Summer 2021-22 transfer thread

Far more interested in Hibs pursuing a good young prospect like Reagan Hendry,than the pleading neediness on .net to bringing Leigh Griffiths home.

Reagan Hendry? What position does he play?

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Originally Posted by Highwayman

Far more interested in Hibs pursuing a good young prospect like Reagan Hendry,than the pleading neediness on .net to bringing Leigh Griffiths home.

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I wouldnt mind both :wink:

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Originally Posted by Highwayman

Far more interested in Hibs pursuing a good young prospect like Reagan Hendry,than the pleading neediness on .net to bringing Leigh Griffiths home.

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Not for me.

Leigh Griffiths or Reagan Hendry? No brainer for me.

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Originally Posted by calumhibee1

Not for me.

Leigh Griffiths or Reagan Hendry? No brainer for me.

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Why does it have to be or? I think Regan Hendry is a midfielder

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Originally Posted by 147lothian

Why does it have to be or? I think Reagan Hendry is a midfielder

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It’s Regan anyway😀

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Originally Posted by Billy Whizz

It’s Regan anyway😀

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The Sweeney, The Sweeney na na na na na na na na na

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Originally Posted by Dalianwanda

I wouldnt mind both :wink:

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That's the ticket !

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Originally Posted by Dalianwanda

I wouldnt mind both :wink:

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Nail, Head, Leigh Griffiths up front and a 23 year old who was in the championship team of the season has to improve our midfield

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Originally Posted by 147lothian

Nail, Head, Leigh Griffiths up front and a 23 year old who was in the championship team of the season has to improve our midfield

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Plus the lad Mackay on the left and Boyle on the right

:hyper

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Originally Posted by CMurdoch

The Sweeney, The Sweeney na na na na na na na na na

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Ok Guv'nor, said Carter. :wink:

https://find-and-update.company-info...I/appointments

Stephen Dunn has resigned from
the board

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Originally Posted by Billy Whizz

https://find-and-update.company-info...I/appointments

Stephen Dunn has resigned from
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Am sorry to hear that.

Stephen is a top guy and a great asset to Hibs.

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Originally Posted by Billy Whizz

https://find-and-update.company-info...I/appointments

Stephen Dunn has resigned from
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I see from that link he has also resigned from the board of The Lyceum Theatre.

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Originally Posted by Heisenberg

These are my thoughts too. I also don’t think we’d pay what St Johnstone would want.

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Last year of contract. He would cost c£300k

If/when Porto goes, Kerr is replacing him, almost certain.

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Originally Posted by Col2

Last year of contract. He would cost c£300k

If/when Porto goes, Kerr is replacing him, almost certain.

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Kerr is the exact type of center half I admire. Big dynamic no nonsense powerhouse who can also pop up in the opposition box and score the odd goal. Have to say he is in my opinion a huge upgrade on Porteous. If we can sign Kerr and make a profit on selling Porto then its a win win imo.

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Originally Posted by Bobby Moore

Am sorry to hear that.

Stephen is a top guy and a great asset to Hibs.

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Agree 100%

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Originally Posted by Col2

Last year of contract. He would cost c£300k

If/when Porto goes, Kerr is replacing him, almost certain.

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Can’t agree that they’d let their double winning captain go for that, last year of his contract or not.

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Originally Posted by Heisenberg

Can’t agree that they’d let their double winning captain go for that, last year of his contract or not.

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We might need to play the longer game and sign him on a precontract in Jan. Actually think he will sign a new contract with them.

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Originally Posted by northstandhibby

Kerr is the exact type of center half I admire. Big dynamic no nonsense powerhouse who can also pop up in the opposition box and score the odd goal. Have to say he is in my opinion a huge upgrade on Porteous. If we can sign Kerr and make a profit on selling Porto then its a win win imo.

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We have had serious issues with bring through young central defence prospects since the emergence of John Blackley. 1971 & 74 we saw Alex Pringle make a few first team appearances and Derek Spalding, the latter making quite a few more, before their careers moved on to Dundee and Chicago respectively.

Craig Paterson looked the as though he would be the best since sloop through the ranks and played over 100 games before departing for Ibrox after around 3 years in the first team. We also had Gordon's Hunter and Rae, who will forever remain in Hibernian folklore but they reigned when we were dominated by "them" and then Tweedy came and went and then disappeared.

To me young Porty will be the best central defender to come through the Hibs ranks since Sloop, over fifty years ago. He has a physical prescience and is comfortable with the ball and can pick a pass, his reading of the game is improving and so is his concentration and awareness. I think in a couple of years when Ryan is the same age as Jason Kerr, there will be a number of people on here, twitter & FB with large amounts of egg on their chin. All IMHO of course.

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Originally Posted by Ray_

We have had serious issues with bring through young central defence prospects since the emergence of John Blackley. 1971 & 74 we saw Alex Pringle make a few first team appearances and Derek Spalding, the latter making quite a few more, before their careers moved on to Dundee and Chicago respectively.

Craig Paterson looked the as though he would be the best since sloop through the ranks and played over 100 games before departing for Ibrox after around 3 years in the first team. We also had Gordon's Hunter and Rae, who will forever remain in Hibernian folklore but they reigned when we were dominated by "them" and then Tweedy came and went and then disappeared.

To me young Porty will be the best central defender to come through the Hibs ranks since Sloop, over fifty years ago. He has a physical prescience and is comfortable with the ball and can pick a pass, his reading of the game is improving and so is his concentration and awareness. I think in a couple of years when Ryan is the same age as Jason Kerr, there will be a number of people on here, twitter & FB with large amounts of egg on their chin. All IMHO of course.

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My opinion too on Porto although I don’t quite go back as far:greengrin Some seem desperate to get rid of him but I would be delighted and hope he is at Hibs next season and beyond.

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Originally Posted by Ray_

We have had serious issues with bring through young central defence prospects since the emergence of John Blackley. 1971 & 74 we saw Alex Pringle make a few first team appearances and Derek Spalding, the latter making quite a few more, before their careers moved on to Dundee and Chicago respectively.

Craig Paterson looked the as though he would be the best since sloop through the ranks and played over 100 games before departing for Ibrox after around 3 years in the first team. We also had Gordon's Hunter and Rae, who will forever remain in Hibernian folklore but they reigned when we were dominated by "them" and then Tweedy came and went and then disappeared.

To me young Porty will be the best central defender to come through the Hibs ranks since Sloop, over fifty years ago. He has a physical prescience and is comfortable with the ball and can pick a pass, his reading of the game is improving and so is his concentration and awareness. I think in a couple of years when Ryan is the same age as Jason Kerr, there will be a number of people on here, twitter & FB with large amounts of egg on their chin. All IMHO of course.

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I accept that he's a physical presence and is good on the ball but I don't accept that his reading of the game, concentration or awareness are improving - I'd say all of these things have regressed a fair bit over the past 6 months or so.

Until then I'd have been inclined to agree with you entirely and I was previously very excited by Porteous as a prospect. I'd also say that whilst I'd have grudgingly accepted he might be a bit rash at times, his awareness, reading of the game and concentration were actually much better than he got credit for.

Of course, there could be valid reasons for the regression. Other teams might have spotted a weakness and started targeting and exploiting him, having become more accustomed to playing against him over a couple of seasons. It might be a simple blip or poorer form that he simply needs to play his way through - the type of thing that happens to every player as they improve. He might be knackered - he played a lot of football last season and the spells where he probably looked worst were that bit before Daz came into the team at the end of January and then at the end of the season he looked shaky again. It might just have been mental fatigue. It might be that he's improved as far as he is going to under our present manager / coaching team and he'll need something or someone else to kick him on a bit further. It might be the attitude thing to do with being around the Scotland squad or getting his head turned by Championship interest.

In order to kick on and improve you have to tackle weakness or underperformance along the way and I think that to improve he needs to be better in the areas mentioned.

I'd love for it to be a bit of poor form, for him to stay with us and to kick on and improve on these weaknesses but I just don't see it happening. I think he'll be offski and I think we need to deal with that.

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Originally Posted by northstandhibby

Kerr is the exact type of center half I admire. Big dynamic no nonsense powerhouse who can also pop up in the opposition box and score the odd goal. Have to say he is in my opinion a huge upgrade on Porteous. If we can sign Kerr and make a profit on selling Porto then its a win win imo.

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Unfortunately the Hibs jersey appears to act like kryptonite to players we sign from st Johnstone.

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Originally Posted by SMAXXA

Porteous will be a top player and people will want to retract some of the statements about him in years to come. I’ve never know why some people have to be so negative to a player especially one of our own, some of the criticism he’s came in for is embarrassing. Yea he’s made mistakes as have plenty others but these seem to totally overshadow the very good young player he is. To the point of outgrowing us, I’ve never seen him say this so not sure what that’s all about but one things for sure he will end up at a bigger club than ours before his career ends.

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Well said. A lot of the stuff that people have said about Porteous is just happening in their heads.

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I also think the press and in particular the BBC have a real focus on Porto but it is all negative.
It would appear they like putting the boot into Porto, unfairly in my opinion

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Originally Posted by Ray_

We have had serious issues with bring through young central defence prospects since the emergence of John Blackley. 1971 & 74 we saw Alex Pringle make a few first team appearances and Derek Spalding, the latter making quite a few more, before their careers moved on to Dundee and Chicago respectively.

Craig Paterson looked the as though he would be the best since sloop through the ranks and played over 100 games before departing for Ibrox after around 3 years in the first team. We also had Gordon's Hunter and Rae, who will forever remain in Hibernian folklore but they reigned when we were dominated by "them" and then Tweedy came and went and then disappeared.

To me young Porty will be the best central defender to come through the Hibs ranks since Sloop, over fifty years ago. He has a physical prescience and is comfortable with the ball and can pick a pass, his reading of the game is improving and so is his concentration and awareness. I think in a couple of years when Ryan is the same age as Jason Kerr, there will be a number of people on here, twitter & FB with large amounts of egg on their chin. All IMHO of course.

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Paul Hanlon.

Porteous is still very young for a CH, in 3 years time he’ll be playing at far level than Kerr. If Hibs sell him I hope it’s for a lot more than £1m. He is still developing and will go onto be a mainstay of Scotland’s defence in the future.

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Originally Posted by Ray_

We have had serious issues with bring through young central defence prospects since the emergence of John Blackley. 1971 & 74 we saw Alex Pringle make a few first team appearances and Derek Spalding, the latter making quite a few more, before their careers moved on to Dundee and Chicago respectively.


Craig Paterson looked the as though he would be the best since sloop through the ranks and played over 100 games before departing for Ibrox after around 3 years in the first team. We also had Gordon's Hunter and Rae, who will forever remain in Hibernian folklore but they reigned when we were dominated by "them" and then Tweedy came and went and then disappeared.

To me young Porty will be the best central defender to come through the Hibs ranks since Sloop, over fifty years ago. He has a physical prescience and is comfortable with the ball and can pick a pass, his reading of the game is improving and so is his concentration and awareness. I think in a couple of years when Ryan is the same age as Jason Kerr, there will be a number of people on here, twitter & FB with large amounts of egg on their chin. All IMHO of course.

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Darren dodds😜😂

Any idea when players are back for pre season?