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    My main memory of him is meeting him in the Club shop and his hands being ****ing huge.

    How he couldn't make a save with those shovels will always be a mystery.
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    Left the club and gave the tabloids the negative spill on Collins. An absolute coward.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sadtom View Post
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    Correct.
    P*ss poor keeper.
    My laddies were the mascots that game against derhun. He ruined the day the useless f***er.
    I was in line with him for those goals and everyone could see Exactly What Was Going To Happen. That was dreadful Goalkeeping
    Kicking it in Wellington .

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    I feel that whilst oxley wasn’t great he was nowhere near as bad as Zibi and Brown.

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    Quote Originally Posted by My_Wife_Camille View Post
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    Apart from the obvious blunder against Hearts, what are peoples memories of him.

    I always thought he was solid if unspectacular and I'd probably go as far to say that he was a little under appreciated. He did well for us as a virtual ever present the season we came 3rd under Mowbray and had very little in the way of out and out blunders. The one against Hearts and one in his last game against Rangers are all that spring to mind.

    Don't get me wrong, he was far from great but I'm always a bit surprised to see him included with the likes of Oxley, Malkowski, Makalambay etc
    He was absolutely stinking, and a lot worse than Zibi and Maka. Nothing more to add that’s pretty much it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alex Trager View Post
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    I feel that whilst oxley wasn’t great he was nowhere near as bad as Zibi and Brown.
    Totally agree actually thought he was reasonable and is obviously doing ok with Southend dont think either of the other two have played regularly since.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alex Trager View Post
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    I feel that whilst oxley wasn’t great he was nowhere near as bad as Zibi and Brown.
    This seems to be the overriding opinion on here and fair enough, I appear to be in the minority.

    I do find it strange when Oxley probably made more blunders than both Zibi and Brown did and also against far inferior opposition. Also interesting that in 30+ replies there hasn’t been any further cases of where Brown made any costly errors other than the two games I mentioned in the OP.

    There’s been a couple of ‘heart in mouth’ moments that weren’t punished but that’s about it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thecat23 View Post
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    He was absolutely stinking, and a lot worse than Zibi and Maka. Nothing more to add that’s pretty much it.
    What did he do that was so much worse than them? Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think he was great but apart from a couple of isolated incidents around 2 years apart there doesn’t seem to be any further examples of any real errors he made

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alex Trager View Post
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    I feel that whilst oxley wasn’t great he was nowhere near as bad as Zibi and Brown.
    Oxley was a good young keeper learning his trade. Zibi and Brown were just shocking goalkeepers. Graeme Smith was probably worse than Brown and Zibi though.

    United we stand here....

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    Oxley was no where near as bad as brown or Zibi. Still not sure how either of them were signed. But if I had to choose one, Brown was worse. Slow down to the ball, could not jump or kick. Makalambay was better than both but for a guy that height was not very good coming for crosses

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ryan69 View Post
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    Oxley didnt make that many blunders either...doesnt mean he was any good.

    Browns distribution was rubbish,shot stopping was rubbish,decision making was rubbish.

    Like a previous poster stated...lower English league at best.
    Yes he did, but that's for another thread apparently..

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    Left the club and gave the tabloids the negative spill on Collins. An absolute coward.
    He was terrible but I'll defend him here as I'm sure he went to the evening news to angrily debunk that and wish the club and Collins all the best. Had a quick search through google but can't find the article.

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    Is there footage of that Hearts game when Brown made mistake?

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    Is there footage of that Hearts game when Brown made mistake?
    https://youtu.be/r8s34tEt-uw?t=4m56s

    not great but it's here

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    Quote Originally Posted by Captain Trips View Post
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    Is there footage of that Hearts game when Brown made mistake?
    Is that teh one where he basically spooned the ball into his own net?

    The worst goalkeeper I have seen in all my years supporting Hibs, attitude was poor and he just wasn't any good, would have Zibi in goals every time ahead of him

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dashing Bob S View Post
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    Clown was the worst goalkeeper I’ve seen at Easter Road. His battle with Zibbi for that no1 shirt was Piers Morgan vs Jeremy Clarkson. I recall Hibs v Huns at ER when he was so far off his line and out of position, Charlie Adam had an easy lob from a free kick into an empty net. The stadium was in shock at his incompetence. When the same thing happened later on in the game, everybody just laughed.

    There was always the Hearts game where he threw the ball into his own net.

    Please - don’t demean yourself with all this ‘safe pair of hands’ or ‘wasn’t all that bad’ revisionism.

    Clown was utter garbage.

    I’m with you.

    A waster who should never have represented our club. Probably my least favourite Hibs player ever.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dashing Bob S View Post
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    Clown was the worst goalkeeper I’ve seen at Easter Road. His battle with Zibbi for that no1 shirt was Piers Morgan vs Jeremy Clarkson. I recall Hibs v Huns at ER when he was so far off his line and out of position, Charlie Adam had an easy lob from a free kick into an empty net. The stadium was in shock at his incompetence. When the same thing happened later on in the game, everybody just laughed.

    There was always the Hearts game where he threw the ball into his own net.

    Please - don’t demean yourself with all this ‘safe pair of hands’ or ‘wasn’t all that bad’ revisionism.

    Clown was utter garbage.
    Absolutely spot on, Bob. Was terrible for us, made big mistakes in huge games - and then had the audacity to state that conditions on the warm weather training camp that was visited before the CIS Cup win, were "like a prison camp", because the players weren't allowed a bevy.

    He simply can't **** off far enough.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stevie Reid View Post
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    Absolutely spot on, Bob. Was terrible for us, made big mistakes in huge games - and then had the audacity to state that conditions on the warm weather training camp that was visited before the CIS Cup win, were "like a prison camp", because the players weren't allowed a bevy.

    He simply can't **** off far enough.
    What were the big mistakes? Were there any apart from the two mentioned in the OP?

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    Quote Originally Posted by My_Wife_Camille View Post
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    What were the big mistakes? Were there any apart from the two mentioned in the OP?
    I know you're at it as usual but the one against the huns with the Charlie Adam free kick was utterly ridiculous. It was due to extremely poor judgement, far far worse than an average Sunday league keeper, whereas most of Zibi and Oli's big mistakes were basically because they couldnae catch a cold and should never have been near ER.

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    When I was playing for a Sunday league team in Essex a few years back, I had a teammate come up to me at training telling me all about an ex Hibs player he had met who was working in a shop in Colchester. Supposedly it was SB, though I've got no verification, nor do I really care.

    Just thought I'd lob that vital information out there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hiber-nation View Post
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    I know you're at it as usual but the one against the huns with the Charlie Adam free kick was utterly ridiculous. It was due to extremely poor judgement, far far worse than an average Sunday league keeper, whereas most of Zibi and Oli's big mistakes were basically because they couldnae catch a cold and should never have been near ER.
    In what way am I at it? Seriously?

    I didnt think Brown was all that good but don’t think he was as bad as he’s painted out to be so I’ve asked people for instances where he’s made any real Zibi/Oxley level howlers. I got the ball rolling with the two I can remember and there hasn’t been any more so far. I’m thinking that making big mistakes in two games in around 60 games isn’t all that bad, especially when we finished 3rd in his only full season at the club.

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    Was his first game the Kilmarnock game at Easter Road in Mowbrays first season?

    If so, we battered them and lost 1-0 to a fat boy Boyd goal which was a decent shot but the keeper if my memory is right was him, and he had jelly for a wrist when it should have been pushed over the bar, he proceeded to weakly let it in.

    Johnnyboy summed him up when he was commentating on a reserve game for Hibstv, he let in another shot from distance that he should have saved, and John uttered the words i will remember to my dying day.

    Simon Brown should be taken out the back of the stand and shot.

    IMO a poor keeper, that Oxley probably shades it as slightly less sheite.

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    Quote Originally Posted by blackpoolhibs View Post
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    Was his first game the Kilmarnock game at Easter Road in Mowbrays first season?

    If so, we battered them and lost 1-0 to a fat boy Boyd goal which was a decent shot but the keeper if my memory is right was him, and he had jelly for a wrist when it should have been pushed over the bar, he proceeded to weakly let it in.

    Johnnyboy summed him up when he was commentating on a reserve game for Hibstv, he let in another shot from distance that he should have saved, and John uttered the words i will remember to my dying day.

    Simon Brown should be taken out the back of the stand and shot.

    IMO a poor keeper, that Oxley probably shades it as slightly less sheite.
    This is the one PB mentioned, around 1m into the clip. While he’s far from being totally blameless it’s only fair to point out the massive deflection it takes on the way


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    Did Charlie Adam not score 4 free kicks into him, 2 in 2 games, all at the same end and from the same position? Or am I making that up? It was definitely one game but for some reason I seem to think it happened twice.

    Anyway, he was hopeless.

    Edit - after googling he did indeed score 4 free kicks in a matter of months at Easter Road but the second game was into Andy McNeil.
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    Weird how some managers seem to have a blind spot with keepers. Imagine we had a competent keeper in the Mowbray days.

    Brown was awful, as was Zibi. The Ox wasn't a world beater but putting him in the same bracket as those two is doing him a disservice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by My_Wife_Camille View Post
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    What did he do that was so much worse than them? Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think he was great but apart from a couple of isolated incidents around 2 years apart there doesn’t seem to be any further examples of any real errors he made
    His positioning for free kicks was terrible. Letting the ball roll past and into the next because he thought it was going wide was another. His distribution was poor. That’s why he was punted and never really done well anywhere else. Zibi and Maka at least had a couple of stand out games. I can’t remember Brown have any?

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    Quote Originally Posted by My_Wife_Camille View Post
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    This seems to be the overriding opinion on here and fair enough, I appear to be in the minority.

    I do find it strange when Oxley probably made more blunders than both Zibi and Brown did and also against far inferior opposition. Also interesting that in 30+ replies there hasn’t been any further cases of where Brown made any costly errors other than the two games I mentioned in the OP.

    There’s been a couple of ‘heart in mouth’ moments that weren’t punished but that’s about it.
    I think I recall Oxley having issues with not commanding his box but other than that I can’t really think of anything?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thecat23 View Post
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    His positioning for free kicks was terrible. Letting the ball roll past and into the next because he thought it was going wide was another. His distribution was poor. That’s why he was punted and never really done well anywhere else. Zibi and Maka at least had a couple of stand out games. I can’t remember Brown have any?
    No offence TC but you've only gone and given the same examples again!

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    We were spoiled for quality then. I would also give honourable mentions to Budgie and Conrad

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