Lebowski
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Considering Levein is roundly hated save for a handful of oddballs clinging onto the '80s, that's rather pleasing.
Gary Mackay too? 6k at his testimonial.
The crowd at Leveins first testimonial was 2700. He had a second testimonial against Hibs. 8k at that, including about 2 thousand Hibbies.
So one of Hearts favourite players had 2 testimonials, the second after his career was finished by injury. Less jambos went to them combined than Lewis Stevenson got today. Understandable given that Stevenson has won medals I suppose.0 -
Perhaps if we had managed to actually make a signing or two this past week and also not charged £20 a skull, then we wouldn't be looking at such a poor turnout.
I mean, I'm going but why on earth would I have bothered to get a ticket in advance? I'll just get one at the pod before the game. It's not like there's going to be a sell out.0 -
Nice 4-0 win. Good to hear promising stuff about Shaw
Mates with my wee brother. His opinion of him is "absolutely rapid and will take chances, but he might struggle a bit with very physical defenders". I think he got booted upside down at Stenny last season and has had to work out how to avoid it.
Lennon apparently likes him fwiw. Very encouraging.0 -
Found this VERY old picture of what is Tynecastle behind some tenements on a facebook page called 'old football stadia', well worth a like for some cracking nostalgia pics.
Older jambos may be able to confirm but, as I've only been in the Roseburn im taking an educated guess this is the opposite side of the ground?
It's from the Gorgie Rd end.0 -
If we sell McGinn I would actually prefer a smaller fee with a high percentage sell on clause, that way we don't have to pay St Mirren as much.
No how it works. If we have a sell on fee then St Mirren get their percentage of that. Mind the Steven Fletcher one where we got hefty amounts for him going from Burnley...0 -
I think most people think there is a 33% sell on, it makes sense and looks like it'll be a good deal for everyone.
Could be that the fee is 33% of what Hibs get after tax, agent fees, Mcginns percentage etc.0 -
1. Are you suggesting he'd be avoided because he'd suffered from depression? Interesting view.
2. well yes if he's jacking it in altogether then he's probably finished.
1. Aye, that's exactly what I'm suggesting. You probably missed it, but Swanson had an interview recently where his agent told him a club pulled out of a contract offer for him when they learned he'd had depression. I'd imagine there would be an even higher bar with a manager. It's no right, but it will be the case.
2. I was talking about jacking Hibs.0 -
Thing with Lennon is that Hibs are his most realistic chance of getting another job. He kindae fucked the Bolton job, even though there were mitigating circumstances, so can't see too many English clubs taking a chance on him. Where the f**k else would he go in Scotland cause it's clear he's not getting the Celtic job again...
He's had some mental health issues, and you're insane if you don't think plenty of clubs won't touch him because of that.
So where realistically can Lennon go from Hibs atm. If he's jacking it altogether fair enough. But he's finished if he was to do that imo.0 -
And a League Cup final v Hibs.
Which had the brilliant idea of an orange band masquerading as a "community band" playing at half time... Went down exceptionally well with the Hibs support who gave hundreds of quid in change to them as they paraded past.0 -
Efe is life, Efe is love.
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Is Hanlon due a testimonial this year? Made his debut under Mixu so must be about due?
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With rumours of Steven Whittaker's return to us being imminent, I find it laughable that a huge segment of our support seem to be under the pretense that Whittaker would be an understudy to David Gray.
Whittaker is a far superior player who only twelve months ago; was an English Premier League player. As much as I have massive appreciation for Gray, I have to say that at times last season, he was our weak link.
I think we're going to be playing a 3-5-2, and I think Whittaker will be played on both flanks with him replacing Gray and Stevenson a third of the time. Whittaker is not young, neither is Gray. Asking them to play as wing backs all season is not realistic cause that's a c**t of a shift.
Looking at the squad a 3-5-2 makes sense. We're short of wingers, but we've got a decent set of central midfielders. Mcginn, Bartley and Mcgeouch is well balanced for playing a 3 in there. You get control via Mcgeouch, a physical blocking presence with Bartley and a bundle of energy with Mcginn. That leaves Swanson to either play off the striker or out wide cutting in.0 -
It's almost impossible to imagine that day going any better for me. Not just the game but the little things that made that day so special. I had to work that morning, weirdly I slept really well. Got into work and a few workmates were able to cover for me so I got away really early. Home for a bit of lunch and was in Glasgow by 1. Bumped into a guy I went to school with in a pub and had a few pints with him before getting the train to Hampden. By luck I bumped into my 2 pals that were going via the bounce bus. A quick few drinks in the Asda car park and I was already half cut. I felt so confident that we would do it. I never feel confident with Hibs. Ever.
Normally at semis or finals I'm surrounded by the daytrip fans and I feel like a fanny being the only one belting out songs in the vicinity. Not this time. I was surrounded by proper Hibees. Songs were being belted out and banter was great. Going 1 up you could just sense it. You knew it was happening. Honestly I can't really remember feeling anxious. Even at 2-1 down when I was getting sympathetic texts from my girlfriend and GIFRY texts from a few jambo mates I have. I still felt we would do it. I was near the pitch in my section. When Stokes made it 2 I must have teleported because the next thing I knew I was up against the railing. I got back to my seat eventually. Every time I see the winner...which is pretty often. I look into the crowd and I can see myself going mental. It's a great I was there moment. Some people have said that the time between the goal and the final whistle took an age. Not for me. It flew by. A few people jumped onto the pitch, then a few more and a few more. It was then I decided was I f**k sitting on that stand. That moment, just embracing Hibees on the pitch was amazing. Afterwards I jumped into the main stand, because I was getting a lift back with my mate who was taking his old man to the game and so I could get a good view of the presentation. I also got to shake old Sam Martinez's hand. A pretty nice thing to see him witness that day too. On the way out I also managed to speak to Pat Nevin. Then listening to the greeting tears of Chick Young topped off a great journey home.
Got to my girlfriends house, grabbed a shower and ate my dinner. She had arranged movie night that night. Was I f**k sitting in watching a DVD. Out to the Mash Tun and had a fantastic night with most my Hibs pals that I go to the games with. Staggered back to my girlfriends flat and got my nat king.
Mines was very different from yours. I have spent years of hyping myself up to f**k when Hibs are in a cup final. Last year I stopped. I decided to pay as little attention as possible to it until it was the day of the game.
I refused to get on the same bus as my old man and my closest mates and said I'd see them pre match for a beer. My wee brother was with them with a couple of his mates, and they were buzzing out their nuts.
It was only an hour and a half before the game where I was asked by a 17 year old what I thought the score would be that I considered it. And it occurred to me that I thought Hibs would win. We were better than the ****. I got mental butterflies thinking about it.
I also considered that I'd talked myself into confidence for every cup final I'd been to. And it had mostly not went that well...
I seen the team. And thought Stokes and Cummings never play well together. Then I looked at the **** team, and thought they'd kill for about 8 of our players.
So I walked in and thought we'd win. We scored, then should have been a cricket score up. Then they equalised. But we were better than them at half time. Then they scored again. And we kept battering them. I turned round at one point when we were 2 1 down and said we can't lose this. Then we didn't.
Hibs are not, and never will be, ordinary.0 -
Happy Albert Kidd day cuntos.
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It's been 54 years since they've won that - that's bloody ages.
How is it you start one of they countdown clock thingys?
They've only reached 2 finals of it in those 54 years. Hibs have been in 9. We've only been in one less Scottish Cup final in that same time period as well (6 to 7). Hibs have a reputation as "bottlers" because we've kept getting to finals and getting beat, Hearts fans have somehow convinced themselves they're a big club by getting pumped before finals
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All this not bothered act by the jambos is a blatant lie
My Jambo uncle literarily put his can of beer through the telly when David gray scored
:lol: Poor Wee shites. Almost feel sorry for them.
Almost.
Wait till you tell them that it really wasn't *that* much better than winning the League Cup. I think my Jambo ma has written me out of her will for saying that to her
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It's a shame that some people are voting for what they think will be better for their pockets rather than whats best for the country.
And also what's best for their pockets rather than what's best for their fellow people who aren't as well off as they are.
The analogy I'd make would be you make 50k a year, vote no and it will go up to 51k a year. Meanwhile everyone else in your street is on 10k a year and it will go down to 9k a year. But if you vote yes you will make only 49k a year whilst everyone else on your street would make 11k a year. That extra money flows through the economy, makes things a bit better all round, and there's a more coherent society. So you're a bit less likely to get your nice house robbed cause poor people haven't got enough food for their family in that scenario.
And I would be fine with voting no if there was any sign at all that the second scenario was going to play out in the UK. But it has only been going in one direction during my 40 years of life and it isn't going to happen. So we have to change it.
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Come back when you've won it three times in 15 years. Once against your city rivals 5-1 or more.
And then died? Mark of a big club imo.
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The Hibernian Thread
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Think the reason we're signing Whittaker is because he can play as a wing back on either side. If we play a 5-3-2 all season you can't ask (especially) Gray and Stevenson to play every game. Could see them basically rotating every game.