Leigh Griffiths Interview

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Originally Posted by blackpoolhibs

To see if he can recapture previous form and hunger, it would be free and the club would have nothing to lose if you are right and he is finished.

If you are wrong god forbid, and he can get back to being a prolific scorer, its a win win.

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This is it for me.
Surely it's worth bringing LG into Eastmains for a wee chat and to run the rule over him to see if both sides think something could work.

If so, there's lots of gains for us and him.

GGTTH

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Originally Posted by Lendo

Why do people assume he would be willing to play for free?

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Don’t think anyone is suggesting he’d play for free, just let him train with us and see if he still has it. That wouldn’t cost us. I’m with blackpoolhibs on this one, don’t see what we have to lose by looking at him in training.

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Originally Posted by Lendo

Why do people assume he would be willing to play for free?

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I'm not assuming anything, i'd just like the club to offer him training facilities to asses him. If he's crap then its tatty bye, i'd not want the club to commit to any contract without seeing him train with the players first.

As i said before, nothing to lose.

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Originally Posted by blackpoolhibs

I'm not assuming anything, i'd just like the club to offer him training facilities to asses him. If he's crap then its tatty bye, i'd not want the club to commit to any contract without seeing him train with the players first.

As i said before, nothing to lose.

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Would he not be inundated with offers to train for free from most clubs in Scotland, and maybe he is, with a view to it turning into a deal if it’s a no lose scenario.

Wouldn’t be upset if he was given an opportunity to train but would prefer to look at players on the way up than someone trying to revive their career and who will be 32 next month.

“If we get him fit and his head right”

Something we’ve heard for years and never happens.

He failed and Dundee and Falkirk.

I wanted him back as much as the next guy a couple of years ago but for me I just can’t see him getting back to a decent standard for a lengthy period of time.

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Originally Posted by The Modfather

Would he not be inundated with offers to train for free from most clubs in Scotland, and maybe he is, with a view to it turning into a deal if it’s a no lose scenario.

Wouldn’t be upset if he was given an opportunity to train but would prefer to look at players on the way up than someone trying to revive their career and who will be 32 next month.

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No idea?

This thread is verging on being pathetic. Get a life, folks, and think of a bright future for Hibs.

Bring. Him. Home.

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Originally Posted by Haymaker

Bring. Him. Home.

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…. the emoji has gone, ……… maybe you are coming to your senses!!!:greengrin

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Originally Posted by Haymaker

Bring. Him. Home.

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Back to Parkhead? 🤣

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Originally Posted by Eaststand

This is it for me.
Surely it's worth bringing LG into Eastmains for a wee chat and to run the rule over him to see if both sides think something could work.

If so, there's lots of gains for us and him.

GGTTH

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Would you do that for any other player who failed at Dundee then Falkirk in league 1 or only cause his name is Leigh Griffiths?


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Originally Posted by Jim44

This thread is verging on being pathetic. Get a life, folks, and think of a bright future for Hibs.

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Charming

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Originally Posted by Jim44

…. the emoji has gone, ……… maybe you are coming to your senses!!!:greengrin

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:hyper

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Originally Posted by GreenGray

Would you do that for any other player who failed at Dundee then Falkirk in league 1 or only cause his name is Leigh Griffiths?


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If his name was anything else and he was an ex international player who we knew had previous flaws, but may have gotten his health issues under control, I'd say have him in for a chat to see how that goes.
Nowt to lose doing that I'd say

GGTTH

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Originally Posted by Eaststand

If his name was anything else and he was an ex international player who we knew had previous flaws, but may have gotten his health issues under control, I'd say have him in for a chat to see how that goes.
Nowt to lose doing that I'd say

GGTTH

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Garry Kenneth is at Lochee United, he’d probably be quite cheap.

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Originally Posted by Northernhibee

Garry Kenneth is at Lochee United, he’d probably be quite cheap.

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Worth giving him training facilities for a few weeks to see if he is good enough?

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Originally Posted by Iain G

Worth giving him training facilities for a few weeks to see if he is good enough?

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No, because that would be ridiculous.

I listened earlier on to his interview from yesterday & just felt sorry for him.

In the space of just under 24 months he’s went from scoring a penalty to take Scotland to the euros for the first team in decades, to struggling to get a club having made next to no impact at Falkirk - in league 1.

Gave us some great memories almost a decade ago but I wouldn’t want Hibs anywhere near him.

If he wasn’t a Hibs fan/had played for the club in the past then this discussion wouldn’t even be happening.

Wish him the best but not at Hibs, he’s nowhere near where we want to be as a club.

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Originally Posted by Jim44

This thread is verging on being pathetic. Get a life, folks, and think of a bright future for Hibs.

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Exactly. Some of the comments are verging on the bizarre. We look like we have a promising squad with lots of young talent. LG isn’t the ideal role model for such a group. It’s almost like East Mains is being put forward as some kind of rehabilitation centre for failed former heroes.

So we have a thread slagging off a current play who works his socks off at every opportunity and then a thread saying we should get someone back who hasn't worked hard in years!

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Originally Posted by tamig

Exactly. Some of the comments are verging on the bizarre. We look like we have a promising squad with lots of young talent. LG isn’t the ideal role model for such a group. It’s almost like East Mains is being put forward as some kind of rehabilitation centre for failed former heroes.

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Yep. I do hope he gets an opportunity at a club where he can show that he's willing to put in the graft and get back to the best he can be, but there's absolutely no reason that club should be Hibs. He's already taken a step or three backwards and had a chance to prove himself there, he may indeed need to take another step back before he can begin to move up the leagues again.

Griffiths was unreal in his prime, but that’s gone now.

He can talk about wanting a chance all he wants, but he was given a chance at Dundee and at Falkirk, and he wasted it.

I wouldn’t want Hibs to give him another chance now.

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Originally Posted by tamig

Exactly. Some of the comments are verging on the bizarre. We look like we have a promising squad with lots of young talent. LG isn’t the ideal role model for such a group. It’s almost like East Mains is being put forward as some kind of rehabilitation centre for failed former heroes.

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:agree:

This is why the suggestion we can offer training facilities at no risk whatsoever is wide of the mark.

We need a high performance culture at the club. Even being allowed in the door at EM is a privilege a player needs to earn.

Bloody hell, this turned very "I'd had a lovely supper, and all I said to my wife was, 'That piece of halibut was good enough for Jehovah'" very quickly.

My OP wasn't really intended to suggest bringing him back to Hibs, it was more of an observation that in his training and in his tone and the content of his replies in the interview he sounded much more grounded than I've heard him be for a very long time. On the back of that I was wondering whether we might see him become more of a recognisable player than we have seen for a number of years.

Clearly I should have made explicit that I wasn't particularly talking about at Hibs. Anyway, don't let me interrupt this Leigh Griffiths binary fest, carry on everyone.

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Originally Posted by One Day Soon

Bloody hell, this turned very "I'd had a lovely supper, and all I said to my wife was, 'That piece of halibut was good enough for Jehovah'" very quickly.

My OP wasn't really intended to suggest bringing him back to Hibs, it was more of an observation that in his training and in his tone and the content of his replies in the interview he sounded much more grounded than I've heard him be for a very long time. On the back of that I was wondering whether we might see him become more of a recognisable player than we have seen for a number of years.

Clearly I should have made explicit that I wasn't particularly talking about at Hibs. Anyway, don't let me interrupt this Leigh Griffiths binary fest, carry on everyone.

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Bloody hell, this turned very "I'd had a lovely supper, and all I said to my wife was, 'That piece of halibut was good enough for Jehovah'" very quickly.

😂😂😂😂

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Originally Posted by One Day Soon

Bloody hell, this turned very "I'd had a lovely supper, and all I said to my wife was, 'That piece of halibut was good enough for Jehovah'" very quickly.

My OP wasn't really intended to suggest bringing him back to Hibs, it was more of an observation that in his training and in his tone and the content of his replies in the interview he sounded much more grounded than I've heard him be for a very long time. On the back of that I was wondering whether we might see him become more of a recognisable player than we have seen for a number of years.

Clearly I should have made explicit that I wasn't particularly talking about at Hibs. Anyway, don't let me interrupt this Leigh Griffiths binary fest, carry on everyone.

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Splitter.

Are there any Jambos here today?

Wolf nipple chips. Get 'em while they're hot, they're lovely.

Well, I wish him the very best for the future, wherever that may be. It's up to him to prove to the football world that he's still got it. What's written about him on football forums is irrelevant; it's what he does is important.

What I do know is that he's one of the best free kick takers that I've seen. It's so sad that the goals against England at Hampden were only five years ago.

Scotland 2-2 England. Leigh Griffiths free kicks - YouTube

Bring him home! :hyper