When a footie club tells another rival footie club that they are categorically not selling to them, they normally f### off 'early doors' and leave it alone, together with their unacceptable 'pay in instalments' proposal! As for the fitness of players in the first game of the season, well I was sitting in the West Stand observing exactly what I've described (some of the match reports even called it a 'pre-season warm up match'!) and, by the way, that criticism was briefly discussed with Stubbs at the last Hibs AGM as well - he wasn't gonna walk away from the flak! I'll bet you were not even at ER Stadium to watch the full 90 mins of action! So boo to your meaningless wow opinion when you were not even @ ER!
