hamilton Accies. Having won the away leg 2-0, most people - myself included - thought that was that. He then however was taken apart at Easter Road by a team who never went long, and basically played them off the park. Butcher's tactics were an embarrassment to anyone who believes that the game should have a modicum of skill. They deservedly lost 2-0 and correctly lost the overall tie. He is very much to blame for their relegation. For that he should be emptied. Next season he will have a very limited budget to re-assemble a side in a league where he will face a re-energised Hearts and Sevco who will have better players. He will also face the likes of Raith who put him out the Scottish Cup and Falkirk. IMHO He will have to rely on McCoist's incompetence and a financial implosion at Sevco for them to get the runner's up spot. I think finishing 4th or 5th is far more likely than finishing 1st or 2nd. Edited by Corky Buczek, 26 May 2014, 07:10 PM.
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| ChiliPepper | 26 May 2014, 05:49 PM Post #753 |
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Getting on a bit
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Still plays shampooe football. Scotland is better off without him for that reason alone! |
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| larsson07 | 26 May 2014, 06:01 PM Post #754 |
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Until things are brighter, I'm the Man in Black.
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Stevie Wonder assisted by David Blunkett.
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| Dannybhoy95 | 26 May 2014, 07:16 PM Post #755 |
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Champions Again Olé, Olé
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| CELTBHOY1988 | 26 May 2014, 07:36 PM Post #756 |
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Getting on a bit
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| greenbhoy23 | 26 May 2014, 08:03 PM Post #757 |
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Occasional Substitute
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There seems to some fans on here desperate to talk up an "exciting" clash between Celtic and Hamilton Academicals. Quite honestly if there is no CL football at Celtic next season then I would expect the club to shut more than one part of the stadium re lack of fans to fill seats. Desperate times. |
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| TheEvilGenius | 26 May 2014, 08:12 PM Post #758 |
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Off treasure hunting in Holland
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| Corky Buczek | 26 May 2014, 09:11 PM Post #759 |
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Trolololo
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Who is talking up Hamilton Accies ? And how many fans do Hibs bring to CP ? Edited by Corky Buczek, 26 May 2014, 09:12 PM.
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| radar | 26 May 2014, 09:25 PM Post #760 |
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I saw this coming a mile off
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To be fair it doesn't say the last Hibs player. |
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