See You At Murrayfield

[Wester Hailes Skins]

Failure ridden Budge confirms officially shes failed again.

 

Our first 3 fixtures to be played at Murrayfield. Not going to make opening date she committed to.

 

Bring a blanket and flask. And 20,000 cash customers.

[RAZOR]

Not if I see you first.

 

House of Eggs.

[mavv1903]

^{look forward to it}

[fine-n-dandy]

Easy to get tickets now

 

Decent. The more of us that are there to see us hump yous the better

[1903Fitba]

Fuck off

[Shinniesta]

Playing Hearts in a rugby stadium is ironic as for many years Hearts resembled a rugby team. Not so much now right enough but in years gone by many of their brutal hatchet men sides would have felt right at home at Murrayfield. It's a shame as I'm sure it would have been a great atmosphere being the first opposing side to play Hearts in front of their new stand. Murrayfield will likely be more than half empty. But we just need to get on with it, go down there and be professional making sure we come back up the road with the 3 points.

[Dunty]

Be interesting to see if Heats restrict away tickets so they're not outnumbered, or if they try and sell as many as possible to make the cash.

 

It's just one of their home games are against Rangers. They could easily take 20,000-30,000 there if they wanted to.

[TynesideDon]

Great news. Will be able to get all the tickets I need now and not have to sit with the Hearts fans as usual.

[fine-n-dandy]

What's the date for this game

[Dynamo]

Surprised to see they're shifting games all the way to end of October. Stand won't even be close to being ready for our game then! Although the hun game probably being moved so they can coin it in off the scum away support.

[fine-n-dandy]

No idea . How could one find out?

One could ask someone because one cannot be arsed checking for ones self as one is not a "Top Red" like those IKN

 

I know it's in Sept but canny mind when

 

Guess I could just go to Murrayfield each weekend to ask at the front desk if it's that day

[Tord31]

Watched the recent hearts dunfermline match on the telly and it was blatantly obvious there was not a cat in hells chance of our game going ahead as planned

[Wester Hailes Skins]

Not if I see you first.

 

House of Eggs.

You want the rugby posts left up for Stockley?

 

Could be worse. It's handy for Haymarket station and few boozers about. Decent stadium.

[ShinnieFGS]

IMO, Murrayfield is the best stadium in Scotland. I'm quite happy it's been changed to there as I always presumed if it wasn't going to be Tynecastle, it would be Pittodrie.

[The Boofon]

IMO, Murrayfield is the best stadium in Scotland. I'm quite happy it's been changed to there as I always presumed if it wasn't going to be Tynecastle, it would be Pittodrie.

 

 

As daft as Hearts are I doubt they'd play a home game in Aberdeen. That's crazy talk.

 

Send a dildo on your bonnet.

[ShinnieFGS]

Never suggested they'd play a home game at Pittodrie.

 

They could have reversed the fixtures. We play them at home in September and then we play them down at Tynecastle in December.

[The Boofon]

Never suggested they'd play a home game at Pittodrie.

 

They could have reversed the fixtures. We play them at home in September and then we play them down at Tynecastle in December.

 

 

That's not what you said.

[ShinnieFGS]

 

 

That's not what you said.

 

It's what I presumed every person reading it would presume. The thought of the RDS being a sea of maroon gives me the creeps.

[The Boofon]

 

It's what I presumed every person reading it would presume. The thought of the RDS being a sea of maroon gives me the creeps.

 

 

They'd have taken the away end. (and come nowhere near to filling it)

 

Hun bastards.@@Wester Hailes Skins

[CraigHill]

Should be a nice, comfortable day out for the Dons.

Mobilise on mass, make the most of a Saturday booze up and come home with a simply earned 3 points.

[mcdougall(4)]

You want the rugby posts left up for Stockley?

 

Could be worse. It's handy for Haymarket station and few boozers about. Decent stadium.

 

 

Has its own tram stop too

[Wester Hailes Skins]

 

 

They'd have taken the away end. (and come nowhere near to filling it)

 

Hun bastards.@@Wester Hailes Skins

That's not very nice ☹

[Wester Hailes Skins]

Budge has taken to her favourite pastime and put up a small manuscript statement.

 

Reason for the delay? We forgot to order the seats. It'd be funny if it wasn't true.

 

Kickbackers glowing in her honesty and communication. Fucking new breed knobs. She should be binned for this alone. If she wasn't worried about flags and drums and swearing and focused instead on whether a stand needs seats....

[Wester Hailes Skins]

SHE FORGOT TO ORDER THE SEATS.

 

Clearly on a gin and Buckie bender with Levein and Foulkes, and standing buckled in the corner of the Doocot, deleted the order from her Iphone instead of pushing 'SEND'.

 

Holy Shitballs !!

 

 

 

The Club has issued a couple of statements this week, the aim of which was simply to keep fans advised of key decisions as they were taken, but without getting into too much detail. It is my objective here to put a little bit more meat around the bones of these announcements and thereby to minimise speculation and offer some clarity.

 

On the football front, as you all know, Ian Cathro has now left the club and the board are carefully considering all options regarding the future management of the first team.

 

As stated in our earlier announcement, this decision was not taken lightly. At all times, Ian gave total commitment to helping to build and re-shape our first team squad, bringing in players who, we are confident, will enable our supporters to watch entertaining football and achieve success on the pitch moving forward.

 

I want to stress that the board is in no doubt that Ian will go on to be successful in his chosen career and we wish to thank him wholeheartedly for everything he has done to help prepare us for the coming season.

 

Since the announcement that Ian has moved on, we have been swamped by applications to take over his role. It is heartening that so many experienced coaches are keen to join our club and speaks volumes for the respect that the club, and our football operation in particular, has earned over recent times.

 

We are in the very fortunate position of having an extremely strong football management team in place, with a Director of Football, an Assistant Head Coach and a team of first class coaches, able and willing to hold the fort. This being so, we have the luxury of time to ensure we make the right decision for the club going forward.

 

As has already been announced, Jon Daly will fill the Head Coach role on an interim basis, ably supported by Austin MacPhee and Liam Fox and I want to thank every one of them for so willingly rising to the challenge. There has been some speculation as to why Austin, as Assistant Head Coach, has not been asked to take the lead on this. I would simply say that this decision was taken in discussion with all parties, knowing that a permanent appointment will not be rushed. Austin has some upcoming and very important games for Northern Ireland and in addition, he has been heavily involved in our summer recruitment programme. As we have previously stated, we are still anticipating some new signings with the transfer window still open until the end of August. For these reasons and for reasons of continuity we believe that this is the most appropriate interim arrangement.

 

Turning now to the other important announcement of the week, let me expand a little on the latest plans for opening our new Main Stand.

 

As everyone knows we set a very ambitious target of September 9th to open part of the stand to supporters, albeit with a contingency plan in place to play home games at BT Murrayfield should we be unable to meet that date.

 

Unfortunately, it became clear a few days ago that we would have to implement the contingency, hence my announcement of yesterday evening. I would like to explain why this has happened and outline our new plans.

 

Firstly, I want to make it absolutely clear that the delay is entirely down to an error on the part of the club and is in no way down to any failure on behalf of Hardies, or any other of our construction partners.

 

Derek Ferrier, Director of Hardies, has been unbelievable in his drive and commitment to achieving the September target date. Every day, we were faced with different problems and every day he found solutions. Despite inevitably falling behind at times, due to the appalling weather in June/July, somehow or other he always managed to drive our on-site teams to catch-up. Had we, the club, not dropped the ball, I have absolutely no doubt that Derek and his team would have achieved the September target date.

 

So what went wrong? The club, quite simply, did not process the order for the seats in the required timescale to ensure delivery in line with our plan. Unfortunately, the supplier did not escalate this and as a consequence our production slot was missed and the required shipping dates could not be met. By the time this came to my attention, there was nothing that could be done to expedite delivery.

 

As Chief Executive of the Club, the buck stops with me and I have apologised to Derek and his team for our mistake. On a more positive note, the relationship between the club and our construction partners, is such that we are already looking positively ahead.

 

One of the key things I would ask you to note is that the headlines which talk about delays to the completion of the new Tynecastle Main Stand are incorrect. Our overall plans remain on schedule. What has changed is the phased delivery dates and what will be delivered in the various phases. Everything that was due to be delivered by 9th September will still be delivered by then, with the exception of the installation of the seats.

 

Our new target date for being open for business, however, is now Sunday 5th November, 2017. Given this new date, when we do open the stand in November, we will be in a position to open everything on the first floor, including 2 of our hospitality lounges, well ahead of our earlier scheduled date. Similarly, all of our supporter areas will be completed to the finished standard, rather than the minimal standard that would have been delivered in September.

 

The remainder of the programme remains unchanged with 2nd floor hospitality lounges and new player facilities still opening after the winter break, and the ground floor facilities being completed by 30th March, 2018.

 

In short, therefore, while the Phase 1 target date has slipped, the overall programme remains on schedule.

 

In conclusion

 

Thank you all for your continued support and keep watching our social media channels and official website for updates. We will aim, as ever, to keep you posted with accurate information on everything that is happening.

As Chief Exec.....I have apologised to Derek and his team.

 

One apology in this tripe. To our builders. What about the fans u prick? Til November we're away, or at neutral Murrayfield. Relegation position guaranteed by week 9.

 

Then all November and December a mess of trying to schedule us AND Hibs at home most weekends.

 

Forgot to order the seats? Didn't forget to get your own seat on the SPFL Board though.

 

Fuckin embarrassment her and Levein.

[ShinnieFGS]

Massive levels of incompetence and one suspects she has only apologised and made this statement because the construction gadgies made her. Otherwise they would be made to look right cunts publicly.

 

She seems like she's ready for the nursing home. Possible early dementia. Time to hand over the reins to someone else methinks.

 

I nominate Vlad Romanov.

 

I was thinking the exact same myself. No public apology from Budge and everyone would naturally think it was the construction firm's fault.

 

Hearts are a laugh. Bring on Murrayfield.

[G31DON]

I bet there are warehouses fucking stocked to the rafters with red/blue/white seats in China.

Budgie - "We want maroon seats"

Chinese gadgie - "No maroon. You should order long time ago maroon. Lots of red. You take red, yes? "

[The Boofon]

She should apologise to us for fucking us about and having to play at Murrayfield.

[Wester Hailes Skins]

She should apologise to us for fucking us about and having to play at Murrayfield.

I agree. Honestly it's fucking keystone cops stuff. She was proudly showing tv cameras around and talking about kiosks and fancy toilets in the new stand. Anything else you think it'll need Ann??? Nope.....

 

Now all we need is the seats get here and they don't fit.

 

I know it sounds like I'm going overboard on my own club. But really feel shes a PR merchant and I've no connection to her. This incompetence is then harder to take. Her whole rambling statement was about protecting the construction firm from criticism.

 

She says she takes responsibility but is then telling her moles and minions - make sure everyone knows it was Scott Gardiner's job.

 

But you're right. Apologies should have been to our fans, as well as other fans and clubs. Her followers on kickback praising her honesty and also talking about added revenue from bigger gates. Wait til Police Scotland send their bill. And the SRU.

 

Away to the world's most despised club today. 19 year old local lad Lewis Moore to start down the wing. Now we're talkin....HMFC.

[G31DON]

Neil Alexander calls Levein a complete cunt:

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40830522

 

Bang on Neil - my favourite non-playing dons pensioner called Neil of all time.

Sounds like Levine should have sacked himself. In the dressing room at half time and full time? Totally undermining the manager.

 

He also seems to be channeling the Rolf Harris look for some reason.

[Reliablesource]

It's not really a fair situation at all. Any other club would more than likely have to play with one stand out of commission for the games required. I don't see why Hearts can't play with the main stand closed like they did in the league cup...

 

...Oh hang on, wouldn't the poor cunts lose some money on ticket sales with a decreased capacity?

 

It's ok to fuck every other clubs fixtures up though and also make them play at a rugby stadium.

 

Fuck Hearts.