Lebowski Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Anne’s statement is in....The fucking nick of that. Written through a veritable flood of tears and snotters. Marvellous. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Just now, Poet of the Macabre said: Budge is either completely unhinged or just thick as mince. Imagine spending wads of cash, getting laughed out of court and then your own appointed panel member thinks your case is a joke AND THEN thanking your legal team who have just fleeced you. Well the Jambo hordes are all praising her for her "fighting talk", so she's done exactly what she intended all along. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet of the Macabre Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 So irresponsible to talk about winning “wars” when your fuckwit fan base have been dishing out thinly veiled threats online all day long. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fillin Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Quote For too long, Chairmen and Owners have stood on the sidelines bemoaning the decision-making processes, the perceived lack of leadership, the lack of commercialism; the general shortcomings, as they see it, of Scottish football. However, if they really want things to change, it will take more than words. They will have to stand-up and be counted. What part of this was about anything to do with changing "the decision-making processes, the perceived lack of leadership, the lack of commercialism"? It was about trying to avoid relegation and nothing more. She didn't put anything forward that would have affected any of the things she claims there. 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelmen Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 By now, most of you will know that the SFA Arbitration Panel has found against us in our “unfair prejudice” challenge, following the relegation of Hearts, Partick Thistle and Stranraer, as a consequence of the early termination of Season 2019/20. For those of us involved throughout this process, sadly once again, we cannot say we are totally surprised at the outcome, despite firmly believing in the power of the arguments and evidence we put forward. I want to take this opportunity to thank our legal team, who despite the result, were quite simply first-class. They acknowledged from the outset that this would be an uphill battle, but nonetheless it was a battle we felt we had to fight. We could not simply sit back and accept the unfairness that was being meted out to us. What has been allowed to happen in Scottish football, where fellow member clubs and our governing bodies have stood back and allowed totally disproportionate financial damage to be imposed on 3 of its members, can only be described as shameful… as indeed, should the SPFL’s recent self-congratulatory statement. For too long, Chairmen and Owners have stood on the sidelines bemoaning the decision-making processes, the perceived lack of leadership, the lack of commercialism; the general shortcomings, as they see it, of Scottish football. However, if they really want things to change, it will take more than words. They will have to stand-up and be counted. We tried to do just that. Unfortunately, the very fact that we tried and lost, will cause many others to be even more wary. I can hear them now... “You can’t fight the rules; you can’t fight the establishment; we must support the centre.” Sadly, I see little cause for optimism that things will improve any time soon in Scottish football. I hope I am wrong. My rant is over for now. While frustrated, disappointed and angry with much that has gone on over the last 4 months, we must now move forward. We will suffer serious financial losses as a consequence of losing this particular battle but we will survive and we will come through this stronger than ever. We have suffered a series of blows over recent months, but our spirit has never been stronger. We will continue to run our Club with honesty, transparency and integrity. These are the values we have always adhered to and we will continue to keep them front and centre of everything we do. We will also lead with strong financial management and importantly, with confidence. We look forward, once again, to celebrating a successful year, culminating in winning the Championship and getting back to where we belong. Robbie has done it before and with your support, we can make this a year to remember for the right reasons as well as the wrong. I make these statements, confident in the support I know we will have from our incredible fans and sponsors. The messages of support that I, personally, have received throughout this enormously difficult period have been absolutely amazing. Let me say “thank you” to each and every one of you. I am sorry we did not win this battle but as we all know, it is winning the war that counts. Depending on additional donations from your fans and James Anderson’s millions is not strong financial management! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resk Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 "I can hear them now...."I may have just cringed myself into the future. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougie247 Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 As a thistle fan i haven't posted here for ages because of the nonsense id have had to put up with.. We as a club have done nothing but stick up for ourselves.. Any other club would have done the exact same and im not going to apologise for us.. It didn't go our way but at least we fought our corner.. I'm not going to hope other clubs go bust though.. Thistle came close to that in the past and i really wouldn't wish it on another football fan. League 1 here we come. Will be nice to see some new grounds for a change 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Does she even actually know that football matches determined where her club has wound up? She appears not to. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 The Hearts / Partick joint statement quotes the two clubs as "disappointed and surprised" at the arbitration outcome. Mother Theresa Budge's latest statement notes that she was "not totally surprised" at the outcome. Well, surprised and yet not surprised. Schizophrenia at Tynecastle. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aim Here Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Poet of the Macabre said: Budge is either completely unhinged or just thick as mince. Imagine spending wads of cash, getting laughed out of court and then your own appointed panel member thinks your case is a joke AND THEN thanking your legal team who have just fleeced you. If you read the statement, she does acknowledge that the legal team told her that Hearts' case was utter mince (or words to that effect), but Hearts ploughed on regardless. It's not fair to ask a lawyer to turn down phree munny just because they think their client is onto a total loser, and they actually tell the client that. I wonder how many JKB moonhowlers will be upset at how she's clearly played them by letting them think that they stood a real chance of winning until now. Edited July 27, 2020 by Aim Here 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAD Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 I actually hope there is no fine or further punishment. Just draw a line under it now, the end. Don't give them anything else to whine about, no more tear filled statements, because this weekend the actual football starts up again, and once that's underway, Hearts and thistle will be old news. Let them wallow in their own ineptitude. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet of the Macabre Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, Aim Here said: If you read the statement, she does acknowledge that the legal team told her that Hearts' case was utter mince (or words to that effect), but Hearts ploughed on regardless. It's not fair to ask a lawyer to turn down phree munny just because they think their client is onto a total loser, and they actually tell the client that. I wonder how many JKB moonhowlers will be upset at how she's clearly played them by letting them think that they stood a real chance of winning until now. Nah, she says uphill battle. That was supposed to be a thinly veiled suggestion that they’d not be successful due to unseen forces. You know, because everyone is out to get Hearts. Just like everyone is out to get Salmond and coronavirus is a cover for 5G rollout. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 1 minute ago, GAD said: I actually hope there is no fine or further punishment. Just draw a line under it now, the end. Don't give them anything else to whine about, no more tear filled statements, because this weekend the actual football starts up again, and once that's underway, Hearts and thistle will be old news. Let them wallow in their own ineptitude. I think we should at least let them pay the legal costs and have a free bar at Tannadice until the £50,000 the baldy and beardy raised runs out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 "What has been allowed to happen in Scottish football, where fellow member clubs and our governing bodies have stood back and allowed totally disproportionate financial damage to be imposed on 3 of its members, can only be described as shameful" Totally disproportionate financial damage? Somebody needs to tell her that one, sometimes two sides get relegated from the top flight each season. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 She thinks she's Thatcher. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aim Here Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Just now, Poet of the Macabre said: Nah, she says uphill battle. That was supposed to be a thinly veiled suggestion that they’d not be successful due to unseen forces. You know, because everyone is out to get Hearts. Just like everyone is out to get Salmond and coronavirus is a cover for 5G rollout. "Uphill battle" is Ann Budge's euphemism for public consumption. How the lawyers phrased it for Ann Budge is a different story, and we'll never know, but I reckon they'd have been professionally bound to let her know that her case was pants, though not quite so strenuously as to get her to call it off, of course. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALDERON Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 (edited) "My Judge said we could take this back to the Court of Session?" "Your Judge says for you to shut up!" "Lord Clark said that??!" Edited July 27, 2020 by CALDERON 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 The Hearts reaction is so very Rangers-y. Has Ann Budge ever appeared in a South African court? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 3 minutes ago, GAD said: I actually hope there is no fine or further punishment. Just draw a line under it now, the end. Don't give them anything else to whine about, no more tear filled statements, because this weekend the actual football starts up again, and once that's underway, Hearts and thistle will be old news. Let them wallow in their own ineptitude. I don't think "no further action" is an option. To turn a blind eye to such a blatant breach of rules would set a precedent for any other clubs to do the same thing in future without fear of punishment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lofarl Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Right now thats sorted. Can we make sure that no team gets promoted after only playing less than 30 games next season? Only fair after all. Cmon Neil. Do it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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