Hibernian FC Dream Team

[Macaroon]

Goalkeepers have been selected! Results are above.

Andy Goram makes the starting XI with Jim Leighton in the subbies.

As this wonderful (most of the time :cb) board has users spanning across multiple generations of Hibernian history it would be great fun to see what everyone's dream team would be. Including the eleven best players you can remember being at this club. It would be great if we all came together to decide on one community dream squad for the whole of hibs.net.

Here's how it will work:

I will edit this post to include a Poll for the community's Dream XI Goalkeeper, with a number of nominations through you folk! I'll open the poll and then the two winners of the poll after 1 day will go into the squad.

I'll then go in and edit the poll to Central defenders, and this will repeat for each position on the pitch, namely:

Goalkeeper - 2 Winners
Central Defenders -3 Winners
Wide Defenders - 3 Winners
Central Midfielders - 4 Winners
Wide Midfielders -3 Winners
Strikers - 3 Winners

After a few days we will have an 18 man squad of the Hibs.net Community dream team! Sounds good eh
:aok:

A couple of quick rules to keep it run smoothly!

You may only vote for a player if you saw him play in the flesh in the green and white. This gives a better overall picture of the whole community rather than who you "just know was the best"
Poll's for a player's position will be open for roughly 24 hours before results are taken. (Time scale open for change if too long)
I will post a message in the thread asking for peoples nominations for a position. There will be no more than 10 nominees for each position.

Currently taking nominations for Central Defenders, just post who you think should be in it :aok:


You may also want to post your own personal dream team from what you've witnessed as a Hibernian fan. As I am young my team will be both limited and possibly controversial in that I may have grossly misjudged some of the earlier players! Regardelss, here's mine:


Nick Colgan

Whittaker - McPake - Caldwell (Despite being an arse) - D Murphy

Beuzelin - S. Brown - K. Thomson

Shiels

Riordan - O'Connor


I reckon that side could easily split the old firm now-adays. If only!

[Liams]

Welll at the fine old age of 17 my team is also very limited, so I'm gonna go with..

MAKA (I don't care what you say, I loved him)
Whitty
Mcpake
Jones
Murphy
Brown
Boozy
KT
Stevenson (or even pallson, early days)
Benji
Young oconnor or Fletcher

[neilmartinrocks]

leighton
wittiker mcpake jones murphy
katie latapy suazee sproule

o'connor riorden


subs burridge hogg boozie stevenson stokes.

[Dunbar Hibee]

Simon ****ing Brown?!?!?!

[jgl07]

As this wonderful (most of the time :cb) board has users spanning across multiple generations of Hibernian history it would be great fun to see what everyone's dream team would be. Including the eleven best players you can remember being at this club. A player is available for selection if you saw him play in the flesh in the green and white. If you're feeling particularly nostalgic you may want to include the subs :greengrin

As I am young my team will be both limited and possibly controversial in that I may have grossly misjudged some of the earlier players! Regardelss, here's mine:


Nick Colgan

Whittaker - McPake - Caldwell (Despite being an arse) - D Murphy

Beuzelin - S. Brown - K. Thomson

Shiels

Riordan - O'Connor




Subs:
Simon Brown
Ivan Sproule (Super sub)
Steven Fletcher
Zemmama
Gary Smith
Ian Murray
Anthony Stokes


I reckon that side could easily split the old firm now-adays. If only!

Why include Colgan as Goalkeeper yet exclude Franck Sauzee and Russell Latapy? No Mixu, no John O'Neil, no Kenny Miller.

That is before we start looking at earlier generations such as Keith Wright, Darren Jackson, Gordon Hunter, Jim Leighton, Micheal O'Neill, Kevin McAllister, etc.

[Macaroon]

Why include Colgan as Goalkeeper yet exclude Franck Sauzee and Russell Latapy? No Mixu, no John O'Neil, no Kenny Miller.

That is before we start looking at earlier generations such as Keith Wright, Darren Jackson, Gordon Hunter, Jim Leighton, Micheal O'Neill, Kevin McAllister, etc.

Simple answer, because of my age.

For some reason, don't ask me what. I remember seeing Colgan play and remember him as a great Goalkeeper. It may be a slight, sub-conscious bias as I am a goalkeeper but I have no memories of the likes of Sauzee, Latapy, Zitelli, O'Neil etc. Not of them playing in the flesh anyway. I was around 4 years old at the time of the 6-2 game (I think, I've not double checked) and that was around the time I started attending games, although I missed the 6-2 game because I had a cold my dad tells me!

[Macaroon]

Simon ****ing Brown?!?!?!

I knew he would be a controversial choice!

He was the one responsible for that near post cock-up vs Hearts am I right? At that time I still judged player's abilities on whether I liked them or not. And something about Brown appealed to me!

[SteveHFC]

Colgan

Whittaker
Fenwick
Sauzee
Laursen

Latapy
Brown
McGinley
Harper

Riordan
Mixu

Subs:
Andersson
Jones
Lovell
O'Neil
Jack
Luna
Miller

[Kenny1875]

Stack
Whittaker - Jones - Murray - Murphy

Brown - Boozy - KT - Riordan

Miller - Fletcher

[JohnStephens91]

My team would look like this:

Daniel Andersson

Steven Whittaker - Rob Jones - Ian Murray - Ulrik Laursen

Franck Sauzee

John O'Neil - Guillaume Beuzelin

Russel Latapy

Derek Riordan - Mixu Paatelainen

Subs bench would be this:
Nick Colgan
Gary Smith
David Murphy
Mathias Jack
Grant Brebner
David Zitelli
Tam McManus

[HoboHarry]

Goram

Brownlie McPake Sauzee Schaedler

O'Neil Jack Latapy Duncan

O'Rourke Gordon

[Macaroon]

Goram

Brownlie McPake Sauzee Schaedler

O'Neil Jack Latapy Duncan

O'Rourke Gordon






I'd be pretty chuffed if I was McPake looking at that!

[edinburghhibee]

Leighton
Whittaker
McPake
Jones
Murphy
O'Neill
Latapy
Sauzee
Scott Brown
Wright
Agathe

Goram
Laursen
Jack
Riordan
Jackson

[silverhibee]

My team would look like this:

Daniel Andersson

Steven Whittaker - Rob Jones - Ian Murray - Ulrik Laursen

Franck Sauzee

John O'Neil - Guillaume Beuzelin

Russel Latapy

Derek Riordan - Mixu Paatelainen

Subs bench would be this:
Nick Colgan
Gary Smith
David Murphy
Mathias Jack
Grant Brebner
David Zitelli
Tam McManus


That team is superb. :not worth

But Tam wouldn't make my bench.:greengrin

[JohnStephens91]

That team is superb. :not worth

But Tam wouldn't make my bench.:greengrin

He only made mine because I seem to remember him working his ar*e off every time he played. It was a straight up fight between McManus, Steven Fletcher or Paco Luna for that last spot on the subs bench as a striker. I'm limited to what I have seen and made an impression on me when I was younger ie Division 1 season onwards. Gah it is just too hard, I'm glad my first 11 is great. Which striker would you have replaced Tam with out of interest?

[silverhibee]

He only made mine because I seem to remember him working his ar*e off every time he played. It was a straight up fight between McManus, Steven Fletcher or Paco Luna for that last spot on the subs bench as a striker. I'm limited to what I have seen and made an impression on me when I was younger ie Division 1 season onwards. Gah it is just too hard, I'm glad my first 11 is great. Which striker would you have replaced Tam with out of interest?

O'Connor, in case Mixu got injured. :greengrin

[JohnStephens91]

O'Connor, in case Mixu got injured. :greengrin

If you were wanting an extra body in there for strength surely you should have gone for 'The Tank', Eduardo Hurtado. He weighed the same as Bobby Williamson. We should do a terrible Hibs team, like a Nightmare team and see what horrors we can unearth! A few names instantly spring to mind...

[aussie_hibee]

It's hard for me as I never saw latapy, riordan or others due to the timing of my holidays.
Right to left

Goram

Whittaker
sauzee
Jones
Murphy

Weir
Boozy
John Collins
M O'Neill

Wright
Jackson

[Steve20]

Goram

Whittaker
Jones
Sauzee
Murphy

O'Neil
Jack
Latapy
Collins

Riordan
Jackson

[hibbybrian]

Welll at the fine old age of 17 my team is also very limited

Just approaching middle age at 57 I'm spoilt for choice :greengrin so will give a few candidates for each position (I missed out on the McLeish era so didn't see Sauzee, Latapy etc play so going by the rules I've excluded them from my list)

Goalkeepers: Goram, Leighton, Rough, Ronnie Simpson

Right Backs: Brownlie, John Fraser

Left Backs: John Parke, Erich Schaedler, Joe Davis

Right Half: Pat Stanton, Des Bremner

Centre Half: John McNamee, John Madsen, Jim Easton

Left Half: John Blackley, Jackie McNamara, John Baxter

Outside Right: Alex Edwards, Peter Marinello, Jim Scott

Inside Right: Willie Hamilton, Peter Cormack, Jimmy O'Rourke, Ralph Callachan

Centre Forward: Joe Baker, Joe McBride Snr, Alan Gordon, Colin Stein

Inside Left: Neil Martin, John Collins, Alex Cropley

Outside Left: Eric Stevenson, Arthur Duncan

[happiehibbie]

Andy Goram
John Brownlie John Blackley Craig Patterson Murphy


EdwardsSauzee Stanton Cropley

Alan Gordon Steve Archibald


I wont name subs

[Barney McGrew]

Goram

Whittaker
Sauzee
Jones
Murphy

Collins
O'Neil
Latapy
Crunchie

Archie
Keith Keith Keith

[number9dream]

Leighton
Sauzee Paterson Caldwell
Whittaker Latapy Brown Collins Laursen
Durie Fletcher

Goram
Murphy
Riordan
Wright
McNamara
McGinlay
Tortolano

[sparkiedelpaco7]

Daniel Andersson

Steven Whitacker -- Frank Sauzee -- James McPake -- David Murphy

Mickey Weir -- Scott Brown -- Russell Latapy -- David Zitelli

Keith Wright -- Derek Riordan


Subs

Jim Leighton
Ian Murray
Kevin Thompson
Pat McGinlay
Garry O'Connor
Steven Fletcher
Paco Luna

[jdships]

I look back on 72 years since I saw my first match at ER which makes it very difficult to be objective !!
I have gone " with my heart" and chosen those who entertained me the most over the years.
Sadly very few from the last decade were even in with a shout !!! :wink::greengrin

Younger
Brownlie
Shaw
Stanton
Madsen
Sauzee
Smith
Johnston
Reilly
Turnbull
Ormond

Subs
Goram
Blackley
Edwards
Baker
Cropley
Jack
Preston

[Cracker]

Goram
Brownlie.McNamee Blackley Schadler
Marinello Stanton Sauzee Duncan
Gordon O`Rouk
That would do for me!

Subs
Leighton
Easton
Duncan B
Edwards
Martin

[easty]

Goram
Brownlie.McNamee Blackley Schadler
Marinello Stanton Sauzee Duncan
Gordon O`Rouk
That would do for me!

Subs
Leighton
Easton
Duncan B
Edwards
Martin

I am pretty good. :agree:

[easty]

...........................Goram

..Whittaker......Jones......Caldwell.......Murphy

..........................Sauzee

................Latapy............Brown

...McAllister..................................Rio rdan

.......................Paatalainen

[Hiber-nation]

Goram

Brownlie
Sauzee
Blackley
Murphy

Edwards
Stanton
Latapy
Cropley

O'Rourke
Gordon

Subs:
Leighton
Schaedler
McNamara
Weir
Collins
Best
Riordan

[The_Exile]

Would be good to have 4 polls running, 1 for GK, 1 for DEF, 1 for MID, and 1 for ATT, 10 players on each, highest 4 get put into the dream team, you'd get a fairly accurate picture of what the messageboard seen as the dream team, for me, I'm 29 and only really started following football when I was around 10.

Mines is below, hardest part was choosing between Jackson and Keith Keith Keith.

GK - Leighton

Def - Murph
Def - Sauzee
Def - Jones
Def - Whit

Mid - McGinlay
Mid - Latapy
Mid - Boozy
Mid - Brown

Att - Keith Keith Keith
Att - Riordan

Sub GK - Andersson
Sub Def - Miller
Sub Mid - Murray/Jack
Sub Att - Jackson

[Macaroon]

If you were wanting an extra body in there for strength surely you should have gone for 'The Tank', Eduardo Hurtado. He weighed the same as Bobby Williamson. We should do a terrible Hibs team, like a Nightmare team and see what horrors we can unearth! A few names instantly spring to mind...

I'll add it to the OP!

Great idea!

[Macaroon]

I look back on 72 years since I saw my first match at ER which makes it very difficult to be objective !!
I have gone " with my heart" and chosen those who entertained me the most over the years.
Sadly very few from the last decade were even in with a shout !!! :wink::greengrin

Younger
Brownlie
Shaw
Stanton
Madsen
Sauzee
Smith
Johnston
Reilly
Turnbull
Ormond

Subs
Goram
Blackley
Edwards
Baker
Cropley
Jack
Preston

The complete F5! Love it :greengrin

[Macaroon]

Would be good to have 4 polls running, 1 for GK, 1 for DEF, 1 for MID, and 1 for ATT, 10 players on each, highest 4 get put into the dream team, you'd get a fairly accurate picture of what the messageboard seen as the dream team, for me, I'm 29 and only really started following football when I was around 10.

Mines is below, hardest part was choosing between Jackson and Keith Keith Keith.

GK - Leighton

Def - Murph
Def - Sauzee
Def - Jones
Def - Whit

Mid - McGinlay
Mid - Latapy
Mid - Boozy
Mid - Brown

Att - Keith Keith Keith
Att - Riordan

Sub GK - Andersson
Sub Def - Miller
Sub Mid - Murray/Jack
Sub Att - Jackson

I really love this Idea. How could we go about doing it?

[R'Albin]

.................................................. ....................Anderson (From what I remember)......................................... ........................


Whittaker...............................Jones..... .................................................. ....Mcpake........................................ ...........Murphy


.................................................. .........................Boozy.................... .................................................. ...........................


..........................................Zemmama. .................................................. .....Brown........................................ .....................


.................................................. ........................Shiels.................... .................................................. .............................


.................................................. ..Stokes....................................Riorda n................................................. .........................

Stack/Maka (Can't decide)
Sproule
Katie
Caldwell
Fletcher
Ian Murray
Liam Miller (First 6 months one, can't think of anyone else)

From their time at Hibs this would be mine. Fletcher would be starting now but when he was at Hibs he was never better than Stokes or Riordan in his prime IMO.

[MountcastleHibs]

Daniel Andersson
Steven Whittaker
Franck Sauzee
James McPake
David Murphy
Scott Brown
Guillaume Beuzilin
Kevin Thomson
Russell Latapy
Mixu Paatelainen
Steven Fletcher

Subs:

Nick Colgan
Martin Laursen
Rob Jones
Marouane Zemmama (when he could be arsed)
Mattias Jack
Derek Riordan
Garry O'Connor

[Cracker]

I am pretty good. :agree:
Hope so :D

[andrew70]

Andersson

Hunter
Sauzee
McPake

De La Cruz
McGinlay
Brown
Latapy
Laursen

Wright
Riordan

Subs
Colgan
Smith, Gary
Jack
O'Connor
Fletcher
O'Neil
Brebner

[DarrenSQH]

Based on overall ability, not just at Hibs.

Leighton

Whittaker- Sauzee -Jones -Murphy

Brown -Latapy- Thomson- Riordan

Fletcher- Stokes

Bench.
Colgan
O'Neil
Wright
O'Connor
Jack
Sproule
Zitelli

[hibee81]

Danial Anderson

DE LA CRUZ
SAUZEE
MCPAKE
MURPHY

BROWN
LATAPY
COLLINS

FLETCHER
JACKSON
MIXU

SUBS:

MAKA
WHITTIKER
LAURSEN
AGATHE
RIORDAN
STEVENSON

[Macaroon]

Anyone got a team from hell kicking about. I think we all know who the GK will be :cb

[lyonhibs]

I look back on 72 years since I saw my first match at ER which makes it very difficult to be objective !!
I have gone " with my heart" and chosen those who entertained me the most over the years.
Sadly very few from the last decade were even in with a shout !!! :wink::greengrin

Younger
Brownlie
Shaw
Stanton
Madsen
Sauzee
Smith
Johnston
Reilly
Turnbull
Ormond

Subs
Goram
Blackley
Edwards
Baker
Cropley
Jack
Preston

Whit??!!!??

Gaun yerself, Silver Surfer!!!

The players/matches you must have seen...............:boo hoo:

[Sudds_1]

Jings.thats a hard question! I could put 5 or 6 elevens out that would all be as good as the others! Shows how much we've declined over the past few decades........

OK, after much soul searching.........

Goram

Brownlie Blackley Stanton Schaedler

Cropley Best Edwards Cormack

Stein Gordon

Subs


Sauzee
Latapy
Brown
Leighton
O'rourke
Marinello
Duncan

[Macaroon]

Surprising how many are not including Deek! even in the subs... I must have missed some pretty special players if they are all better than Deek in his prime

[Sudds_1]

The complete F5! Love it :greengrin

well.......if you had the pleasure of seeing them, you would, wouldn't you!

:greengrin

[Sudds_1]

Surprising how many are not including Deek! even in the subs... I must have missed some pretty special players if they are all better than Deek in his prime

OH they were.......was almosty tempted to put in Turnbull's tornados in en masse.!!

[Macaroon]

OH they were.......was almosty tempted to put in Turnbull's tornados in en masse.!!

Wow.. I thought Deek had to be one of the best! (In his prime, obviously)


well.......if you had the pleasure of seeing them, you would, wouldn't you!

:greengrin

Of course! If only I had that pleasure!

[Macaroon]

Okay, so here's what I'll do. Am I right in saying that you can edit a poll once it has been posted?

If that is the case then I will edit the OP to include a Poll for the community's Dream XI Goalkeeper, with a number of nominations through you folk! I'll open the poll and then the two winners of the poll after say 1 day will go into the squad.

I'll then go in and edit the poll to Central defenders, and this will repeat for each position on the pitch, namely:

Goalkeeper - 2 Winners
Central Defenders -3 Winners
Wide Defenders - 3 Winners
Central Midfielders - 4 Winners
Wide Midfielders -3 Winners
Strikers - 3 Winners

After a few days we will have an 18 man squad of the Hibs.net Community dream team! Sounds good eh :aok:

Any other thoughts people have about how it should be run?

[Franck is God]

I love these threads, My team is picked from around 87/88 onwards as thats when I started going every week.


Goram

Sauzee
Caldwell-------------Bamba

Whittaker-------Scotty--------JC--------Laursen

Latapy

Durie---------Fletcher

Subs

Leighton
Murphy
McGinlay
KT
Boozy
O'Connor
Keith

[Macaroon]

I love these threads, My team is picked from around 87/88 onwards as thats when I started going every week.


Goram

Sauzee
Caldwell-------------Bamba

Whittaker-------Scotty--------JC--------Laursen

Latapy

Durie---------Fletcher

Subs

Leighton
Murphy
McGinlay
KT
Boozy
O'Connor
Keith

I can't imagine Hibs playing three at the back.. I've not been alive at a time where we have any defenders good enough to pull it off :greengrin

[Franck is God]

I can't imagine Hibs playing three at the back.. I've not been alive at a time where we have any defenders good enough to pull it off :greengrin


When Le God arrived he played in a deep midfield role but McLeish switched to a back three our second season after proomotion and dropped Franck to sweeper and he played alongside Paul Fenwick and Gary Smith, it is one of the best defensive seasons I can remember. We also had De La Cruz at right wingback & Ulrik Laursen at left wingback.

[JohnStephens91]

Zibi

Abderraouf Zarabi
Martin Canning
Colin Murdoch
David Van Zanten

Edwin de Graff
Jarkko Wiss
Patrick Cregg
Alan O'Brien

Eduardo Hurtado
Amadou Konte

Subs:
Maka
Oumar Konde
Michael Hart
Antonio Murray
Jonathan Johansson
Paul Dalglish
Valdas Trakys

[Macaroon]

Zibi

Abderraouf Zarabi
Martin Canning
Colin Murdoch
David Van Zanten

Edwin de Graff
Jarkko Wiss
Patrick Cregg
Alan O'Brien

Eduardo Hurtado
Amadou Konte

Subs:
Maka
Oumar Konde
Michael Hart
Antonio Murray
Jonathan Johansson
Paul Dalglish
Valdas Trakys

That doesn't half bring back some haunting memories !

[Macaroon]

Edited the OP. I'll open the floor for GK Nominees at say, 5PM? Gives enough time for people to give some advice for final tweeks to the way it is run.

[RyeSloan]

Although he is in a few teams I would have thought John collins would have been in anyone's who saw him play...I remember one game against hearts at ER (season before he left I think) where he seemed to be the only hibs player on the park due to him being everywhere and doing everything. A player that was pure class.

[Sudds_1]

Zibi

Abderraouf Zarabi
Martin Canning
Colin Murdoch
David Van Zanten

Edwin de Graff
Jarkko Wiss
Patrick Cregg
Alan O'Brien

Eduardo Hurtado
Amadou Konte

Subs:
Maka
Oumar Konde
Michael Hart
Antonio Murray
Jonathan Johansson
Paul Dalglish
Valdas Trakys

Christ......I just broke into a sweat reading that! The tremors are still going!

[JohnStephens91]

That doesn't half bring back some haunting memories !

The forward line, oh god that wouldn't even cut it in the third division. It is funny to laugh now at most of these rubbish players (apart from Zibi, that will never be funny), but at the time it was horrible.

[Macaroon]

The forward line, oh god that wouldn't even cut it in the third division. It is funny to laugh now at most of these rubbish players (apart from Zibi, that will never be funny), but at the time it was horrible.

So right about Zibi, i would happy slap him into a coma if he tried to look back on that semi-final with a laugh.

[Haggis Hibby]

Goram

Kane
Smith
Doumbe
Murphy

M ONeil
Sauzee
Latapy
John Collins

Duire
Archiebauld

[CMcP]

Simple answer, because of my age.

For some reason, don't ask me what. I remember seeing Colgan play and remember him as a great Goalkeeper. It may be a slight, sub-conscious bias as I am a goalkeeper but I have no memories of the likes of Sauzee, Latapy, Zitelli, O'Neil etc. Not of them playing in the flesh anyway. I was around 4 years old at the time of the 6-2 game (I think, I've not double checked) and that was around the time I started attending games, although I missed the 6-2 game because I had a cold my dad tells me!

Goram
Brownlie Blackley Jones Murphy
Edwards Sauzee Stanton Brown
Latapy Gordon

Subs:
Leighton
Paterson
Schaedler
Beuzelin
Bremner
Riordan
ORourke

...here's hoping the 19th May makes up for missing the 6-2 game!!

[Macaroon]

Goram
Brownlie Blackley Jones Murphy
Edwards Sauzee Stanton Brown
Latapy Gordon

Subs:
Leighton
Paterson
Schaedler
Beuzelin
Bremner
Riordan
ORourke

...here's hoping the 19th May makes up for missing the 6-2 game!!

I'll forgive you if we win :aok:

[Macaroon]

Okay, Nominations for Dream Goalkeeper anyone?

I think we'll take about 5 or 6 for this position.

Fire away!

[Eyrie]

Younger, Rough, Leighton, Colgan.

[Macaroon]

Younger, Rough, Leighton, Colgan.

Sounds good so far.

What about Goram?

[Bostonhibby]

Leighton
Brownlie
Schaedler
Stanton
Jones
Blackley
Edwards
O'Rourke
Gordon
Cropley
Duncan

Subs
Goram
Black
Durie
Bremner
MaCleod
Archibald
Best

[Bostonhibby]

Okay, Nominations for Dream Goalkeeper anyone?

I think we'll take about 5 or 6 for this position.

Fire away!

Jim Leighton

[weecounty hibby]

Okay, Nominations for Dream Goalkeeper anyone?

I think we'll take about 5 or 6 for this position.

Fire away!

For me in my time it has to be Goram. Best keeper I ever saw at any team. Closely followed by Leighton, then Roughie. All three had a huge hand in keeping us in the top league at one time or another.

[weecounty hibby]

Leighton
Brownlie
Schaedler
Stanton
Jones
Blackley
Edwards
O'Rourke
Gordon
Cropley
Duncan

Subs
Goram
Black
Durie
Bremner
MaCleod
Archibald
Best

At last, all the way through the thread and someone else thinks that Ally should be in there somewhere. I assume that you mean him anyway. Edit. Unless you mean Murdo????

[Bostonhibby]

At last, all the way through the thread and someone else thinks that Ally should be in there somewhere. I assume that you mean him anyway. Edit. Unless you mean Murdo????

Definitely Ally, poor spelling due to a combination of speed typing and old age.!

[MWHIBBIES]

Daniel Andersson
Steven Whittaker
Franck Sauzee
James McPake
David Murphy
Scott Brown
Guillaume Beuzilin
Kevin Thomson
Russell Latapy
Mixu Paatelainen
Steven Fletcher

Subs:

Nick Colgan
Martin Laursen
Rob Jones
Marouane Zemmama (when he could be arsed)
Mattias Jack
Derek Riordan
Garry O'ConnorPretty much this team for me as well :aok:

[Macaroon]

Okay so Leighton, Rough, Goram, Younger, Colgan and maybe Daniel Anderson?

[Eyrie]

Sounds good so far.

What about Goram?

Thought about including him, but he's a Hun illegitimate.

[DH1875]

Jim Leighton with Goram as sub :agree:.

[neilmartinrocks]

Goalies
Lieghton, colgan, Burridge and maybe Goram

[--------]

Just approaching middle age at 57 I'm spoilt for choice :greengrin so will give a few candidates for each position (I missed out on the McLeish era so didn't see Sauzee, Latapy etc play so going by the rules I've excluded them from my list)

Goalkeepers: Goram, Leighton, Rough, Ronnie Simpson

Right Backs: Brownlie, John Fraser

Left Backs: John Parke, Erich Schaedler, Joe Davis

Right Half: Pat Stanton, Des Bremner

Centre Half: John McNamee, John Madsen, Jim Easton

Left Half: John Blackley, Jackie McNamara, John Baxter

Outside Right: Alex Edwards, Peter Marinello, Jim Scott

Inside Right: Willie Hamilton, Peter Cormack, Jimmy O'Rourke, Ralph Callachan

Centre Forward: Joe Baker, Joe McBride Snr, Alan Gordon, Colin Stein

Inside Left: Neil Martin, John Collins, Alex Cropley

Outside Left: Eric Stevenson, Arthur Duncan


Well, sir, you've certainly simplified the process for yours truly.


1. Andy Goram
2. John Brownlie
3. Erich Schaedler
4. Pat Stanton
5. John McNamee
6. John Blackley
7. Peter Marinello
8. Jimmy O'Rourke
9. Joe Baker
10. Alex Cropley
11. Arthur Duncan

I did see the McLeish team, so my bench would be Leighton, Bremner, Sauzee, Willie Hamilton, Edwards, Gordon and Collins.

The manager would be Willie McFarlane. Mr Motivator would be Mad Tam McNiven of the icy sponge and ammonia bottle.

I'm humbled to realise how many truly great players I've seen in Hibs colours, and more than a little miffed at how little successive boards have made of such a fount of exceptional talent.

[--------]

Thought about including him, but he's a Hun illegitimate.


He was also the best goalie I've seen in any colours in my lifetime - and I've seen Banks, Zoff (admittedly on a bit of an off-night :devil: ) and Lev Yashin ...

[weecounty hibby]

He was also the best goalie I've seen in any colours in my lifetime - and I've seen Banks, Zoff (admittedly on a bit of an off-night :devil: ) and Lev Yashin ...

He is a despicable Hun nowadays but if we were precluding players for leaving us and playing for other teams we would struggle to get a greatest ever team. Goram was by far the best keeper I have ever seen. He stopped us from one absolute doing at Tynie in one game, we still lost but it could have been 7 or 8. Even the mutants at the far end from us chanted his name at one point!!!!

[--------]

He is a despicable Hun nowadays but if we were precluding players for leaving us and playing for other teams we would struggle to get a greatest ever team. Goram was by far the best keeper I have ever seen. He stopped us from one absolute doing at Tynie in one game, we still lost but it could have been 7 or 8. Even the mutants at the far end from us chanted his name at one point!!!!


:agree: I remember that game - and I lost count of the number of times he was the one single reason we won or drew simply because he kept a clean sheet against the odds. To be fair to him, I do think he has problems not of his own making. Hibs aren't exactly short of great keepers in their history, though - Younger, Rough and Leighton were all very fine keepers who played for Scotland in their time. There's Ronnie Simpson too.

[AlbertK86]

Goram

Brownlie
Blackley
Sauzee
Murphy

Latapy
Stanton
Cropley
Collins

O'Rourke
Archibald

Subs

Rough
Whittaker
Paterson
Brown
Thomson
Fletcher
Riordan

[Macaroon]

Keep the votes coming folks :aok::aok:

[TrinityHibs]

I look back on 72 years since I saw my first match at ER which makes it very difficult to be objective !!
I have gone " with my heart" and chosen those who entertained me the most over the years.
Sadly very few from the last decade were even in with a shout !!! :wink::greengrin

Younger
Brownlie
Shaw
Stanton
Madsen
Sauzee
Smith
Johnston
Reilly
Turnbull
Ormond

Subs
Goram
Blackley
Edwards
Baker
Cropley
Jack
Preston

What would that team cost to put together if you were Man City wealthy?

[pentlando]

This teams based on a mix of the best players and my favourite players through the ages, if someone looks out of place they were probably my favourite player at the time!

Leighton

Sauzee
Caldwell Rob Jones
Whittaker Murphy
M. Jack Brown
Latapy
O'Connor Jackson
Subs:
Colgan
Doumbe
De La Cruz
Beuzelin
Rougier
Paatelainen
Riordan

[jdships]

What would that team cost to put together if you were Man City wealthy?

Was out for a pint with another member of the ' Hibs Old Farts Club ' today and would you believe he posed exactly the same question having read my post !!!
The cost is incaluable but also what would you have to pay now in wages to keep them at ER ?
In 1951 aged 19 when I played against the F 5 at the "Hallowed Ground" I was making £3.7.6d a week as a part timer ( I was an apprentice ) plus 10 shillings a point . If we won I got £ 4.7.6d . To put it in perspective my journeyman was paid £5.2.6d for a forty two hour week ! My pal was with East Fife , full time , in the same season and was paid £7.15.6d plus 10 shillings a week !!!!
And we thought we were well off !!!!!!!:greengrin
Back to the topic
Well nigh impossible to compare players from the 1950's with those playing in 2012 . The game is completely different in every way .
Is it any better entertainment wise ? Well I plead the fifth amendment :greengrin

[Bostonhibby]

Slightly off subject, but the 2 auldest Hibbies in my family, sadly gone now, always swore the best they seen for entertainment and talent was Willie Hamilton - and they'd seen some players.

[Halmyre Hibee]

Goram
Brownlie
Schaedler
Stanton
Black
Blackley
Edwards
O'Rourke
Gordon
Cropley
Duncan

[Macaroon]

Looks pretty one sided to me so far! Who should get a spot in that starting 11 though ;)

[R'Albin]

"@Ralbin1875 (http://www.hibs.net/#!/Ralbin1875) just had a look mate. It's an honour to be mentioned along with some of those players #GGTTH (http://www.hibs.net/#!/search/%23GGTTH)"

James Mcpake

:thumbsup:

[Macaroon]

"@Ralbin1875 (http://www.hibs.net/#!/Ralbin1875) just had a look mate. It's an honour to be mentioned along with some of those players #GGTTH (http://www.hibs.net/#!/search/%23GGTTH)"

James Mcpake

:thumbsup:

Aw whaat I'm so chuffed :greengrin:greengrin:greengrin

[Macaroon]

Nominees for Central Defenders anyone?

[Holmesdale Hibs]

I always liked budgie but if anyone other than Goram wins this poll it'll be a travesty. One of the best goalkeepers in the world for a while.

[SouthamptonHibs]

The 18 man squad i've went for is below. No idea what starting 11 or formation to have...this can be the managers problem....what a squad!

1. Goram
2. Suazee
3.Latapy
4.John Collins
5.Pat McGinlay
6.Scott Brown
7.Michael O'Neil
8.Darren Jackson
9.Derek Riorden
10. Garry O'Connor
11. Steve Archibald
12. David Murphy
13. Antony Stokes
14. Keith Wright
15. Matty Jack
16. Gordon Hunter
17. Rob Jones
18. James McPake

gutted no room in the 18 for players like Fletcher, Laursen, Del la cruz byt thats life hail hail

[Bostonhibby]

Nominees for Central Defenders anyone?

John Blackley & Rob Jones

[pentlando]

Rob Jones, Gary Smith, Sauzee (Sweeps), John Hughes, Doumbe, Gary Caldwell

[500miles]

....................Leighton
Whittaker..Sauzee..Jones..Murphy
.....................Bamba
.......Brown...Liam Miller...Latapy
............O'Connor..Fletcher

Liam Miller will be very controversial, but on his day, he was just untouchable. Glided past the opposition, and could make chances out of nothing, as well as score goals.

[Beefster]

Anyone that saw Sauzee and Latapy in the flesh and doesn't include them in their first eleven is a ****ing lunatic with no knowledge of what makes football beautiful.

Probably.

[--------]

Anyone that saw Sauzee and Latapy in the flesh and doesn't include them in their first eleven is a ****ing lunatic with no knowledge of what makes football beautiful.

Probably.


Not if they saw better players playing in their position ... :greengrin

Pat Stanton and Willie Hamilton?

OK - Willie would have to be sober, but.



Actually, on second thoughts, no, he wouldn't.

[--------]

Rob Jones, Gary Smith, Sauzee (Sweeps), John Hughes, Doumbe, Gary Caldwell



Sloop and BBJ. :cb

[Eyrie]

Nominees for Central Defenders anyone?

In addition to those mentioned, Hunter. Actually, I'd have him ahead of half of them.

[--------]

It is rapidly becoming clear that there's no such thing as a Hibernian Dream Team". There's MY Dream Team, YOUR Dream Team, and everyone else's Dream Team. But within the terms of the original post (we have to have seen our nominees actually playing for Hibs) the voting's bound to be heavily weighted in favour of players from the last 10-15 years, and with all due respect to the players of that era and the supporters whose experience is limited to that era - the last 15 years are far from being the pinnacle of Hibs' history as a football club.

Vote as you like, guys, but I stand by my nominated squad any day. :greengrin


But then everyone else would do the same, wouldn't they?

[pentlando]

Sloop and BBJ. :cb

Like you said in a later post, before my time I'm afraid. Some of you older guys must be creasing yourself at some of us, the younger generations, choices but that's all we know:agree:

[Makaveli]

Leighton

Whittaker
Sauzee
Jones
Murphy

Beuzelin
Brown
Latapy

Jackson
Riordan

Stokes

[--------]

Like you said in a later post, before my time I'm afraid. Some of you older guys must be creasing yourself at some of us, the younger generations, choices but that's all we know:agree:


:agree: That's what I mean - there's your team and my team, and who we each choose depends on when we were watching Hibs and who our favourites were and even on which particular games stick out in our memories.

I mean, Dino Zoff was a great Italian keeper and World Cup winner, but the only time I saw him in the flesh he shipped five at ER!

On that one game he wasn't very good at all ... :greengrin

However, it will be very interesting to see what the final team turns out to be - we seem to be selecting a top-class keeper, for a start.

[Eyrie]

Okay, so here's what I'll do. Am I right in saying that you can edit a poll once it has been posted?

If that is the case then I will edit the OP to include a Poll for the community's Dream XI Goalkeeper, with a number of nominations through you folk! I'll open the poll and then the two winners of the poll after say 1 day will go into the squad.

I'll then go in and edit the poll to Central defenders, and this will repeat for each position on the pitch, namely:

Goalkeeper - 2 Winners
Central Defenders -3 Winners
Wide Defenders - 3 Winners
Central Midfielders - 4 Winners
Wide Midfielders -3 Winners
Strikers - 3 Winners

After a few days we will have an 18 man squad of the Hibs.net Community dream team! Sounds good eh :aok:

Any other thoughts people have about how it should be run?


:agree: That's what I mean - there's your team and my team, and who we each choose depends on when we were watching Hibs and who our favourites were and even on which particular games stick out in our memories.

I mean, Dino Zoff was a great Italian keeper and World Cup winner, but the only time I saw him in the flesh he shipped five at ER!

On that one game he wasn't very good at all ... :greengrin

However, it will be very interesting to see what the final team turns out to be - we seem to be selecting a top-class keeper, for a start.

I think the rules have to be relaxed to allow votes for anyone, otherwise there is a real danger that the likes of Stanton, Baker and the Famous Five miss out simply because most of us are too young to have seen them play. We're not all as lucky as you, Doddie!

[neilmartinrocks]

Just a thought here but how about making it by generation?
16-25, 25-35, 35-45, 45-55 etc.

[thebakerboy]

After 60 years of attending games at Easter Road I find it impossible to pick 1 team so I have picked 4 in roughly similar eras and reckon any of them would scoosh the SPL as it now stands.
Team 1 my first memories of Hibs possibly augmented by my old mans stories.
Younger
Fraser Easton McNamee Park
Smith Johnston Turnbull Ormond
Baker Reilly

Team 2 a mixed team from before and after The Tornados

Leslie
B Duncan Madson McNamara Davis
Marinello Hamilton Gibson Cormack
Archibald Martin

Team 3 The Tornados

Herriot
Brownlie Black Brownlie Schaedler
Edwards Stanton Cropley
Orourke Gordon Duncan

Team 4 Since The Tornados

Goram
Whittaker McPake Sauzee Murphy
Brown Latapy Thomson Collins
Fletcher Paatalainen

And I havn't included Leighton Patterson E Stevenson McGinlay McBride(Snr) McLeod (Johnny),or (Ally the fat one) Dury Bremner etc etc and a final one Benny Brazil

[Macaroon]

It is rapidly becoming clear that there's no such thing as a Hibernian Dream Team". There's MY Dream Team, YOUR Dream Team, and everyone else's Dream Team. But within the terms of the original post (we have to have seen our nominees actually playing for Hibs) the voting's bound to be heavily weighted in favour of players from the last 10-15 years, and with all due respect to the players of that era and the supporters whose experience is limited to that era - the last 15 years are far from being the pinnacle of Hibs' history as a football club.

Vote as you like, guys, but I stand by my nominated squad any day. :greengrin


But then everyone else would do the same, wouldn't they?

We're not going for THE Hibernian Dream team, that is impossible to decide on. Rather, we are trying to put together what hibs.net as a whole feels it should be :agree:

Right then, as for Centre Backs. We have a max of 10 nominees.

Here's what I've gathered so far.


Rob Jones
Gary Smith
Frank Sauzee
John Hughes
Gary Caldwell
John Blackley


Keep em coming

[thebakerboy]

We're not going for THE Hibernian Dream team, that is impossible to decide on. Rather, we are trying to put together what hibs.net as a whole feels it should be :agree:

Right then, as for Centre Backs. We have a max of 10 nominees.

Here's what I've gathered so far.


Rob Jones
Gary Smith
Frank Sauzee
John Hughes
Gary Caldwell

John Blackley


Keep em coming

Sorry apart from Sauzee and Blackley the rest on there probably wouldn't make my top 20
Jim Easton Jon Madson John McNamee Jackie Plenderlieth Jim Black both the Pattersons (father and son) Gordon Rae Gordon Hunter , thats only 11 but my brain is getting sore thinking about this.

[Macaroon]

Just a thought here but how about making it by generation?
16-25, 25-35, 35-45, 45-55 etc.

Would take donkey's years to get all them done!

[Macaroon]

Rob Jones
Gary Smith
Frank Sauzee
John Hughes
Gary Caldwell

John Blackley
Jim Easton
John McNamee
Gordon Hunter
Jim Black

How's that look?

[Bostonhibby]

Sorry apart from Sauzee and Blackley the rest on there probably wouldn't make my top 20
Jim Easton Jon Madson John McNamee Jackie Plenderlieth Jim Black both the Pattersons (father and son) Gordon Rae Gordon Hunter , thats only 11 but my brain is getting sore thinking about this.

:agree: I had to leave Gordon Rae out because I fretted over 3 choices. If it was aboot players Id never seen I'd probably have gone for MacNamee and Blackley as the generation of Hibbies above me thought he was the best they'd seen.

[Bostonhibby]

Would take donkey's years to get all them done!

:greengrin Any full time systems design engineers on here?

[jdships]

:top marks
It is rapidly becoming clear that there's no such thing as a Hibernian Dream Team". There's MY Dream Team, YOUR Dream Team, and everyone else's Dream Team. But within the terms of the original post (we have to have seen our nominees actually playing for Hibs) the voting's bound to be heavily weighted in favour of players from the last 10-15 years, and with all due respect to the players of that era and the supporters whose experience is limited to that era - the last 15 years are far from being the pinnacle of Hibs' history as a football club.

Vote as you like, guys, but I stand by my nominated squad any day. :greengrin


But then everyone else would do the same, wouldn't they?

:top marks
Says it all .
Life itself is all about opinions :greengrin

[Bostonhibby]

It is rapidly becoming clear that there's no such thing as a Hibernian Dream Team". There's MY Dream Team, YOUR Dream Team, and everyone else's Dream Team. But within the terms of the original post (we have to have seen our nominees actually playing for Hibs) the voting's bound to be heavily weighted in favour of players from the last 10-15 years, and with all due respect to the players of that era and the supporters whose experience is limited to that era - the last 15 years are far from being the pinnacle of Hibs' history as a football club.

Vote as you like, guys, but I stand by my nominated squad any day. :greengrin


But then everyone else would do the same, wouldn't they?

:top marks But lets keep it cooking, the reminiscing and reflection is an uplifting alternative to some of the understandably downbeat stuff we have seen posted this season but lets keep looking forward for the next few weeks and everyone enjoy their our own particular highs from the era's that make them Hibbies - I could go on all night on this one, or at least until I sober up.

I genuinely am trapped in the 70's but, unlike the Yams not in a sartorial sense!

[fit o' the walk]

Not if they saw better players playing in their position ... :greengrin

Pat Stanton and Willie Hamilton?

OK - Willie would have to be sober, but.



Actually, on second thoughts, no, he wouldn't. Us older Hibs fans have the advantage of seeing more players obviously,i just missed out on seeing the Famous Five playing as a forward line,and most older Hibs fans would say Gordon Smith was the greatest ever. I never seen him at his best.In my opinion the best player i saw playing for Hibs was Willie Hamilton a self destruct genius,

[Macaroon]

Well lets see if we can agree on a nominees list. As some feel that some players don't deserve their place.

It's important that we include the best CB's of recent times as the younger generations on here will be able to have their opinions. What tweaks would everyone make on this list? Lets see if we can get this next poll started by tonight :aok:


Rob Jones
Gary Smith
Frank Sauzee
John Hughes
Gary Caldwell

John Blackley
Jim Easton
John McNamee
Gordon Hunter
Jim Black

For instance, is McPake better than Rob Jones? Rae better than Hunter? etc.

[jgl07]

Rob Jones, Gary Smith, Sauzee (Sweeps), John Hughes, Doumbe, Gary Caldwell

Gordon Hunter.

[Bostonhibby]

Us older Hibs fans have the advantage of seeing more players obviously,i just missed out on seeing the Famous Five playing as a forward line,and most older Hibs fans would say Gordon Smith was the greatest ever. I never seen him at his best.In my opinion the best player i saw playing for Hibs was Willie Hamilton a self destruct genius,

My dad, uncle and older cousin all said the same thing - they all swore that Willie once ran hte rings round the Yams and scored in a New Years Day game when he was obviously pissed!

[Macaroon]

We seemed to have hit a wee wall here. What I feared too.

It seems it's impossible to edit a poll once it has been posted. Any ideas how to get around this? Could a mod/admin help us out?

[Bostonhibby]

Well lets see if we can agree on a nominees list. As some feel that some players don't deserve their place.

It's important that we include the best CB's of recent times as the younger generations on here will be able to have their opinions. What tweaks would everyone make on this list? Lets see if we can get this next poll started by tonight :aok:


Rob Jones
Gary Smith
Frank Sauzee
John Hughes
Gary Caldwell

John Blackley
Jim Easton
John McNamee
Gordon Hunter
Jim Black

For instance, is McPake better than Rob Jones? Rae better than Hunter? etc.

Honest attempt to bridge the genrations and reluctantly hving to ignore players I really didn't see much of:-

John Blackley & Rob Jones becasue of how well he did in a comparitively poor side then Gordon Hunter - I seen Jim Black about the same amount of times as Blackley and I leave him out with a heavy heart but for that reason no hesitation in saying if he's not in nae chance Yogi (great leader on the pitch in his shorter time with us) or Caldwell in comparison.

[thebakerboy]

[/B]

My dad, uncle and older cousin all said the same thing - they all swore that Willie once ran hte rings round the Yams and scored in a New Years Day game when he was obviously pissed!

Willie used to run out on the park and his shirt was black with sweat before the game kicked off. After a game at Falkirk we had gone for a chippie before getting a train back to Edinburgh and the team bus pulled up and Willie got off and when the bus moved off he was straight into the nearest pub. Never mind taking the yams apart he took Real Madrid apart along side Pat Quinn. I also remember him sending three Dundee players the wrong way without touching the ball , just a swivel of his hips. Memories , its' all coming back or is it just the drink.

[Macaroon]

Honest attempt to bridge the genrations and reluctantly hving to ignore players I really didn't see much of:-

John Blackley & Rob Jones becasue of how well he did in a comparitively poor side then Gordon Hunter - I seen Jim Black about the same amount of times as Blackley and I leave him out with a heavy heart but for that reason no hesitation in saying if he's not in nae chance Yogi (great leader on the pitch in his shorter time with us) or Caldwell in comparison.

Not really grasping what you're getting at pal. Is this comparing the players or what? It's not too clear.

Or maybe I'm just being a bit dim at the moment :na na:.

[Squealing pig]

Tsamatulski
Whittiker. Mcpake. Laursen. Murphy

Brown Latapy. Franck. agathe


Jackson riordan

Leighton
Mixu
Sproule
O'neill
Keith
Boozy

[Bostonhibby]

Not really grasping what you're getting at pal. Is this comparing the players or what? It's not too clear.

Or maybe I'm just being a bit dim at the moment :na na:.

Can see where you are coming from - I am trying, and failing, to say that I have a job including many of the more modern day players mentioned because of the earlier generations I was able to see by virtue of my age!

Using the early to mid 70's sides as my benchmark few of the modern day players I have seen could be part of my dream team in this position in comparison but recognising times have changed I have included a few.

Am not comparing Blackley, Jones, Rae or Hunter for the purposes of this thread, would include them all in a poll in this order ahead of others.

This is getting complicated............:greengrin

[DH1875]

What about Ulrik Laursen or is he playing LB? Top player and would take him before Smith or Jones. Would also give a wee mention to Paul Fenwick.

[Macaroon]

What about Ulrik Laursen or is he playing LB? Top player and would take him before Smith or Jones. Would also give a wee mention to Paul Fenwick.

Wide defenders is next, yes. :aok:

[Macaroon]

Can see where you are coming from - I am trying, and failing, to say that I have a job including many of the more modern day players mentioned because of the earlier generations I was able to see by virtue of my age!

Using the early to mid 70's sides as my benchmark few of the modern day players I have seen could be part of my dream team in this position in comparison but recognising times have changed I have included a few.

Am not comparing Blackley, Jones, Rae or Hunter for the purposes of this thread, would include them all in a poll in this order ahead of others.

This is getting complicated............:greengrin

Isn't it just! Why don't we wait to see what the poll brings back :wink:

Which brings us back to the problem I stated late on in page 4... I don't want to have to start a new thread for every poll!

[Stevo1875]

Goram

Whittaker
Sauzee
Laursen
Murphy

Brown
Collins
Latapy
O'Neill

Wright
Archibald

Subs
Leighton
McPake
W Miller
Jack
Thomson
Mcginlay
Zitelli

I used to worship folk like rough, hunter, rae, cowan, bell, sneddon, etc but was too young to know how good/bad they really were! Was also tempted to put tortolano in, he is a legend of sorts!!!

[Gettin' Auld]

Andy Goram
John Brownlie
Erich Schaedler
Pat Stanton
John Madsen
John McNamee
Alex Edwards
Willie Hamilton
Joe Baker
Alex Cropley
Eric Stevenson

[Glory Lurker]

Craig Paterson was my hero when i was a wee man, so would nominate him for the CB poll.

[Macaroon]

Anyone know how we will get the whole poll thing working? Will a mod/admin help out or will we need to start a new thread for each position?

[seven nowt]

Sauzee
Bamba

[al bundy]

mcintyre should be included

[al bundy]

leighton
miller
murphy
hunter
sauzee
m oneill
j oneill
latapy
collins
jackson
wright

subs
goram
laursen
mcintyre
brown
rougier
riordan

[spike220]

If we win the SC, this current squad will be my dream team!!!

They will have achieved more than any other in living memory.

[Macaroon]

I need some opinions!!

Should I start a new thread for each position? As it isn't currently possible to edit an existing poll within this thread? Can a mod help if asked? Can't continue with the whole thing until I know?
:confused:

[iainm1875]

Leighton
Whittaker
Sauzee
Jones
Murphy
Latapy
Brown
Crunchy
Riordan
O'connor
Griffiths

Subs
Maka
Larsen
Mixu
Sproule
Zemmama
Benji