Worst Hibs 11 since 2000

[KeithTheHibby]

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Depends what your criteria is. Someone who scored 10+ plus goals for Hibs has probably contributed enough not to warrant a mention here, as does a matchwinner v Hearts. Kuqi still never did a single thing of note in a Hibs game, so goes down as a waste of time as player regardless of how good he was at training.

Vine had far more game time than Kuqi did yet managed the same amount of goals. I don't recall vine doing anything at all during his time at Hibs apart from have a massive stupid beard. Worst player to wear the famous number 9 jersey.
Collins did nothing either apart from run about like a headless chicken.
Both of these guys are ahead of Kuqi for me for those reasons.

[KeithTheHibby]

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So he should have been recruited as a coach then.

He was awful for us in the appearances that he made and goes down as one of the worst signings we've made in recent years.

All about opinions however I think there were worse strikers than Kuqi in the last 15 years.

[Hibernia&Alba]

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All about opinions however I think there were worse strikers than Kuqi in the last 15 years.

Which is a depressing thought. Imagine being worse than Kuqi was at Hibs!

[Unseen work]

zibi

hart canning boateng zarabi

o'brien keenan thornhill done

johannson konte


to think we have had players of this calibre at this club, who thought these players were nearly good enough for us???

worst of all that some people thought zarabi was some sort of masterclass when he first joined and a great find

[Sir David Gray]

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All about opinions however I think there were worse strikers than Kuqi in the last 15 years.

There probably were strikers who were marginally worse and I mentioned them on my list on the No Thanks thread.

That doesn't mean that Kuqi shouldn't be considered as one of the worst players we've signed since 2000 though.

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Vine had far more game time than Kuqi did yet managed the same amount of goals. I don't recall vine doing anything at all during his time at Hibs apart from have a massive stupid beard. Worst player to wear the famous number 9 jersey.
Collins did nothing either apart from run about like a headless chicken.
Both of these guys are ahead of Kuqi for me for those reasons.

Collins was poor for us but at least he scored in a win against Hearts which is more than can be said for Kuqi.

I have no case for the defence as far as Rowan Vine's concerned. He was one of the most pointless signings we've made in my lifetime.

[GreenArmyyy!]

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Graeme Smith

Michael Hart
Sean O'Hanlon
James McPake
Pa Saikou Kujabi

Edwin De Graaf
Alan O'Brien
Brian Kerr
Matty Done

Shefki Kuqi
Eduardo Hurtado

Subs:
Zibi
David Stephens
Matt Doherty
Richie Towell
Matt Thornhill
Daryll Duffy
Roy O'Donovan

Management: Terry Butcher with Colin Calderwood as assistant

James McPake? You've got to be kidding!

[GreenOnions]

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What's really scary about this thread is that apart from a few exceptions, every one of the players mentioned is deservedly in the worst XI.
How many players are there in total? 20-25?
That's one hellova total of huddies for one team to sign within 13 years.
BTW, how many exceptionally good signings were there in comparison?

Arguably the following have all been somewhere between good and exceptionally good:

2000 Laursen, Fenwick, John O'Neill, Gary Smith, Agathe, Zitelli
2001 De La Cruz, Paco Luna, Brewster, Doumbe
2002 Paatelainen (re-signed)
2003 Dobbie, Glass
2004 Caldwell, Beuzelin, Sheils, Murphy
2005 Hogg, Sproule
2006 Stewart, Killen, Rob Jones, Benjelloun, Zemmama
2007 Clayton Donaldson
2008 John Rankin, Riordan (re-signed)
2009 Stack, Stokes, Liam Miller, Szamotulski
2010 ?
2011 O'Connor (re-signed), Vaz-Te (loan), Griffiths (loan), Sproule (re-signed)
2012 Doyle, McPake, Williams
2013 Scott Robertson, Liam Craig
2014 Gray, El-Alagui, Fontaine, Malonga, Allan, Oxley (loan), McGeouch (loan)

Spot the periods during which our team declined. In the six year period between 2007 to summer 2013 only 13 players signed that could be described in any way as a success - and quite a few of those were on short-term deals only or effectively past it. This was during a period when our expenditure on playing staff was broadly as good as anything outside the Old Firm and Hearts.

IMO it just highlights the key to modern-day success in management is being able to spot a player. The signings that Stubbs has made give me huge encouragement - especially when the pattern above is taken into account and you look at what the likes of McInnes has been able to do at Aberdeen.

[blackpoolhibs]

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It's too hard to pick a team for this, so many options.

Malkowski though, he'd get my vote for worst Hibs player of the millennium

Zibi in my opinion was never the best keeper i have seen in a Hibs jersey, but he's nowhere near the worst either. He just seemed to keep his biggest howlers for them buggers, and that sways some folks minds again in my opinion towards him.

[Smartie]

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Zibi in my opinion was never the best keeper i have seen in a Hibs jersey, but he's nowhere near the worst either. He just seemed to keep his biggest howlers for them buggers, and that sways some folks minds again in my opinion towards him.

I'd agree with this. It happened so bloody often though, and the derbies mean a lot to us so he leapfrogs a few inferior keepers as a result (Smith for one).

I also don't think Doherty or Kujabi were that bad but they chose to have their worst performance for Hibs at the worst possible moment. Even then, they were hung out to dry by our formation on the day. But they'd both had a few decent performances in the second part of that season and they were an improvement on who we had prior to them arriving.

And if Doherty hadn't acted like such a plum after "that" game he'd be nowhere near these lists.

[Zazu62]

Some of the players that have played for us over the last 5/6 years really are so bad like

[Pretty Boy]

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Zibi in my opinion was never the best keeper i have seen in a Hibs jersey, but he's nowhere near the worst either. He just seemed to keep his biggest howlers for them buggers, and that sways some folks minds again in my opinion towards him.

Agree with this to an extent even though I included him in my team.

The problem he had was so many of his mistakes were high profile. The SC semi final defeat to them is an example, he actually made 3 or 4 top saves in that game but the 2 horrific mistakes mean everyone forgets the saves. He also had a very good game in the first 0-3 at Ibrox. The waving at the Hearts fans after dropping that free kick in what I think was his final appearance for us was pretty much unforgivable though.

I'd say that all round Simon Brown was a poorer goalkeeper than Zibi, Graeme Smith is another who could fall into that category as well.

[easty]

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Zibi in my opinion was never the best keeper i have seen in a Hibs jersey, but he's nowhere near the worst either. He just seemed to keep his biggest howlers for them buggers, and that sways some folks minds again in my opinion towards him.

You're totally right, Zibi was a better goallie than McNeil, Brown and Smith in my opinion. But....he did make far far too many high profile mistakes.

[JimBHibees]

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Zibi in my opinion was never the best keeper i have seen in a Hibs jersey, but he's nowhere near the worst either. He just seemed to keep his biggest howlers for them buggers, and that sways some folks minds again in my opinion towards him.

The more I think about his performances in derbies the more I am tending to think that something a little bit shady was going on with him. Almost every derby was a monstrosity for him. We were horsing them 2 0 at ER and he threw 2 in. The semi, then immediately after that the game where Benji scored he gifted them the equaliser then the free kick flap when we were the better team. Way too many IMO.

[jacomo]

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zibi

hart canning boateng zarabi

o'brien keenan thornhill done

johannson konte


to think we have had players of this calibre at this club, who thought these players were nearly good enough for us???

worst of all that some people thought zarabi was some sort of masterclass when he first joined and a great find

Tbf I think Zarabi compared himself to Roberto Carlos, so expectations were high and it took a few weeks to realise quite how bad things were.

Not having your front two, though. Konte's a cult hero, and Johannson was Mixu's pal so by definition not all bad!

[JimBHibees]

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Tbf I think Zarabi compared himself to Roberto Carlos, so expectations were high and it took a few weeks to realise quite how bad things were.

Not having your front two, though. Konte's a cult hero, and Johannson was Mixu's pal so by definition not all bad!

Was that not Kujabi the Ghanain Roberto Carlos.

[jacomo]

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Was that not Kujabi the Ghanain Roberto Carlos.

Argh you are right. My bad. Zarabi I have no memory of at all... this is probably a good thing though.

[Sir David Gray]

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Argh you are right. My bad. Zarabi I have no memory of at all... this is probably a good thing though.

Zarabi was signed by Mixu in January 2008 and played eight times for us that season.

He was poor, although in fairness to him I think his departure came about due to the fact that his wife and young child were refused visas to come and stay with him in Scotland.

That situation may explain why he was so poor. He was a full internationalist for Algeria up until he signed for us so he obviously had something about him.

[Smartie]

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Zarabi was signed by Mixu in January 2008 and played eight times for us that season.

He was poor, although in fairness to him I think his departure came about due to the fact that his wife and young child were refused visas to come and stay with him in Scotland.

That situation may explain why he was so poor. He was a full internationalist for Algeria up until he signed for us so he obviously had something about him.

Zarabi.jpg

He didn't ever really get going. With more games and a stable home environment he might have turned it around. Scotland may have been a bit of a culture shock and it'salways a bit of a shame that players sometimes don't get time to turn it around. Mixu's team were getting a fair bit of grief at the time too (even though things would get a lot worse in the years to come).

He certainly had a decent cv and I can't imagine that he'd have got to mix in the circles shown in the picture above if he was a total huddy.

He certainly didn't show us much in his time here though, unfortunately.

[overdrive]

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Zarabi was signed by Mixu in January 2008 and played eight times for us that season.

He was poor, although in fairness to him I think his departure came about due to the fact that his wife and young child were refused visas to come and stay with him in Scotland.

That situation may explain why he was so poor. He was a full internationalist for Algeria up until he signed for us so he obviously had something about him.

Was there not a rumour at the time that Mixu had signed the wrong Zarabi? He thought it was his brother that he had previously managed in Finland or something along those lines.

Maka (heart of a mouse who loved to fake injury)

Hart, McGivern, Murdock, Zarabi

O'Donovan, Keenan, De Graff, O'Brien

Kuqi, Vine

[Notahappyhibee]

Was Hortardo a 2000 or before he was that bad there is no record of him playing for Hibs, Ecuadorian came with Del la Cruz.

[Notahappyhibee]

[QUOTE="Notahappyhibee;4234118"]Was Hortardo a 2000 or before he was that bad there is no record of him playing for Hibs, Ecuadorian came with Del la Cruz

[Notahappyhibee]

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Was Hortardo a 2000 or before he was that bad there is no record of him playing for Hibs, Ecuadorian came with Del cruz

del la Cruz

[Notahappyhibee]

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Was Hortardo a 2000 or before he was that bad there is no record of him playing for Hibs, Ecuadorian came with Del cruz

Del la Cruz I meam

[Stewboy]

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Agree with this to an extent even though I included him in my team.

The problem he had was so many of his mistakes were high profile. The SC semi final defeat to them is an example, he actually made 3 or 4 top saves in that game but the 2 horrific mistakes mean everyone forgets the saves. He also had a very good game in the first 0-3 at Ibrox. The waving at the Hearts fans after dropping that free kick in what I think was his final appearance for us was pretty much unforgivable though.

I'd say that all round Simon Brown was a poorer goalkeeper than Zibi, Graeme Smith is another who could fall into that category as well.

I agree Simon Brown for me.

[Stewboy]

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zibi

hart canning boateng zarabi

o'brien keenan thornhill done

johannson konte


to think we have had players of this calibre at this club, who thought these players were nearly good enough for us???

worst of all that some people thought zarabi was some sort of masterclass when he first joined and a great find

Funny how things workout, is Canning not a main stay of 2nd in the SPFL Hamilton's defence!?!

[Northernhibee]

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James McPake? You've got to be kidding!

Tell me what he did for us once he signed his two year contract on a high wage.

[bigwheel]

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Tell me what he did for us once he signed his two year contract on a high wage.

Considering some of those who never should have graced our team , McPake would be nowhere near our worst 100.

[Tom Hart RIP]

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Have you seen more than a handful of games?

Trakys only played about 3 times and a couple of those he had brilliant all round centre forward performances.

Obviously wasnt fit and didn't play much but you statement is crazy!

Saw Trakys set up two goals for Deek v Motherwell (I think) and I thought it was one of the best target man performances I have seen in years. Same thing at Ibrox in 3-0 win. I can't understand why he would be anywhere this team

[Northernhibee]

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Considering some of those who never should have graced our team , McPake would be nowhere near our worst 100.

Really? We reportedly went all out to sign him, paid him a really decent wage and when he wasn't on the injury bench he was an absolute bombscare.

But then again he gave the whole "Ooooo I like Hibs and Edinburgh" chat so people fell for it. Cost us the league cup derby vs Hertz by getting himself sent off and cost us goal after goal after goal whilst being paid nicely.

Wage thief.

[FranckSuzy]

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Really? We reportedly went all out to sign him, paid him a really decent wage and when he wasn't on the injury bench he was an absolute bombscare.

But then again he gave the whole "Ooooo I like Hibs and Edinburgh" chat so people fell for it. Cost us the league cup derby vs Hertz by getting himself sent off and cost us goal after goal after goal whilst being paid nicely.

Wage thief.

That's a bit OTT, IMHO. The guy played through the pain barrier (and against medical advice, so we're led to believe), rightly or wrongly, for the team. So, to accuse him of being a "wage thief" is out of order. There was general mumping of gums amongst the support when it appeared he WAS in fact match fit and TB wasn't playing him.

Also, Hibs signed him knowing of his pre-existing injury so whose fault was it that he had a limited number of appearances?