Wee-Bey Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Doidge was a pretty big signing financially for us, so it was important he hit the ground running. He wasn't scoring goals, so the fact he was contributing and getting into good positions was being overlooked because he appeared to be an utter diddy who couldn't score from 5 yards out. He's turned out pretty decent though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 27 minutes ago, Genuine Hibs Fan said: 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. It's not always pretty but a target man type is essential in our league. The only issue is it makes the aimless punt far too appealing to the average Scottish centre halve. 18 minutes ago, Henderson to deliver ..... said: Doidge was a pretty big signing financially for us, so it was important he hit the ground running. He wasn't scoring goals, so the fact he was contributing and getting into good positions was being overlooked because he appeared to be an utter diddy who couldn't score from 5 yards out. He's turned out pretty decent though. I was glad he turned us down when he went to Bolton after that Pittodrie game. He's turned it around. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 3 minutes ago, Merkland Red said: It's not always pretty but a target man type is essential in our league. The only issue is it makes the aimless punt far too appealing to the average Scottish centre halve. No argument there. Always undervalued at Hibs for some reason, maybe because of our mythos of playing the "Hibs Way". I'll get pelters for this but I was a big fan of Akpo Sodje during his time with Hibs as we were murder and at least he got us up the pitch, won fouls and wasn't an utter shitebag in a team with zero personalities. Colin Nish was another one who was absolutely fine when used as a target man. Didn't batter defenders but won a lot of fouls, was a nuisance and chipped in with more goals than you'd expect. I suppose we've also had Shefki Kuqi, Valdas Trakys and myriad other no marks turn up to do that job which is enough to put anyone off 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee-Bey Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Grant Holt too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 3 minutes ago, Henderson to deliver ..... said: Grant Holt too. aye right enough. I never took to him in the way others did, feels like a bit of a missing season for me as I was away and didn't make it back for any games so missed the grinding it out the championship season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 No surprise to see Ross going in for Stewart. He brought him to St Mirren and while needing quite a bit of development I always felt he'd turn into a decent player at least for the Premiership. It was that fucking idiot Stubbs that binned him, to fund his fraudulent purchases from the English lower leagues, allowing County the chance to give him that experience in the championship. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee-Bey Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 1 minute ago, Genuine Hibs Fan said: aye right enough. I never took to him in the way others did, feels like a bit of a missing season for me as I was away and didn't make it back for any games so missed the grinding it out the championship season. Holt seemed to 'get it' as the saying goes. He was influential on and off the park that season. You mentioned Sodje earlier, I have almost completely wiped that period from my brain and the only recollection of him was the borderline racist rumours about the size of his appendage. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 3 minutes ago, Henderson to deliver ..... said: Holt seemed to 'get it' as the saying goes. He was influential on and off the park that season. You mentioned Sodje earlier, I have almost completely wiped that period from my brain and the only recollection of him was the borderline racist rumours about the size of his appendage. Aye I was thinking that the other day. The whole period from the decline in Hughes' first season, all the way through to THAT cup final in 2012, is a hazy memory at best. Say what you want about collapsing like a dying star towards relegation but at least it's more memorable than safe shiteness. Some more names from that period - Richie Towell, Jonathan Franks, Matt Thornhill, Victor Polsen, Junior Agogo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crawford Bridge Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 17 minutes ago, Ric said: that fucking idiot Stubbs Get yersel' tae f**k. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Ric said: No surprise to see Ross going in for Stewart. He brought him to St Mirren and while needing quite a bit of development I always felt he'd turn into a decent player at least for the Premiership. It was that fucking idiot Stubbs that binned him, to fund his fraudulent purchases from the English lower leagues, allowing County the chance to give him that experience in the championship. Edited June 9, 2020 by Genuine Hibs Fan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee-Bey Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 34 minutes ago, Genuine Hibs Fan said: Some more names from that period - Richie Towell, Jonathan Franks, Matt Thornhill, Victor Polsen, Junior Agogo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Genuine Hibs Fan said: No argument there. Always undervalued at Hibs for some reason, maybe because of our mythos of playing the "Hibs Way". I'll get pelters for this but I was a big fan of Akpo Sodje during his time with Hibs as we were murder and at least he got us up the pitch, won fouls and wasn't an utter shitebag in a team with zero personalities. Colin Nish was another one who was absolutely fine when used as a target man. Didn't batter defenders but won a lot of fouls, was a nuisance and chipped in with more goals than you'd expect. I suppose we've also had Shefki Kuqi, Valdas Trakys and myriad other no marks turn up to do that job which is enough to put anyone off Cosgrove gets a lot of hassle from our fans for going down too easily (i.e winning cheap fouls and getting us up the park). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 13 minutes ago, Henderson to deliver ..... said: Just realised I was thinking of Jonathan Grounds, not Franks, who for all I remember also played for Hibs 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Genuine Hibs Fan Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 5 minutes ago, Merkland Red said: Cosgrove gets a lot of hassle from our fans for going down too easily (i.e winning cheap fouls and getting us up the park). I think that attribute is the one most likely to cause universal hatred for a player. Good body of their own fans too thick to see what they're doing is valuable to the team, opposition fans think they're a cheat (which to be fair they often are) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 (edited) Thinking about the Stewart story there, how many signings do folk think Hibs need/may sign this summer? Hard to have a good idea as it's unclear how affected our budget will be, and guys we might try to negotiate a release for (hi Tom James!) will rather sit on their contracts. We only have one senior goalie, so one of them. Porteous and Jackson with Hanlon, McGregor, McGinn and Stirling as support looks decent for centre half. I'd want new 1st choices for both fullbacks, but with Gray, McGinn and James on the right and Mackie coming back from Dundee, we have bodies (if not quality) on both sides so might not be a priority. Midfield need an anchor and an energetic box to box guy, and at least one striker and another winger. So for me that's: GK, RB - Naismith? Not incredible but a handy player with a lot of good attributes. LB. Anchor man - Gogic would be an obvious one but haven't seen that suggested anywhere other than on here. Box to Box midfielder - in a fantasy world we swap Kamberi for Docherty. Striker - Stewart. Winger - No ideas really. So 7 in total coming in, some absolutely needed some in an ideal world Would give us a full strength squad of Marciano Naismith Jackson Porteous New LB Allan Gogic Docherty Boyle Doidge Horgan New GK McGinn Hanlon Halberg/Newell/Mallan/Murray (pick any two) New Winger/Forward Stewart Fanciful and juvenile exercise I know but I'm bored as f**k of no football at this point. Edited June 9, 2020 by Genuine Hibs Fan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zing. Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 1 minute ago, Genuine Hibs Fan said: Thinking about the Stewart story there, how many signings do folk think Hibs need/may sign this summer? Hard to have a good idea as it's unclear how affected our budget will be, and guys we might try to negotiate a release for (hi Tom James!) will rather sit on their contracts. We only have one senior goalie, so one of them. Porteous and Jackson with Hanlon, McGregor, McGinn and Stirling as support looks decent for centre half. I'd want new 1st choices for both fullbacks, but with Gray, McGinn and James on the right and Mackie coming back from Dundee, we have bodies (if not quality) on both sides so might not be a priority. Midfield need an anchor and an energetic box to box guy, and at least one striker and another winger. So for me that's: GK, RB - Naismith? Not incredible but a handy player with a lot of good attributes. LB. Anchor man - Gogic would be an obvious one but haven't seen that suggested anywhere other than on here. Box to Box midfielder - in a fantasy world we swap Kamberi for Docherty. Striker - Stewart. Winger - No ideas really Would give us a full strength squad of Marciano Naismith Jackson Porteous New LB Allan Gogic Docherty Boyle Doidge Horgan New GK McGinn Hanlon Halberg/Newell/Mallan/Murray (pick any two) Horgan Stewart Fanciful and juvenile exercise I know but I'm bored as f**k of no football at this point. Agree with the positions that require strengthening, centre of midfield is a big one as well as our left hand side. Don’t think Horgan is good enough regularly and Stevenson looks done. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 5 minutes ago, Zing. said: Agree with the positions that require strengthening, centre of midfield is a big one as well as our left hand side. Don’t think Horgan is good enough regularly and Stevenson looks done. Aye, if Stevenson/Hanlon/McGregor/Gray want to stay at Hibs on reduced wages in some sort of fringe player/mentor/coach/cup-winning shaggers role until their legs fall off that is fine for me, and all would be fine in a pinch or for a run in an injury crisis. I honestly think the cup runs and championship seasons, and the number of games these guys played over 2/3 years, has caught up with them. All seemed comfy when fit when we first came back up but maybe feeling the effects over the last year or two. Agreed on Horgan as well, would be happy for him to be replaced but don't think we'll have much chance of moving him on. Again, if we can bring in better he'd be fine for the bench. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesM82 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 (edited) Joe Newell looked decent for a couple of games at LWB just before the stoppage. Takes a decent corner as well. Another (possible) problem is I'm not sure whether Scott Allan will be able to play/train straight away, as he is a type 1 diabetic. I think it depends if he has had a letter off his GP telling him to stay at home completely. Edited June 9, 2020 by JamesM82 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 10 minutes ago, JamesM82 said: Joe Newell looked decent for a couple of games at LWB just before the stoppage. Takes a decent corner as well. Another (possible) problem is I'm not sure whether Scott Allan will be able to play/train straight away, as he is a type 1 diabetic. I think it depends if he has had a letter off his GP telling him to stay at home completely. That's true actually. I was basing my suggestions on the assumption that we'd play some sort of 4-5-1 based formation but that's not a given. Whole new can of worms if Jack is thinking about playing a 3/5 defender formation or anything that requires two strikers every week. Still not sure I'd want a guy who played a couple of games there as the first choice, even if he winds up being great still best to have a more sure option to start with. Re Allan I hadn't thought of that. Hopefully Mallan's fit and able to rotate with him more this year, protect him from burn out and push him. I think the disastrous move to make him a deeper midfielder has made folk forget how effective he can be when he's playing between the lines. I'm a bit biased though as I'd have someone who can smack in rakers from 30 yards in my team even if he couldn't run the length of himself. Murray looks to be a player as well and I'd say it's make or break for him this season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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