Vladimir Romanov has grown bored of his Hearts experiment as an investment of tens of millions of pounds failed to change the side from mid-table strugglers into a team capable of something Motherwell seem able to do on significantly less.
Romanov wanted to transform Hearts into the biggest club in Scotland but failed to address the structural limitations of the club. While Hearts may be the biggest team in Edinburgh, Edinburgh is a net exporter of football fans, Tynecastle is squeezed into a cramped corner of the city and provides very little opportunity to harvest corporate income, and, in case you haven’t noticed, there were two well-established competitors in a larger, net-import city with ample corporate income opportunities.
Various Hearts boards have looked to relocate the club or extend facilities at Tynecastle without much headway being made. A bid of £22m was received from a house builder for the stadium some years ago but without a viable alternative the deal stalled.
A viable alternative could come onto the market soon.
If Rangers go out of business Romanov is in a unique position to take advantage. Craig Whyte holds a floating charge on Ibrox and Murray Park but any bid in excess of his liability, which would be considerably less than the value of the properties, which have a book value of £139m, would secure both pieces of real estate.
Hearts could sell Tynecastle and Hearts training ground, raising enough funds to considerably offset what they would need to pay to secure Ibrox, if not provide a surplus, and establish foothold in the Glasgow market to complement their historical Edinburgh fan base. One club would have a pull on a huge proportion of Scotland’s two largest cities.
At a stroke Romanov would ensure his club were for all time, at the very least, the second largest team in Scotland, and, eventually, could push Celtic for top spot.
It would be a ballsy move, but if you want to create a super-club you need to think a little creatively.
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I will be very happy for Lenny’s team to win the league this year
I will be delighted to win the double
I will be overwhelmed to win the treble
and I will be a proud proud man to see all this happen as that mob self destruct
None of it has happened yet, so its one game at a time and I’m sure thats what Lenny is telling the players
enjoyingthewaiting CSC
celticghirlanew on 4 March, 2012 at 20:00 said:
If it was Glasgow store, the manager there & his wife are both season book holders with us.
I have told ESPN that, if Burley is commentating at the next Celtic match, I will be cancelling my subscription
Complaint filed with ESPN UK and copied to ESPN USA, of which I am a subscriber.
Midfield maestro….
It was in Dunfermline.
Maybe they’re just cross about the money they’re owed!!
HH
:-)x
ESPN cancelled.
RIP paul mcbride
san diego bhoy
My brother in law lives in Riverside Mira Loma Orange county,will be there for three weeks in September,Been in San Diego a few times maybe could meet for Jelly and ice cream
Brother in law is one of them,but I get on with him well,looks forward to my visits.
Re Celts for Change at Govan Town Hall.
‘Twas a Thursday night. I was off work with flu and spent the day in bed (very unlike me but it was my first & so far only bout of real flu). Dragged myself up and out for the meeting, which meant I had to go to work the next day as they’d all know I’d been to the rally.
IIRC we were at Tannadice on the Saturday, I seem to remember that a couple of whiskies in the celtic club there helped shift remnants of the flu.
Tom Courtney 19.52
Thanks for the link .I have sent my complaint re Burley to ESPN. It may not have much effect but it’s better than screaming at the T.V. when he opens his bitter, twisted, uninformed mouth.The wife can’t understand why the clown gets me so worked up!
I cancelled ESPN some time ago.
Burley is a plank.
To quote Billy Connolly – “see thae peepil, hanging’s too guid fur rae peepil ………it’s a guid kick in the arse thae need”
Perhaps a fitting tribute to Paul McBride would be for us to address our preventive health. I for one am going to book that full medical that has been in the back of my mind for some time. I am sure that the intelligent and insightful man Paul McBride will be remembered as would approve such a pro-active motivation.
Lennons Passion.
If I knew what those two knew and I was requested to carry his coffin and I felt compelled to do it. I would need to come clean to the family about how much he had been denied in his life unfairly if I had any real respect for the man.
HH
maleys bhoy on 4 March, 2012 at 20:44:
As you are around, do I recall you posting to MWD a couple of weeks ago that you are in underwriting with Santander? If so you may know my Bros. who is with Santander in underwriting. If you are e-mail me at lennybhoycfc@gmail.com
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
sparkleghirl
you must have somehow caught man flu from your hubby – therefore a day in bed is perfectly understandable. It’s a very nasty virus as any man will tell you :-)
Awe Naw
“come clean” “respect”
I’ll crack the jokes……………
Complaint regarding Craig Burley sent.
t&t, yes maybe manflu :).
I used to sneer at anyone who whinged about flu but that day i really did feel unable to get out of bed. Almost didn’t go to the meeting, that’s how serious it was…..
J67
naw but i think ive lost mine
bada bing
i remember him doing the warm up at one of the cfc rallies in front of dempsey weisfeld and mcdonald and if ma da says it was govan thats good enuf 4 me.
what i remem of the meetings were the sing songs at the end of each one being better than at the games at the time
Anyone stayed in The Blakeley Hotel in New York?
R.I.P. Paul McBride.
A terrible loss to his and the wider Celtic family.
i was at the celts for change meetings in the city halls think their were 3 in their,along with the govan and airdrie ones, keevens was compare at least once, can remember charlie and the bhoys sang a few songs and i think jimmy mcgrorys garandson spoke ! he was a great talker, as was dempsey and willie haughey, good memories and was proud to play a small part in saving my team
Bada Bing
“Anyone stayed in The Blakeley Hotel in New York?”
loadsa folks I guess.
(Sorry, in an odd mood – be heading to bed soon to sleep it off!!)
Lennybhoy
Email sent
E-mail sent to ESPN regarding Burley
San Diego Bhoy – as another 46yo that sounds like an excellent idea.
twists-I was going to add if anyone had any reviews of the place mate,I obviously should have :}
Tom Courtney 19.52 Re. Burley
Well done to you for translating words into action.
In Oz,,our provider is Setanta.
Ill see what can be done here.
maleys bhoy on 4 March, 2012 at 20:55:
And back to you mate…
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
notthebus,
Thanks for posting the Fergus interview. What a great man, pure honest love for Celtic and a man with complete integrity. The opposite of Murray and Rangers. I shudder to think where we would be if the wee man had not come to the rescue?
Lubo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNQCQS7eJKE
Nice try Whytey but the eyes gave you away……..
ABZMike on 4 March, 2012 at 20:58 said:
San Diego Bhoy – as another 46yo that sounds like an excellent idea.
Boys.
Blood pressure monitor.
Use regularly.
High blood pressure is insidious and can be lethal.
Bada
it gets great reviews on trip advisor and travel republic.
Documentary on QPR at Midnight on BBC2 might be worth a watch.
Such a hangover.
James Forrest if you are about,could you stick the Fat Sally post back up again please? Had me in stitches it did.
My missus woke me up for my dinner today,and the first thing that I said to her was – “What’s crow’s feet love?”
She looked at me like I had lost my mind,and just said to me “smile”,then she burst out laughing.”What made you ask?” she said…”Just something I read on CQN that’s all.”
I have crows feet when I smile,something I really didn’t need to know.Ah well that’s what I get for being too inquisitive.
Crow’s feet eh?
Twists- I read them at time of booking mate,looks good place and location.HH.
To Paul McBride
I hope you are looking in peaceful, knowing that what you did last year help protect both Neil and Celtic. The significance of last year as the starting point of the Huns walls starting to crumble and fall down is just about hitting home. The cheating of the refs to be followed with the exposure of the cheating of the Huns, will live with us for ever. It is a shame that Paul will not be hear to enjoy that downfall. RIP.
HH
CRC
macjay1 for Neil Lennon on 4 March, 2012 at 21:03 said:
ABZMike on 4 March, 2012 at 20:58 said:
San Diego Bhoy – as another 46yo that sounds like an excellent idea.
Boys.
Blood pressure monitor.
Use regularly.
High blood pressure is insidious and can be lethal.
got mine checked recently………………..sky high….doctor said it was 24 years since I had it checked, it makes sense bhoys, you don’t know if you have got it …and it kills…. look after yourselves
I’ve been going about with the proverbial cheshire cat grin the last few weeks but that came to an abrupt halt this afternoon with the awful news from Pakistan. God bless Paul McBride
R.I.P.