Genuine Hibs Fan Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 I was catching up on some of the Terrace's patreon stuff today and in particular their countdown of Scotland players from this decade and was indulging in one of my favourite day dreams of imaginary squad building. Led me to something that had kind of passed me by. Is anyone else surprised how little folk generally seemed to be fussed when Martin Boyle went to play for Australia? Now he wouldn't be starting games for me but trying to think of wingers who you'd be happy to have in a team and it's Forrest, Fraser, and then... I suppose even in most games Armstrong or Christie would be good options but not for the specific job of being a winger, which I think is valuable especially in international football where guys with specific skill sets can be so damaging. Add in the fact he's good as a right wing back in a 3/5 defender formation and a serviceable striker (two more positions where Scotland aren't great) and he seems like someone we're missing out on a bit as a good tool for a squad. He's still a frustrating player at times with some big faults but you look at guys who do a job for other smaller nations, especially premiership level guys at NI and I think it's a missed opportunity for Scotland. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lebowski Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 I was catching up on some of the Terrace's patreon stuff today and in particular their countdown of Scotland players from this decade and was indulging in one of my favourite day dreams of imaginary squad building. Led me to something that had kind of passed me by. Is anyone else surprised how little folk generally seemed to be fussed when Martin Boyle went to play for Australia? Now he wouldn't be starting games for me but trying to think of wingers who you'd be happy to have in a team and it's Forrest, Fraser, and then... I suppose even in most games Armstrong or Christie would be good options but not for the specific job of being a winger, which I think is valuable especially in international football where guys with specific skill sets can be so damaging. Add in the fact he's good as a right wing back in a 3/5 defender formation and a serviceable striker (two more positions where Scotland aren't great) and he seems like someone we're missing out on a bit as a good tool for a squad. He's still a frustrating player at times with some big faults but you look at guys who do a job for other smaller nations, especially premiership level guys at NI and I think it's a missed opportunity for Scotland. He could actually still play for Scotland. He's not been capped by Australia in a competitive game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 12 minutes ago, Lebowski said: 2 hours ago, Genuine Hibs Fan said: I was catching up on some of the Terrace's patreon stuff today and in particular their countdown of Scotland players from this decade and was indulging in one of my favourite day dreams of imaginary squad building. Led me to something that had kind of passed me by. Is anyone else surprised how little folk generally seemed to be fussed when Martin Boyle went to play for Australia? Now he wouldn't be starting games for me but trying to think of wingers who you'd be happy to have in a team and it's Forrest, Fraser, and then... I suppose even in most games Armstrong or Christie would be good options but not for the specific job of being a winger, which I think is valuable especially in international football where guys with specific skill sets can be so damaging. Add in the fact he's good as a right wing back in a 3/5 defender formation and a serviceable striker (two more positions where Scotland aren't great) and he seems like someone we're missing out on a bit as a good tool for a squad. He's still a frustrating player at times with some big faults but you look at guys who do a job for other smaller nations, especially premiership level guys at NI and I think it's a missed opportunity for Scotland. He could actually still play for Scotland. He's not been capped by Australia in a competitive game. Interesting... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lofarl Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Early bird deadline now extended to July 3rd and we’ve sold 8k tickets. More than a club club. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonniePrinceCharlie Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 m I correct in saying that a large percentage of tickets are sold as children' -5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grass Is Greener. Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 4 minutes ago, BonniePrinceCharlie said: m I correct in saying that a large percentage of tickets are sold as children' All 8000. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Day Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 (edited) 11 minutes ago, BonniePrinceCharlie said: m I correct in saying that a large percentage of tickets are sold as children' 50% of Hibs season tickets are "sold as children", 25% disabled and 25% OAP Its part of the new rules for Premiership clubs. Edited June 2, 2020 by Green Day 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bohemian Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 40 minutes ago, Lofarl said: Early bird deadline now extended to July 3rd and we’ve sold 8k tickets. More than a club club. Good stuff 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crawford Bridge Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 1 hour ago, BonniePrinceCharlie said: m I correct in saying that a large percentage of tickets are sold as children' ^^^^Claims to have taught English for 34 years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lebowski Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 ^^^^Claims to have taught English for 34 years.Presumably as a foreign language. Which he's successfully maintained for his pupils. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btb Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 Just for the LOLs, who won your POTY award? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aim Here Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 Just now, btb said: Just for the LOLs, who won your POTY award? The official one is going to be Christian Doidge, whenever that is or was. But there will be an unofficial asterisk beside his title, thanks to yer man Jonathan Obika. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crawford Bridge Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 Must admit, I thought Doidge was a James Collins-esque diddy. His performance at Pittodrie had me particularly seething. Delighted to have been proven wrong, he's been excellent since Hecky was emptied. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lebowski Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 Must admit, I thought Doidge was a James Collins-esque diddy. His performance at Pittodrie had me particularly seething. Delighted to have been proven wrong, he's been excellent since Hecky was emptied.There was an interesting analysis done on Doidge.https://purefitbaw.com/2020/06/04/hibs-should-welcome-the-era-of-doidgeball/Tl;dr version. As soon as he sorted out his finishing he was good. Neither Kamberi or Mcnulty hugely suited playing beside him. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyle Lanley Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 6 hours ago, btb said: Just for the LOLs, who won your POTY award? Jonathan Obika 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snifter Pee Rot Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 Sir Jonny Obika 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bohemian Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 9 hours ago, Lyle Lanley said: Jonathan Obika 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zing. Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 (edited) Putting that Jambo benefactor cash towards a good cause https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-transfer-news/ross-stewart-hibs-second-chance-22159061 Edited June 9, 2020 by Zing. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 On 05/06/2020 at 19:21, MixuFruit said: Doidge. Confidence shattered to Heck and he knuckled down and did some nifty work tbh. I read an article about the best strikers in the SPFL not long after his horror show at Pittodrie. Statistically he was one of the best for getting himself in to goal scoring positions. Once he started hitting the back of the net he was due a good run. Definite potential to get a consistent amount of goals each season. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 2 hours ago, Merkland Red said: I read an article about the best strikers in the SPFL not long after his horror show at Pittodrie. Statistically he was one of the best for getting himself in to goal scoring positions. Once he started hitting the back of the net he was due a good run. Definite potential to get a consistent amount of goals each season. He's a good player. If we can keep Boyle (and keep him fit) and Horgan is more in form or replaced, he'll have a good season as I can't remember when we last had a player who thrives on crosses as much as him. Works well linking with and laying off for Allan in space, and hassles defenders well. Some of his goals are really bad but he gets in the positions as has been pointed ad infinitum and some of them are genuinely excellent finishes. Stewart coming in would be a good alternate, think we could do with someone more comfy playing on the shoulder or dropping into wide areas for a bit of variety if we play two up top. I guess Stewart can do that, I believe he's played out wide a fair bit. We can't seem to transition very talented youngsters into first team regulars any more so Gullan unlikely to get or take much of a chance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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