Scott Lindsay has just returned from his holiday in the US of A.
Pat Fenlon is also back from his holiday (last night I think).
I think (hope) this means that the targets believed to be signed might be announced within the next week.
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Scott Lindsay has just returned from his holiday in the US of A.
Pat Fenlon is also back from his holiday (last night I think).
I think (hope) this means that the targets believed to be signed might be announced within the next week.
Here's hoping but this part always seems to be the case with Hibs, leaving the signings of players until the last minute, IMO trying to get players on the cheap, leaving available players to sweat it out and jumping at our last minute offers when nothing else is available.Quote:
Originally Posted by scoopyboy
I hope you are wrong mate and things begin to move soon on the transfer front! I would however draw a comparison with us to Preston North End a club that has had a stinking season and has been in a decline over the past few seasons regularly getting beat by 'smaller clubs', they potted their manager part way into last season like us and appointed a new manager. At the end of the season they like us declared a 'clear out' and have or are getting rid of most of the team. The difference being they have signed 12 new players since the end of the season!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Houchy
Hanlon isnt going anywhere. Confirmed. Thankfully.
Cheers. Wonder where Gunning will go.Quote:
Originally Posted by number9dream
I can't contain the excitement. Will we continue to be a big relegation candidate, be easily beat on a regular basis and continue be a spinless soft touch....or can we become a mid table team, possibly even win a handful of league games at home in the process - It's all terribly exciting!
Sadly how I'm feeling right now. We will do the usual and bring in some average at best players. Will struggle again next year and the same folk will still defend the same people. Its getting a bit dull and boring now. When they said they needed a clear out more than just the players should have gone. Never mind I'm sure someone will be along to tell me I'm wrong and its all rosy as per!!! :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Craig_in_Prague
Never fear with a bit of luck and Sir Rod leading the way newco Rangers might not be in the SPL and an ill prepared Dundee might save us from relegation.:greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Thecat23
Why is that all so?Quote:
Originally Posted by Thecat23
I'd say only the manager can influence how well the budget is spent and the evidence so far is that he is aware what needs to be done.
We've a lot of spaces to fill and a real chance to improve the team.
The clear out did involve the coaching staff and manager.
I doubt anyone will tell you its rosy but we all start at zero points, we have a manager who can put his own team in place and who seems to have a history of being able to do so.
What makes you so sure we will stuggle without even seeing our squad?
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Originally Posted by scoopyboy
More importantly the medical/fitness people are also back :wink:
But even more importantly - is OOR TAM back!?Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
:greengrin
Just seen this on twitter.
http://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/jump?http%3A%2F%2Fwww1.skysports.com%2Ffootball%2F news%2F11792%2F7813071%2F
:rolleyes:
He would have been a great signingQuote:
Originally Posted by Thomson
I don't think Pernis was ever on as he rejected Dundee Utd for cash/new challenge reasons.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thomson
Interesting though if we have gone for him.
Oh well, plenty time to move onto the next one then.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thomson
:agree:Quote:
Originally Posted by Andy74
If the Clancy signing turns out to be true (bearing in mind what McCall said about him going elsewhere for much more money than Motherwell can afford), then it appears that we are offering more money than the 3rd and 4th placed teams in last seasons SPL.
Not that it appears to have got us anywhere here, but if he wanted to leave Utd for those reasons stated then it was a long shot anyway.
Brian Murphy from QPR was one I'd heard we were interested in. I think he might still be under contract though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stevie Reid
63 clean sheets in 97 games for Bohemians!
Let's see what happens then. In all honesty, I was never that impressed with Pernis when I saw him, though he was first choice in a team that has performed very well in the last couple of years, and would have been happy had he signed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andy74
When i saw him play for Bohemians a few years ago. He played well :cbQuote:
Originally Posted by Andy74
Just edited my last post - 63 clean sheets in 97 games for Bohemians!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mainboy19
Because Andy look at the dross we have seen over the last few years. Blame the manager all you like but who appointed them? The board yes? Sorry more than team and coaching should have gone. I'm fully behind PF but I do think we won't be that much better than last year. Just my opinion Andy. I'd have liked a clean slate with new board members come in. Oh wait i forgot... Only Rod can do this job right? Its ridiculous that people think he's the only one for the job. No i don't know anyone personally myself before someone asks that stupid question but i'm sure if his post goes up there will be a few folk who could fill it. If you don't agree that's fair enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andy74
I agree. We stink at the top and Hibs are no longer a sleeping giant, but a dying one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thecat23
I think a lot of people could do Rod's job. Still, I don't believe Rod or whoever does that job can or does influence the quality of player we have signed or will sign this time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thecat23
I posted on the PM board last night about the types of player each recent manager brought in and you can see that they have all been linked to them in the past or had been from their contacts.
It doesn't really fit with the whole playing quality and culture being effected from anyhwere but the manager's office.
Did the board have spells of being effective when Mowbray was here, for a bit under Coillins and for 8 months or so under Hughes?
Did they raise their game for the cup matches this year, save the final? I'm just not sure how this works.
Exactly, Hibs have the potential to be a very good club. If in my opinion better run. Rod done well building the stand and the training facilities but failed where it matters most, on the park. He should have stood down then and let someone else in. I also don't believe there isn't a buyer out there if STF publicly put us up for sale. I don't mean some made Lith but we have the foundations all set and with Gers gone its a great time to start putting players on the park who can push Hibs as far as we can and not hover around 10th and 11th respectively.Quote:
Originally Posted by Craig_in_Prague
I do know that a lot of fans could see we weren't playing well and Hughes wasn't the man for Hibs even when we were winning. I spoke to a few players who thought he was arrogant and pushy. Now that's another matter. Anyway Collins played pretty much with Mowbray's team. Mowbray was a very good appointment and the board took the credit they deserved. Sorry but the duds who have followed is unreal. To get it wrong so many times is comical. A football man would be a benefit doing Rods job. That again is only my opinion. I know you chat with Rod and may have a slight bias towards him Andy, but I do know I'm not alone in thinking this club isn't being run to our full potential and crowds show this. The fact we sold so many season tickets this year only because of the cup final scenario will hide that it would have been horrific had we not had that cup run.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andy74
30 pages and 900 posts on this thread and I am truly amazed at the number of people who must have jobs at ER or are intimate friends with the top brass there
The " insider information " that has been posted here is fantastic !
We now know how Rod runs Hibs
Who Pat Fenlon
A. has spoken to
B Has not spoken to
C. is going to sign
D is not going to sign
The wages to be offered
Which player is on Holiday at any given moment
etc , etc , etc
Those of us who are not among the privileged few should be eternally grateful to those who are willing and able to pass on/share this important information to/with us less fortunates
THANK YOU on behalf of the masses !
Not meaning to be disrespectful to these " insiders" who have done a great job , but I still regard the Club Official site as being the best place to read the truth about HFC
:rolleyes::greengrin:wink:
Good to see us being linked with the likes of Pernis as he is proven SPL quality and that is what we need. Not players who don't know the league or reserve players from England who don't even know competitive football. Getting some of these types in is fine to supplement the squad but this pre-season has to be about establishing a spine for the team to take us forward for the next couple of years, players who will play in the first 11 and we need a good few proven quality players who can come in and hit the ground running.
Much like when we were linked with the Dundee United left back (Dixon?) and Swanson a few weeks back. Unlikely they will sign for us as if they want to leave Utd, chances are they want to leave the SPL and unfortunately a move from Utd to Hibs at this moment in time is not at all attractive unless there is a decent wage hike involved or players are running out of options. We are still a couple of months away from the latter coming into play.
If Clancy is signed, I confess I don't know much about him but if he was a regular for the team that finished third last season then he is surely better thatn most of what we had.
Between Hibs being linked with a goalkeeper who's kept 63 clean sheets before and Rangers sinking into the abyss I'd call that a successful day.
When do you think this should have been 23? I personally think every chairman over the last 50 years has been a failure using the oft quoted criteria. No SC no league titles (not counting 1st Div). At least Petrie managed to build us something unlike the vast majority before him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thecat23
Kind of thought we may be in for him given his past however you would have thought there would be a massive gap in wages even between a EPL reserve and Hibs though the prospect of regular games must be attractive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andy74