Just in. What Tony Bloom said about Hibs fans that got Tam McManus reacted
The talk of a £10m investment in Hearts along with the use of Brighton’s famous player database might have some Hibs fans worried.
But I’m not one of them.
Sometimes you need to be careful what you wish for. It all sounds too good to be true.
The Jambos get a whack of money and the expertise of a guy like Tony Bloom
and his swanky Starlizard data recruitment set-up.
Listen, Bloom is obviously a smart guy. He’s a professional gambler who made millions on the poker tables before turning his attentions to football.
He might be a good guy to get a tip for a coupon, and this Starlizard model seems to have worked well for the likes of Brighton and Union Saint Gilloise in Belgium.
I can understand why Hearts fans might be excited at the thought of him getting involved at Tynecastle.
But there are still a lot more questions than answers. Hibs have their own Premier League investor link up with Bill Foley and the Black Knight group and we’re still seeing how that all plays out.
There’s been friction with the rest of the club over certain issues, like the drama over the appointments of David Gray and Malky Mackay. It’s not been plain sailing so far and it remains to be seen how it all plays out in the future.
Black Knight might want more say but the control remains at Easter Road. But if Bloom was to invest serious money into Hearts, you’d have to think that means he wants considerable input.
Does that mean Hearts get dictated to over who they buy and who they sell? Does that extend to pressure being put on the manager to pick certain players. What if they do recruit a cracker and he does well, would Brighton just scoop him up for less than the market value? There’s a lot of what ifs. And a lot of the Starlizard play is pure data led. That seems to be the way the game is going right now, it’s the Moneyball method and sometimes it works.
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