I'm sure Freddy Arpinon (or Bono as I like to call him) played a big part in Zoubir coming to Hibs
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I'm sure Freddy Arpinon (or Bono as I like to call him) played a big part in Zoubir coming to Hibs
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Originally Posted by LEaston87
Was involved with Istres who Zoubir came from around about the time he signed for us. According to Wikipedia, Freddy tried to create a link up between the two of our clubs.
An absolutely massive summer window coming up now.
Finishing 3rd is a brilliant achievement and we now have European football to look forward to, but irrespective of what happens in the Scottish cup final, now is the time to strengthen.
Last time under Ross we never done it and we as a club paid the price for years.
We need to go and get quality, we’ve already made a fantastic start by signing Jamie McGrath. Contract extensions to Smith, Cadden and Miller are good news too.
Rumours of a return for Porteous would be another massive signing.
For me we need
Goalkeeper - Not necessarily a number 1 as I think Smith has been brilliant, but if the oppertunity comes to improve then why not.
RCB - To play right of the back 3 and be an upgrade on O’Hora/Miller. Porteous potentially.
CB - If Rocky leaves. Probably more likely to see Porteous here.
RWB - Upgrade on Chris Cadden
CM - Triantis leaving leaves a big hole in the middle of the park. Hopefully he returns. We do have Manneh and Newell who’ll be fit for the new season though.
ST - Replace Kuharevych who is returning to Swansea
I have a feeling we will try and sign himQuote:
Originally Posted by Unseen work
I think Gray likes him and will see he can improve
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I would never have entertained the idea 5 or 6 weeks ago but he has had a strong finish to th season. Wouldn't be a bad moveQuote:
Originally Posted by Callum_62
Slattery at Motherwell always impresses, wonder how much money they'd want for him. We are well stocked in the middle of the park though
I trust Gray completely in everything relating to Hibs on the park. And it’s not blind loyalty, he’s earned it. I’m struggling to think of a player he hasn’t improved.Quote:
Originally Posted by McGruber
When so many who showed little start to flourish under him, you know you have a special manager.
We’ve finally lucked out here.
He does a lot of good work in creating space for Boyle. His movement and work rate are very good.Quote:
Originally Posted by McGruber
I’d be happy to see him stay.
Get Boyle extension announced today. It simply has to happen.
He was going to be out of contract this summer but just renewed. I imagine if we were interested we’d have been looking at getting him on a pre-contract.Quote:
Originally Posted by McGruber
We might be waiting until the cup final - a Celtic win guarantees us multiple millions and will surely make us hugely attractive to players tooQuote:
Originally Posted by JohnM1875
Won't be surprised if we have 2 options with Boyle depending what happens
One thing for sure is he has earned an extension
Been vital for us this season
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I'd like to see someone with more goal threat from midfield.Quote:
Originally Posted by Unseen work
McGrath will add goals, but someone who is similar or more prolific to him would be great. McGrath has 13 goals from 58 games at Aberdeen. Before that 8 from 32 at Dundee United and 12 from 53 at St Mirren. So, one goal every four games, which is good for a midfielder. But, we can't just rely on McGrath.
We also need recruits in the forward positions, through the middle and on the wings.
I think we need 5 new players on top of the current numbers so technically 8 to cover the 3 loanees we lose automatically.
Going to need a larger depth to the squad to dela with the Thurs/Sunday combos up to Xmas. It's been the undoing of all non OF teams competing in Europe for years now.
Get the cheque book oot Bill Foley!
What’s good about the team is everyone is chipping in. We aren’t relying on one player to get goals. N. Cadden, Levitt, Triantis, Campbell have all contributed which takes pressure off the strikers. You could add Rocky too.Quote:
Originally Posted by theonlywayisup
I think that’s really important.
I'm hoping Gayle will stay. He could be a huge impact sub for Europe.
I think one thing that's very clear from everything that David Gray has said over the season is that whoever we bring is has to be of a certain character, the bond between players, staff and suporter has been key this season and we can't break that going forward.
Assuming Boyle stays, Megwa is in the squad next season, and guys like Jair, Delf, Vente won't be part of the plan and leave in some way then we have 18 first team players over 21 on the books with a 25 man squad to fill. The issue is that we only have 2 out of 4 club trained players over 21 next season in Campbell + Megwa, and 6 out of 8 association trained players signed up. That means we'd need to leave 2 spaces empty in our registration to account for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeyS
We'd only really be able to sign, by my poor maths, 5 to replace (or could retain) Gayle, Myko, Triantis, Hoilett, Rocky, and Bursik. So you can already see how tight it will be to extend the squad further from where it actually is currently. That being said if the rumours of Porteous coming back are true then that would allow us to sign 6 players as he ticks all the registration boxes so you can already see the benefit of making that move from just a logistics point of view.
Still need Celtc to beat the sheep , Dinnae count yer chickens yet :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeyS
You'd imagine there will be a few more that fit that bill that we could look at. Fraser Murray had a good season at Killie?Quote:
Originally Posted by Centre Hawf
Yeah Murray would count in the same way as Porteous would plus he's out of contract. A 2 year deal wouldn't be the worst case scenario,Quote:
Originally Posted by EGL2000
The other one that could potentially be a goer is Dabrowski, out of contract and would potentially tick the club trained quota as his birthday falls in the summer so he had at least 3 full seasons of under 21 eligibility. But he would need to come in as a number 2 or even 3 which may not be what he wants for his career at the moment.
I know that neither of these guys would get us all excited if we saw the pen come out for them in the summer, but there would be method to the madness at least and it's probably something we should all remember to consider when we see rumours of who we're linked with in the coming weeks and months that we may need to sign a couple guys who aren't that sexy to allow us to sign 4/5 stellar names.
Loans might be best for their development, but if not could we not promote any of the youth players to the squad rather than sign ex players we otherwise wouldn’t sign. Could the likes of either Macintyre brother, Clelland, Johnson, Whittaker etc not step up instead?Quote:
Originally Posted by Centre Hawf
They could, but it would be pointless as I don't believe they need to be registered anyway if under 21.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Modfather
It's a good point but I personally don't really think any are ready for first team football. Whittaker wasn't even getting a regular start at Spartans. You could maybe argue Clelland as I'm not aware he's actually been given a chance yet?Quote:
Originally Posted by The Modfather
What a turnaround it’s been fantastic long may it continue possible 3 or 4 quality additions
Hope so. Could really do with him caressing the ball into the net away at Braga in 90+2.Quote:
Originally Posted by USA_Hibee
Really hope Gayle and Hoilet stay for a crack at European football next season. Absolutely love this squad of players.
Big summer coming up. We have to build on this which we failed miserably to do last time we finished third
Middle of the pitch is so important to sort out, if we lose Triantis. I really don’t want to go back to combinations that didn’t work before. If we can’t keep Triantis, we need a quality, first pick replacement.
We need to keep Boyle, which I’m sure we will and I’d be looking to keep Hoilett. Hoping Bowie, with a proper pre season will be a different player next year but obviously need depth up front as don’t think Gayle will be around. Getting someone who can make that type of contribution as 3rd or 4th choice will be very difficult.
Defensively we will need a body or two. I still think the right hand side is an obvious place to try and improve as well.
I’m quite comfortable with the midfield situation in that Gray said recently that they recognised in the summer they needed some help defensively in midfield and that’s why he wanted Triantis back. If he does leave I’d hope they can identify someone of a similar profile.Quote:
Originally Posted by B.H.F.C
It’s a really big summer, got to build on what we’ve got and not go backwards. If it’s guaranteed group stage football we get it’s going to be hard work for the squad, both Hearts and Aberdeen have really struggled to cope with the demands of the schedule.
One thing that does give me a bit hope we will cope better is that, generally, whenever we’ve made a change in the last few months the player coming in has done the business. Levitt coming in, Moriah-Welsh coming in. Hoilett when he’s come in, Myko of late. Best example of the lot Obita coming in for Cadden which a lot of folk though would be a huge blow but wasn’t.Quote:
Originally Posted by Heisenberg
Obviously the European schedule is worse but if we do things well in the summer I have confidence in this squad and manager to make it work.
It would be nice if Rudi could push on a bit and be joined in the first team squad by a couple or more of the championship winning squad from the U18s making the leap up from that level.Quote:
Originally Posted by B.H.F.C