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You`re right 0762 every club has a price that it will accept for any given player but my view is we have all stood by Hibs recently whilst we have become almost the most expensive team to watch in Scotland. If the board recognise this they
need to give the fans something back and an ideal way to do this is to leave the team alone until at least the Summer and possibly beyond. If we let players go in this transfer window we could upset the balance and desire of the team, bearing in mind Falkirk are breathing down our throats and any slip ups may take the runners up spot away from us.
We need to look at establishing ourselves in the SPFL again and that will require a settled team to do so,we would look stupid starting off next season with 5 or 6 new players and then being relegated again.

Promotion failure is certainly not in Dempster's or Stubbs' way of thinking at all 1Wattie but it's still possible as pointed out by a few Hibs shareholders. Dempster's view was that we deal with it if it unfortunately happens. Another positive point I'd make re this issue is the fact that I reckon league reconstruction is definitely gonna happen next season and I wonder if Rod actually knows this. The league cup reformat was just the 1st phase of the bigger reconstruction and talks are ongoing among all interested parties re the final format - a 16 team top league and a choice from various options re the second tier and 3rd tier. The powers that be will clearly not say a word re this issue because of current competitive interest in the Premiership and Championship - it's gonna happen! Watch this space! Strangely enough, Rangers manager, Mark Warburton, recently uttered a cutting remark/criticism that his club had already played Hibs on four occasions before the end of December - that really sums up the joke re too much of the same fixture because of the way our leagues are set up!! 

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On a lesser note Hibs trying to work a deal with Killie's young starlet, Gregg Kiltie - reported on bbc sport this morning.