thepundit Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Danny Wilson will not be leaving Hearts this transfer window. Fair enough. Until the season tickets are put on sale they won't be taking any risks. If our support respond well then the player budget will be decent l suspect. Probably. But a strong enough team to challenge for the title? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambos Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 I'd still fancy Rangers to challenge even if they're deducted 25 points. The classic inconsistency of the other teams in this league will come into play yet again. If you seriously think a 25 point deduction will still enable them to compete with the second best team in Scotland, you are deluded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC92 Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 They don't have many first team players at the moment and it seems Danny Wilson will be the next to leave. How are Hearts, realistically, going to finish ahead of Rangers when they've got rid of all their best players and will be replacing them with players on £500-£1000 a week? Hibs are heavily downsizing too. And as the Hibs fan mentioned in the post above yours, they only have two players. So not only will Hearts and Hibs have to build a team, it will be a team on much less wages. And because they'll have just built a team, it will take a season or so to adapt. Rangers had that very same situation in League 2 and dropped a heck of a lot of points as a result. Who said we were downsizing? For us to build a team for next season, the players who weren't required had to be released first. If you seriously think (MacDonald aside) they were our best players then it's fairly obvious you've barely seen us play. Levein and Neilson seem to be saying that Wilson is staying. If he leaves it'll be because there's a release clause in his contract. I can't see the club selling otherwise. There's no reason we should have a lower playing budget next year, although I think we can build a much better squad than we have currently with a similar budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Current best odds from Oddschecker Rangers:1/2 Hearts: 4/1 Hibernian: 11/2 Falkirk: 33/1 Queen of the South: 50/1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobBairn1876 Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 So you mean next season's Championship will be like, er, any other season in the second tier? Changing the actors doesn't change the overall story of two or three clubs fighting for the title, with it rarely being settled before mid-April (and normally later). No, but sacking your gash actors and replacing them with some better, high profile ones may not change the story, but it will certainly improve the quality of the show, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambomo Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Next year is going to be quite exciting from Hearts point of view (maybe Hibs as well) as for the first time in ages we will be in a competitive league we actually have some chance of winning. It's too early for any team to be confident of winning IMO, the Hibs team that have come down are not going to be the same one that play in this league since they've sacked everyone and they do have the money to make a difference. Hearts likewise have lost a few players and might lose more so we can't be sure how we will look or how we will play under Neilson, especially with the pressure on. The settled nature of existing championship teams will help them start the season running and. Hamilton have shown that many of them are perfectly capable of winning against SPL opposition. It really will be tough. Dunno about Sevco, they played well against Dundee Utd but I think they had raised their game significantly and in many of the televised games they looked like they weren't interested and were awful, depends how much money they pish up the wall really, we know they don't like a challenge so it'll be interesting to see if they try the 'sledgehammer to crack a nut' approach again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galajambo Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Until the season tickets are put on sale they won't be taking any risks. If our support respond well then the player budget will be decent l suspect. I reckon the fans will keep on rallying for the cause and we'll sell 10-12k season tickets for next season mate, which will give us probably the 3rd largest budget in the whole of Scotland, whether or not Ann Budge decides to spend it is another thing though as she already made it crystal clear that our survival and rebuilding is not based on going straight back up, and if it takes a few years to get stability then so be it, needs must in our case to ensure a future for the club and fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nowhereman Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 I'd still fancy Rangers to challenge even if they're deducted 25 points. The classic inconsistency of the other teams in this league will come into play yet again. Unlikely to be deducted 25 points as it would be their first admin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenBud Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Unlikely to be deducted 25 points as it would be their first admin Nope. If you read the insolvency event rules, they've pretty much been written with Rangers /Sevco in mind. Almost certainly 25 points if /when they enter admin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nowhereman Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Nope. If you read the insolvency event rules, they've pretty much been written with Rangers /Sevco in mind. Almost certainly 25 points if /when they enter admin. Just read them. You're right. Totally at odds with company law mind you. Problem would seem to lie with the rules' definition of a club. ie Club means a football club. Pretty nonsensical tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grass Is Greener. Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 HAI GUYS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyle Lanley Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowden til i die Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 f**k the Sevco. Hope you get your arses handed to you on a weekly basis.Thank you.Coming from the club that sing 'hello hello' and have a Derry end? A bit ironic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGR Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RawB93 Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Coming from the club that sing 'hello hello' and have a Derry end? A bit ironic. We've been down this road before. Remember when you got embarrassed and ran away? Nice try though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraser Fyvie Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 This is going to be so easy. We're going to win pretty much every week. Cowden, Dumbarton, Alloa, Hearts.... oh yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieThomas Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Alright? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grass Is Greener. Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 This is going to be so easy. We're going to win pretty much every week. Cowden, Dumbarton, Alloa, Hearts.... oh yes. You forgot Failkirk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobBairn1876 Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Going to miss the Dundee fans and their incredible banter tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussyLiqour Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Beginning to wonder what will happen first, Griffiths' first champions league goal or sevco's second liquidation. Both are imminent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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