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Amit
04-01-2011, 08:29 PM
Apologies if this has been mentioned already but a friend of mine pointed out that the official site has Sol down as being loaned out to Leicester City...

I am assuming this is incorrect.

Can anyone shed light on this?

http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/page/PlayerProfileIndex/0,,10290,00.html
cabbageandribs1875
04-01-2011, 08:35 PM
http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/20110102/player-update_2262950_2256356
Amit
04-01-2011, 08:40 PM
Yeah I also noticed that so assuming it is just a mistake...

Got me worried though..!:greengrin
sahib
04-01-2011, 08:41 PM
Probably to reduce tax or some other accounting dodge - if not just an error.
Jim44
04-01-2011, 08:50 PM
Probably to reduce tax or some other accounting dodge - if not just an error.

I think the words we're looking for here might be ineptitude or incompetence.
Sir David Gray
04-01-2011, 09:05 PM
Probably to reduce tax or some other accounting dodge - if not just an error.

Bearing in mind that they had our next fixture listed as Celtic at home on January 15th, up until yesterday, my money would be on it being yet another error.

Whoever is in charge of keeping our website up to date is not doing their job very well.
Removed
04-01-2011, 09:07 PM
Bearing in mind that they had our next fixture listed as Celtic at home on January 15th, up until yesterday, my money would be on it being yet another error.

Whoever is in charge of keeping our website up to date is not doing their job very well.

I'm sure wee hibee will be along soon and tell us who is to blame :agree:
Alfred E Newman
04-01-2011, 09:14 PM
Bearing in mind that they had our next fixture listed as Celtic at home on January 15th, up until yesterday, my money would be on it being yet another error.

Whoever is in charge of keeping our website up to date is not doing their job very well.

Like a few others at the club.
MrSmith
04-01-2011, 09:15 PM
Probably the term 'on loan' will take care of the transition period between the international clearance confirmation and the transfer occurring.
Sir David Gray
04-01-2011, 09:15 PM
I'm sure wee hibee will be along soon and tell us who is to blame :agree:

It is extremely amateurish, though.

We might not be showing it on the pitch at the moment but Hibs are one of the biggest clubs in the country and for our club's official website to be so bad is not good enough.

I would even expect a third division side's website to be more accurate and reliable than that.
J-C
04-01-2011, 09:17 PM
Click on his pic and it says he's been transferred ???
Sir David Gray
04-01-2011, 09:24 PM
I might owe the Hibs website updater an apology.

Just been on the Leicester City website and on their squad list they have Sol Bamba down as "on loan from Hibs". :hmmm:

http://www.lcfc.com/page/TeamHome/0,,10274,00.html
Removed
04-01-2011, 10:54 PM
It is extremely amateurish, though.

We might not be showing it on the pitch at the moment but Hibs are one of the biggest clubs in the country and for our club's official website to be so bad is not good enough.

I would even expect a third division side's website to be more accurate and reliable than that.

The thing is, I think that the company that now run our site do the same for other clubs so is it only ours they get wrong and if so why :confused:

The bit I find ironic is that there appear to be more mistakes than when it was run in house.
MrSmith
04-01-2011, 11:14 PM
Is the Hibs website not run by the guys who used to run this place?
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04-01-2011, 11:34 PM
Is the Hibs website not run by the guys who used to run this place?

Not any more
MrSmith
04-01-2011, 11:35 PM
Not any more

When did that change?
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04-01-2011, 11:39 PM
When did that change?

Quite a while ago, probably well over a year. Do a search and you'll find threads about it.
MrSmith
04-01-2011, 11:45 PM
That is a real shame. I was a member back in the early 2000's when they left to take up the reigns. Made an instant on the Hibs site.
Removed
05-01-2011, 12:18 AM
That is a real shame. I was a member back in the early 2000's when they left to take up the reigns. Made an instant on the Hibs site.

They got dogs abuse on here though.
Speedy
05-01-2011, 02:45 AM
Was Bamba's contract up at the end of the season? I think it was if I remember rightly.

It is possible that he is on loan so that Leicester can see if he's good enough and therefore don't need to tie up an untried player on a contract. I don't know why they can't sign him on a six month contract but this is just guess work anyway.
green leaves
05-01-2011, 04:18 AM
were Dunfermline not due a hefty chunk of any transfer fee? Perhaps Hibs just wanted to avoid paying it.
Booked4Being-Ugly
05-01-2011, 07:33 AM
We played Dunfermline two pre-seasons in a row. I would be surprised if there wasn't a deal done between both clubs, which done away with money due to Dunfermline for the sale of Bamba.

Just a theory though!
Removed
05-01-2011, 07:53 AM
were Dunfermline not due a hefty chunk of any transfer fee? Perhaps Hibs just wanted to avoid paying it.

You must be getting out board confused with another.

It's already been posted on here that the sell on clause has now lapsed.
Danderhall Hibs
05-01-2011, 08:34 AM
You must be getting out board confused with another.

It's already been posted on here that the sell on clause has now lapsed.

Are you claiming that someone on here actually has the inside track?!
J-C
05-01-2011, 08:56 AM
http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/20110102/player-update_2262950_2256356


says here he's moved for an undisclosed fee :wink:
Removed
05-01-2011, 09:11 AM
Are you claiming that someone on here actually has the inside track?!

Just saw it posted a few times. No idea if its true or not.
IWasThere2016
05-01-2011, 10:02 AM
They got dogs abuse on here though.

Totally without merit also :agree:
MrSmith
05-01-2011, 10:17 AM
Totally without merit also :agree:

Dogs abuse for what though? The guys ran a great forum back then and naturally moved on to assist Hibs in building a fit for purpose website, of which they did!

So again why?
blackpoolhibs
05-01-2011, 10:29 AM
I'm surprised anyone visits that site these days, apart from HI what does it tell us that we cant read here or in the newspapers?
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05-01-2011, 10:33 AM
I'm surprised anyone visits that site these days, apart from HI what does it tell us that we cant read here or in the newspapers?

Nothing, but believe it or not there are still some Hibs supporters who don't look at Hibs.net
Dalkeith
05-01-2011, 10:37 AM
Dogs abuse for what though? The guys ran a great forum back then and naturally moved on to assist Hibs in building a fit for purpose website, of which they did!

So again why?

http://local.stv.tv/lossiemouth/
blackpoolhibs
05-01-2011, 10:38 AM
Nothing, but believe it or not there are still some Hibs supporters who don't look at Hibs.net

Dinnae believe you. :wink: As for the official site, when it was being run by the lads, i felt some sort of affinity with it. Now there's nothing, it does nothing for me these days, and visit maybe once a month if lucky, just for dates of games when booking train tickets.
Dalkeith
05-01-2011, 10:43 AM
Dinnae believe you. :wink: As for the official site, when it was being run by the lads, i felt some sort of affinity with it. Now there's nothing, it does nothing for me these days, and visit maybe once a month if lucky, just for dates of games when booking train tickets.

will agree with you Gary, passion for club was there before once it got moved to current lot it fell away, you have to fight your way through adverts to find what you want and thats a total turn off for me
Removed
05-01-2011, 10:51 AM
will agree with you Gary, passion for club was there before once it got moved to current lot it fell away, you have to fight your way through adverts to find what you want and thats a total turn off for me

But folk on here wanted change from what I remember?
Dalkeith
05-01-2011, 10:56 AM
But folk on here wanted change from what I remember?

Yes they did, might have been more to do with who was doing what
marinello59
05-01-2011, 12:13 PM
Yes they did, might have been more to do with who was doing what

I don't think it matters who runs the Official site, they will always be on a hiding to nothing. Every wee mistake will be held up as an example of gross incompetence on the part of the club and those who run the website whilst the good stuff seldom attracts praise.
However I don't find it particularly user friendly these days and at times it just seems to be no more than an advert for Hibs TV. As Blackpool says any news is usually on here first these days anyway .
Speedy
05-01-2011, 01:55 PM
http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/20110102/player-update_2262950_2256356


says here he's moved for an undisclosed fee :wink:

But has he moved permanently or moved on loan? :wink:
down-the-slope
05-01-2011, 04:43 PM
I smell a Tachetasticaly tax efficient structured deal here saving Hibs money :wink:
Pedantic_Hibee
05-01-2011, 06:22 PM
If Petrie had his thinking cap on, he'd have said to Leicester, 'If you want to sign him now then we're hiking the 250k price up to cover Dunfermline's slice..........or, give us 250k to take him on loan to the end of the season and nail him down to a pre-contract when the loan ends'.

Bottom line, we get 250k to ourselves and they save money on paying a bigger transfer fee.
Littlest Hobo
05-01-2011, 06:30 PM
As long as I don't ever have to endure one of his "A C MILAN WANT ME" rants ever again, I don't really care.
Fat Stu
05-01-2011, 06:35 PM
If Petrie had his thinking cap on, he'd have said to Leicester, 'If you want to sign him now then we're hiking the 250k price up to cover Dunfermline's slice..........or, give us 250k to take him on loan to the end of the season and nail him down to a pre-contract when the loan ends'.

Bottom line, we get 250k to ourselves and they save money on paying a bigger transfer fee.

And Leicester get 6 months of him on hibs wages rather than the larger wage he'll have signed on the pre contract