I don't get this argument, does Shankland have to be the only player scoring goals in that division before it's a good signing?
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The grass is always greener ...
FACT.
Do you actually know what chat was had between PH and the recruitment team around Shankland last summer? As has been mentioned before, the manager/head coach decides if things should be taken forward further. How much do you know about how the team works at EM. You are always having digs - and most of it way off the mark and unjustified imo.
Until Shankland does it in the top flight then Doidge
At the moment Doidge is better. He is playing at a higher level.
He's the only one people are talking about because he's been doing it consistently for the last three years and shows no sign of stopping.
Nesbet has started really well but this is his first jump up to the championship, if he finishes this season like he's started then I have no doubt that he also will be spoken about in a similar way to Shankland, in fact some folk have started to mention him as a hidden gem already.
Dobbie probably should have been playing bottom 6 Premiership when he first went to QOS but went purely for convenience (I believe he still lives in England?). So no one is talking about signing him because it's obvious it's too late and not feasible.
Next Sunday will give a good indication.
Doidge is growing on me. I doubt PH was ever interested in Shankland.
I haven’t seen any evidence that Shankland would have been our best paid player just speculation on here. If Dundee Utd can afford him then we could have. At the end of last season I did say on here that we should sign him and I wasn’t the only one.
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On a brighter note there is a thread on kickback about him as well and they are not even bothering to compare him to any of their strikers. Given their lack of goals it’s an even bigger mistake from them.
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Not seen enough of Shankland to know how much better he is than Doidge but for me Doidge has been a mistake. Still time for him to turn it round but watching a striker being outpaced by Berra is something I don't want to see from a Hibs player. He scored a few so not a disaster but I think the model of buying young players who perhaps had been out of favour of had some issues was a good move. Fyvie, Allen and Mallan have all been good signings and all had the potential of making us some money. Can't see us turning a profit on Doidge.
I believe Shankland is on £3,500 a week at Dundee Utd. So we unquestionably would have had to make him our highest paid player to bring him here.
Anyway, any idiot knows that certain players fit with certain teams and certain systems. There's no guarantee Shankland would have been banging in the hattricks for us, just because he's doing it for Dundee Utd in the championship :dunno:
Shankland has a massive forehead and for that reason I’m glad we signed Doidge. We don’t need that sort of thing at Easter Road.
Why do folk want shankland but Cummings should never be seen in a Hibs too again? Both scored at the same level