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Gongs of
praise
Hibs.net hands out a few
awards of its own
by Katy Fraser
I NOTICE THAT
GARY McALLISTER GOT A MEDAL from the Queen in the latest honours
list! Not bad for someone who will be best remembered for missing a
penalty! What awards would Hibs.net make I wonder? Lets have a wee
look and see why don't we - after all, as I write this the site has
mysteriously gone down. Have to change that name to Rivals 364 if
they don't get it working again soon!
Anyway - to those
awards. First has to be the BEM, which many might be tempted
to think means the British Empire Medal when, in fact, it means Best
Ever Manager! A few contenders as you might imagine. Obvious names
like Craig Brown and Jim Duffy spring to mind but it just has to be
Dick Advocaat thanks to his stunning feat of spending millions of
pounds whilst Managing Rangers out of Europe twice in the one season.
Obviously he was very influential also in getting his replacement
signed up so that the new man - I forget his name for the moment - can
also be Manager of a side going out of Europe twice in the same
season! Not only that but its two different sides! What an
achievement that will be and so richly deserved!
Craig Brown - an International version of Jim Duffy? (sns)
The next award is
the GJM which, of course, stands for the Ginger Judas Medal!
Contenders included Alex McLeish and, erm, well nobody else really as
there could be only one winner of this award!! This was an
interesting one because ERII (that the Queen, not a new Stadium we're
building in that old car park of ours) actually contacted Hibs to ask
how they would feel about such an award being made to a former
Manager. As ever, the articulate and forthcoming Chief Executive
responded with a statement suggesting he felt such an award was worthy
of McLeish as his leaving must surely be "to the benefit of Hibernian
Football Club."
The MOTP
award - that's Man of the People award went to Hibs Chairman Malcolm
McPherson who spent an hour before the recent Derby match supping
beer in the Roseburn Bar! He would have stayed longer but I
understand somebody nearby upset him when he was heard to ask his mate
"When did Chris Robinson grow his beard back in again and why is he
mixing with us Hibbies?" It's not true, incidentally, that they were
separated at birth!!
The MHP
award - most hated person award - was a close fought contest. In with
a shout were Wallace Mercer (his ability to generate such hatred over
such a long number of years is something for which he should surely be
admired!); Arab Jacques - webmaster of the Rivals Dundee United site
who shamelessly stoked the fires of Matty Jack hatred on the Hibs.net
messageboard in a pathetic attempt to encourage the thousands of
Hibs.net regulars to post on his site and thereby increase his hits;
Alex McLeish (a popular nominee in a number of awards) for being a
Judas and leading Hibs and their supporters up the path right to the
bitter end; David Murray for continually whining that other than
Celtic there is no real competition in Scottish Football and then
nicking everything that appears to be doing well from those same Clubs
which let him down so badly; Dougie McDonald - the allegedly or is
that seemingly inept and incompetent Referee who helped Dunfermline
beat us 1 - 0 recently and last but not least, McDonald's brother
<sic> in arms Mike McCurry who sent off Laursen and McManus in the
recent game against Rangers. After much deliberation - well 30
seconds worth if truth be told - McCurry won the day.
BBIF means
Biggest Balloon in Football award and again there were a few
contenders. Gordon Smith of Radio punditry fame for, well do you need
an explanation? Chris Robinson for being, erm Chris Robinson. Alex
McLeish - yes him again - for thinking Hibs fans believe him when he
says he still cares; Chick Young for thinking we might believe he
really is a St. Mirren fan; Wee Stew the Stranraer fan for thinking
that we care what he says when he rattles on like an illiterate. And
the winner is ............ Ivano Bonetti for wearing those suits
hahaha. Hhhrrrrmmm - eh sorry, got carried away a wee bit there.
The MAPOTY
award is unique to Hibs.net -- well its not really but who gives a
toss about the others!? Its the Most Annoying Poster of the Year
award. Loads of contenders here and I list them in no particular
order! There's SUPERHIBEES who has an A level in pessimism; Nizz who
clearly has no A levels, or H levels or O levels - just kidding ya big
Jambo bairn! What about Hibsdude who has a fixation for David Zitelli
but seems to hate McManus and Luna and Hurtado and anyone else who
might get picked ahead of Daveeed; there's Robman, a new recruit I
think but someone who's still to learn that using the * isn't going to
keep him out of trouble but land him in it instead! We could go for
Inspector Jambo, who seems to have a never ending supply of happy
pills as he ends just about every post with "he he he" or finally -
and this is our winner - Brother Gerard, whose obsession with the
banned Bloobell led to all the Admin's threatening a verbal doing if
he didn't shut up about Rangers and his damned brothers!
GJ at Castle Greyskull (sns)
Last award is the
UHA - Unsung Hero Award. Fierce competition here. Stuart
Crowther and his team for providing a superb site which is miles
better than anything else of an Hibernian nature on the web. Often
criticised and occasionally attacked, Stu rarely gets the praise he
deserves (no, I'm not getting paid to say it!!) and would have been a
worthy winner. The Hibs.net Admins - faceless but not faint hearted
they boldly go where others fear to tread and make the messageboard a
safe place to live! On the Club front we have Paul Fenwick who mainly
performs well but gets little recognition; Malcolm Colquhoun who is
the Hibs physio and just works away quietly at keeping our players as
fit as possible; Tam McCourt who has the pitch at Easter Road in tip
top condition. The award goes, however, to surely the biggest unsung
hero of them all - Alex McLeish, a man who left us enough time to
appoint a decent replacement and avoid the relegation that was
steamrollering our way under his control!! What a hero!
Apologies to
anyone who might take offence at this article - it was meant to be and
hopefully is, lighthearted. A Happy and Hibby New Year to you all. |
