Craig Samson, pointer-in-chief.

[Scotty Leither]

I watched this joker the whole game being in Gray’s ear “analysing” every set play against us and basically pointing at players telling them where to stand.

Meantime the guy he’s meant to be coaching is the worst GK I’ve ever seen at ER. Is he another Mackay appointment?

[ionahibby]

His behaviour with Aberdeen at previous visits to Easter road tells you everything. He is one of the problems and a complete twat from what I’ve heard.

[matty_f]

I watched this joker the whole game being in Gray’s ear “analysing” every set play against us and basically pointing at players telling them where to stand.

Meantime the guy he’s meant to be coaching is the worst GK I’ve ever seen at ER. Is he another Mackay appointment?

Hand picked by Gray, who worked with him under Jack Ross at Hibs.

Aberdeen fans were delighted to see the back of him. We’ve got him coaching the outfield players in games while watching one of the worst keepers we’ve had in years stopping next to nothing that comes near him.- hardly a ringing endorsement for the coaching he’s getting.

[Unseen work]

One of my first concerns of SDG was hiring him as a coach

Not just a goalkeeping coach, but a first team coach

[Box 17]

It was noticeable today that only Samson was assisting Gray on the touchline. In previous games Craig and May were also pitching in with their 'advice.' Didn't see either at all today so probably told to wind their necks in and stay in the dugout.

[B.H.F.C]

One of my first concerns of SDG was hiring him as a coach

Not just a goalkeeping coach, but a first team coach

More nonsense that they tried to feed us in the summer. Him, May and Craig. They’re all assistants, they’re all equal. What a load of pish.

[Scotty Leither]

It was noticeable today that only Samson was assisting Gray on the touchline. In previous games Craig and May were also pitching in with their 'advice.' Didn't see either at all today so probably told to wind their necks in and stay in the dugout.

Liam Craig shook hands with the St Mirren bench before and after the game. Which was nice.

This Board have been found out big time with their coaching staff appointments which is on a par with their abysmal recruitment of ***** players.

The only saving grace for them is that apathy appears to have set in amongst the supporters. We’re inured to this garbage now and the rot has set in a wee while ago.

Mackay and co probably thought we could limp to January and pick up the odd win to keep our noses above water until the next reset or review.

Please please please hand over to the Black Knights and go, en masse, soonest.

[Silky]

I watched this joker the whole game being in Gray’s ear “analysing” every set play against us and basically pointing at players telling them where to stand.

Meantime the guy he’s meant to be coaching is the worst GK I’ve ever seen at ER. Is he another Mackay appointment?

Didn't he also coach Marciano when he was here under Ross? He's had quite a down turn in his coaching career, going from coaching one of out best keepers to one of our worst. Wonder what happened to him.

[Nicho87]

Craig and Samson were brave appointments for different reasons

Easy to say now

But gray should have been all over getting someone like a John Doolan

[WestStandWillie]

Samson will con his way into another job, not sure about Gray though.

Was surprised Gray didn’t appoint Bartley into the coaching team. He was well respected at Livingston.

[Nicho87]

Samson will con his way into another job, not sure about Gray though.

Was surprised Gray didn’t appoint Bartley into the coaching team. He was well respected at Livingston.

Coaching team?

Christ, he’d get 90 minutes currently

[Gatecrasher]

Grays first mistake was surrounding himself with these owns, he needed an experienced head with him but he got a bunch of amateurs.

[Heedersnvolleys]

He reminds me of the Chewing the Fat sketch

[Heisenberg]

Bringing him back to punt the ball at the goalies would be fine but to give him the sort of responsibility he seems to have is utterly baffling.

[Pretty Boy]

It's petty but when we had finished warming up yesterday someone passed him a ball and he done a wee flick then 3 keepie uppies before putting it in the bag. I just thought he looked a total dick and it irrationally annoyed me. That and his daft earpiece.

[Unseen work]

It's petty but when we had finished warming up yesterday someone passed him a ball and he done a wee flick then 3 keepie uppies before putting it in the bag. I just thought he looked a total dick and it irrationally annoyed me. That and his daft earpiece.

You know fans are at their whits end when a coach doing 3 keepie ups before putting the ball in the bag annoys them 🤣

[Alfred E Newman]

Grays first mistake was surrounding himself with these owns, he needed an experienced head with him but he got a bunch of amateurs.

His biggest mistake was taking the job. His coaching role was more or less a job for life thanks to his legendary status.

[CL0762]

I don’t tend to get annoyed at games that much but seeing him come out the dugout and whistle to the players at set pieces genuinely boils my piss.

[GreenCastle]

I don’t tend to get annoyed at games that much but seeing him come out the dugout and whistle to the players at set pieces genuinely boils my piss.

Would hate that if I was playing - so off putting.

What do they do all week at training ?

[Keith_M]

He reminds me of the Chewing the Fat sketch

I was just about to post this when I noticed your comment
:greengrin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGk_skwxYHM

[Scorrie]

I was just about to post this when I noticed your comment
:greengrin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGk_skwxYHM

Bit more animated than our bench!

[Bostonhibby]

Would hate that if I was playing - so off putting.

What do they do all week at training ?Whistle?

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[.Sean.]

His behaviour with Aberdeen at previous visits to Easter road tells you everything. He is one of the problems and a complete twat from what I’ve heard.
What behaviour?

[Fifth Amendmen]

I don’t tend to get annoyed at games that much but seeing him come out the dugout and whistle to the players at set pieces genuinely boils my piss.

And mine thinks he's working with sheepdogs

[A Hi-Bee]

And mine thinks he's working with sheepdogs

The dogs would ignore him.

[hibee-boys]

A journeyman goalkeeper with zero coaching credentials giving direction to Dwight Gayle is so very Hibs.

[snedzuk]

It was noticeable today that only Samson was assisting Gray on the touchline. In previous games Craig and May were also pitching in with their 'advice.' Didn't see either at all today so probably told to wind their necks in and stay in the dugout.

Craig was deffo out because my Mrs and me had a conversation about whether he'd eaten a lot of pies or an entire pie factory. On the Samson / Gray chat there was a cameo against Dundee Utd where they were both out at a free kick with Samson pointing the wall in one direction and Gray pointing for them to go the other way.

[JimBHibees]

I was just about to post this when I noticed your comment
:greengrin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGk_skwxYHM

That is brilliant 🤩

[whiskas]

Found the pre-season footage of the ear-flicking:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bP48dTOpfQ

If anyone tried that sort of thing during a training session with me they'd be getting a kick tbh

[Nicho87]

Found the pre-season footage of the ear-flicking:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bP48dTOpfQ

If anyone tried that sort of thing during a training session with me they'd be getting a kick tbh

Saw this at the time

Absolute awful

[hibee-boys]

Found the pre-season footage of the ear-flicking:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bP48dTOpfQ

If anyone tried that sort of thing during a training session with me they'd and be getting a kick tbh

In fairness, although not a practice I’d endorse, I’d happily have given all our squad and coaching team a good ear flicking after the game on Saturday!

[Green-Hibee-7]

Can’t stand him. I actually have no idea what his credentials are as a coach. I totally understand goalkeepers can be decent coaches (think Nuno at Forest was a goalkeeper for example), but I’m assuming every other role he has had has been solely a goalkeeper coach. He then is shoehorned in to a role where he is being allowed to be an assistant.

He was an actual guff keeper and he is doing nowt to improve the guy we have just now.

Liam Craig another loser in a Hibs top - hired as a coach.

Gray has no real experienced head to support him other than May.

It’s frightening, there is not a single player or coach in that first team that I would keep.

[GreenCastle]

Found the pre-season footage of the ear-flicking:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bP48dTOpfQ

If anyone tried that sort of thing during a training session with me they'd be getting a kick tbh

Glad someone else saw this - just weird and another example of the non professional attitude we seem to have. I’ve seen it before at other clubs - just cringey behaviour.

Wasn’t even impressed with his session. Keepers looked dodgy and no surprise they have struggled.

[Hibs Go Bragh]

Found the pre-season footage of the ear-flicking:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bP48dTOpfQ

If anyone tried that sort of thing during a training session with me they'd be getting a kick tbh

How he considers that to be any sort of team building is staggering but the first thing I noticed was Bursic even manages to miss Jojo’s ear with his attempt 🙈😂

[Hibiza]

Get Samson out ASAP

[TrinityHFC]

This is all a bit pathetic.

[Bridge hibs]

Ear flicking, a bit of bants with his keepers ffs, a few of you lot need to get out more if that bothers you 🤣

Or we could up the ante and get the boxing gloves out ala Vlad Romanov 👊🤛👊

https://youtu.be/rS0rf8F40hM

[superfurryhibby]

This is all a bit pathetic.

Cringeworthy pish.

[K-Zazu]

Cringeworthy pish.

Being bottom of the league isn’t helping, 1 win out of 12 and the coaching staff will start getting criticism that’s how football works.

[JimBHibees]

This is all a bit pathetic.

Couldn’t agree more

[Unseen work]

Ear flicking, a bit of bants with his keepers ffs, a few of you lot need to get out more if that bothers you 🤣

Or we could up the ante and get the boxing gloves out ala Vlad Romanov 👊🤛👊

https://youtu.be/rS0rf8F40hM

Think the ear flicking thing happens at a lot of clubs. England have uploaded loads of videos in the past of their keepers doing it

Its a laugh between players

Fail to see an issue with that

There’s a lot wrong with the club but;

Ear flicking
Kensell on holiday during the break
Joe Newell having a pint

Are the least of my worries

[zitelli62]

The guys a fraud been emptied at every club he's been at including hibs show him the door.

[Nicho87]

I’d rather he was more concerned in teaching the goalies how to cover the near post than worry about the strength of his index finger

[JimBHibees]

The guys a fraud been emptied at every club he's been at including hibs show him the door.

Yet still gets jobs at other clubs including here previously under Ross can’t be that bad

[Bridge hibs]

Yet still gets jobs at other clubs including here previously under Ross can’t be that bad

How many clubs has he been emptied from ? Im sure he left Sunderland, Rochdale and Aberdeen under his own volition.

[superfurryhibby]

The guys a fraud been emptied at every club he's been at including hibs show him the door.

Tremendous insight :aok:

[hibee-boys]

I’ve no issue with some harmless ear flicking…..I’m more concerned with a journeyman goalkeeper, now a journeyman goalkeeping coach, directing operations from the sidelines. Perhaps he could invest his energy into developing our current No.1

[JimBHibees]

How many clubs has he been emptied from ? Im sure he left Sunderland, Rochdale and Aberdeen under his own volition.

No idea. Just seems like everything at Hibs is up for grabs at the moment. Time for calm not panic imo

[WestStandWillie]

I think a traffic cone would do a better job that Samson.

What's he actually teaching Bursik and Smith?

The ear flicking thing is just creepy

[Smartie]

Is this not a bit like when we used to blame Gordon Marshall for all our goalkeepers being terrible?

[maturehibby]

Think the players don't understand his and David Gray's
Whistling across the park .
Whatever it does has no effect