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1 hour ago, Craigie Jambo said:

Highest paid player in the last decade? 🤔

That would mean more than Lafferty, who we paid quite a bit more than rangers did, after he moved there

That must be a ******* lot

Inflation since Lafferty signed amounts to about 27% so it would be surprising if this offer  isn’t at least nominally bigger 

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7 hours ago, topcat(The most tip top) said:

Inflation since Lafferty signed amounts to about 27% so it would be surprising if this offer  isn’t at least nominally bigger 

Lafferty was on a ton of cash; if he wasn't we might have kept him

It's all on that Open Goal interview, about 40 minutes in, maybe a little earlier

 

We may have paid Naismith even more, though, with NC making up the rest of the £50K

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28 minutes ago, Derry Alli said:

Naismith was on £50k a week at Hearts? :lol:

Suspect he could have been on that at Norwich while on loan at Hearts, with Hearts paying a fraction of it.

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28 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said:

Suspect he could have been on that at Norwich while on loan at Hearts, with Hearts paying a fraction of it.

Ah. That makes sense. I just assumed NC was some background invester.

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2 hours ago, Craigie Jambo said:

Doesn't seem to include cup scuddings 🙂

While the linfield one seems to include absolutely everything (like the County Antrim Shield) In the leage it's only 51 (in the 3 major competitions they're "only" 66 games ahead)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Two_derby#Overall
League: W 131,D 79,L 79( +51)
Cup: W 28,D 15,L 15( +10)
League Cup: W 10,D 2,L 2( +4)

The Madrid number quoted also seems to be all inclusive and they're +58 on major tournaments
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrid_derby#All_matches

League    W 91,D 41,L 41( +50)
Cup    W 18,D 14,L 14( +7)
League Cup    W 1,D 1,L 1( -1)
Super Cup    W 1,D 2,L 2( 0)
UCL    W 5,D 2,L 2( +3)
USC    W 0,D 0,L 0( -1)

THe same goes for Barcelona where the equivalent number would be +82 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbi_Barceloní
League    W 102,D 40,L 40( +68)
Cup    W 20,D 6,L 6( +10)
Super Cup    W 2,D 0,L 0( +2)
Inter Cities Fairs Cup  W 2,D 0,L 0( +2)

 

In Edinburgh the numbers are
League W 130,D 94,L 94( +48)
Cup: W 18,D 9,L 9( +6)
League Cup: W 5,D 0,L 0( +4)

Which means that if we're not counting minor tournaments ...

Hearts are on +58 tied with the equivalent number for Real Madrid both of us are breathing down Linfield's neck and Barcelona are miles out in front

Atletico  host Real in the Copa  del Rey tomorrow and it's a chance for Hearts to go clear in third.

Hibs Fans should be getting behind Real and, for that matter, Linfield

 

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Connor Smith's career continues to be a bit of an odd one - signs an unexpected contract extension and is almost immediately loaned out to a club in the National League, now back up the road after said club gets slapped with a transfer embargo and is attracting interest from St Johnstone (via the Levein link, I assume) and Motherwell (who suddenly find themselves about four players short of starting 11).

Thought he looked fine without ever standing out when he played for us, but he never got a real run of games to see if he'd bed in properly. Definitely capable of a decent career in the SPL.

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41 minutes ago, lennyzer0 said:

Definitely capable of a decent career in the SPL.

Cant see any teams over there being interested? Incredible for him if he gets a deal though, given the money involved. 

Maybe links through Jack Hendry?

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Slightly surprised at how positive the response to this is. He's had a couple of good games recently, but overall I'd say he's been a frustrating player with very little end product.

He scored 2 goals in 40+ games in 2023 and, up until he got a couple against Livi, he hadn't registered a single assist in 68 appearances for us. I know there will be a lot of sub appearances in there, but that's not a good return.

Maybe it makes sense to tie him down in case the last couple of games were the start of a Gino-esque transformation in the second half of the season. Maybe it just makes sense to keep a player who probably doesn't cost much and is a willing runner. I won't get upset about it regardless, but it's a "meh" from me on what we've seen so far.

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