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    Quote Originally Posted by Johnny_Leith View Post
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    Don't let facts get in the way of pure hatred, it's no the hibs.net way.

    Mallan battled well all game, set up a goal and tried to keep us moving, he was fine tonight.
    Mallan hid the majority of the night, posted missing and totally anonymous.

    Apart from one decent delivery for the goal


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    He's crap and is a big part of our current trouble.

    Chic Charnley had a lovely left foot, a good set piece on him, no pace and not enough graft. We couldn't carry him and ended up relegated.

    Mallan doesn't have the match intelligence to adapt his game to cope with his lack of pace, which is being horribly exposed at this level.

    Great shot from distance, excellent free kicks, good standard of corner but a passenger, a liability and a luxury that we can't afford to carry.

    Needs binned pronto, and it's frightening that we've probably gambled a sizeable chunk of our budget on this gamble.
    Chic Mallan

    Great way to evaluate him!

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    Unfortunately he’s starting to look like Ross Chisholm with a great free kick.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edinburgh Green View Post
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    Unfortunately he’s starting to look like Ross Chisholm with a great free kick.
    What a player to pick out. Had forgotten all about him. Been playing juniors for the last 4 years according to Wiki and actually looks like he could be Sparkys brother in the picture.

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    I think Mallan is a good player in a bad system. We're not getting anywhere near the best out of him, and as it stands (other than the odd dead ball) you could take him out of the side and not replace him, and we'd barely notice.
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    Exactly who would you put on in his place?

    The problem is that we don't actually have better.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Keekaboo View Post
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    Exactly who would you put on in his place?

    The problem is that we don't actually have better.
    We don't have better attributes but we have players who have fewer glaring weaknesses, who might contribute towards a stronger team unit.

    It's annoying because you'd want to think you could accommodate that right foot and set piece delivery, but he has been the only constant throughout our awful run and other than possibly as a second striker I just can't work out how to fit him into a team.

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    It is a shame we can't just bring him on for set pieces like a kicker would in American Football because that's all he's really contributing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Keekaboo View Post
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    Exactly who would you put on in his place?

    The problem is that we don't actually have better.
    I don't want us to replace him, I want us to find a system that gets the best out of him.
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    Just wish he would concentrate on his own game rather than everyone else's. He spends most of the match pointing at players rather than picking up a player to mark himself. Drives me crazy.

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    when Mallan signed I was excited, and I liked his initial interview - where he acknowledged he had been relegated with every team he has played for up til now, and "owed a few people" to show his full potential after being given a new lease of life at Easter Road.

    I'm seeing the relegation part loud & clear right now.

    I hope we see more of the "I owe it to people to fulfil my potential" part frm now onwards though.

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    Mallan is the only centre mid that shows, gets on it and try’s to make things happen. He is a match winner with his assists and goals he has contributed so far, he like the rest of the team have lost confidence but it’s normally him that sets up the attacks with a good ball.

    He wasn’t signed based on the defensive side of his game, although how many goals have came from him not doing his jobs in midfield? Not many I would suspect.

    If you look at our goals conceded lately they have been comedy gold from our defence who have been unable to do the basics.

    One January comes and we get new signings and a settled team he will come into his own.

    Talk of him not being good enough is mad

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    Quote Originally Posted by Unseen work View Post
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    Mallan is the only centre mid that shows, gets on it and try’s to make things happen. He is a match winner with his assists and goals he has contributed so far, he like the rest of the team have lost confidence but it’s normally him that sets up the attacks with a good ball.

    He wasn’t signed based on the defensive side of his game, although how many goals have came from him not doing his jobs in midfield? Not many I would suspect.

    If you look at our goals conceded lately they have been comedy gold from our defence who have been unable to do the basics.

    One January comes and we get new signings and a settled team he will come into his own.

    Talk of him not being good enough is mad
    For a good while we had a steady pretty tight defensive unit in place until fairly recently.

    A good team is built from the back and we really have to sort out the basic mistakes that have cost us dearly.

    Once we refrain from leaking preventable goals it'll go a long way to begin winning games again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Unseen work View Post
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    Mallan is the only centre mid that shows, gets on it and try’s to make things happen. He is a match winner with his assists and goals he has contributed so far, he like the rest of the team have lost confidence but it’s normally him that sets up the attacks with a good ball.

    He wasn’t signed based on the defensive side of his game, although how many goals have came from him not doing his jobs in midfield? Not many I would suspect.

    If you look at our goals conceded lately they have been comedy gold from our defence who have been unable to do the basics.

    One January comes and we get new signings and a settled team he will come into his own.

    Talk of him not being good enough is mad
    That bit in your first line where you say “he shows” he doesn’t, at all. He hides when push comes to shove.

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    That bit in your first line where you say “he shows” he doesn’t, at all. He hides when push comes to shove.
    Sorry but I disagree with that. He’s the one that tries to pick it up and make things happen

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    You're nothing if not consistent with your following me around the forum, I'll give you that. If this was in person rather than online I'd have to get a restraining order on you.
    That made me chuckle!

    You and Blackpool Hibs interactions have become a great wee and welcome side show!

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    Quote Originally Posted by matty_f View Post
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    I think Mallan is a good player in a bad system. We're not getting anywhere near the best out of him, and as it stands (other than the odd dead ball) you could take him out of the side and not replace him, and we'd barely notice.

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    He'll be dropped for Allan in January.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hibbykeith View Post
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    Just wish he would concentrate on his own game rather than everyone else's. He spends most of the match pointing at players rather than picking up a player to mark himself. Drives me crazy.

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    the thing that does my nut most is that when passes the ball or looses it, quite a lot of the time he just stops running. he is the anti-SJM, sadly.

    what he brings most to the team is goals, and unfortunately teams have figured out that if you don't give him space outside the box and don't give away dangerous free kicks, all he can do is spray a couple of decent passes and maybe meg someone at some point, and other than that he'll be completely anonymous.

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    Quote Originally Posted by California-Hibs View Post
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    He'll be dropped for Allan in January.
    I doubt Allan is coming.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Diclonius View Post
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    I doubt Allan is coming.
    Likewise. Hope I’m wrong but I suspect Aberdeen will be in for him and he’ll go there.

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