Guest Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Regardless of what some of the deluded, happy clappers say on the Pie & Bovril site, particularly with their disparaging comments about this chat forum, DC's Q & A about turn now confirms that we have a shit show on and off the pitch. DC is going to have to pull out some sales pitch regarding season ticket renewals and AberDNA funding come the early summer, especially if he thinks that the vocal folk are in the minority. Link to comment
Donmacca Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 Can see most few not renewing season tickets until the club can at least get 50% capacity back through the turnstiles. Link to comment
muttonhumper Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 12 hours ago, ericblack4boss said: I see a whats app of an email someone sent to club, Nae happy with colgate Cormack 9 hours ago, Ten Caat said: You think Hibs would stand a viable chance of getting through the final Europa qualifying round? Bearing in mind the best we have done is the 3rd round, Have to bear in mind that we had a gutless cunt at the helm for each of those failures. Huns despite finishing behind us in the league 2 months earlier, cruised through to the group stages and beyond. Given that their 1st season they failed to make Progres. Have made up for that since. Link to comment
RUL Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 How can they refuse refunds? Link to comment
ericblack4boss Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Just now, RUL said: How can they refuse refunds? Because despite what they say football clubs don't give a flying fuck about fans Link to comment
Dynamo Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 9 hours ago, Ten Caat said: You think Hibs would stand a viable chance of getting through the final Europa qualifying round? Bearing in mind the best we have done is the 3rd round, It's only worth that amount if they were to get through into the Europa group stages and have crowds in. Get beat and it's the Conference groups. Money is shite in comparison.....you could make a smallish profit on the prize money after forking out for 3 charter flights and associated costs for away games....but lose all 6 matches without crowds and you are on to a loser. If you have crowds in at normal levels then you could make a decent amount....probably north of a million, £2million if you can win a few games Conference league will be similar standard of teams to EL just different tournament. Likes of Everton, Lazio, Dortmund as it stands would be in it. Might be a pain in the arse for those clubs but for likes of us and Hibs very much something that would bring in some decent money. Link to comment
dj_bollocks Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Part of me would love to see Hibs cruise to Europa League Group stage if it would make Blind Faithers finally realise the fraud in charge was just that. Wouldn't budge their them one iota sadly... Link to comment
ericblack4boss Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 8 minutes ago, dj_bollocks said: Part of me would love to see Hibs cruise to Europa League Group stage if it would make Blind Faithers finally realise the fraud in charge was just that. Wouldn't budge their them one iota sadly... I fully expect Hibs if they finish 3rd to shoe us up in Europe Link to comment
Andy_123 Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Hopefully Cormack was bombarded with questions about McInnes, tactics, (lack of) goals etc and he’s now seeing the overall feeling towards the management team, rather than assuming it’s just a vocal minority which it definitely is not anymore. This cancellation is just the latest shit show in a season of shit shows though. This summer is going to be interesting. Cormack is really needing to pull a rabbit out the hat to get some fans back on side and make progress towards the ‘top 100’ club and 15k season ticket holders that he’s made clear is our plan. Link to comment
alscotoz Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Piss poor from Cormack. He's made a rod for his own back and completely avoidable. Link to comment
Kincardine_Mearns_Red Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 I am getting Stewart Milne deja vu from Cormack's non answering of the fans questions. Link to comment
Zeus Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Not cancelled says Dave https://mobile.twitter.com/CormackDavie/status/1361178638729830400 Link to comment
Andy_123 Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 5 hours ago, ABERDEENROWIE1903 said: The Chairman has looked at questions and bottled it thats the bottom Talk of 15 ,0000 season tickets is simply a dream with our current manager and squad. Its great being ambitious but thats unrealistic Better players and a better and stronger management would help Stop looking at the fans to bale the club out, find some investors You and your inventors need to take the lead on this one 20 million might help, dig deep Dave For all the criticism Cormack is rightly getting at the moment, you can’t be complaining at him and his investors not putting money into the club since he arrived surely? He / they have already invested more money than Milne ever did. Link to comment
Guest milne_afc Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 He needs to stfu now. Looks to me like McInnes has totally outflanked him in this saga. Cormack won’t have much of a reputation within the managerial fraternity, it’ll be interesting to see who’d want to work for him. Link to comment
Sonoftherock Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 1 minute ago, milne_afc said: He needs to stfu now. Looks to me like McInnes has totally outflanked him in this saga. Cormack won’t have much of a reputation within the managerial fraternity, it’ll be interesting to see who’d want to work for him. I was thinking maybe he's acting the cunt, to deflect some criticism form the team/manager.... not sure he's that sort of a selfless individual though! Link to comment
StandFree1982 Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 I'm in two minds about the postponed Q&A. On the one hand he's trying to protect the manager and players as they still have games to play between now and the end of the season. Viterol questions regarding their futures isn't going to help improve performances. I get that he's wanting to calm things down. On the other hand, if the fans were in the stadium they would be hearing a lot more anger and abuse than they are currently, and the Q&A session wouldn't even be required as we wouldn't be in this situation (covid wise). As McInnes is very likely going to be here till the summer, i don't think it's really going to help anyone if half the Q&A is about his future, why he wasn't sacked and who we're going to get in. The most important thing right now is Aberdeen FC, not Derek McInnes, things need to improve and i was hoping a result against St Mirren was going to help that, but that was another blip in a blighted season. What he maybe should have done is said that the Q&A is in reference to the clubs finances etc, and not regarding McInnes. Link to comment
Tord31 Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 I don't know why he signed up for it and once he did (but changed it to submit your questions and Rob will read them out) didn't just take one question about this season and everything else focused on the future and the finances. Link to comment
Beachend Bootboy Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 He's poofed out. Spineless. Link to comment
Dons79 Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 1 minute ago, Beachend Bootboy said: He's poofed out. Spineless. Thought you were trying to lap it up on your bike?a don’t know attention span of a peanut? Link to comment
WesthillWanderersFC Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 46 minutes ago, StandFree1982 said: I'm in two minds about the postponed Q&A. On the one hand he's trying to protect the manager and players as they still have games to play between now and the end of the season. Viterol questions regarding their futures isn't going to help improve performances. I get that he's wanting to calm things down. On the other hand, if the fans were in the stadium they would be hearing a lot more anger and abuse than they are currently, and the Q&A session wouldn't even be required as we wouldn't be in this situation (covid wise). As McInnes is very likely going to be here till the summer, i don't think it's really going to help anyone if half the Q&A is about his future, why he wasn't sacked and who we're going to get in. The most important thing right now is Aberdeen FC, not Derek McInnes, things need to improve and i was hoping a result against St Mirren was going to help that, but that was another blip in a blighted season. What he maybe should have done is said that the Q&A is in reference to the clubs finances etc, and not regarding McInnes. There was a simple solution. Address the McInnes questions by saying we fully appreciate fans concerns at performances/results, we share those concerns, but as advertised previously, this Q&A is to discuss the finances of the club during this pandemic. Then move on to financial related questions. They then avoid the criticism of cancelling the Q&A and rightly point to the fact it was to discuss finances. Link to comment
Beachend Bootboy Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 4 minutes ago, Dons79 said: Thought you were trying to lap it up on your bike?a don’t know attention span of a peanut? I've been at it for two and a half hours. That's enough for a fuckin' Monday morning thank you very much. Now gonna curl out a mud boa, shower, shave (that what us big boys do) and go for a walk.? 1 Link to comment
NEM Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 1 hour ago, Zeus said: Not cancelled says Dave https://mobile.twitter.com/CormackDavie/status/1361178638729830400 He's ehbsolutely creped himself twice in the space of a few hours. First at the questions being asked which led him to cancel and then because of the backlash at cancelling ? Link to comment
muttonhumper Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Desperate Dave says: The risk of Q&A content being taken out of context, resulting in distracting media headlines, ? What a shitebag. You think what he actually means is: So nobody can be shown questioning my personal agenda. Prick. Link to comment
Ten Caat Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 2 hours ago, Dynamo said: Conference league will be similar standard of teams to EL just different tournament. Likes of Everton, Lazio, Dortmund as it stands would be in it. Might be a pain in the arse for those clubs but for likes of us and Hibs very much something that would bring in some decent money. If we drew any of those teams and we were allowed to fill the ground then yes we probably would get close to selling out. But would we get much more than the standard 11-13k for games maybe against teams from Albania or Finland or the likes, given that if we finish 4th we enter it in the second qualifying round? The formula for teams entering is complicated as hell but from the 3rd round onwards it looks like the type of teams we have been beaten by in the last few years start coming onboard and the final qualifying round is where the teams from the really top leagues enter. To expect to get to the group stage this way would be a bit of a stretch. And if we don't have crowds in...the prize money is way down on EL standards, I'm certain we would be doing well to break even without at least reaching the play-off round. Hibs should make some money out of their European games next season, crowds or not. I'm not certain we will Link to comment
Laichomoray Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 16 minutes ago, Ten Caat said: If we drew any of those teams and we were allowed to fill the ground then yes we probably would get close to selling out. But would we get much more than the standard 11-13k for games maybe against teams from Albania or Finland or the likes, given that if we finish 4th we enter it in the second qualifying round? The formula for teams entering is complicated as hell but from the 3rd round onwards it looks like the type of teams we have been beaten by in the last few years start coming onboard and the final qualifying round is where the teams from the really top leagues enter. To expect to get to the group stage this way would be a bit of a stretch. And if we don't have crowds in...the prize money is way down on EL standards, I'm certain we would be doing well to break even without at least reaching the play-off round. Hibs should make some money out of their European games next season, crowds or not. I'm not certain we will Weve been getting an average of 15k for some of the dross weve drawn in the early rounds TBF.Agree with your other points though 1 Link to comment
Sheepo Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 2 hours ago, Zeus said: Not cancelled says Dave https://mobile.twitter.com/CormackDavie/status/1361178638729830400 Cormack is making a real arse of himself here, he has alienated a lot of fans in the last 24 Hours and will need some size of shovel to dig himself out of the hole he has made for himself Link to comment
Crossbow Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 What a mess DC is a shambles... thought process presumably went like this... "We'll have a Q&A just before the Celtic game - show the fans there's a steady hand at the tiller" "Oops questions look tricky - this football game isn't even played with the right shaped ball - not sure I like the look of this - I'll show them who's boss - I'm accountable to no one - certainly not the supporters - the Q&A is off! - who's stupid idea was it anyway - just before the Celtic game - our players might get distracted just like they seem to be when that round thing gets near them" "Who said I'd chicken out - I'm no chicken - look at my teeth - the Q&A is back on but I'm not telling you when so no one will be distracted - phew thought I'd dropped the ball on that one (that would be a fumble - see I know my football) . COYR." "Is that okay Derek?" Link to comment
daytripping Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 19 minutes ago, Laichomoray said: Weve been getting an average of 15k for some of the dross weve drawn in the early rounds TBF.Agree with your other points though That was EL, no way you'll get those numbers for a losers cup. Link to comment
El Pacino Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Cormack really wants to make his mark as Chairman and is clearly passionate about the club. performances have been poor but the rug has clearly been pulled from under McInnes’s feet regarding recruitment in January. He’s said multiple times that he was left scrambling on deadline day. Whilst being amidst the worst situation the world has seen since 1945, I would say they’re doing their best in a shit situation. At the end of the day, the whole reason we’re not competing is down to cash and nothing else. Perhaps Jesus or Harry Potter are available to perform the miracles that some seem to want on this board. 1 1 9 Link to comment
Patty Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Where was his (the board’s) concerns for distracting media headlines when someone leaked (false) info to Tom English and Richard Gordon that McInnes was a goner if they lost the Hibs game? 2 Link to comment
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