Happy for him to go on loan as long as we can recall him after six months. Would like to see him given a chance IF we are not in a relegation scrap
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I also think some of the youngsters will play a big part this year. IMO signing 2 keepers would be a waste when one will be sitting on the bench most of the time and i think we need to start looking towards the players coming through as well as bringing a few through transfers.
Back 2 will defo be mcpake an Hanlon the Clancy and maybe an other
:agree: I'd be surprised with anymore than 3 given that we were already making a loss, season tickets are down and we will take a hit on income with Rangers out the league.
My preference would be a goalie and x2 forwards with a least one of them also being able to operate out wide.
I think we'd be daft to bring in 2 goalies given the cutbacks plus it would hinder the progress of the two younger guys.
has anything been said about Mark Brown yet? Not my first choice but at least it means we have a few options in goal...
:agree: One senior keeper, and work with the younger guys to bring them on.
If certain players move on, replace them. And look for 2, possibly 3 attacking players for the beginning of the season.
And actually put our money where our mouth is and give younger guys their chance in the first team.
If it was up to me (and lets face it, it should be :greengrin) then we need 4 new players providing Brown signs a new deal. We need 2 mid-fielders and 2 strikers.
Defence is pretty tight with Clancy, Mcpake, O'Hanlon and Hanlon as Right/Centre backs. We've got 3 Left backs in Kujabi, Booth and Smith.
Wotherspoon needs back in the team IMO, played wide right. Cairney and Claros seem to be in the same mould, although Cairney seems to be a real goal threat. Osbourne was good in the first part of last season, a real scrapper and ball winner. We need another like him - Steve Jennings? Would also like to see us get in another wide right player, Ross Forbes might be a good shout. Sproule, Glabraith and and Booth can all play wide left.
Strikers - Doyle, Caldwell and Handling, a wee bit more experience would see us right, Sutton and someone else.
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I think we need two senior keepers. Do we really want to be playing one of the kids when the first choice gets injured?
Hughes got stick for having 3 senior keepers at the time but we were actually down to just Graeme Smith at the end of it as two got injured.
It's a huge, unnnecessary risk to leave yourself without any senior keeper.
I'm all for playing some kids, when they can come in under the right circumstances but goalkeeper and centre half are the areas I think that you can't afford to be reliant upon a kid at any stage.
I also don't really see the obsession with getting kids in - of course good ones are welcome, can make you money eventually and that's lovely. Right now I want a Hibs team that can win a few games, all else is a bit secondary.
I think this has been addressed a couple of times - Scott Lindsay confimed at the last forum or meeting that 5,000 was the total tickets sold at the time which included new holders.
I don't know why that many believed that there would have been that many totally new ticket holders who bought just to get a cup final ticket. That never made much sense to me.
Massive season for all youngsters at every SPL side apart from maybe Celtic as most squads will be a lot leaner with regards to experienced players. I look towards the likes of Booth, Smith, Wotherspoon, Caldwell and maybe Galbraith at looking at the season ahead as one of opportunity at Hibs. Whether or not they take it is another matter. In all the doom and gloom revolving around the Rangers scenario I genuinely believe this could be a chance for some freshness across the board in the SPL. Taking all that into account I think three more players signed on a permanent basis is as good as we can hope for. Couple decent loan signings too might happen though and would happily welcome back someone like Francomb who offered some versatility.
Was just looking at the thread on Alan Maybury and ended up looking to see where he all played before ST J, came across Liam Craigs profile
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liam_Craig Says at the bottom hes set for a move to us? :confused:
Sorry if ive missed this earlier in the thread but has anyone heard any rumours about this?