According to him, our number one problem is lack of a goalscorer. "Put in Anthony Stokes, and they're probably middle of the table." Who wants to be middle of the table and have to put up with troublemakers like Stokes? :rolleyes:
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According to him, our number one problem is lack of a goalscorer. "Put in Anthony Stokes, and they're probably middle of the table." Who wants to be middle of the table and have to put up with troublemakers like Stokes? :rolleyes:
The Stokes sale was utter nonsense. Why, if it was deemed he should go and Celtic had been sniffing around, did we then decide to sell him at practically the 11th hour on the last day of the transfer window? I know we brought in Duffy but surely this gave the manager limited options?
An appalling piece of business.
Its not rocket science guys. Stokes had an agreement with the club saying if a bigger club comes in for him, he should get the chance to talk to them. Thats what happened and the rest is history.
Let's not forget we had Stokes in the team for the second half of last season and we were still god awful.
I think our problems are far more than just the absence of any one player, as a collective group they have no confidence and no belief, in themselves or each other. The only solution for me is to try and replace as many of the starting 11 as we can before the window closes and hope the arrival of the new guys can carry us through until we can fully rebuild the side in the summer. I think there's no coming back for the vast majority of the players we had at the start of this season at the club, will be best for all involved for them to leave asap.
What team does Pat support this week?
I agree but getting rid of the top goalscorer when this is happening is a bad decision IMO. Yes we were getting beat and not playing well but we still managed to score goals. Now we are getting beat and not playing well and cant score goals. I good striker is what every team needs, even the Chelsea's, Man utd's and barcelona's play rank rotten, but for a good striker they get results.
Pat Nevin on the tv today reckoned that the main problem with Hibs, was not the succession of Managers we have had, but with the Board in continually not reinvesting a significant chunk of the transfer income we have received over recent times in the playing side.
OK a few crumbs were given to the various managers to recruit with and this resulted in quite a few duds being brought in.
But if you're expected to buy in Poundstretcher rather than Harvey Nick's what chance do you have of getting quality :cool2:
Goals win you games and earn you points, we are creating a few chances atm but have noone to finish them off. i dont think we would be i this mess if stokes was here, true that one man doesnt make a team, but he scored a hell of alot important goals last year
I agree with this POV. The policy of thrift in the transfer market - of consistently spending a fraction of transfer income on bolstering the squad - has been carried out too consistently for too long IMO.
What worries me most is that even in the midst of one of the worst runs of form in our club's history this trend shows no sign of abating. Stokes, Bamba and Zemama - three of our top performers regardless of issues with contracts or discipline - have all departed this season with fees of c £1.6M coming in the other direction. Thus far this window a fraction of that sum has been spent on boosting a playing squad and fan base deperately in need of a shot in the arm.
Worrying times indeed and I sincerely hope CC/RP have something up their sleeves to remedy this situation over the next 24 hours.
The fault with this reasoning is that we do have 2 (well) proven SPL goalscorers in Riordan and Nish, and neither of them are finding the back of the bleeding net!
What we need is a commanding no nonsense centre back and a big thumping great oak tree of a centreforward to batter the opposition and win the ball up for said goalscorers.
Oh and a winger who can cross a ball too would be nice :agree:
The thing is, how much have all the other SPL teams outside of the Old Firm and Hearts paid in signing fees and wages over the last few years? Yes, we should have spent more money, especially when Stokes went, but we should still be doing a lot better than what we are with the budget we have. We should still be about 4th. The main reason we aren't is because our managers have been poor. And Petrie is to blame for appointing them.