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| Hearts get the knock from HMRC; Well, it's been coming. | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Nov 7 2012, 02:02 PM (6,191 Views) | |
| Naebody | Nov 7 2012, 02:02 PM Post #1 |
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Twat
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It begins.![]() Will any bookmaker still make a price on Dundee staying up? |
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| reekie | Nov 7 2012, 02:11 PM Post #2 |
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lum raker
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Oh my. No doubt this will give rise to any number of opinion pieces linking this with the demise of oldRangers. I think I'm right in saying that would be a red herring though. This is undoubtedly a hell of their own making. Um...is it wrong that my second thought, after "oh my", was "ooh, maybe Rudi will be at tannadice a little longer than anticipated"? |
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| Naebody | Nov 7 2012, 04:19 PM Post #3 |
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Twat
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Oh, my. http://www.heartsfc.co.uk/articles/20121107/the-future-of-heart-of-midlothian_2241384_2973347 Blackmail. Nice. It's "quite simply worthless" to ask where all the money's gone when you're giving the club more money? Interesting. Currently, yes. A somewhat tenuous shot at using the Chic Green playbook. Hm. Strange typo. "... we want to be as honest and transparent with you" ... That suggests it previously said "we want to be as honest and transparent with you as possible", which is probably a more accurate statement (in the sense of not being honest and transparent, as usual). |
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| Morvant's Finest | Nov 7 2012, 04:30 PM Post #4 |
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Tommy McLean
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Ouch, doesn't sound good at all. Interested to read this yesterday: What made the fans think that??
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| reekie | Nov 7 2012, 04:31 PM Post #5 |
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I'm confused by the clashing tenses in this bit. First, it seems the points penalty is a foregone conclusion but then it goes all, "would be", suggesting that it's only one potential avenue. Probably just bad copy from an office bod but still, a bit iffy for an official statement. |
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| Cobardon | Nov 7 2012, 05:00 PM Post #6 |
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Uncle Smurf
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Given the press releases that have been emanating from Tynecastle in the past few years, the tense control has been the least pressing of issues arising. Does seem serious though: perhaps close to terminal. Those big proddy institution football clubs aren't doing so well in the last wee while. Still, Rangers will be happy as it's proof of 'armageddon' without them. Though, of course, Hearts were faves for admin years ago. The only shock is that it's taken them this long to reach this life-support stage. Still, unlike the Huns, I'd say they've got more of a chance of getting out of admin too. Most of the debt's to Vlad isn't it? |
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| Naebody | Nov 7 2012, 06:18 PM Post #7 |
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Twat
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I'd suggest that, interestingly (your mileage may vary), the press release doesn't look like the work of Romanov. The tense changes and typos are clumsy but they suggest someone is trying to censor themselves in their native language rather than trying to bluster in someone else's. The paragraph you note, Cob, is preceded by "limited options for the Board of Directors to take to avoid the catastrophic consequences that a funding shortfall would mean for the club." In the first draft there was probably a sentence saying something about administration, which would make the "Hearts will suffer an immediate 17-point penalty" a statement of fact. But, if you know you're going to enter administration, you can't go raising money and continuing to trade as if you're solvent. That's illegal, and is probably why the middle sentence disappeared. Administration, when it comes, will raise the question of how long Hearts has been trading while insolvent. It wouldn't be a massive surprise to see Romanov making himself scarce before that question is asked. That press release, I suggest, carries a sense that Romanov is already making himself scarce. By the way, I do hope the Hearts story doesn't become a footnote to Rangers, because this one has the makings of being a lot more interesting. |
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| IainArab72 | Nov 7 2012, 06:29 PM Post #8 |
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Craig Brewster
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Wasn't Romanov in for United a while back? (Can't remember when - just after McLean era or during ET's tenure?) We've had a lucky escape. |
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| TheDean | Nov 7 2012, 08:37 PM Post #9 |
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ALLEGEDLY CALICO
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A clean administration now could leave Jambos still within sight of the Dees and a club back in hands of the fanbase would be more sustainable. |
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| Skeletor | Nov 7 2012, 10:25 PM Post #10 |
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Most likely to be Ann Widdecombe
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f*cking papish plot the lot of it, first Rangers now Hearts, and Celtic beating Barcelona. SEND THEM BACK! |
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| Setenza | Nov 8 2012, 12:39 PM Post #11 |
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Knitting with only one needle
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If they are bluffing and overplaying the risk, it'll be pretty clear quickly if they are. Putting money into any team right now seems a bit crazy. |
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| Skeletor | Nov 8 2012, 01:33 PM Post #12 |
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Most likely to be Ann Widdecombe
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Am I the only one who gets targeted advertisements for "Mature Dating"? |
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| reekie | Nov 8 2012, 04:41 PM Post #13 |
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lum raker
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Nah, I get them too. Although it's currently Furniture Village at the bottom of this thread. I see we're getting Bespoke Suits at the bottom of the Saville Row thread. Google-ads and I evidently have the same sense of humour. |
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| zico | Nov 10 2012, 06:38 PM Post #14 |
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Ivan Golac
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Rangers have got some cheek offering hearts half a million now to settle wallace deal but wanting them to forego 300,000. Ermmm no chance. If 800,000 is outstanding then to honour the football debts mr green tries a fast one. Romanov says gtf. |
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| Setenza | Dec 4 2012, 10:27 AM Post #15 |
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Knitting with only one needle
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Looks like hearts have came to an arrangement with HMRC. So they're saved once again... Hope all that money raised was well spent. |
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