Official Site: Owen Bevan Returns To AFC Bournemouth

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We can confirm that Owen Bevan has returned to AFC Bournemouth following a further injury.
The young centre-half joined Hibs on loan on Deadline Day with the plan to link up with Nick Montgomery’s First Team squad on Monday 5 February, 2024.
Unfortunately, Owen had an injury setback during his rehabilitation programme, which means he will remain with the Cherries until the end of the 2023/24 campaign.
Everyone at Hibernian FC wishes Owen all the best with his recovery.






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[Unseen work]

Shame, was looking forward to seeing him play as he seemed highly rated.

I had it in my head his loan was going to be a bit of an extended trial period due to him being injured.

Expect the club to get a fair bit of stick for this.

[Carheenlea]

Had a gut feeling we wouldn’t see him this season after news of the initial injury was revealed.

[Brightside]

Shame, was looking forward to seeing him play as he seemed highly rated.

I had it in my head his loan was going to be a bit of an extended trial period due to him being injured.

Expect the club to get a fair bit of stick for this.

Only from the usual suspects. Partner club gives a us player. He doesnt get over his injury, so he goes back. Its cost us nothing and as we stopped Hanlon going out on loan we have loads of cover.

[Stuart93]

Aw go on then I’ll be a “usual suspect”

Signing an already injured player in a problem area when we’re crying out for more quality in there seemed bizarre at the time.

It doesn’t seem any less bizarre now that he’s away back down the road.

We haven’t addressed our defensive issues with the quality we were needing

[matty_f]

Only from the usual suspects. Partner club gives a us player. He doesnt get over his injury, so he goes back. Its cost us nothing and as we stopped Hanlon going out on loan we have loads of cover.

Correct.

[Brightside]

Aw go on then I’ll be a “usual suspect”

Signing an already injured player in a problem area when we’re crying out for more quality in there seemed bizarre at the time.

It doesn’t seem any less bizarre now that he’s away back down the road.

It was a free gamble.

[Stuart93]

It was a free gamble.

But it leaves us a player lighter in what’s already a problem area for us?

It leaves us with the same players in there that are already contributing to us having one of the poorer defensive records in the league

It was a free gamble as opposed to us just bringing in a decent quality CB, that we’ve needed for years

[blackpoolhibs]

Once he's fit, as he's obviously had a set back, i expect we will see him back again in the summer. :thumbsup:

[Billy Whizz]

Hopefully means we can give one of our home grown players, Jacob Blaney an opportunity

[Brightside]

But it leaves us a player lighter in what’s already a problem area for us?

It leaves us with the same players in there that are already contributing to us having one of the poorer defensive records in the league

It was a free gamble as opposed to us just bringing in a decent quality CB, that we’ve needed for years

We have 5 available CBs. And thats even before you look at using Obita, Lewis etc. Our goals against in my view is about how badly we defend as a team, not just swapping a CB.

[Stuart93]

We have 5 available CBs. And thats even before you look at using Obita, Lewis etc. Our goals against in my view is about how badly we defend as a team, not just swapping a CB.

I disagree. How many out of the 5 CB’s are good enough?

Losing headers in the middle of your box is mainly on the CB’s for me.

You’re underestimating what having a no nonsense CB who’s not scared to put his head in where it hurts does for a team imo

But I reckon we’re never going to share the same view here and happy to accept that

[Pretty Boy]

I wonder if the announcement of his signing could have been handled a bit differently. He got the same announcement as all the rest when it was clearly a pretty different situation. 'Owen joins as part of his rehab from injury with a view to playing later in the season' would arguably have managed expectations better.

It's not really that big a deal, he obviously wasn't signed as any kind of solution to a problem as his inability to play was known at the point of signing. In that regard we are no worse off than we were an hour or so ago, he seems more like one who might have been a nice option to have rather than someone who was signed with any real expectation.

[Brooster]

I disagree. How many out of the 5 CB’s are good enough?

Losing headers in the middle of your box is mainly on the CB’s for me.

You’re underestimating what having a no nonsense CB who’s not scared to put his head in where it hurts does for a team imo

But I reckon we’re never going to share the same view here and happy to accept that

Take a day off.

[sauzee1989]

Disappointing news! Would have expected him to start when fit just because the other options are woeful.

[overdrive]

I wonder if the announcement of his signing could have been handled a bit differently. He got the same announcement as all the rest when it was clearly a pretty different situation. 'Owen joins as part of his rehab from injury with a view to playing later in the season' would arguably have managed expectations better.

It's not really that big a deal, he obviously wasn't signed as any kind of solution to a problem as his inability to play was known at the point of signing. In that regard we are no worse off than we were an hour or so ago, he seems more like one who might have been a nice option to have rather than someone who was signed with any real expectation.

Yep I think that’s a fair comment. If expectations were set to begin with, the optics might be a bit better. Especially in the context of the “we only want to sign players who are ready to play” mantra that NM said on more than one occasion. He was clearly an exception to that but it was made out he was like every other signing we made in Jan.

[Centre Hawf]

I wonder if the announcement of his signing could have been handled a bit differently. He got the same announcement as all the rest when it was clearly a pretty different situation. 'Owen joins as part of his rehab from injury with a view to playing later in the season' would arguably have managed expectations better.

It's not really that big a deal, he obviously wasn't signed as any kind of solution to a problem as his inability to play was known at the point of signing. In that regard we are no worse off than we were an hour or so ago, he seems more like one who might have been a nice option to have rather than someone who was signed with any real expectation.

Not sure if it was ever possible but a bit of transparency on if this was, as you say, a rehab with a view to him maybe extending his loan for the 2024/25 season would have maybe alleviated the pressure on him and the club in this scenario as we'd all have probably realised this was a step outside our immediate January business.

As others say I wouldn't be hugely surprised to see him in the summer still.

[Stuart93]

Take a day off.

No?

[Alex Trager]

But it leaves us a player lighter in what’s already a problem area for us?

It leaves us with the same players in there that are already contributing to us having one of the poorer defensive records in the league

It was a free gamble as opposed to us just bringing in a decent quality CB, that we’ve needed for years

It was a free gamble, but perhaps it should have been a gamble we took at the top end of the pitch where we don’t *really* need additional quality.

Hanlon has been OK in recent years. He’s also been our best CB in they years.

How manager after manager have not looked at the CH’s and said ‘right Paul is our best CB but he’s probably not good enough to be where we want to be, so we will bring in better and put Paul on the bench’ is really beggars belief.

Our defence is really poor.

This was a bad gamble to take. But that is based on the other CH we have brought in looking not great either.

[Donegal Hibby]

But it leaves us a player lighter in what’s already a problem area for us?

It leaves us with the same players in there that are already contributing to us having one of the poorer defensive records in the league

It was a free gamble as opposed to us just bringing in a decent quality CB, that we’ve needed for years

It doesn't really leave us any lighter though as he never played for us anyhow stu and we still have four CHs with Obita recently doing a decent job there too .

We have improved the midfield considerably which should help take pressure off the defense and added Triantis who Sunderland obviously rate as well as our manager too .

All is not lost with this news buddy 👍

[Stuart93]

It doesn't really leave us any lighter though as he never played for us anyhow stu and we still have four CHs with Obita recently doing a decent job there too .

We have improved the midfield considerably which should help take pressure off the defense and added Triantis who Sunderland obviously rate as well as our manager too .

All is not lost with this news buddy 👍

But we haven’t bettered the quality in there though which we should’ve done in January, that’s my main gripe here as opposed to the young lad going back down the road.

We aren’t exactly in a position where we’ve got much room to gamble on signings.

Triantis isn’t great from what I’ve seen so far. Maybe still to settle but hasn’t been as good as I’d have hoped.

We’re left with the same defence that’s had issues all season & more

[sauzee1989]

It doesn't really leave us any lighter though as he never played for us anyhow stu and we still have four CHs with Obita recently doing a decent job there too .

We have improved the midfield considerably which should help take pressure off the defense and added Triantis who Sunderland obviously rate as well as our manager too .

All is not lost with this news buddy 👍

That’s the issue Obita is the only half decent centre half we have, and he’s a left back.

[hibee1875]

Hopefully means we can give one of our home grown players, Jacob Blaney an opportunity

Looks far too small to be a CB in this league

[Billy Whizz]

Looks far too small to be a CB in this league

He’s taller than Will Fish

[04Sauzee]

Looks far too small to be a CB in this league

Are you viewing on a phone, tablet or pc?

[Stuart93]

Are you viewing on a phone, tablet or pc?

Just say you’re looking at it through your eyes and it’s still not impressive?

[allezsauzee]

I disagree. How many out of the 5 CB’s are good enough?

Losing headers in the middle of your box is mainly on the CB’s for me.

You’re underestimating what having a no nonsense CB who’s not scared to put his head in where it hurts does for a team imo

But I reckon we’re never going to share the same view here and happy to accept that

I think the answer to your question is probably one and even he is on loan. We should have been strengthening at CB/DM for years now and yet we've never seemed further away from having a solid base from which to build a team.

[Donegal Hibby]

But we haven’t bettered the quality in there though which we should’ve done in January, that’s my main gripe here as opposed to the young lad going back down the road.

We aren’t exactly in a position where we’ve got much room to gamble on signings.

Triantis isn’t great from what I’ve seen so far. Maybe still to settle but hasn’t been as good as I’d have hoped.

We’re left with the same defence that’s had issues all season & more

January though isn't an easy window to add quality though as teams don't want to lose there better players and even if you do get them you'll probably have to pay well over the odds too .

Was he a gamble? , I haven't seen Bevan play tbh and don't know would he have been ahead of Hanlon , Rocky , Fish and Triantis anyhow? .

Triantis has had a shaky start though there's been times I think he's looked quite good too , maybe as you say he just needs abit more time to settle in .

Defense has been an issue and I won't argue with you on that though we at times had to play a 16 year old at RB as well which hasn't helped .

One of my main gripes I've had with our defensive problems is i think our midfield hasn't been good enough in dominating games and taking the pressure of the back four , I do think we have done that with signings of 3 very good midfielders though .

To a degree I get what your saying though I still don't think this about Bevan going back is anything concerning mate .

[Brightside]

That’s the issue Obita is the only half decent centre half we have, and he’s a left back.

Poppycock.

[Donegal Hibby]

That’s the issue Obita is the only half decent centre half we have, and he’s a left back.

I don't necessarily agree with you on this , I think we have decent CH's who have made mistakes at times though I still think a big part of the problem as been due to our midfield being poor .

[badabing67]

Only from the usual suspects. Partner club gives a us player. He doesnt get over his injury, so he goes back. Its cost us nothing and as we stopped Hanlon going out on loan we have loads of cover.


Never heard anything about that. What more do you know about it.

[badabing67]

That’s the issue Obita is the only half decent centre half we have, and he’s a left back.

Really. I thought he was our man of the match playing that position against Rangers. To say he was only only half decent is a bit harsh on him. Imo.

[SHODAN]

Are there any players available on a free transfer that we can pick up in case of emergency?

[Greensunshine]

Aw go on then I’ll be a “usual suspect”

Signing an already injured player in a problem area when we’re crying out for more quality in there seemed bizarre at the time.

It doesn’t seem any less bizarre now that he’s away back down the road.

We haven’t addressed our defensive issues with the quality we were needing

This 👆

We’re paying the price for not making the right decisions. The people responsible will no doubt not be held to account and the manager will once again carry the can.
Unless we can pull off a minor miracle and beat a very good and in form Dundee and Hearts side, then it’ll be curtains for Monty.

Those same people will no doubt be charged with bringing in yet another manager!

[Since452]

Sure he'll be a pub quiz question in the future

[overdrive]

Sure he'll be a pub quiz question in the future

Up there with the boy from Newcastle (Airey?) who played one game then decided he was homesick.

[LancsHibs]

Looks far too small to be a CB in this league

Are you viewing him up close or far away?

[Spike Mandela]

S**t happens!!!!!! Oh well.:dunno:

[neil7908]

Weird one.

I get there is no loss for Hibs here but I'm not sure given our defensive record that this was the position to take a punt on.

Megwa is also away so let's just hope Cadden can stay fit.

[Cabbage-Patch]

A wonderful bit of business by the recruitment team. The streets will never forget the name Bevan

[Bakerman]

Really. I thought he was our man of the match playing that position against Rangers. To say he was only only half decent is a bit harsh on him. Imo.

:agree:

Obita has been the stand out player for some weeks now. Often looks real class.

[degenerated]

Looks far too small to be a CB in this leagueMaybe he's just far away :greengrin

[J-C]

A wonderful bit of business by the recruitment team. The streets will never forget the name Bevan

Did they think his name was Bevvy and thought it'd look great having the sponsor on the front and back of the strip.😅

[Hibeesdaft16]

We desperately needed a couple of experienced ready to go centre halfs from the start of January, we send an inexperienced one that has been injured two months prior to signing and peoples attitude is "oh well, never cost anything"? :confused:

[Greensunshine]

:agree:

Obita has been the stand out player for some weeks now. Often looks real class.

He’s very good going forward but he needs to be better defensively, not just him may I add.

[Sparrows tongue]

A wonderful bit of business by the recruitment team. The streets will never forget the name Bevan

Indeed.

Imagine having to bin your replica and name-printed Hibs top before even getting the chance to spill beer on it.

FFS

[Chipper1875]

:agree:

Obita has been the stand out player for some weeks now. Often looks real class.

Poor defender. Last three games made identical mistakes. Cross going over his head, which lead to st Mirren and Celtics first goals . And against ICT boy hits the bar .

Decent player going forward

[B.H.F.C]

Montgomery saying in his pre match interview that we’ve got an eye on him for the future so won’t be surprised to see him back in the summer.

Was an odd signing in terms of what we needed in January though IMO.

[VoltaireHibs]

I disagree. How many out of the 5 CB’s are good enough?

Losing headers in the middle of your box is mainly on the CB’s for me.

You’re underestimating what having a no nonsense CB who’s not scared to put his head in where it hurts does for a team imo

But I reckon we’re never going to share the same view here and happy to accept that


I think the player you're describing there is Rocky. I feel he's pretty solid in the air and he's certainly got the build. Look at the stick he gets? Which is unwarranted imo. He's being asked to be Maldini and bring the ball out from the back, which is where his weakness lies. Stick him in the box and tell him to clear it out and I think he'd be exactly what you're asking for.

These big no nonsense CB's don't really exist anymore, not at our level and with our aspirations. Aberdeen have been looking for one for years, Hearts have Halkett who is the only defender they have that could be described as such, and he's perma-injured. So if you can name me a no nonsense CB in our league I'd be interested to know who this player is, that he actually exists in the modern game? Celtic have Carter-Vickers and the huns have Goldson, but that's a different price range and both are more than big huddies that clear their box.

I get what you're saying, and I can see the need for experience, which, in everyones view, is what we're lacking, but a big 6ft 2in centre half that blooters the ball away is not something I recognise in the game anymore. Bit like an out and out Number 9, like Vente, there is no place for them in the modern game.

[B.H.F.C]

I think the player you're describing there is Rocky. I feel he's pretty solid in the air and he's certainly got the build. Look at the stick he gets? Which is unwarranted imo. He's being asked to be Maldini and bring the ball out from the back, which is where his weakness lies. Stick him in the box and tell him to clear it out and I think he'd be exactly what you're asking for.

These big no nonsense CB's don't really exist anymore, not at our level and with our aspirations. Aberdeen have been looking for one for years, Hearts have Halkett who is the only defender they have that could be described as such, and he's perma-injured. So if you can name me a no nonsense CB in our league I'd be interested to know who this player is, that he actually exists in the modern game? Celtic have Carter-Vickers and the huns have Goldson, but that's a different price range and both are more than big huddies that clear their box.

I get what you're saying, and I can see the need for experience, which, in everyones view, is what we're lacking, but a big 6ft 2in centre half that blooters the ball away is not something I recognise in the game anymore. Bit like an out and out Number 9, like Vente, there is no place for them in the modern game.

Rocky isn’t no nonsense, far from it. I can’t remember us losing many goals from him trying to be Maldini. But you only need to go back to his last game when he failed to deal with a big punt up the park.

Hearts have lost less than a goal a game with the likes of Kent and Rowles and I don’t think I’d describe either of them as being particularly good football players. They defend though. As big a reason they are where they are as Shankland. Make his goals count for something.

[Hibeesdaft16]

Rocky isn’t no nonsense, far from it. I can’t remember us losing many goals from him trying to be Maldini. But you only need to go back to his last game when he failed to deal with a big punt up the park.

Hearts have lost less than a goal a game with the likes of Kent and Rowles and I don’t think I’d describe either of them as being particularly good football players. They defend though. As big a reason they are where they are as Shankland. Make his goals count for something.


:agree: Rocky is an athlete with raw attributes but can't do the basics in what his job should be, defend. The guy should be nowhere near our team and the fact people want him in shows how piss poor our defence is, something not addressed this winter. And before people start and say January is hard to recruit in, we had the same problem last year and signed a centre half we have already loaned out already for not being good enough. Negligence by whoever the recruitment team are.

[Donegal Hibby]

I think the player you're describing there is Rocky. I feel he's pretty solid in the air and he's certainly got the build. Look at the stick he gets? Which is unwarranted imo. He's being asked to be Maldini and bring the ball out from the back, which is where his weakness lies. Stick him in the box and tell him to clear it out and I think he'd be exactly what you're asking for.

These big no nonsense CB's don't really exist anymore, not at our level and with our aspirations. Aberdeen have been looking for one for years, Hearts have Halkett who is the only defender they have that could be described as such, and he's perma-injured. So if you can name me a no nonsense CB in our league I'd be interested to know who this player is, that he actually exists in the modern game? Celtic have Carter-Vickers and the huns have Goldson, but that's a different price range and both are more than big huddies that clear their box.

I get what you're saying, and I can see the need for experience, which, in everyones view, is what we're lacking, but a big 6ft 2in centre half that blooters the ball away is not something I recognise in the game anymore. Bit like an out and out Number 9, like Vente, there is no place for them in the modern game.

I don't think he is describing Rocky . Rocky's ok to decent in the air though I think both Fish and Hanlon are probably better . His strengths are I think as you say he's physically strong , mobile and faster than he looks . He's a player imo like Porto or Ambrose that likes to drive out of defense with the ball and is better than both Fish and Hanlon at that .

What I do agree with what you say about the stick the guy gets being unwarranted which was obvious early doors when he asked why the fans didn't like him even though when we signed him I don't think he had played a lot of first team football and since then he's steadily improved and hopefully will continue too .

[VoltaireHibs]

Rocky isn’t no nonsense, far from it. I can’t remember us losing many goals from him trying to be Maldini. But you only need to go back to his last game when he failed to deal with a big punt up the park.

Hearts have lost less than a goal a game with the likes of Kent and Rowles and I don’t think I’d describe either of them as being particularly good football players. They defend though. As big a reason they are where they are as Shankland. Make his goals count for something.

I don't see enough of them to make a call on their footballing abilities, but I've seen enough to say I wouldn't describe either as no nonsense CB's, as Stuart93 seems to be saying. Rowles in particular is built like the gable end of a sheet of A4, but what they do have, in Kent, is an experienced player, a decent age, and by the bits and bobs I hear from Jambos, a leader. That is what we lack. Experience and leadership are at the root of our CB issues. Add to that the fact we have an LB and RB that aren't great at stopping cross balls, then we will always struggle.

[JimBHibees]

I think the player you're describing there is Rocky. I feel he's pretty solid in the air and he's certainly got the build. Look at the stick he gets? Which is unwarranted imo. He's being asked to be Maldini and bring the ball out from the back, which is where his weakness lies. Stick him in the box and tell him to clear it out and I think he'd be exactly what you're asking for.

These big no nonsense CB's don't really exist anymore, not at our level and with our aspirations. Aberdeen have been looking for one for years, Hearts have Halkett who is the only defender they have that could be described as such, and he's perma-injured. So if you can name me a no nonsense CB in our league I'd be interested to know who this player is, that he actually exists in the modern game? Celtic have Carter-Vickers and the huns have Goldson, but that's a different price range and both are more than big huddies that clear their box.

I get what you're saying, and I can see the need for experience, which, in everyones view, is what we're lacking, but a big 6ft 2in centre half that blooters the ball away is not something I recognise in the game anymore. Bit like an out and out Number 9, like Vente, there is no place for them in the modern game.

I think Rocky is a little harshly treated however his heading isn't a great part of his game. If he could improve that he would be much nearer what we need defensively.

[VoltaireHibs]

I think Rocky is a little harshly treated however his heading isn't a great part of his game. If he could improve that he would be much nearer what we need defensively.

Each to their own opinion but I feel Rocky is pretty decent in the box. I think Fish or Rocky would be fine with someone helping to organise beside them. Hanlon was that player for a long time but age has caught up with him.

Anyhow, still not seen anyone suggest a no nonsense CB we should sign. Those players just aren't enough in the modern game. Pep has a lot answer for. 😁