Peevemor
03-10-2017, 09:02 AM
There's a good interview with Marvin Bartley in the EEN.
http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hibs/marvin-bartley-hibs-players-flew-under-radar-thanks-to-neil-lennon-1-4575829
One bit made me smile
"He’d (Lennon) got a great reception from their fans – although I was in the middle of the pitch booing him at that point..."
On the Hibs TV SJM interview after the match, you can hear Bartley singing the SJM song in the background and McGinn says something like "that's Bartley's first assist in 7 years".
I was a wee bit worried that with Cummings & Keatings (and even Holt) moving on in the summer that the atmosphere in the changing room might have taken a bit of a nosedive, but from what I can make out (goal celebration competition video, etc.) the new guys seem to have slotted right in.
Now obviously too much dicking about can be detremental, but I think Stubbs and now Neil Lennon seem to have found the right balance between professionalism and craic.
I can't remember a Hibs squad that have managed to retain this camaradery for so long (from what I can make out in any case). There's no doubt that having a lower turnover of players has helped this - but I also think it's a result of everything that's happened since Leeann Dempster was given free reign to change the set-up at the club (especially emptying Butcher).
Thoughts...?
http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hibs/marvin-bartley-hibs-players-flew-under-radar-thanks-to-neil-lennon-1-4575829
One bit made me smile
"He’d (Lennon) got a great reception from their fans – although I was in the middle of the pitch booing him at that point..."
On the Hibs TV SJM interview after the match, you can hear Bartley singing the SJM song in the background and McGinn says something like "that's Bartley's first assist in 7 years".
I was a wee bit worried that with Cummings & Keatings (and even Holt) moving on in the summer that the atmosphere in the changing room might have taken a bit of a nosedive, but from what I can make out (goal celebration competition video, etc.) the new guys seem to have slotted right in.
Now obviously too much dicking about can be detremental, but I think Stubbs and now Neil Lennon seem to have found the right balance between professionalism and craic.
I can't remember a Hibs squad that have managed to retain this camaradery for so long (from what I can make out in any case). There's no doubt that having a lower turnover of players has helped this - but I also think it's a result of everything that's happened since Leeann Dempster was given free reign to change the set-up at the club (especially emptying Butcher).
Thoughts...?