Renegade

I used to think McPake was alright as well. Seemingly he's been rotten for Hibs though!

Rob McLean eh? High praise indeed. Who next? The Dalai Lama?!

Ever wanted to know what really happened during his time as manager? Here's the thread to have your questions answered! I know there's a "Butcherwatch" thread elsewhere, but I think it'd be good to have focusing on his time as ICT manager, where we can find out for ourselves what really went on. So here are my questions: How many managerial jobs did Butcher apply for while he was here? He always used to go on about his love for the club and the area, but I always thought that was just bluff. I've heard rumours in the past that he applied for quite a few jobs when he was here, but how many did he actually apply for. I've heard he applied for the Falkirk job just after we were relegated and Yogi went to Hibs, as well as Motherwell, Aberdeen and Hibs a time before, but not Barnsley. Any truth in these rumours and was there any others he wanted? Also, prior to our relegation, rumours went round that Butcher had been involved in a training ground bust up with Ryan Esson. This of course led to us going into the last few pivotal matches with Esson not getting his place back after suspension (he was sent off in a 4-0 defeat at Falkirk you may remember) and eventually going into that relegation decider with Falkirk with Michael Fraser in goal, a far inferior keeper to Esson, who was already leaving anyway (he had signed a pre-contract with Motherwell). What really happened between Butcher and Esson and how much did Butcher's ego thus play in our relegation?

I thought in many ways that it was fitting that Butcher left ICT under a cloud. He left loathed and ridiculed and that's all he deserved for his treatment of Russell Duncan, Grant Munro and Ross Tokely. His treatment of them was nothing short of disgraceful. I've alluded to this before, but Butcher's way of offloading Tokely was petty and bitter. As I said on here in 2011, Butcher wanted Tokely gone with Munro and Duncan. I heard this from a couple of sources, one of which was from the inside. The only reason Tokely lasted one season longer was because of a clause in his contract that meant he got a years extension after playing X amount of matches. After the backlash from the fans over the Munro/Duncan debacle, Butcher offered Tokely a deal he knew he would turn down, so that "officially" the choice to leave was his. That deal was 50% of his current contract, though I have heard rumours from elsewhere that the deal was even more than that, somewhere in the region of £300 per week. Remember, Tokely (without revealing the figures) referred to the offer as an insult. That was the reason why. It's also interesting to note what happened when I leaked this information on here. Many totally dismissed it at the time and even when Tokely did go (for the reasons I stated), I was mocked and had my credibility attacked. This was of course, from posters who believed everything Butcher said and believed he could walk on water. Wonder if they feel that way now? While I wish no ill will on Hibernian or their supporters, I'm pleased to see Butcher's image tarnished. The way he treated this club, it's fans and it's players was nothing short of a disgrace. He is a classless and disloyal manager, who thought he was not only too big for ICT, but for the Highlands in general. Nothing better than the sweet taste of schadenfreude. The chickens have come home to roost.

Germany didn't have one at one point. In-fact, I think the first Berlin derby between Hertha Berlin and Union Berlin in X amount of years/ever, was in Bundesliga 2.

What about Liam Craig or Paul Heffernan? Ben Williams is usually pretty good as well, but we don't need another keeper.

Dunno, hopefully we have another semi-final there! Not a play-off though!

Did he get Motherwell relegated? He finished bottom in his first season, but they weren't relegated because Brockville didn't have enough seats for Falkirk to come up.

Holy moly macaroni!!

Rumours going round that Butcher will resign after the game.

So what has happened to Greenhalgh? Someone on here said that he was going to be released after he came back on loan from Stenhousemuir, but their season finished a while ago and there's been nothing. Also, his name wasn't in the list of released players in that article the other week along with Evans, Cooper, Pepper etc. I do recollect talk when he signed that his deal included a clause where a second could be added somehow. Has he left the building?

That Molesworth was just a ned.

What an awful website! My eyes!

An eating contest with Bobby Mann.

Remember Billy Reid's Accies team? Perhaps the biggest load of cheating, dirty, hoofers, ever to grace the SPL.

It'd be interesting to know the average attendances, taking Celtic and all derbies out.

No thanks. Passed it big time, not the kind of player we need and would probably want huge wages.

I watched the Cowdenbeath game yesterday on Alba and thought the same thing. Could be a player who'd kick on with us.

Talking of buses, I'm sure there's one that runs from Hilton way. Might be from Dows or somewhere like that.

As far as I'm aware, there was no separate topic for designs, but there was a lot of discussion in my question's thread on the 'Ask the Board' page, as well as numerous other discussions about it in the past. I also remember the last time the club ran a competition to design an away jersey and they just forgot all about it.

The standard doesn't have to be fantastic for people to have a good time. I have heard though of old people who won't go at certain times, particularly in the winter because simply, it's far too cold. The stadium is in the wrong position for comfort reason, no question about it. It also doesn't help it's so open a stadium. Granted the North Stand is a wee bit more sheltered, but the Main Stand seems to constantly be under attack from the elements. This might sound outlandish, but are outdoor heaters an option? Seemingly one club (I think it was PSV Eindhoven), managed to do something like this. Is there anything that they do in the Scandinavian countries to combat the weather that we could do? On the subject of match experience, I have heard that some of the ice hockey teams in Britain are great at this type of thing, particularly the Braehead Clan. I've never been myself, but if anyone has, is there anything we could steal from them? What about bringing some of the Braehead Clan management up to give us some opinions on potential new endeavours and things that could be improved?

No-one wonders that, believe me. And what happened to my limerick? That was a cracker!

Remember those red and green dots? Those were good, they should bring them back!

I liked him. Shame we weren't able to sign him outright.

Mahonio's dead?! Rest in Peace, Thurso's prince