HarleyQuinn Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illgresi Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 2 minutes ago, coprolite said: I don't remember us having a Bosnian, a Croatian or a Greek. Yet. We need a Montenegrin and Bulgarian as well. I suppose if we want to win Balkan top trumps we should really have someone from the region that's older than 31 years, 3 months, and 5 days. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wonder Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 51 minutes ago, HarleyQuinn said: I do recall Devlin doing very well in his first season and for what its worth I think Nieuwenhof will be a very good signing (and very possible a step up on Devlin) for Hearts. Your other target Sammy Silveria looked a promising player too. Clearly good players to found in the A-League. However I have to agree that the defensive recruitments we've seen SPL sides make from the A-League just appear physically overwhelmed by the Scottish game. Atkinson looks good going forward but weak physically. And whenever I think of Rowles, I just remember Main man handling him at Tynecastle. I'm anticipating much the same from McGarry in an Aberdeen top, unfortunately. I just hope the fee we've paid isn't that great. I really hope to eat humble pie as McGarry proves me wrong. Devlin is a very good player at this level IMO. Has flaws, but in his first season he was excellent as we finished 3rd and got to the cup final. Suffered last season with the constant chopping and changing from Neilson, but when he played well we tended to play well. Atkinson I think that's fair. Good going forward and he's actually a very good one on one defender but struggles a bit with the physicality. As you say there are good players in that market, I think we've had more success than failure personally but then we also had Ben Garuccio. It can be hit and miss, the boys St Mirren have had seem decent as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 9 minutes ago, Illgresi said: We need a Montenegrin and Bulgarian as well. I suppose if we want to win Balkan top trumps we should really have someone from the region that's older than 31 years, 3 months, and 5 days. We've had both in my time. Vujadinovic (sp?) + Kiriakov + Tzetanov That's plenty. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thenorthernlight Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 14 minutes ago, Illgresi said: We need a Montenegrin and Bulgarian as well. I suppose if we want to win Balkan top trumps we should really have someone from the region that's older than 31 years, 3 months, and 5 days. Was Nikola Vujadinovic not Montenegrin? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illgresi Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 6 minutes ago, coprolite said: We've had both in my time. Vujadinovic (sp?) + Kiriakov + Tzetanov That's plenty. 1 minute ago, Thenorthernlight said: Was Nikola Vujadinovic not Montenegrin? I was going for all at the same time, lads. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 Just now, Illgresi said: I was going for all at the same time, lads. I admire the ambition. The board needs to get behind this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thenorthernlight Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 1 minute ago, Illgresi said: I was going for all at the same time, lads. The Balkans are so yesterday apparently. Oceania is where it’s at 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illgresi Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 4 minutes ago, Thenorthernlight said: The Balkans are so yesterday apparently. Oceania is where it’s at How about states of the former Japanese Empire? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarapoa Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, HarleyQuinn said: I haven't been terribly impressed by the A-League imports (Devlin, Rowles, Atkinson, Jeggo, Miller and Birighitti) in recent years however not going to judge until I've seen him play a decent number of games first. I went to Perth Glory v WSW in Jan and thought it was League 1 (Scottish) standard - although maybe being disengaged and frozen due to a particularly strong ‘Fremantle doctor’ didn’t help. Felt very low key and tippy tappy - don’t trust that league as much as certain Scots clubs seem to - but actually think the two Aussies at Smurn are decent. Edited August 2, 2023 by tarapoa 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazbart Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 I live in Brisbane and can safely assure you, the A-League is gash. has-beens, journeymen and kids who’ll never make its. There are a few reasonable players but the majority are shit. Says a lot that Jason Cumming was somewhat of a hero. A-League is a 4th tier sport behind Rugby League, Aussie Rules and Rugby Union in terms of TV rights, attendances etc. Definitely more English League One level than Champions League. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraser Fyvie Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 Balkans and A-Leaguers Aberdeen think they have pull 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 43 minutes ago, Fraser Fyvie said: Balkans and A-Leaguers Aberdeen think they have pull No idea what's going to happen In our season, but your manager has at least guaranteed to everyone that Hibs are going to have a good one. He's certainly started well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyQuinn Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 2 hours ago, Fraser Fyvie said: Balkans and A-Leaguers Aberdeen think they have pull We've just sold Ramadani for £1.2 million having spent only 75k (wasn't even the reported 100k) on him last summer. Miovski (scored more than any Hibs player) finished our top goalscorer with around 18 goals and will eventually be sold for a fair few million. The Balkan lads have been brilliant business for us and helped us finish 3rd. Your own Balkan signing, Cabraja, turned out rubbish and has already exited Hibs. You also signed Jeggo and Miller who haven't exactly set the heather alight. Plus a 37 year old in ALF from the A-League. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thenorthernlight Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 2 hours ago, Fraser Fyvie said: Balkans and A-Leaguers Aberdeen think they have pull Pfffft. A Hibs fan lecturing Aberdeen on transfers when they still can’t find replacements for Hanlon & Stevenson, despite signing about 5 (utterly shite) left backs to replace Stevenson. Just you focus on turning around that 1-2 defeat to the night of Andorra. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 Come on lads, that was an extremely lazy troll that was not worth responding to. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 Wee ff spending his school holidays alone trolling the grown ups from his bedroom with witless pish. Sad. Probably furiously ripping the heid off because he got some "bites" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 36 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said: Come on lads, that was an extremely lazy troll that was not worth responding to. You give him too much credit. He's no Hoose Rice, Lyle Langley or Leith Green. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thenorthernlight Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 2 hours ago, Dons_1988 said: Come on lads, that was an extremely lazy troll that was not worth responding to. I agree, but it was worthwhile, just to remind everyone that Hibs are still playing Hanlon & Stevenson week in, week out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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