YOU DON'T GET TO CALL THE SHOTS

We appreciate your cash Bill but to expect final say on major calls after just a few months is deeply worrying..

- TAM McMANUS

I'VE been heavily critical of Hibs' decision-makers in recent years and it's made me about as welcome as a Jam Tart in the Easter Road boardroom at times.

But this column isn't for blowing smoke up backsides or acting as a club lackey no matter how much I love the Hibees.

Some of the managerial appointments in the past three years have been baffling Credit where it's due, though.

The Gordon family got it spot-on when they promoted David Gray to the hot seat and brought in Malky Mackay as sporting director.

So for Bill Foley to stick his neb in from the other side of the Atlantic this week and accuse the Hibs owners of not listening to him was not just surprising - it was deeply worrying.

To be expecting the final say on the biggest appointments after just a few months is extremely concerning and Foley's comments make the club look unsettled before the season has even started for real.

His remark, "I believe they will listen now", after Saturday's Kelty defeat smacks of a guy used to getting his own way.

It wasn't needed. I appreciate Foley's Black Knight group has put a lot of money into the club.

But they have a 25 percent stake. They don't get to call the shots.