Did he not reject us last year? :greengrin :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by lewis_1875
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Did he not reject us last year? :greengrin :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by lewis_1875
Think so but different 'manager' this time round if that would do anythingQuote:
Originally Posted by SteveHFC
Yammish....Quote:
Originally Posted by fergy
Maybe not exciting to you, but a midfielder who wont be bullied (as PF says), excites me, especially as our midfield last season had a habit of rolling over and getting their bellies tickled.....We have been crying out for a hard midfielder for a long time....Quote:
Originally Posted by fergy
Farid El Alagui 😉Quote:
Originally Posted by lewis_1875
Is Deegan part of the legion of Irish players fenlon is bringing in...
Yammish?Quote:
Originally Posted by whiskyhibby
I asked if it was the same player, our midfield needed a player like deegan, however I was just asking if he was really the player that the PMs were going on about.
My understanding is that deegan is a tough tackling, hard working midfield general. Which is different from an exciting attacking midfielder.
I was not questioning the signing of deegan at all.
I'm happy with the signing and completely agree with you. I'm not trying to dispute whether or not deegan is going to be a good buy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Baldy Foghorn
I was merely asking if he is the player that the PMs were talking about, as they described him as an attacking mid
Part of his extremely small networkQuote:
Originally Posted by Leishy1995
Tell us about it then.Quote:
Originally Posted by BoltonHibee
Who are the legion of Irish players Fenlon is bringing in ..?Quote:
Originally Posted by Leishy1995
Doyle,McPake and now Deegan :wink: add to the Irish loan players last season he seem to have an eye for his countrymen :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by happyhibbie
Hardly a legion though is it ..?.:tee hee:..what about Cairney, Williams & Griffiths..did they sneak in the door when Fenlon was having a nap ..?Quote:
Originally Posted by H18sry
McPake isn't one of Fenlon's countrymen either, given that he was born in Bellshill and qualifies for Northern Ireland through a grandparent.
The amount of anti Irish nonsense is embarassing. Wrap it up as you like but there's far more comment about him and certain players being Irish than you'd get with an English manager bringing in English players for example.
and James McPake's hardly Irish, he's from Glasgow! Had an granny from Belfast qualified him to play for NI as he knew signing for Hibs Potter would never pick him for his homeland:agree:
Oops just seen post from Eyrie, beat me to it!
Agreed. The Irish are who some Scots like to belittle to enable them to accept our own limitations.
Made this point about an English manager the other day Andy. Crazy like. It happens to be the market he knows. I'm quite comfortable with our manager bringing in players that he's seen dozens of time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andy74
Whats with all this anti-Irish comments creeping into the threads ? So what , we have an Irish manager, a few players who qualify for Irish international team, big deal. Personally I don't care what nationality/colour/religion/whatever they are - only care about how well they play FOOTBALL - which by the way has no nationality/colour/religion. Get over it - this is a football forum.
I think you will find a lot of them are meant to be sarcastic, in response to a few earlier comments posted about Fenlons signing strategy before the window had even opened.Quote:
Originally Posted by eric.hibsfan
think hibs wouldn't pay for loan st johnstone didQuote:
Originally Posted by lewis_1875
I take it you all missed the sarcastic :wink: in my post :rolleyes:
My post was not meant to be serious... You guys need to realise this.
And how exactly were folk supposed to know you were not being serious ..?..:confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Leishy1995
Great statement! Folks really should know that the Scots are Irish!Quote:
Originally Posted by steakbake
Or so his wife says...Quote:
Originally Posted by BoltonHibee
Well it was meant to be sarcastic, which is hard to convey on the internet.Quote:
Originally Posted by happyhibbie
Aw ..ok then ..Quote:
Originally Posted by Leishy1995
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Originally Posted by MrSmith
:confused: Strange statement.
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Originally Posted by Andy74
If a manager came in from Germany, Holland, Italy or Spain, then of course fans would be more excited and positive than if you appoint a manager from the Irish League who starts signing players who have played there. It's not so much a case of people being anti-Irish, more the case that if you have come in, like Fenlon, and gotten off to a poor start as manager, and then sign players from a country that isn't producing many good players at the moment, of course fans are going to be negative and mention the common-link at some point.
If we were winning games, nobody would even bring it up.