Honest opinions on him so far?
Here's mine.
Shone for Saints in 2 spells with them. Big fish in a small pond maybe?
Was "found out" in his short spell at Tynie?
Have we taken on the Saints version or the Jambo version?
Looking like the latter at the moment.
What does he need to do to live up to his billing.
Other than one great long range shot from him today, he looked nervous. Trying too hard. Easily dispossessed. Didn't have the bite he has shown in previous games to track back and put a tackle in.
I realise today probably not the best game to single him out. He was as bad as the rest of them.
What do we do with Danny to make him an effective part of the team?
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19-08-2017 07:12 PM #1Testimonial Due
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19-08-2017 07:24 PM #2Testimonial Due
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The bit in bold has me asking: "why single him out then and create a thread?"
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Danny Swanson is a good player and he will show this more often than not.
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19-08-2017 07:25 PM #3First Team Regular
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Thought Danny looked promising against Partick for the first half, but never really kicked on from then. It's clear to see that he really wants that goal to get him off and running, still believe he could be a big player for us this season.
As to the question about what do we want from him, I would definitely like to see at least ten goals from him this season, he's certainly capable of it. He can take players on and has a good shot but we haven't seen the best of him yet.
He's a hibs fan and will be wanting results as much as any of us. Think he could learn a lot from Dylan McGeough in particular about calming down and not trying to force things.
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19-08-2017 07:35 PM #4Coaching Staff
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He scored 15 goals last year. Mainly played off the left as far as I know. We haven't played him in that position.
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19-08-2017 07:39 PM #5Coaching Staff
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His face was beetroot today and just before half time he was struggling for breath.Maybe not fit or his nerves are getting to him.
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19-08-2017 07:42 PM #6I don't think he has actually been playing too badly but I thought that about him against Partick but to a much lesser extent Originally Posted by ancient hibee
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Agree today he looked absolutely knackered and didn't even bother going over to take a corner late in the first half
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19-08-2017 07:49 PM #7@hibs.net private member
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I thought this as well about him. We missed Boyle alot today and I think the difference in directness between Swanson and Boyle was clear today. Equally, Murray did a lot of chasing as usual but didn't feel Stokes or Sawnson matched his energy or work rate. Originally Posted by BSEJVT
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Danny isn't a bad player and I don't think he's been terrible for us. But we keep talking about how strong the squad is. Given that all players need to be on there toes at all times.
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19-08-2017 07:47 PM #8@hibs.net private member
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Some players looked good early on in their Hibs career - Zarabi, Pa Kujabi, Lee Power and Paul Tosh to name a few.
Others who didnt hit the ground running early on in their Hibs career include Darren Jackson, Michael O'Neill and Jason Cummings.
Swanson has proved he can do it in this league and i think he will for us.
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Nobody is writing him off, hopefully he will come good, but I'll be honest I expected more of an impact from him to be honest, & said so before today's debacle. Originally Posted by Victor Park
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Didnt mean that anyone was writing him off just pointing out a few players that took time to show their worth. Originally Posted by Nakedmanoncrack
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Also think a few folk have missed how important his contribution was against Partick. Key player for 2 of our goals that day.
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19-08-2017 09:45 PM #11Left by mutual consent!
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9 or 10 were penalties. Originally Posted by B.H.F.C
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He never missed one...till he took one for us. Lol
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19-08-2017 09:54 PM #12Left by mutual consent!
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Jamie (The Hun) Walker scored around the same number of penalties most of which were won by his high diving antics. Does that make Danny a million pound player? Lol Originally Posted by Ryan69
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20-08-2017 09:27 PM #13First Team Breakthrough
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9 from the spot. 6 in League games and 3 in the League Cup. Originally Posted by Ryan69
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I'm sure Danny will do fine for Hibs. Has been instrumental in quite a few Hibs goals so far this season
Maybe confidence has taken a wee dent, but he'll recover and start creating and scoring goals for Hibs
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19-08-2017 07:49 PM #15Testimonial Due
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I definitely hope all your optimism comes to fruition.
Put simply he is just trying to hard and it's not coming off for him the way he wants it to.
Hope it's as simple an answer as that.
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I like him and one of the few players that look like creating things.
I do think he's probably guilty of trying too hard and trying to force the issue but for some reason I get the impression people are desperate to sharpen the knives for him which I don't understand.
I think he'll be a decent addition to the squad but could really do with a goal to get the monkey (and a few moaners) off his back.
Fwiw my post isn't in response to the op, it's what I thought at the game earlier as well.
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Saw him play twice. Excellent for 60 mins against Ross County and played very well at home against Partick Thistle with an assist.
IMO people are looking to single him out. Why? Because he's one of us? He's 4 or 5 games in to his hibs career and I've seen people write him off.
Incredibly harsh buy I suppose the reality of the world we live in. Perform immediately otherwise there'll be enough people on social media to bring you down.
We're not even out of August yet. Danny sill be a great player for hibs. I believe in him
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Starting to look that way. Originally Posted by DH1875
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19-08-2017 07:56 PM #20Testimonial Due
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I have seen enough Danny in the Hibs team to think he will come good. Our system sees him on the ball more and expected to do more and so he makes more mistakes, which is noticed more. He needs to get fitter and as soon as he is he will be a better player for us. He doesn't hide while not playing well and keeps trying I fully expect him to come good.
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His fitness is fine. He looks daft because he's always positive and tries the positive things that don't always come off. We definitely lost something when he went off today. Originally Posted by Vini1875
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19-08-2017 08:03 PM #22Testimonial Due
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The team was pants today. Swanson was no where near the worst player. Opinions are fine but let's not write off a player after 3 games. Boys hibs daft, he's one of us let's not bloody turn on him just because we had one bad (very bad at that) game
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Agree 100% Originally Posted by Billychaotic182
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19-08-2017 08:13 PM #24Left by mutual consent!
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Swanson was excellent at Tannadice, has excelled in two spells with St Johnstone and I note he scored a decent number of goals for Peterborough.
It never happened for him at Hearts but I think that was just an ill-judged move. In saying that, there's more pressure on players at Hibs and Hearts than there is at the other clubs he's been at and he may take a bit of time to find his feet. Good player though and he'll prove his worth.
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Originally Posted by G B Young
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There was pressure on him at Hearts because he is a Hibby. There is pressure on him at Hibs also because he is a hibby (probably mostly self inflicted pressure).
A goal will sort him out.
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19-08-2017 08:22 PM #26Coaching Staff
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Whether he's Hibs daft or not is completely irrelevant. I don't actually think he's been that bad, couple of big contributions against Partick. Originally Posted by Billychaotic182
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Big concern would be that he looks completely burst early doors in every game and is inevitably hooked earlyish.
It's not quite happening for him yet. We're playing him central though and he played off the left all last year when he was very successful.
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19-08-2017 08:28 PM #27Left by mutual consent!
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Exactly. Its absurd to be singling out one player for particular criticism. Danny will like every other player hit form and lose form at points in time. It was an overall very poor team performance today and lets hope the team as a whole will look to vastly improve on today's game. Originally Posted by Billychaotic182
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Danny appears to be trying too hard. As a previous poster observed if he relaxes and settles he'll be fine. He'll have better games than today as will most...
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19-08-2017 08:52 PM #29First Team Regular
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Thought him and stokes were poor. If they were at the races I think we'd have scored in the first half then gone on to win. As it was Hamilton got their penalty then just picked us off when we got desperate trying to equalise. We looked toothless going forward today.
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