Josh O'connor

[maturehibby]

Not been playing in the pre season.games and was on the bench before his loan to Airdrie
Anyone know his situation.

[JDT]

Unless he's injured the fact he hasn't been in squads when we only have one fit striker tells me Hibs don't think he's good enough

[Brooster]

He played in the Dev team at Preston Athletic last Saturday. Has 1 year left on his contract.

[EGL2000]

Will be away at the end of his contract, not good enough

[.Sean.]

He played in the Dev team at Preston Athletic last Saturday. Has 1 year left on his contract.What do you make of him?

[cameronw-hfc]

Not ready yet, might never be

[Musselbound]

My feeling would be if he can't regularly start for Airdrie then he obviously isn't ready for Hibs.

[Jones28]

Thought it was weird that Johnson brought him on for one game, he created a chance for himself, won the penalty and was never seen again.

[Broken Gnome]

Thought it was weird that Johnson brought him on for one game, he created a chance for himself, won the penalty and was never seen again.

Absolutely ragdolled Champions League player Liam Scales, which might be about his only contribution ever in a Hibs top at this rate.

[wookie70]

He has never looked like he will be at the level to play for us to my eyes. Hope he finds a club and stays in the game as he may develop layer

[Brooster]

What do you make of him?

I don't rate him personally. Also too selfish.

[sauzee1989]

Sometimes in life it’s who you know. He will maybe pick up a league 2 Scottish side next season when contract expires.

[Velma Dinkley]

He'll go out on loan. His loan didn't really work out last season. Hopefully he gets more game time this season and can make some improvements to his game.

[3pm]

I don't rate him personally. Also too selfish.

You not paid your tenner yet? 😉

[PHeffernan]

He's just turned 20 and has a year left on his contract. Struggled for game time on loan at Airdrie last season. Will either leave the club this summer for 3rd tier football or will go out on loan again. Hopefully he gets a loan and takes that last chance to impress but professional football is a brutal business and as things stand Josh isn't making the next cut at Hibs.

[Tambo]

The facts hes not been involved will probably speak for itself, can't see whenever hes been involved for the first team hes not tried and on one occasion he done well vs Aberdeen, didn't get many starts either last season on loan.

[Brooster]

You not paid your tenner yet? 😉

I don't have a tenner. Can I tap you?

[Hibee Mac]

Unfortunately don't think he's ready to step up and probably won't make the step up now. Should move on from Hibs in near future I'd imagine

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[easty]

Doesn’t look likely to be a Hibs player, but Ruari Paton was his age when he left Hibs, dropped down the leagues and kicked on. Maybe that’s what Josh needs for his career

You need games to develop.

[hibee-boys]

At 20 he needs to drop down to the level where he will be playing every week, that may be division 2 or lowland league.

[RIP]

In the SPL last season, how many teams played with a striker under 23?

Its great that young Rudi has made an impact as a winger but clubs appear to prefer their centre forwards over 23. It looks like some, like Simon Murray got to 30 before reaching their peak.

We appear to be chasing a young striker as finding anyone older with a goalscoring record willing to sign for us seems to be a tall order.

Early days in the window I know.

[Scouse Hibee]

Another Ollie Shaw, see he’s now at Hamilton. Never really kicked on.

[B.H.F.C]

Another Ollie Shaw, see he’s now at Hamilton. Never really kicked on.

Shaw actually came in and made some kind of impact on the first team and scored some important goals. O’Connor won’t do that.

[Pagan Hibernia]

Shaw actually came in and made some kind of impact on the first team and scored some important goals. O’Connor won’t do that.Scored a great goal at Tynecastle...

[Dashing Bob S]

When you look at what teenagers are achieving in the game elsewhere you can’t help but feel our culture and coaching are letting down talented youth. Of course, in this case he simply might not be good enough, but the general point holds

[MWHIBBIES]

When you look at what teenagers are achieving in the game elsewhere you can’t help but feel our culture and coaching are letting down talented youth. Of course, in this case he simply might not be good enough, but the general point holds And full strength sides against part time teams because we're terrified it might be 0-0 at half time. Its great to see Rudi getting his opportunity, but its few and far between here recently. We literally played a full strength team against BSC Glasgow... And played David Marshall for 2 years instead of giving Johnson even 1 match.

[PHeffernan]

In the SPL last season, how many teams played with a striker under 23? Its great that young Rudi has made an impact as a winger but clubs appear to prefer their centre forwards over 23. It looks like some, like Simon Murray got to 30 before reaching their peak. We appear to be chasing a young striker as finding anyone older with a goalscoring record willing to sign for us seems to be a tall order. Early days in the window I know. There are very few players at the 5 biggest clubs in Scotland in the current era that have played regularly before the age of 22 and most of them that did have probably been in midfield where their mistakes are less critical. The final Josh O'Connor won't be ready for a couple of years yet. Is probably somewhere between the 2nd and 3rd tier standard at the moment. He needs regular starts to benchmark accurately and improve. A shame that Edinburgh City **** their financial breeks as that would have been a good fit.

[eastmainsmsh]

Airdrie were pushing for promotion I think Josh can still make it if given chance I'm sure he will do well in his career 👍

[hibee1875]

Posting a pic on his instagram from Edinburgh airport just there. Wonder what he’s up to

[Bridge hibs]

Posting a pic on his instagram from Edinburgh airport just there. Wonder what he’s up to

Baggage handler ?

[1875Sean]

Shows you where he is on the pecking order when there is the younger strikers on the bench today ahead of him

[LewysGot2]

Off to Dundalk

[Winston Ingram]

https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/2024/july/25/loan--josh-o-connor-joins-dundalk/

Doubt we’ll see him again

[Musselbound]

Seems like a reasonable move for him at this stage of his career. Let's see if he can get much game time.

[greenlex]

Maybe a striker or two is in the bag if we are offloading one?

[B.H.F.C]

Maybe a striker or two is in the bag if we are offloading one?

He’s not been involved at all so don’t think him going will make any difference.

[greenlex]

He’s not been involved at all so don’t think him going will make any difference.If no one comes in he may have been needed if required. It’s one less option. I live in hope.

[Paul1642]

When you look at what teenagers are achieving in the game elsewhere you can’t help but feel our culture and coaching are letting down talented youth. Of course, in this case he simply might not be good enough, but the general point holds

Many of these teenagers elsewhere have been scouted from all over the world at a really young age by big clubs who hoover up youngsters by the hundreds. They then receive top coaching and facilities for a long time a a handful then make it at a good level.

For a club at our level and budget, I think we aren’t doing terribly to have Campbell as an established first team player who came through the youth system and Rudi breaking into the first team really promisingly.

Golden generations come around once in a blue moon and 2-3 of players who were with us as a youth are probably as much as we realistically are going to have in the first team at any time, especially since the best ones will move on such as Doig.

Scotland as a whole doesn’t seem to produce talent in the way that other European nations of our size do. This must be at least partially down to culture or coaching as you say. I still think the 12 team top division doesn’t help at all. The argument of too many “meaningless” games in a 16 team league is always put out there but these “meaningless” games are exactly where youngsters could be getting eased into senior football without any real pressure or risk.

[greenlex]

Many of these teenagers elsewhere have been scouted from all over the world at a really young age by big clubs who hoover up youngsters by the hundreds. They then receive top coaching and facilities for a long time a a handful then make it at a good level. For a club at our level and budget, I think we aren’t doing terribly to have Campbell as an established first team player who came through the youth system and Rudi breaking into the first team really promisingly. Golden generations come around once in a blue moon and 2-3 of players who were with us as a youth are probably as much as we realistically are going to have in the first team at any time, especially since the best ones will move on such as Doig.Scotland as a whole doesn’t seem to produce talent in the way that other European nations of our size do. This must be at least partially down to culture or coaching as you say. I still think the 12 team top division doesn’t help at all. The argument of too many “meaningless” games in a 16 team league is always put out there but these “meaningless” games are exactly where youngsters could be getting eased into senior football without any real pressure or risk.I’ve been banging that drum of meaningless games in your last paragraph for as long as I can remember.