AJF Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Does Boyle really think everyone else is as thick as him? “Is it going to take a serious injury for them to realise”? Realise what?! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJF Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 2 minutes ago, SDG2 said: Realise that he gets kicked to f**k most weeks? That doesnt suit the narrative though. First Porteous and now Boyle being asked questions about the way they play yet the media remain silent on when its Celtic or Rangers players. If he doesn’t want questions asked about the way he plays then maybe he should stop diving constantly? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Yeah this has grown arms and legs very much like when Barca used to get criticised for making the most of being kicked off the park by Pepe, Ramos et al and suddenly that became "diving" as well. There's no denying that Boyle is targeted by most oppositions for very aggressive treatment. He sets out to draw attention to that, which is just as legitimate as setting out to give him rough treatment. Simple as that really 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leith Green Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 38 minutes ago, AJF said: If he doesn’t want questions asked about the way he plays then maybe he should stop diving constantly? I suppose if he dived constantly, and its in the media constantly, and refs discussed decisions (we know they do) that Martin Boyle would have umpteen yellow cards for simulation? I mean, he must have dozens as he is "diving constantly", surely? 35 minutes ago, SDG2 said: He doesnt dive constantly. Its a myth thats been allowed to grow arms and legs from thick old firm loving cretins in the media. He does however get kicked to f**k every week and targeted by opposition teams to be kicked to f**k (see McPake) yet the media think thats perfectly fine. The rotational fouling on Martin Boyle has been going on for seasons now - we have known about it as we watch every game. Now we have a manager (and I am not having a pop at Dundee, most clubs do it) coming out in a media interview, and states that their tactic was to keep fouling Boyle "but not to his serious injury" or some shite like that. What happens if one of those professional fouls results in his career being ended by mistake?? Where was the media outcry about a manager sending his players out with an express instruction to foul a player? Nada, nothing. Boyle does occasionally make a meal of things, but frankly I dont blame him - anything he does is massively outweighed by the number of times he is scythed down with fuckall action by the ref. Lets start carding the hammer throwers that target him, yellows and reds - and then I will be comfortable if he is carded for a dive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 6 minutes ago, Leith Green said: I suppose if he dived constantly, and its in the media constantly, and refs discussed decisions (we know they do) that Martin Boyle would have umpteen yellow cards for simulation? I mean, he must have dozens as he is "diving constantly", surely? The rotational fouling on Martin Boyle has been going on for seasons now - we have known about it as we watch every game. Now we have a manager (and I am not having a pop at Dundee, most clubs do it) coming out in a media interview, and states that their tactic was to keep fouling Boyle "but not to his serious injury" or some shite like that. What happens if one of those professional fouls results in his career being ended by mistake?? Where was the media outcry about a manager sending his players out with an express instruction to foul a player? Nada, nothing. Boyle does occasionally make a meal of things, but frankly I dont blame him - anything he does is massively outweighed by the number of times he is scythed down with fuckall action by the ref. Lets start carding the hammer throwers that target him, yellows and reds - and then I will be comfortable if he is carded for a dive. That's not what McPake said though. He said that Boyle was on the break and we had plenty of opportunity to commit a tactical foul and that our defenders should have been a bit more clever. He wasn't saying he singled Boyle out for any special treatment, just that the goal would have been avoided and we wouldn't have been stretched if we were a bit more sly/clever. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJF Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 33 minutes ago, Leith Green said: I suppose if he dived constantly, and its in the media constantly, and refs discussed decisions (we know they do) that Martin Boyle would have umpteen yellow cards for simulation? I mean, he must have dozens as he is "diving constantly", surely? The rotational fouling on Martin Boyle has been going on for seasons now - we have known about it as we watch every game. Now we have a manager (and I am not having a pop at Dundee, most clubs do it) coming out in a media interview, and states that their tactic was to keep fouling Boyle "but not to his serious injury" or some shite like that. What happens if one of those professional fouls results in his career being ended by mistake?? Where was the media outcry about a manager sending his players out with an express instruction to foul a player? Nada, nothing. Boyle does occasionally make a meal of things, but frankly I dont blame him - anything he does is massively outweighed by the number of times he is scythed down with fuckall action by the ref. Lets start carding the hammer throwers that target him, yellows and reds - and then I will be comfortable if he is carded for a dive. Are you arguing against my use of the word “constantly” or are you arguing he has not been diving? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 5 minutes ago, AJF said: Are you arguing against my use of the word “constantly” or are you arguing he has not been diving? Not seen "making an arse of yourself because the boy skelped a hat trick past you in a semi then retreat into pedantry" in a while, fair play 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJF Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 11 minutes ago, Genuine Hibs Fan said: Not seen "making an arse of yourself because the boy skelped a hat trick past you in a semi then retreat into pedantry" in a while, fair play Aye, cos Boyle’s diving issues have only became apparent since November deflect, deflect, deflect! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leith Green Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 22 minutes ago, Genuine Hibs Fan said: Not seen "making an arse of yourself because the boy skelped a hat trick past you in a semi then retreat into pedantry" in a while, fair play One wonders what this genius will have to say if Boyle fires in a pen in the 89th minute on Sunday to win the LC? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 10 minutes ago, AJF said: Aye, cos Boyle’s diving issues have only became apparent since November deflect, deflect, deflect! Who's deflecting? We've all answered your questions, provided some context and (god forbid) nuance to a discussion regarding foul play, and you're stamping your feet and reduced to posting cry laugh emojis. How many times has he been cited for diving? Surely if it's as big a problem as you think it would be a lot right? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJF Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 1 minute ago, Leith Green said: One wonders what this genius will have to say if Boyle fires in a pen in the 89th minute on Sunday to win the LC? Well, if it’s a penalty gained by a dive, can I not be happy it has cost Celtic whilst simultaneously accepting it was a dive? They’re not mutually exclusive opinions. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJF Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 1 minute ago, Genuine Hibs Fan said: Who's deflecting? We've all answered your questions, provided some context and (god forbid) nuance to a discussion regarding foul play, and you're stamping your feet and reduced to posting cry laugh emojis. How many times has he been cited for diving? Surely if it's as big a problem as you think it would be a lot right? Your context and nuance has been to blame it on other teams for targeting Boyle, claiming he doesn’t dive “constantly” and failing to actually accept he rightly has a reputation as a diver. How many incidents escape a review from the compliance officer? Plenty. That doesn’t erase them from ever happening though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Just now, AJF said: Your context and nuance has been to blame it on other teams for targeting Boyle, claiming he doesn’t dive “constantly” and failing to actually accept he rightly has a reputation as a diver. How many incidents escape a review from the compliance officer? Plenty. That doesn’t erase them from ever happening though. If other teams foul someone so consistently that it becomes very easy for that person to gain a foul from them then that is very much their own fault lol. He doesn't dive constantly, no (and you've pulled up others on not being exact enough in their language before so tough luck) and no I don't accept that, why would I if I don't believe it to be the case for reasons I've laid out previously. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Angelo Barksdale Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Still rattled from that semi final then. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 57 minutes ago, AJF said: Aye, cos Boyle’s diving issues have only became apparent since November deflect, deflect, deflect! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinky67 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Good luck Shaun Maloney wishing him the very best of luck except on the 29th 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyle Lanley Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 The 38-year-old has put pen-to-paper on a three-and-a-half year deal and is joined by a management team of Gary Caldwell (Assistant Manager), Valerio Zuddas (First Team Coach and Conditioning) and Brian Doogan (Head of Technical Support), alongside David Gray (First Team Coach) and Craig Samson (Goalkeeping Coach). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zing. Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Gary Caldwell 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 (edited) I wish to offer my deepest sympathy to all Hibs fans on the appointment of the Gary Caldwell, football's David Brent. He was the worst Partick Thistle manager that I can remember and we've had several duds in my lifetime. Surely Maloney could have found someone better that that inept clown. Edited December 20, 2021 by Bishop Briggs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Reese Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Interesting times. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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