Leigh Griffiths

[Hibby soldier]

Celtic set to put leigh out on loan as he needs games and is down the pecking order at Celtic.

According to the Record.......

[Hibbyradge]

:hyper

[Just_Jimmy]

Get it done

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[Hibbyradge]

Heckingbottom would play him at right back.

[Heisenberg]

How many loans can you have from teams in the same division? Is there a limit?

[Diclonius]

Our manager won't be interested in him, and we wouldn't be able to pay Celtic's wage demands. Next!

[My_Wife_Camille]

I like Leigh. He’s a clever player with good movement

[we are hibs]

I like Leigh. He’s a clever player with good movement

He scores goals too so its a no from me.

[My_Wife_Camille]

He scores goals too so its a no from me.
Being a striker isn’t about scoring goals though

[Bostonhibby]

Too short for a goalkeeper so I can't see him being a target, however we now identify them .

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[ancient hibee]

Is he available before January?

[Sammy7nil]

Our manager won't be interested in him, and we wouldn't be able to pay Celtic's wage demands. Next!

We would not be paying his wages all Celtic will want is a clear steer he will get a lot of first team football where ever be goes. And that the loan suits Celtic, Leigh and his family.

[Betty Boop]

The piece in the Record doesn't say he's available on loan at all. Surprised to read he's living in Glasgow now.

[silverhibee]

Our manager won't be interested in him, and we wouldn't be able to pay Celtic's wage demands. Next!

Our manager made it quite clear that we have no money when asked about Ambrose so we are wasting our time talking about getting Griffiths unless he pays his own wage to come to us, it ain't happening.

[Blaster]

Our manager made it quite clear that we have no money when asked about Ambrose so we are wasting our time talking about getting Griffiths unless he pays his own wage to come to us, it ain't happening.

Surely must now be getting some of the HSL money which was previously being held back?

[The 90+2]

The piece in the Record doesn't say he's available on loan at all. Surprised to read he's living in Glasgow now.

I’m sure he’s living in a hotel.

[xyz23jc]

:hyper


THIS x 100! :hyper:hyper:hyper:hyper:hyper:hyper:hyper:hyper

[chrisski33]

Get him here but under a different manager. hecky will ruin him

[ekhibee]

Heckingbottom would play him at right back.

This.

[ben johnson]

The club who sign him will need someone like a rich businessmen who has made his money in say America and was desperate to show his fan base he was a serious owner with ambition

[Marvellous]

The Daily Record article is from their own columnist and habitual tool Scott McDermott and it's saying that Celtic should consider loaning him, it doesn't say Celtic are considering it.

Lennon also said recently he doesn't want to loan him.

[The 90+2]

Get him here but under a different manager. hecky will ruin him

He would sit on the bench. He’s not a lone striker.

[BlackSheep]

How many loans can you have from teams in the same division? Is there a limit?

Who else do we have on loan from Celtic?

[The 90+2]

Who else do we have on loan from Celtic?

I think the poster meant we have a player on loan from a team in this division and if there was a cap on that and not a specific team.

The answer - I’ve no idea.

[hibeerealist]

The club who sign him will need someone like a rich businessmen who has made his money in say America and was desperate to show his fan base he was a serious owner with ambition

LOL Ben you rotter!!!

[jacomo]

THIS x 100! :hyper:hyper:hyper:hyper:hyper:hyper:hyper:hyper



Where did the other 92 go?

:wink:

[jacomo]

He would sit on the bench. He’s not a lone striker.


Except for when he played for us as a lone striker.

[The 90+2]

Except for when he played for us as a lone striker.

Up front with Big Gaz? Did the times he played lone for us work out well?

[matty_f]

Has anyone made a joke about intelligent runs and clever movement yet? I feel this thread would benefit from it.

[calumhibee1]

Except for when he played for us as a lone striker.

I thought that aswell. In the season where he was outstanding for us he mostly played the lone striker did he not?

[Haymaker]

:hyper

[Gloucester Hibs]

I thought that aswell. In the season where he was outstanding for us he mostly played the lone striker did he not?

Wasn't he mainly partnering Eoin Doyle in the 2012/13 season? Season before he was up top with GOC?

[The 90+2]

Wasn't he mainly partnering Eoin Doyle in the 2012/13 season? Season before he was up top with GOC?

Yep. Doyle played over 40 games the second season. Kuqi (sp) and Ross Caldwell too.

[jacomo]

Wasn't he mainly partnering Eoin Doyle in the 2012/13 season? Season before he was up top with GOC?


Doyle played more as a winger (the position Flo was asked to play last season).

Frequently under Pat Fenlon, Hibs set up as 9 men behind the ball + Super Leigh doing his thing.

[calumhibee1]

Yep. Doyle played over 40 games the second season. Kuqi (sp) and Ross Caldwell too.

Didn’t realise Doyle played nearly as often as that.

[Hibs4185]

Griifiths on loan is the biggest no brainier for hibs, Celtic and Leigh.

He gets to build confidence in a league he knows and play for a club he loves.

[Hibeesforever]

The cost of bringing in Leigh vs the cost of further tumbling down the league...no brainer, Hibs need to spend the money now, not wait for a relegation dogfight. Owner needs to pony up on this!

[DH1875]

Would Lennon let him come to us though? That is the question

[Squirrel 1875]

:hyper

Oh how I chuckled to myself when I saw that you had posted this. Very much your thing. Own it young man. Enjoyable. Spice of life.

[Squirrel 1875]

I think we would benefit from Griffiths intelligent runs and clever movement...

[CloudSquall]

Bring him in and get rid of the manager or this has all the marks of Fenlon Episode 2..

[Vault Boy]

The signing of Griffiths alone would completely change our season. We still wouldn't be great, but we'd definitely win games that we'd otherwise drop points in.

Come on back Sparky.

[Squealing pig]

Wouldn’t wish this on anyone especially sparky

[DetroitHibs]

Sparky, a fit Boyle and Scott Allan. Definitely changes things.

[The Harp Awakes]

Celtic set to put leigh out on loan as he needs games and is down the pecking order at Celtic.

According to the Record.......

Leigh is class but wouldn't fit in. He's one of us and gets Hibs.

However Hecky wont be interested as he's filled our squad with a bunch of mediocre players who clearly don't get Hibs. For his next striker Heck will be looking at some no mark from the lower English leagues who once scored a hat trick against Yeovil Town reserves.

[pacoluna]

Wouldn’t wish this on anyone especially sparky

Mcnulty and omeonga made the difference last season, a player like sparky would certainly change things.

[we are hibs]

Mcnulty and omeonga made the difference last season, a player like sparky would certainly change things.

We badly miss Omeonga. Even if he wasnt having a great game his enthusiasm and willingness to close people down helped give the rest of his team mates a boot up the arse if we were flagging in a game.

[calumhibee1]

We badly miss Omeonga. Even if he wasnt having a great game his enthusiasm and willingness to close people down helped give the rest of his team mates a boot up the arse if we were flagging in a game.

Agreed.

I didn’t rate him as a player as much as others seemed to (although he was still decent) but there was no doubting his effort and like you said his enthusiasm.

[BILLYHIBS]

Leigh is class but wouldn't fit in. He's one of us and gets Hibs.

However Hecky wont be interested as he's filled our squad with a bunch of mediocre players who clearly don't get Hibs. For his next striker Heck will be looking at some no mark from the lower English leagues who once scored a hat trick against Yeovil Town reserves.
This!

[Keith_M]

Celtic set to put leigh out on loan as he needs games and is down the pecking order at Celtic.

According to the Record.......


I don't actually think that's what the article said.

[WhileTheChief..]

Bring him in and get rid of the manager or this has all the marks of Fenlon Episode 2..

Bring him in as manager.

Two birds, one stone!

[18Craig75]

He’s got too much personality for our manager. So Hecky would have to leave the wheel for it to even have chance to happen.

[Brightside]

Its just an opinion piece from someone at the record.

[SRHibs]

Would be good backup for Doidge.

[Nicho87]

Just never going to happen

[Haymaker]

Oh how I chuckled to myself when I saw that you had posted this. Very much your thing. Own it young man. Enjoyable. Spice of life.

I will! :agree:

[hibsbollah]

I will! :agree:

:hyper

[CMurdoch]

A lot of gullible people on this thread.
This drivel has no substance and is just some powder puff piece by a so called journalist at the Daily Daftie aimed at getting halfwits to read it and repeat it.
Dear oh dear :rolleyes:.

[CraigHibee]

He would be kept out the team by the mighty doidge

[jacomo]

A lot of gullible people on this thread.
This drivel has no substance and is just some powder puff piece by a so called journalist at the Daily Daftie aimed at getting halfwits to read it and repeat it.
Dear oh dear :rolleyes:.


Shh now. It’s a no brainer. Give him a 5 year contract. It will be the best £150k Ron has ever spent.

[iwasthere1972]

Celtic set to put leigh out on loan as he needs games and is down the pecking order at Celtic.

According to the Record.......

Maybe we can stick in a cheeky bid of £150K in January. You never know. :greengrin

[bigwheel]

McNulty not in the starting 11 for Sunderland also...under new manager....hope we can get one of them in at least in Jan.....


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[Centre Hawf]

McNulty not in the starting 11 for Sunderland also...under new manager....hope we can get one of them in at least in Jan.....


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Not really fussed with McNulty if I'm honest. He's struggling to score goals in League 1 for a team that despite it's struggles is playing on the front foot a lot. If he was free then maybe. But I'm certainly glad we didn't pay money for him in the summer as some wanted.

[Andy74]

Bring him in and get rid of the manager or this has all the marks of Fenlon Episode 2..

Not sure what this means.

Fenlon took a team that could have got relegated to reasonably comfortable safety and a cup final.

In the next season and a bit his teams generally averaged 4th to 5th place. We spent more time in 1st and 2nd than we ever did in the bottom 4 places.

We dipped into the bottom six just at the wrong time at the end of that season not helped by 2 horrendous refereeing decisions. We then won was it 5 of our games in that half and got to another cup final.

I don’t think we were bottom six when he left.

We’re miles away from the heights of being a Fenlon Episode 2.

[Centre Hawf]

Not sure what this means.

Fenlon took a team that could have got relegated to reasonably comfortable safety and a cup final.

In the next season and a bit his teams generally averaged 4th to 5th place. We spent more time in 1st and 2nd than we ever did in the bottom 4 places.

We dipped into the bottom six just at the wrong time at the end of that season not helped by 2 horrendous refereeing decisions. We then won was it 5 of our games in that half and got to another cup final.

I don’t think we were bottom six when he left.

We’re miles away from the heights of being a Fenlon Episode 2.

Fenlon wasn't great by any stretch of the imagination. But I think he was actually fairly adequate and capable of taking what was a horrendously average squad and making them difficult to beat and keeping us above water and generally being competitive without ever being exciting, albeit 5-1 and Malmo hung over him like a bad smell.

I don't think as a team we were far off being something similar to what Tommy Wright did with St Johnstone over the years we were in the Championship. I think it's probably telling of how "good" a job he did do with that squad when you consider he had us mid table then Butcher sank them.

[The 90+2]

Not sure what this means.

Fenlon took a team that could have got relegated to reasonably comfortable safety and a cup final.

In the next season and a bit his teams generally averaged 4th to 5th place. We spent more time in 1st and 2nd than we ever did in the bottom 4 places.

We dipped into the bottom six just at the wrong time at the end of that season not helped by 2 horrendous refereeing decisions. We then won was it 5 of our games in that half and got to another cup final.

I don’t think we were bottom six when he left.

We’re miles away from the heights of being a Fenlon Episode 2.

We had won 4 times in the whole year at home under Fenlon, one was against Stranraer and we had been humiliated (again) by Malmo then emptied out the cup by hearts in administration. It was definitely time for Fenlon to leave but at the same time you’re right - he actually improved us from the position he found us in. The opposite of Heckingbotton in terms of squad wise if not league position.

[Brightside]

Not really fussed with McNulty if I'm honest. He's struggling to score goals in League 1 for a team that despite it's struggles is playing on the front foot a lot. If he was free then maybe. But I'm certainly glad we didn't pay money for him in the summer as some wanted.

Eh. He was banging them in every week when he went down there. McNulty is exactly what we are missing.

[Stokesy's on fire]

LG is the answer but there is no chance we will get him...won't be shocked if the sheep get him on loan though

[Keith_M]

The only LG we have a chance of getting is a Mobile Phone

[JohnM1875]

Don't see why we wouldn't have as good a chance of anyone if he was to go out on loan.

He'd be close to Celtic so they could monitor him, playing every week at a club he loves so would help him, couldn't play against Celtic but could against the likes of Rangers given us more chance to take points off them. Boosting Celtic's chances of winning the league.

[CapitalGreen]

Eh. He was banging them in every week when he went down there. McNulty is exactly what we are missing.

He scored once in his final 8 games.

[bigwheel]

He scored once in his final 8 games.

Give us something we are missing - at the right price I think he would be perfect foil up front ....

[Michael]

LG is the answer but there is no chance we will get him...won't be shocked if the sheep get him on loan though

Why would they be more likely?

[The_Horde]

I'd rather we gave Shaw a run in the team than take a player on loan from one of the ugly sisters again.

[ben johnson]

I'd rather we gave Shaw a run in the team than take a player on loan from one of the ugly sisters again.

I know exactly how you feel but Celtic have really only borrowed him until he comes home

[hibbydog]

Is there a rule against playing a loan striker as a lone striker?

If so we play him up top with Kamberi

[Hibiza]

Come home Sir.

[hfc rd]

Absolute no brainier!

Bring him back home!

[Haymaker]

:hyper

[Hibs4185]

We will probably get LG, and have him and Kamberi on the bench whilst Heckingbottom persists with Doidge

[Keith_M]

The guy's only scored 9 goals in two years.

I think we should be setting our sights a bit higher than that.


Only Kidding :-)

You're gonna regret quoting this

[supermcginn]

Not really fussed with McNulty if I'm honest. He's struggling to score goals in League 1 for a team that despite it's struggles is playing on the front foot a lot. If he was free then maybe. But I'm certainly glad we didn't pay money for him in the summer as some wanted.
Agreed, he was mince after the split.

[The 90+2]

Is there a rule against playing a loan striker as a lone striker?

If so we play him up top with Kamberi

At least he’s not going to be the loan Lone Ranger anytime soon 😉

[CloudSquall]

Not sure what this means.

Fenlon took a team that could have got relegated to reasonably comfortable safety and a cup final.

In the next season and a bit his teams generally averaged 4th to 5th place. We spent more time in 1st and 2nd than we ever did in the bottom 4 places.

We dipped into the bottom six just at the wrong time at the end of that season not helped by 2 horrendous refereeing decisions. We then won was it 5 of our games in that half and got to another cup final.

I don’t think we were bottom six when he left.

We’re miles away from the heights of being a Fenlon Episode 2.

To be honest my analysis went as far as "***** team plus Griffths" before posting :greengrin

[Begbie79]

Celtic want a loan deal only if theres a fee involved at the end of it so i think he will head down south.

They want him punted as he had a proper square go in training with Greg Taylor.

[Diclonius]

♫ It's beginning to look a lot like (the) Griffiths (thread) ♫

[CloudSquall]

Celtic want a loan deal only if theres a fee involved

150k :hyper

[SteveHFC]

150k :hyper

:hyper

[hibeerealist]

150k :hyper

Get it done LD you know it makes sense!!!

[Captain Trips]

The only LG we have a chance of getting is a Mobile Phone

Indeed and it would miss every call.

[Haymaker]

:hyper

[MWHIBBIES]

Not really fussed with McNulty if I'm honest. He's struggling to score goals in League 1 for a team that despite it's struggles is playing on the front foot a lot. If he was free then maybe. But I'm certainly glad we didn't pay money for him in the summer as some wanted.

This makes no difference at all in his clear ability to score goals in this league. Could be a million reasons it isn't working for him there.

[Hibs1969]

Indeed and it would miss every call.
Not if you use it on the LEE network 🤔

[CMurdoch]

Celtic want a loan deal only if theres a fee involved at the end of it so i think he will head down south.

They want him punted as he had a proper square go in training with Greg Taylor.

Has a mega contract with Celtic until 2022.
No team down south is going to match that wage unless he shows he is ready to perform at a high level again.
I can see him doing very little until they pay him off.
Once that happens we may see him at Easter Road.

He has the same kind of life/work ethic issues as Charnley, Riordan, O' Connor, Best etc had in the past and as such may almost be done. There will be regular comeback chat and flickers of form in the next 3 years interspersed with lots of breaks before he disappears into oblivion to be remembered forever for his 2 wonderful free kick goals against England and what might have been.

[Sammy7nil]

This makes no difference at all in his clear ability to score goals in this league. Could be a million reasons it isn't working for him there.

I think there is only two or three the main on being he is not playing well enough.

[The 90+2]

Has a mega contract with Celtic until 2022.
No team down south is going to match that wage unless he shows he is ready to perform at a high level again.
I can see him doing very little until they pay him off.
Once that happens we may see him at Easter Road.

He has the same kind of life/work ethic issues as Charnley, Riordan, O' Connor, Best etc had in the past and as such may almost be done. There will be regular comeback chat and flickers of form in the next 3 years interspersed with lots of breaks before he disappears into oblivion to be remembered forever for his 2 wonderful free kick goals against England and what might have been.

You forgot his two even more wonderful free kicks for us against Hearts

[CMurdoch]

You forgot his two even more wonderful free kicks for us against Hearts

Only our fans ............................................and theirs :na na:
will remember them