Ten Caat Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 2 days on from Hearts asking all full time playing and non-playing staff to take a 50% pay cut, still no concrete word on whether anyone has accepted or not. Only one that looks confirmed as rejecting is Dikamona who supposedly wants the pay-off and termination of contract option. The news today that the government will subsidise up to 80% of an employee's wage up to a maximum of £2500/month really won't make a helluva lot of difference to the likes of Naismith and Boyle, even if they were to accept the pay cut. Ironically, however, it will make a helluva difference to their biggest saleable asset in Aaron Hickey, who's one of the lowest paid first team members.....when Levein was still in charge he tried to tie him down to a new improved contract but the loon refused to sign it....likely due to the reported Man City interest. I hope we are keeping a close eye on the situation. Souttar did his achilles a few weeks back and wasn't expected back till the new season. I know we have a full complement of central defenders at present but I honestly don't see Devlin tolerating being 4th choice into whatever transpires beyond the summer. Events have obviously now taken over and Souttar is unlikely to miss too much of whatever the SPFL decide to make of this/next season. As a Scotland international, he is likely to be one of their higher earners. I certainly couldn't envisage him wanting to hang around if Hearts go down to the Championship in whatever fashion. He's a Dons fan and we could certainly afford to a least match what he gets now should he decide to reject the pay cut and take the pay-off. I don't see anyone else up here affording him outwith the arse cheeks (and I really don't think either would be interested in him anyway) and Hibs who again I don't think would want him (for entirely different reasons to the cheeks). I suppose a promoted Yinited could stretch to it in a similar way they've splashed out on Shankland but I suspect he'd choose us over returning there. Of course any English Championship club could match/beat us though. Anyway.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket_scientist Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Instead of speculating, shouldn't you be acting on the call for the national interest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ten Caat Posted March 21, 2020 Author Share Posted March 21, 2020 Instead of speculating, shouldn't you be acting on the call for the national interest? I absolutely will do when the letter drops through my letterbox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicoS321 Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 I absolutely will do when the letter drops through my letterbox Is that how it works, genuinely? They send a letter? Do you have to do a test to ensure you're fit or whatever? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket_scientist Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Is that how it works, genuinely? They send a letter? Do you have to do a test to ensure you're fit or whatever? No they haven't tested. The front line NHS staff, doctors as well as nurses may be spreaders. Many retired staff have volunteered already without waiting to be asked. Given the immediate need, not to mention the retraining and training required for working with oxygen and ventilators, the sooner we get all hands on deck the better and it still won't be enough. It will at least save some lives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicoS321 Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 No they haven't tested. The front line NHS staff, doctors as well as nurses may be spreaders. I meant competency testing rather than virus testing. Just the basics like, so that errors can be avoided, new procedures understood and so on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ten Caat Posted March 21, 2020 Author Share Posted March 21, 2020 My understanding is that (the intention is to have) those retired less than a year will receive a bit of training specifically to do with Covid 19 and be deployed to acute wards. Those retired between 1 and 3 years will be deployed to less acute areas....care of the elderly/community hospitals etc. I would fall into this group As it stands I don't think theyre looking to have those retired longer than 3 years return at present. England and Wales certainly have sent out their letters asking nurses and doctors to stand by but I don't think the govt has yet passed the legislation to allow unregistered nurses to re-register......and also provide indemnity insurance. Of course some who have very recently retired may still have a valid registration (the remaining period of their last official registration prior to retiring). I cant really see any great obstacle to them returning immediately should they wish to. In all cases reregistering will be free of charge supposedly. EDIT....I just checked the NMC website. They have sent out emails yesterday to all nurses who have retired/left the nursing register within the last 3 years. I found mine in my spam folder. So I have now added my name to list willing to return. It confirms that the legislation allowing us to do so has not yet gone through and also confirms theyre not looking for nurses who have been gone longer than 3 years for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicoS321 Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Good stuff min. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket_scientist Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Highlighting a "conflict of interest" is so Scottish. Not bad, two negatives to express a positive. The barriers to understanding philanthropy include mistakenly thinking that they don't have anything to give themselves, a failure of empathy and compassion and an extremely limited imagination. It's ignorant to label the man a saviour. Donating because he can is wonderful. It's how the money is spent that matters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket_scientist Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Hearts getting relegated, the third biggest-supported club is bad for Scottish football. I severely doubt that they would've been relegated anyway if the SPFL hadn't made the insane decision to terminate early, unlike UEFA and the EPL. League reconstruction was always on the cards. Change is required. It's not working. It will work even less if Hearts aren't contributing to the top flight. Once the new set-up is agreed, relegation and promotion will be agreed and that's that. This happened once before of course, when AFC were frighteningly close to the bone. Scepticism is good. Bribery is not. Philanthropy is great. In the real world, there is always give and take. I see nothing but positives from that article and I'm the king of cynics. Only a Scotsman can focus primarily on the negatives, in keeping with his true nature. I say this as a Scotsman living in NE Scotland, born in NE Scotland from ancestors going back at least 1,000 years who were also from the North East. We can moan not just for Scotland, but for the whole world and yet we can't see how this attitude holds the majority of us back. It is perhaps why some of our poppies grow the tallest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donsdaft Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 The most major change of all came last time Celtic were at nine league titles in a row. The always claimed the reconstruction came to stop them making it ten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jute Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Hearts and Thistle’s legal challenge thrown out but there is now an arbitration process. No idea what that means for if they are relegated yet. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53251721 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_widdows Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Arbitrarion as I understand it means any document relating to the disagreement must be handed over by law. Hearts and Thistle are relegated however they will no doubt be compensated and the SPFL will need to fully explain what happened with Dundee etc and the other alleged claims they made about TV contracts etc Wonder how long Cockwomble will hold on to his main job and/or his new role at UEFA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jute Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Looks like they might be in the shite again as they are talking about suspending the Championship. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55684189 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl Posted Saturday at 18:55 Share Posted Saturday at 18:55 Seems as good a place as any to post this, so here goes. Have just spent a bit of time looking over my shoulder for Scotland's third force rushing up on us, but couldn't see them. Upon further investigation, I now understand now on account of the fact they have lost EIGHT consecutive games seeing them FOURTEEN points behind us having played a game more, out of the League Cup at the first hurdle, out of Europa League qualifiers at the first hurdle. In fairness however, apparently their hotel bookings are fairly positive. God bless the Jambos, always providing entertainment value. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicoS321 Posted Saturday at 19:39 Share Posted Saturday at 19:39 Moderators: please delete all hearts chat until after our game against them. They've got a great young manager who should definitely be given at least three more games to turn it round. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc_don Posted Saturday at 19:51 Share Posted Saturday at 19:51 I’m annoyed we don’t play them until early October. Not convinced he’s going to be able to stick it out. Still, he didn’t lose by the predicted result (previous managers had lost 1-0 and 2-0 to saints before getting respectively emptied). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jute Posted yesterday at 07:09 Share Posted yesterday at 07:09 I think the only thing saving Naismith at the moment is the fact the Hearts board only extended his contract last month. Suspect the board are hoping he will resign to save face for them and it will be at least the next international break before they act if things don’t improve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl Posted 23 hours ago Share Posted 23 hours ago 47 minutes ago, Jute said: I think the only thing saving Naismith at the moment is the fact the Hearts board only extended his contract last month. Suspect the board are hoping he will resign to save face for them and it will be at least the next international break before they act if things don’t improve. I realise Naismith won't exactly be short of a few bob, but if I was him I'd be fucked if I would walk away from three years worth of compensation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jute Posted 22 hours ago Share Posted 22 hours ago 1 hour ago, BigAl said: I realise Naismith won't exactly be short of a few bob, but if I was him I'd be fucked if I would walk away from three years worth of compensation Agreed why walk away from the guaranteed cash and after this shitshow he’s not likely to get another well paying gig for a while. Milk it for all it’s worth would be my impartial advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda Posted 19 hours ago Share Posted 19 hours ago Think there'll be an announcement today that Naismith is gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicoS321 Posted 19 hours ago Share Posted 19 hours ago 2 minutes ago, Panda said: Think there'll be an announcement today that Naismith is gone. Nooooooooooo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl Posted 18 hours ago Share Posted 18 hours ago 31 minutes ago, Panda said: Think there'll be an announcement today that Naismith is gone. Gut feeling or insider trading knowledge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda Posted 18 hours ago Share Posted 18 hours ago https://www.heartsfc.co.uk/blogs/news/club-statement-steven-naismith Naismith gone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrlandoDon Posted 18 hours ago Share Posted 18 hours ago Even with Naismith gone, to find a new guy right now and get their shit together will be tough. We play them in 3 weeks right after they’ve traveled to Minsk, it’s a tough ask just like we experienced last year. We appear to have aced it with JT but that took a couple of years in the making. Don’t see or hear of anyone legit that would impress me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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