Collins

[BOB MARLEYS DUG]

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emptied in the summer.

Not happening.

[cleanyman]

Thought it was a terrible miss at the time, just saw it again.

Oh my.

[frazeHFC]

Feel sorry fir the guy, felt bad giving him stick afterwards outside as he did look upset, however the guys not good enough.

[iwasthere1972]

The guy couldn't find a net even if he was standing on centre court of Wimbledon.

He does try but how many chances has he squandered? Just not good enough.

[whereswallace?]

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Wouldn't look dangerous playing with an axe in his hand

[iwasthere1972]

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Thought it was a terrible miss at the time, just saw it again.

Oh my.

I was in the FF upper and thought McDonald had saved it. Saw it on SSN when I got home and couldn't believe that he didn't even get a shot in.

What could have been.

[Ronniekirk]

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Wouldn't look dangerous playing with an axe in his hand

pass that axe Eugene

[dmc1875]

Having now seen it on TV it is a terrible miss. He also had plenty time to do something with it. One of those things 9/10 you would get contact in that situation.

[truehibernian]

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Having now seen it on TV it is a terrible miss. He also had plenty time to do something with it. One of those things 9/10 you would get contact in that situation.

Shocking player, shocking striker - hence we are where we are. A montage of his gilt edged chances would be interesting to watch and to see how many pints we'd have gained had he been remotely decent !!

[truehibernian]

Points, not pints 😀

[iwasthere1972]

It was a bit like that trick magicians do with three balls and three plastic cups except Collins got to pick two balls from three and he still didn't get the right one.

[Pretty Boy]

A miss like that one wasn't even a confidence issue. Misses due to lack of confidence tend to be snatching at half chances or blasting shots that should be placed etc.

Literally all he had to do was connect with the ball and he didn't. 9 times out of 10 he would but today, whether it was lack of concentration or what I don't know, he missed it. He has to be big enough to accept that he will get pelters for such a miss and pick himself up.

As a striker there is one surefire way to shut your critics up. We know it and he knows it.

[dmc1875]

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A miss like that one wasn't even a confidence issue. Misses due to lack of confidence tend to be snatching at half chances or blasting shots that should be placed etc.

Literally all he had to do was connect with the ball and he didn't. 9 times out of 10 he would but today, whether it was lack of concentration or what I don't know, he missed it. He has to be big enough to accept that he will get pelters for such a miss and pick himself up.

As a striker there is one surefire way to shut your critics up. We know it and he knows it.

I would actually be happy just to see him peel off the defender and show for a pass, get in a position to run at the defence, take a snap shot, get in the six yard box, take a good first touch giving him space on the ball or win a header.

Any of the above would make me happy as he is doing none of them at the moment

[ehf]

At the game, I thought he had missed a sitter but just watched the highlights and, to be fair, it wasn't that easy a chance. Sparky would probably have put it away, though.

[dmc1875]

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At the game, I thought he had missed a sitter but just watched the highlights and, to be fair, it wasn't that easy a chance. Sparky would probably have put it away, though.

I think if he made contact McDonald would have saved it. Nevin saying he had time to take it round the keeper is ludicrous there were three hearts players bearing down on him.

He still had a lot of time to connect.

[truehibernian]

Sorry, how can folk keep defending him or offering excuse after excuse ? He's utterly useless - useless !

We slagged off Nade for gods sake - he's on a par with him.

Jason Cummings won more headers, took the ball in first touch, and ran at defenders and won more free kicks in 70 minutes than Collins could in 700 !!

Get rid, quickly, and do it summertime !! Please !!!

[calder45a]

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Feel sorry fir the guy, felt bad giving him stick afterwards outside as he did look upset, however the guys not good enough.

Was it a white one?

[silverhibee]

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Shocking player, shocking striker - hence we are where we are. A montage of his gilt edged chances would be interesting to watch and to see how many pints we'd have gained had he been remotely decent !!

And yet folk still defend him, poor poor striker.

[BOB MARLEYS DUG]

The abuse some hibs "fans" are giving him on Twitter is absolutely disgusting. What a way to get a guys confidence up, well done.

[truehibernian]

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The abuse some hibs "fans" are giving him on Twitter is absolutely disgusting. What a way to get a guys confidence up, well done.

Footballers shouldn't be on Twitter - it's the nature of the beast. Scores goals, gets praise, doesn't he gets abuse. He doesn't score - stay off and delete Twitter !

[truehibernian]

And he's gash so I don't really care - makes my blood boil that we paid money for him.

[iwasthere1972]

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The abuse some hibs "fans" are giving him on Twitter is absolutely disgusting. What a way to get a guys confidence up, well done.

In the old days before T'internet and Twitter for Twats we would have been round his hoose tanning his windaes and putting doggy doo through his letterbox.

[Boyle89]

**** me!! That's about 4 absolute sitters he's missed. That's probably more difficult than the last one against hearts but he's now missed 3 against them in the last 3 games. Also seem to remember him missing an easy one against Motherwell away I think. He really is a poor footballer. That's not confidence it's just lack of coordination. Sorry James but you are not good enough for hibs.

[truehibernian]

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James always tries his best however, whether that is good enough is a matter of opinion.
I personally don't think he is however, that said, playing as a lone striker week in week out is a big ask for any player.

Not a big ask at all - that's nonsense. Look at the lad at Utd ? Or Sutton ?

Collins is unfit, he plays constantly with back to goal, and even in his cameo today he twice didn't anticipate a knock on when that huddy Nelson actually did something effective and won a header up front !

Collins is a really poor footballer - am I one of the few to see it and have done all season ? Those that say 'he gives effort' - Jesus Tam McCourt would give effort on a pitch !!

He was bought to score goals - in any formation, strikers have a natural instinct to score and create goals - he's mince mince mince mince !

No debate, no tweets, no arguments, he's crap !

[The Sea-gull]

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Not happening.

Do you know something that suggests this is not happening?

I could maybe see a Clayton Donaldson type scenario here where clubs down south will be interested in Collins based on his time down there rather than anything he has done here and move from him in the summer. Would not be surprised if he goes down there and does well similar to what Donaldson has done.

Perhaps if we have not paid Swindon the full transfer fee he'll go back there instead of them getting the cash they are owed.

If we can cash in and break even or minimise loss then we should do but I may go against popular opinion here and say that if we're going to lose money by punting him (i.e. by having to pay him off) then we should maybe give him another season. Not as the no 1 striker (we'd need to sign someone in the summer better that JC for this) but as back up to see if he would improve without the pressure of being looked upon as the top striker. I have questioned Collins from the start and was indeed given pelters for saying that I was unconvinced early doors with him but think a lot of folk forget he is only 22.

It was a ridiculous decison from Fenlon to sign an untried and untested 22 year old for that kind of money and them throw him in as our main striker for the season. Seeing the way Sutton, Boyd and Rooney have performed this season makes it even worse as I belive these are all players we could have signed if we'd pushed for it just that wee bit more. All of them would not have cost a transfer fee for a start.

[Expecting Rain]

It was a terrible miss yesterday but he almost made it up for it with a good effort at the end, he needs to be encouraged not slaughtered by his own supporters.

[blackpoolhibs]

I keep hearing there is a good player in there somewhere, well why the **** does he keep hiding? Two chances against Hearts that could have redeemed what has clearly been a shocking season by him, but he failed both times.

Set up perfectly by Watmore at tynecastle, and he blasts it over the bar. An easy chance yesterday to poke the ball into an empty net and he completely misses the ball. Puts to bed the myth if we create chances for him he will put them away.

He's a trier, but thats about it i'm afraid.

[BOB MARLEYS DUG]

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Do you know something that suggests this is not happening?

I could maybe see a Clayton Donaldson type scenario here where clubs down south will be interested in Collins based on his time down there rather than anything he has done here and move from him in the summer. Would not be surprised if he goes down there and does well similar to what Donaldson has done.

Perhaps if we have not paid Swindon the full transfer fee he'll go back there instead of them getting the cash they are owed.

If we can cash in and break even or minimise loss then we should do but I may go against popular opinion here and say that if we're going to lose money by punting him (i.e. by having to pay him off) then we should maybe give him another season. Not as the no 1 striker (we'd need to sign someone in the summer better that JC for this) but as back up to see if he would improve without the pressure of being looked upon as the top striker. I have questioned Collins from the start and was indeed given pelters for saying that I was unconvinced early doors with him but think a lot of folk forget he is only 22.

It was a ridiculous decison from Fenlon to sign an untried and untested 22 year old for that kind of money and them throw him in as our main striker for the season. Seeing the way Sutton, Boyd and Rooney have performed this season makes it even worse as I belive these are all players we could have signed if we'd pushed for it just that wee bit more. All of them would not have cost a transfer fee for a start.

Collins wont be going anywhere, IMO. A guy who we paid money for and signed, what? A three year deal I think it was? We are stuck with him for next season anyway. Look at Billy McKay, he took about a season to start banging them in. The guy is low on confidence hence why he isn't scoring goals. I am not defending his miss yesterday, I was flabbergasted by it. As frustrating as he may be, we need to encourage the guy, not slag him off.

GGTTH

[scuttle]

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pass that axe Eugene

Plays more like Keith Floyd

[chrisski33]

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Footballers shouldn't be on Twitter - it's the nature of the beast. Scores goals, gets praise, doesn't he gets abuse. He doesn't score - stay off and delete Twitter !

Hear hear!!