Alf

[Keepthefaith]

thought he was great when he came on, really showed his football intelligence, lovely runs and link up play and never stopped harassing their defense. Really good option to bring on, but also a great role model for vente and our youth players too.

Not sure if we'll offer him an extension but I'd be tempted to.

[JohnM1875]

He was more than decent. Didn't quite agree with the sub at the time but funnily enough turned out ot make perfect sense.

[JimBHibees]

thought he was great when he came on, really showed his football intelligence, lovely runs and link up play and never stopped harassing their defense. Really good option to bring on, but also a great role model for vente and our youth players too.

Not sure if we'll offer him an extension but I'd be tempted to.

I would such an intelligent player and still looks fit. Unlucky not to get a couple of goals today.

[TrinityHFC]

He was excellent. Probably better suited to playing with a partner though.

[B.H.F.C]

Thought he was good when he came on. Knows what he’s doing.

[joe breezy]

He added some much needed energy - good show for a 37 year old


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[lugz]

Got to say I really like ALF, such an intelligent footballer. Was with my daughter at the game who plays as a striker in the girls academy and told her right away watch him, you'll learn lots.

Still has plenty to offer even in his older years, can tell he was a step above this level in his prime.

[neil7908]

I've stuck up a lot for Vente but I'd seriously be considering starting ALF in the coming weeks. He won't work as hard as Vente but his movement was top class today.

[B.H.F.C]

I've stuck up a lot for Vente but I'd seriously be considering starting ALF in the coming weeks. He won't work as hard as Vente but his movement was top class today.

I thought today showed that we’ll need to mix things up a bit in the next three games. Thought we were leggy today and it was no surprise that the subs made a difference.

I’d play Vente against Rangers as we’ll need to run like **** to beat them, especially when they’ll be off the back of Benfica away. I’d be thinking about Alf for the game(s) after as I think he’ll be more of a threat.

[VoltaireHibs]

thought he was great when he came on, really showed his football intelligence, lovely runs and link up play and never stopped harassing their defense. Really good option to bring on, but also a great role model for vente and our youth players too.

Not sure if we'll offer him an extension but I'd be tempted to.

Someone was advocating to get Riordan in to teach our forwards and youth players, which is a fairly nonsensical idea, but if Alf wanted to do coaching and be a super-sub I'd be all for that. Low'ish wages and a start to his coaching career at a club that is about to invest heavily in infrastructure at HTC. He's an absolute model pro and a very intelligent player, think it would be a good match up.

[Keepthefaith]

Someone was advocating to get Riordan in to teach our forwards and youth players, which is a fairly nonsensical idea, but if Alf wanted to do coaching and be a super-sub I'd be all for that. Low'ish wages and a start to his coaching career at a club that is about to invest heavily in infrastructure at HTC. He's an absolute model pro and a very intelligent player, think it would be a good match up.

Agreed, and given he's close with McDermott it maybe wouldn't be a surprise to see this happen 👍

[hibsbollah]

The signing ive been most pleasantly surprised with. As long as hes fit id have him as a plan b guy off the bench regularly.

[Bridge hibs]

The signing ive been most pleasantly surprised with. As long as hes fit id have him as a plan b guy off the bench regularly.Agree, very intelligent player who seems to keep himself fit

[Forza Fred]

I laugh now when I broke the news he had signed for us and was met by a lot of knee jerk negative comments😂

Far as I can see Alfie is as fit as anyone else despite his age and is till playing well.

I’d start him instead of Vente and definitely take up the option for next season.

[JimBHibees]

I laugh now when I broke the news he had signed for us and was met by a lot of knee jerk negative comments😂

Far as I can see Alfie is as fit as anyone else despite his age and is till playing well.

I’d start him instead of Vente and definitely take up the option for next season.

Would agree with that though did think Vente had his best game for Hibs in the derby. Suppose issue would be whether Alf fit enough to start however his intelligence physicality against significantly taller defenders plus general play is excellent. Real shame he was injured when he was however would have no issues with him starting as he will no doubt link well with our other excellent attackers and may be the clinical finisher we need was very unlucky with his header from a corner yesterday such a smart run. Would definitely be keen to give him new deal.

[weecounty hibby]

Said to my son at the game yesterday that he is a very clever player. Would have loved to have got him 5 years ago

[Greensunshine]

He’s a great option to have as substitute as was big Doidge. I can’t understand for the life of me why we allowed him to leave.

Getting back to Alf, he’s a class act and you can see the intelligence with some of his movement.

I was willing for him to score, there was one passage of play he made great movement in the box only for the ball to get cut back behind him.

[Keepthefaith]

He’s a great option to have as substitute as was big Doidge. I can’t understand for the life of me why we allowed him to leave.

Getting back to Alf, he’s a class act and you can see the intelligence with some of his movement.

I was willing for him to score, there was one passage of play he made great movement in the box only for the ball to get cut back behind him.

He made a nice run to the right which opened up space for Dylan to score the second yesterday. IMO it's hugely disrespectful to ALF to compare him to doige. Doige tried his heart out but he's a target man, little more. There's a reason he's playing for a team about to be relegated to the conference. ALF is a class apart.

[VoltaireHibs]

He’s a great option to have as substitute as was big Doidge. I can’t understand for the life of me why we allowed him to leave.

Getting back to Alf, he’s a class act and you can see the intelligence with some of his movement.

I was willing for him to score, there was one passage of play he made great movement in the box only for the ball to get cut back behind him.


I loved Doidge but I don't really see a place for him in this team. Think that move also suited him.

[Unseen work]

It ALF had played the same amount of minutes as Vente this season I’m confident he’d have at least double his goals.

[MWHIBBIES]

He made a nice run to the right which opened up space for Dylan to score the second yesterday. IMO it's hugely disrespectful to ALF to compare him to doige. Doige tried his heart out but he's a target man, little more. There's a reason he's playing for a team about to be relegated to the conference. ALF is a class apart.

That's hugely disrespectful to Doidge. Decent career, worked hard, very effective for us before injury, scored a fair few, clever player. There's a reason he played every week for a Hibs side that finished 3rd.

[Northernhibee]

I loved Doidge but I don't really see a place for him in this team. Think that move also suited him.

Doidge has a notably better goals per minute ratio this season than any other striker outwith Maolida in this team. I’d have kept him.

[CapitalGreen]

He made a nice run to the right which opened up space for Dylan to score the second yesterday. IMO it's hugely disrespectful to ALF to compare him to doige. Doige tried his heart out but he's a target man, little more. There's a reason he's playing for a team about to be relegated to the conference. ALF is a class apart.

Spot on mate

[ruthven_raiders]

Said to my son at the game yesterday that he is a very clever player. Would have loved to have got him 5 years ago

Yeh all those rumours about him signing every transfer window a few years ago, which maybe we're tongue in cheek, what an asset he would have been, think another year contract with a coaching role....

[Greensunshine]

He made a nice run to the right which opened up space for Dylan to score the second yesterday. IMO it's hugely disrespectful to ALF to compare him to doige. Doige tried his heart out but he's a target man, little more. There's a reason he's playing for a team about to be relegated to the conference. ALF is a class apart.

Ye I really wasn’t comparing him with Alf tbh. What I meant was that Doidge gave us a brilliant option off the bench in games were we needed to maybe come from behind.
Balls into the box I could see the big man knocking it on and with Alfs intelligence running onto the knock down to score.

We really don’t have someone with that aerial ability.

[VoltaireHibs]

Doidge has a notably better goals per minute ratio this season than any other striker outwith Maolida in this team. I’d have kept him.

I know that argument for keeping him is reasonable, but maybe it's better to consider the bigger picture. NM is trying to blend a fluid attacking team, and Doidge has no place in that. We're in the cusp of quite a big change in player quality, we needed to begin clearing the decks and as I said previously, the move probably suited both parties, irrespective of he would have been handy to gave around.

Total respect to Doidge but his time at Hibs was over.

[Greensunshine]

I know that argument for keeping him is reasonable, but maybe it's better to consider the bigger picture. NM is trying to blend a fluid attacking team, and Doidge has no place in that. We're in the cusp of quite a big change in player quality, we needed to begin clearing the decks and as I said previously, the move probably suited both parties, irrespective of he would have been handy to gave around.

Total respect to Doidge but his time at Hibs was over.

He would never be a starter for me but off the bench, what an option to have.
Maybe he wasn’t happy with that, I have know idea. I just really liked the big guy and what he brought to the team.

[VoltaireHibs]

He would never be a starter for me but off the bench, what an option to have.
Maybe he wasn’t happy with that, I have know idea. I just really liked the big guy and what he brought to the team.

No real argument from me there. He was a useful player. But also a player on decent wages. Happy just to have decent parting of the ways and he knows he'll get a great welcome any time he's back up the road. Great guy, good player, good move.

[Greensunshine]

No real argument from me there. He was a useful player. But also a player on decent wages. Happy just to have decent parting of the ways and he knows he'll get a great welcome any time he's back up the road. Great guy, good player, good move.

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[Billy Whizz]

Alf for a small lad a has a fantastic leap, won quite few headers

[Spike Mandela]

I get what people are saying but really hope we're done with signing 36 year olds.

[Cabbage-Patch]

Someone was advocating to get Riordan in to teach our forwards and youth players, which is a fairly nonsensical idea, but if Alf wanted to do coaching and be a super-sub I'd be all for that. Low'ish wages and a start to his coaching career at a club that is about to invest heavily in infrastructure at HTC. He's an absolute model pro and a very intelligent player, think it would be a good match up.

Like the sound of this :agree:

[Smartie]

I get what people are saying but really hope we're done with signing 36 year olds.

I wouldn’t want our squad to be stuffed with them but I hope we’ve always got space for someone who brings as much to the table as ALF does.

[Spike Mandela]

I wouldn’t want our squad to be stuffed with them but I hope we’ve always got space for someone who brings as much to the table as ALF does.

Certainly brought a lot to the injury table just like the other 36 year old Aiden McGeady.:wink:

Much respect for these guys' talents but hopefully with the new investments we are targetting players with this sort of talent when they are 24-28 years of age.

[B.H.F.C]

Certainly brought a lot to the injury table just like the other 36 year old Aiden McGeady.:wink:

Much respect for these guys' talents but hopefully with the new investments we are targetting players with this sort of talent when they are 24-28 years of age.

I kind of get the general point but he’s not comparable to McGeady. Le Fondre been unavailable for a dozen games and didn’t have the same injury history McGeady did when he signed. He just got an injury which happens.

[Smartie]

Certainly brought a lot to the injury table just like the other 36 year old Aiden McGeady.:wink:

Much respect for these guys' talents but hopefully with the new investments we are targetting players with this sort of talent when they are 24-28 years of age.

Marshall hasn’t been injured much, Stevenson is never injured. McGeady I’ll give you but his injury record immediately pre-Hibs was terrible so his injury woes were predictable.

Re ALF an his injuries - if he gets injured next week and misses the rest of the season then I might agree with you. If he keeps making appearances and contributions then I think his signing will have been worth it.

[MWHIBBIES]

Certainly brought a lot to the injury table just like the other 36 year old Aiden McGeady.:wink:

Much respect for these guys' talents but hopefully with the new investments we are targetting players with this sort of talent when they are 24-28 years of age.

Yeah, hopefully we're targeting premier league players in their prime years.

Nae chance.

[Spike Mandela]

Yeah, hopefully we're targeting premier league players in their prime years.

Nae chance.

Maybe not in their prime but I think the summer window will have a few exciting talents that could be heading in that direction. A man can dream.:greengrin

[Sparrows tongue]

Certainly brought a lot to the injury table just like the other 36 year old Aiden McGeady.:wink:

Much respect for these guys' talents but hopefully with the new investments we are targetting players with this sort of talent when they are 24-28 years of age.

No team in Scotland (including the Glasgow filth) will be signing players that age from the second best league in the world.

[neil7908]

Yeah, hopefully we're targeting premier league players in their prime years.

Nae chance.

We've already signed one - Marcondes is a 28 year old Premier League player.

[BILLYHIBS]

A fox in the box full of game intelligence experience and awareness

I liked the way he created space for Levitt to get his shot away for his goal

Do not think I have seen anything like him since Craig Brewster as a comparison but I think he was even younger

Badly missed him coming off the bench when he was out injured

I remember wincing when we signed him but have to admit a very good team player indeed even better than I imagined he would be

[Alex Trager]

I agree with the points made about ALF. His intelligence and ability are really really good.

As Smartie says, if he stays fit from now til the season’s end, I’d be offering him another year.

He said in an interview recently it was his first ever injury? Or one of note anyway.

He’s a cracking player. I also wished we had got him a few years ago but such is life.

[MWHIBBIES]

We've already signed one - Marcondes is a 28 year old Premier League player.

For 5 months after an injury mind. I don't think we'll be getting many of those in the summer

[hibsbollah]

I kind of get the general point but he’s not comparable to McGeady. Le Fondre been unavailable for a dozen games and didn’t have the same injury history McGeady did when he signed. He just got an injury which happens.

Not only does he not have McGeadys injury history, ALF said in interview that was his first injury of his career. At his age that’s remarkable.