We must try and add some pace to the team over the summer. Motherwell showed tonight why it's so important.
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28-05-2015 08:47 PM #1
Pace
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28-05-2015 08:49 PM #2
100% right.
If you take the players with pace out of any team they struggle.
It is 100% the most important thing we need to add for next season.
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28-05-2015 08:51 PM #3
We have been crying out for pace for a number of years now. I`m sure this will be addressed by this management team.
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28-05-2015 08:52 PM #4This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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28-05-2015 09:12 PM #5This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Stubbs needed to add a goalkeeper and cover, at least one centre-back, a right-back, several central midfielders, at least 3 strikers before we even get started on other options out wide etc.
He did add Boyle who was generally a great success when he played.
To expect him to address all of our shortcomings in just 2 transfer windows is plain unrealistic.
Now though, he has a decent platform with many problem positions now sorted. Adding a bit of pace and guile in the final third is the main priority imo (once the futures of the out-of-contract players is sorted).
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28-05-2015 09:14 PM #6This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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28-05-2015 09:14 PM #7
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I really hope we sign Boyle, he just started to hit good form when he got injured and he could have made the difference in the Rangers games and the semi.
He'll rip the league apart next year if we sign him.
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28-05-2015 09:16 PM #8This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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28-05-2015 09:18 PM #9
You'd think it was FIFA the way people go on about pace. I'd have 11 quality players over 11 quick ones.
Last edited by MWHIBBIES; 28-05-2015 at 09:27 PM.
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28-05-2015 09:19 PM #10
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28-05-2015 09:23 PM #11This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I wouldn't mind him being signed as a squad player but I hope we sign two better out and out wingers.
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28-05-2015 09:31 PM #12This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
11 quick players, 11 tricky players, 11 big players - all make hopeless one-dimensional TEAMS.
You need a bit of everything in there. We have quality players who can pass the ball, we have a finisher, we have big and strong defenders. What we lack is pace.
You don't need it everywhere but 1 or 2 quick players add another dimension to a team's attacking play and our team would be miles better off with it in there (see the positive impact that a fairly limited all-round but very pacy player like Boyle made for us).
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28-05-2015 09:35 PM #13
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28-05-2015 09:41 PM #15This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Obviously pace is nice to have but you don't need pace to run with the ball and penetrate teams, you need quality.
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28-05-2015 09:47 PM #17
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Scouts at youth level are obsessed by pace...you also need skill and a football brain.
For me the best attribute for any footballer is balance...I give you Russell Latapy.
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28-05-2015 10:22 PM #18This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
There's more than one a Elgin hibee here!
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28-05-2015 10:44 PM #19This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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29-05-2015 05:32 AM #20This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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29-05-2015 06:09 AM #21This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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29-05-2015 06:26 AM #22
I agree that pace is important. Who wouldn't love to have a winger as fast as Alan O'Brien? What is more important is having midfielders who can spot and play a pass quickly. This allows even medium paced wingers and forwards to get through and behind packed defences.
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29-05-2015 07:44 AM #23This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Can you think of anyone that was around then or January that might of been a realistic target for us
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30-05-2015 12:25 AM #24This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I'm from none of those places lucky enough. Elgin has a fine chipperLast edited by Stokesy's on fire; 30-05-2015 at 12:28 AM.
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30-05-2015 08:14 AM #26
I read yesterday that Dundee have offered Boyle a contract, can't remember where i read it?
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30-05-2015 08:17 AM #27This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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30-05-2015 08:23 AM #29
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I read it too - must have been on here somewhere or Hibs.net. No mention of source at all so it could be just a rumour (although I understand that doesn't happen much on here).Last edited by CockneyRebel; 30-05-2015 at 08:25 AM.
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