Benni McCarthy - Coach

[Unseen work]

Seen in Twitter hibs have posted he has been coaching with us.

Does anyone have any further info on this? Is it a permanent role?

[Hannah_hfc]

There an interview with him on Hibs.tv on the Facebook page. From what I see he is doing his coaching badges and happened to be in Edinburgh and was invited along. Good striker back in the day so if he can teach our strikers a thing or two that would be fantastic!

[EdinMike]

Welcome on board Benni !!

http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/tv/video/450

[spurshibby]

:thumbsup::aok:Benni-McCarthy-massive hibby now,,allways liked him as a top player

[Billy Whizz]

Seen in Twitter hibs have posted he has been coaching with us.

Does anyone have any further info on this? Is it a permanent role?

He was at the under 20 game yesterday, was standing quite near him, and didn't realise it was him!

[Stewboy]

Does he have his boots with him!

[crash]

There an interview with him on Hibs.tv on the Facebook page. From what I see he is doing his coaching badges and happened to be in Edinburgh and was invited along. Good striker back in the day so if he can teach our strikers a thing or two that would be fantastic!

Married a girl from Edinburgh and resides here, has turned out for Whitehill Welfare this season.

[Hannah_hfc]

Married a girl from Edinburgh and resides here, has turned out for Whitehill Welfare this season.
Even better of Hibs to get him along for a few sessions in that case!

[silverhibee]

Married a girl from Edinburgh and resides here, has turned out for Whitehill Welfare this season.

:agree:

Seen him in the bookies a few times.

[Stuarty27]

Sure he is married to Pat Munro daughter

[Thecat23]

Sure he is married to Pat Munro daughter

Yeah Stacey, she's a really nice girl known her for years!

Also Benni has been helping with players who may be interested in coming to us ;) advising on players from down south and abroad!

[SteveHFC]

Yeah Stacey, she's a really nice girl known her for years!

Also Benni has been helping with players who may be interested in coming to us ;) advising on players from down south and abroad!


:hyper

[Boyle89]

Loved him as a player. Pro Ev hero. Only short term but love this!

[CRAZYHIBBY]

Sounds like he will be here for a while....its quite funny to me because i remember watching him for blackburn and said to my mate, i bet he ends up at hibs

[BoomtownHibees]

Seen him on the shows at Ocean Terminal on Monday

[Centre Hawf]

Loved the interview with him. Seems to know a lot about the club and the derbies, which surprised me a little bit because in these situations you usually find they know the bare minimum but he seems to have really either researched it or kept up to date with it while living here. Welcome to Hibs Benni, for however long that may be!

[SteveHFC]

We could offer him a player/coaching deal until end of the season.

[ekhibee]

I'm sure I heard somewhere that Alan Shearer did his coaching badges at ER, maybe somebody could confirm that?

[Scott Allan Key]

Yeah Stacey, she's a really nice girl known her for years!

Also Benni has been helping with players who may be interested in coming to us ;) advising on players from down south and abroad!

Having South African connections myself, am delighted with this. How far south do we go? Kaiser Chiefs not just from Leeds.

[Haymaker]

I'm sure I heard somewhere that Alan Shearer did his coaching badges at ER, maybe somebody could confirm that?

Pretty sure he did his A licence at hibs. A lot of people do their licences in Scotland and Wales as they actually try to help you.

[Barney McGrew]

He was working at Celtc training their strikers last season while doing his badges. As others have said already, he stays in Edinburgh with his missus.

I met him pretty regularly through work last year, he's a genuinely nice guy who always stopped to chat about football anytime I saw him.

I'm glad he took my advice to get himself to a decent team in green and white :cb

[Seven Zero]

Give his interview a watch on Hibs TV. Comes across very well. Instantly likeable character and good knowledge of the game! Hope he is giving Jason and the other strikers some tips ahead of Sunday

[Greenblood70]

What a positive bloke - seems to be loving his time with us. Speaks very well about the club.

[My_Wife_Camille]

Having South African connections myself, am delighted with this. How far south do we go? Kaiser Chiefs not just from Leeds.
Same here, great to see Benni the Boep at Hibs!

[Northernhibee]

I really like him, he's a winner and a really positive character. Hope that if he's as good as a coach as he can be that he'll commit longer term to our backroom staff.

[Vault Boy]

Great interview, what a positive influence to have at the club, another successful former player for the squad to learn from.

[bodoglimt]

Welcome to hibs Benni :aok:

[WillowbraeHibby]

Just watched the interview with Benni McCarthy. I must say he comes across very well, good knowledge of the game, and speaks well of the club.
He would fit in very well at Hibs I would think, and maybe if not at present, then hopefully in the future. A guy that has done what he has could
offer a helluva lot to our club, and the players as a whole.

Good to have him onboard anyway, can only be of benefit... :flag:

[Thecat23]

Benni's presence can give the lads a boost going into the derby. Very cool, calm guy to be around and can really help the strikers on preparing for such a big game.

[KWJ]

Funny bit in the video when he's stretching a bit and Liam Craig just walks away. Heh.

Welcome to Hibs Benni :)

[Hermit Crab]

We could offer him a player/coaching deal until end of the season.


We couldn't afford him!!

[sleeping giant]

We couldn't afford him!!

How much is he on just now ?

[Hibeesmad]

I hope he enjoyed the game today

[NOLA]

hoping the young guys are bending his ears on how to play the strikers role, great influence for them to have around, take advantage of his playing wisdom while hes still here lads :flag: oh and malonga needs to have a chat on when he should pass the ball to an open teammate.

[Mikey09]

We couldn't afford him!!


Yes we could. Spoken to Benni loads of times and he has made his money so now wants to concentrate on putting something back into the game. He is a very genuine guy with a great knowledge of the modern game. I think a lot of our players, not just the younger ones could learn a hell of a lot from him. Oh and he should bring his best man from his wedding..... Funniest guy ever!! :thumbsup: