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I think Rednapp is one of the most over hyped managers ever, the media like him because he gives them what they want.

Tasty first game in lower leagues The Rangers v Hearts

Plus the fact they are nowhere as good as some of the media and fans believe and haven't been for a long long time

If it keeps the club in a healthy position financially whats the problem with a name on the back and front. Well done to the club for sorting out another good sponsor.

That will do wonders for his over inflated ego...cant be many managers that have taken a team from mid table to relegation quite so quickly

Well I hope England get thumped..not because of any hatred of the English but I can't stand the English media, the further England would progress the more unbearable it would become. Anyway I am a not so sure why Laurence is offended that some don't want England to do well, if we were lucky enough to have Scotland there I wouldn't give a toss if anyone wanted us to do well. ABE for me all day long!!!!

Are you aware that Hibs have just been relegated? Maybe if you think he's so good you can back it up with what he's down elsewhere as well, or are you just going to throw around petty insults as usual? I think taking one of the biggest club in Scotland from mid table to relegation entitles people to call him a poor manager.

This must be one of the most "off topic" threads ever

I'm not asking the club anything. As many people will remember, I was always rather skeptical of Butcher's managerial ability and I was quite excited when he left. I've just always wondered about these things and would like to know what happened. I understand, but as you probably know you will never find out, and if it really that important now?

Rengade you are starting to sound like a bitter ex who heard his girlfriend had been speaking to other lads when she was with you. Time to move on from Butcher who I feel did an excellent job for us during his time here, yes his manner of leaving was very poor and he has paid the price for that. As for the club not informing us if there was a bust up between him and Esson, there won't be a club in the county where those things happen time to time and they are kept where they should be behind closed doors

Not being an expert on the finances of Scottish football, will Hibs be much of worse financially next season with games against Hearts and Sevco? Of course if they don't bounce back up the following season might not be so lucrative. As for Butcher, no sympathy for him after the way he left us.

I can't remember the exact stats but don't they not go a heck of long time before they actually lost a game

It's going to take a heck of a bad manager not to win the league at a canter with the depth of talent they have compared to other teams

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Great news and well done to Yogi for giving the young lad his chance

Great news, is there not a boycott subway thing doing its rounds on social media at the moment though, not sure what it's all about as never actually read it?

Is there not another thread with about 10,000 pages about this?

Very sad news, another gone to young....RIP Elena

I think this is a ridiculous complaint, managers take on players with minutes/seconds to go every week While some, including myself may have doubts about Yogi having a go at him for this is uncalled for.

After watching the CL this week Yogi doesn't want us to be Barca anymore, he now wants us to be Real Madrid

There are more things for a manager to consider when offering a player a new contract, attitude, performance in training, making sure he fits into his game plan, etc etc. Things that we don't have the luxury of seeing

I get that people have different opinions, what I don't get is why people have to insult people regardless of that opinion.

You do raise an interesting point in amongst your waffling, where are all of the Hughes supporters? I'm not sure where to start on the rest of this, at what point did Hughes earn this respect you say he deserves? You bring up IHE as an example of an established poster on here showing respect, yet IHE himself openly has more personal digs at our previous managers psyche than anyone else on here, how is that showing unqestionable respect? Why assume that people are not posting on this topic because they think it is beneath them? I'd say its safe to assume most people on here are firmly on the fence on this issue and thats only after our rousing win up in Dingwall, after that Dundee United game the pitchforks were out in force. You have totally misread the vibes coming from the support as a whole. "The Board is NOT going to react in the same way that they think because the members of the Board are mature business persons and rational and reasonable people NOT usually likely to go into orbit with knee jerk reactions. And NOT young bucks feeling their oats and letting that feeling overcome their brains." I guess you could say the the board demonstrated some rational thought in bringing in a guy on the cheap, who had been shunned by the rest of Scottish football after multiple failures. Tell me SP.. in all this talk of yours of being fair, rational, respectful and downright gentlemanly when discussing the merits and potential of Hughes, at what stage do you sit down and look over the stats? There has been a swing of 17 points and 1 trophy between ourselves and Aberdeen since Hughes took over, we were clear in 2nd place with games and points to spare, where are we now? I don't think any of the people interviewed could have got it so badly wrong . Like I said before I take no pleasure in seeing thistle get tanked every week . The fact remains yogi will stick to his guns and work with the squad he has (his words) the worry is that I fear for the very survival of thistle in the top flight if he remains in charge .end of! I think Mr Cameron got it badly wrong and needs to act asap before its to late!! Even Craig Levein or the inexperienced Paul Telfer wouldn't have been as shocking as Hughes is turning into. As for no new signings, WTF!!! Next seasons starting 11 will be more or less same as this but the squad will be bare. My patience has been waring thin ever since last Celtic game. I really hope lack of season tickets sold for next season is an indication to board that all is not well!! So much for "best chairman" in league!! Gonna bite! Craig Levein I believe didnt wish considered for the job and how on earth do you know that we would be any better off with the inexperienced Mr Telfer? Unless youve got a crystal ball. If you want to support a team that wins all the time I suggest you start supporting Celtic. That was ******* uncalled for!! I don't believe what OCG said was uncalled for and maybe it's a bit of a reality shock for you. In my opinion you're having a go at Kenny Cameron for no reason when he has no say what so ever in results on the pitch. If you ever listened to CaleyD on the CaleyThistle Podcast and he gave us an insight on the work Kenny Cameron does off the pitch for ICT. Where has it been stated that there will be no new signings? I know it's been disappointing to concede 11 goals in 2 games vs Celtic but I think you need to be a bit realistic here. We were playing against the best team in Scotland on their own turf and they are capable of doing it to many other teams. For what it is worth I was at Celtic Park last Sunday and I didn't think Celtic were good enough for six goal and I was very disappointed leaving CP watching ICT get humped, individual errors cost us and the fact we were missing David Raven, Richie Foran and Marley Watkins - we had 4 subs FFS, cuts us a bit of slack. Yogi should/will be given the summer and then I think he should be judged. It is far too soon IMHO. To be fair i thought we were lucky to get away with 6 and without Brill it could have been more. Hughes said in a pre match interview there would be no signings

Can't wait to see what the next colour is Just what I was thinking, no need for the green Renegade we seen enough of that on Sat

Really??? You think we are in the top six because of what Hughes has done? Of course I am not blaming Tansey for our poor form but we haven't been exactly brilliant since he came back. And finally you are away of the mark if you think my concern about the management is down to "one bad result" Well the stats above like ICTRoughi posted show he got more points so yeah i do feel it was Hughes that got us Top 6. Well he did only score that peach in the semi final and set up quite a few goals since coming not as if that's a big deal in football scoring goals like. Still he needs time to adapt the players into his way of playing so why are judging him before we gets a proper chance to put forward his methods. What do you think we should do then???? If you look at his points to games ratio its not top six material. I agree Tansey is a good signing but its not like Hughes found as a gem from nowhere the guy had played for the club before. What would I do now, not so sure but then again I wouldn't have hired him in the first place due to his track record.