What is the story with him? Is he just returning from injury? I noticed he played and scored for the under 20s on Tuesday.
I'm not saying he is the solution, but when we are struggling to break teams down, have a lack of pace and a lack of attacking options surely he is worth a run out?
He provides pace and can actually deliver a good ball/ lift his head and see a pass.
When Humphrey etc are fully fit it will be tough for him.
But tonight you look at our attacking options on the bench tonight:
1 striker - Graham
3 centre mids - Fyvie, Mcgeouch and Martin
2 centre halfs - mclean and Forster
1 goalkeeper - laidlaw
For being top of the league, and a team that struggles for goals of late, that bench is really concerning and next to no pace/attacking threat.
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Thread: Alex Harris
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30-03-2017 01:03 AM #1
Alex Harris
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30-03-2017 01:59 AM #2
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30-03-2017 11:59 AM #5
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I feel bad for Harris - he had a really promising start at Hibs until some Motherwell hatchet man broke him in half and he has never recovered.
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30-03-2017 12:10 PM #7
There are hundreds of players who at some stage of their development show potential but never actually fulfil it. Harris is just another.
Some go on to enjoy a good career at a more appropriate level of the game whilst others drop out altogether. Whatever Harris does next I wish him well but I hope Hibs are aiming higher than the player Harris is now if we are to kick on.PM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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30-03-2017 12:19 PM #8
Harris showed enough at QoS last season that would suggest he could be a squad player for us. Sure someone said he had one of the highest assist numbers in the league, maybe wrong, 4 goals and 9 assists (27apps) in a mid table team. Thats a better return than any our current midfielders i think in terms of goal involvement.
Said the same to my mates when we discussed this, always looks a bag of nerves for us, like hes scared to get shouted at if he makes a mistake. Doesnt help the fans are instantly on his back.
I do however agree hes worth a run out, Keatings isnt a winger. Boyle isnt a winger. Shinnie isnt a winger. First 2 are strikers, Shinnies an attacking mid. All being used as wide men due to poor transfer activity. Harris is a winger. He has pace, he will be direct, he can cross a ball and he can score.
NL obviously seen something in him or he would be out on loan like Stanton. I hope he gets a run in the team and maybe puts in 1 or 2 good performances, unfortunately hes now a fans scapegoat. WIll probably leave, end up at Dundee, start and play their continually and do well for himself.
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30-03-2017 12:49 PM #9This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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30-03-2017 12:57 PM #10This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
There's something just not right about Harris and I think he needs to continue his development elsewhere, for his own sake.
I think he freezes in front of his own fans, who aren't known for their patience.
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30-03-2017 01:21 PM #11This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Probably be best for his career to move on. Look at Booth, another youngster made out as a scapegoat, now playing well in the league above us week in and week out.
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30-03-2017 01:36 PM #12This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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30-03-2017 01:39 PM #13This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
You really want a winger with 1 trick (pace), no composure, no end product and becomes irrelevant if he cant beat his man for pace?
I cant fault Boyles attitude, work ethic or his drive, but hes a very limited football player.
If Boyle is all you look for in a winger, then im glad you dont make any decisions regarding players at our club...
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30-03-2017 01:40 PM #14This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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He's absolutely brilliant at beating his man and hitting the byeline. We look far more threatening when he plays and he's given many a fullback a torrid time this season.
Once he's beaten his man though, we still don't look dangerous enough. I don't know whether it is Boyle, the strikers or the midfielders who are to blame but we just don't look like scoring when he has the ball.
Of all our wide players and forwards, he's actually the one I'd most like to hold on to. Obviously Cummings' goal threat is great but I feel that if we lost Cummings at least we'd get a few quid for him to give us a solid budget for new forwards.
I get the feeling that with different forwards, Boyle might get assist after assist.
Or maybe he'd just play crap ball after crap ball to better strikers?
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30-03-2017 01:46 PM #16This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Booth played the 2nd or 3rd game of Stubbs 1st season and was then dropped out for Lewis the following week for a 2-1 defeat at Alloa. Peope tore strips of Stubbs for that decision.
Booth was always held in remarkably high regard considering how sporadic his 1st team appearances were and I certainly don't remember him being made a scapegoat for anything.PM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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30-03-2017 01:48 PM #17This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Hence, scapegoat.
Harris came on earlier in the season, when Qos beat us at Easter Road, he had 5 minutes, tried to drive us forward, got barged off the ball, tried again and lost it. Fans were screaming abuse at him. After the game there was a thread on here about how useless Harris was, he came on for 5 minutes at 3-1 down, makes sense right?
Was that needed? Does that help anyone? Hes not deciding to play. Hes being asked by a manager to go on and play. Stevenson is another scapegoat over the years. Now its Holt.
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30-03-2017 01:49 PM #18This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuotePERSEVERE
Verb: pə:ːsɪ'ˈvɪə/
To not give up.
To go the distance.
To stop at nothing.
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30-03-2017 01:49 PM #19This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Harris has just never developed. He got that injury and has never progressed since it. Hibs fans have never given him a hard time at matches, quite the opposite in fact, in the hope that he could recapture that early form. Lennon was really keen to involve him this season as he saw something in him, but again it clearly hasn't worked. Maybe at a smaller club he doesn't feel any pressure. That's down to his character rather than anything else.
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30-03-2017 01:54 PM #20This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
NL maybe does see something in him, but obviously not much cos he's still no getting any game time despite us being lacking in natural wide players.
He's done at Hibs, I'd maybe give him a few games from the start after we've confirmed the title, but I wouldn't expect much from him to be honest.
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30-03-2017 01:59 PM #21This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Also, is he playing well week in week out? Where are you hearing/seeing/reading that?
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30-03-2017 02:04 PM #22
He's not the answer but he surely couldn't contribute much less than keatings did last night on the left.
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30-03-2017 02:10 PM #25This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.co...boss-1-4273207
Oh also this, NL admitting he and his back room staff see him as a central player not as a winger? Does NL need his eye/head examined aswell?
Boyle is playing as a winger because its the most effective formation to play against teams in this leagueand we dont have anyone else to do it at present.
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30-03-2017 02:11 PM #26This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Last edited by Scouse Hibee; 30-03-2017 at 05:25 PM.
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30-03-2017 02:12 PM #27This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I haven't heard anything about Callum Booth this season, but I've nae interest in Partick Thistle. Who's saying he's playing well?
I dunno what point you're making with the bit in bold. He's had more assists than McGinn and McGeogh and Gray and Stevenson and Bartley, so we should get Booth back and play him instead, despite them being better?
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30-03-2017 02:22 PM #28This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Partick have the 4th best defence in the top league. Pretty impressive for a team on their budget. Watch a partick game and listen to the commentators. I did when they played Hearts, pretty sure he set up 1 goal and was a constant threat from the back.
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30-03-2017 02:44 PM #29This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I dunno how many assists Gray or Stevenson have, not that it's relevant to Callum Booth, who is inferior to both.
I'm no really sure what it is you're trying to get across about Booth to be honest. He's playing well cos you seen him in one game v Hearts, and he's got 6 assists, but you don't want to bring him back, but he was a scapegoat (which he wasn't).
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30-03-2017 02:56 PM #30This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Then everybody jumped on what i said..so i defended myself, simple really. Imo both are being or have been used as a scapegoat.
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