Summer transfer thread 2025

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Originally Posted by SHODAN

Could we move Porteous into midfield?

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He was absolutely honking there when we tried it.

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Originally Posted by badabing67

We would need to sign him first. Do you know something we don't

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I know absolutely nothing, just thinking aloud!

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Originally Posted by SHODAN

Could we move Porteous into midfield?

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He'd be our best defender, if we can get him, let's play him in defence.

There’s two players we had before that a few have mentioned it would be good to get back . One is Porto and the other Nisbet , both are undoubtedly good players though I do question both players character and attitude after their last spell here . I just don’t see either of them as the right type of character the club have openly spoken about in what they want in players they sign . Maybe I’m alone on this but in both cases I hope we look elsewhere.

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Originally Posted by Donegal Hibby

There’s two players we had before that a few have mentioned it would be good to get back . One is Porto and the other Nisbet , both are undoubtedly good players though I do question both players character and attitude after their last spell here . I just don’t see either of them as the right type of character the club have openly spoken about in what they want in players they sign . Maybe I’m alone on this but in both cases I hope we look elsewhere.

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Not just you, I wouldn’t be in a hurry to see either of them back.

Think Porteous is wildly overrated and isn’t worth all the other crap that comes along with him. Nisbet is wildly inconsistent.

We can get better than both imo.

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Originally Posted by Donegal Hibby

There’s two players we had before that a few have mentioned it would be good to get back . One is Porto and the other Nisbet , both are undoubtedly good players though I do question both players character and attitude after their last spell here . I just don’t see either of them as the right type of character the club have openly spoken about in what they want in players they sign . Maybe I’m alone on this but in both cases I hope we look elsewhere.

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That is the thing though. Gray knows them. If he thinks they'd be a fit then they will, and we can all park that attitude nonsense and let Gray get on with getting the best out of them.

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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

Not just you, I wouldn’t be in a hurry to see either of them back.

Think Porteous is wildly overrated and isn’t worth all the other crap that comes along with him. Nisbet is wildly inconsistent.

We can get better than both imo.

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It’s not often we agree but we do here 👍

I really can't see Porteous coming back. Gray played with him enough to know he can't be trusted. Stupid bookings, failure to take the blame for mistakes. Completely goes against the team spirit the current squad have developed over the season.

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Originally Posted by Donegal Hibby

He’s certainly improved at us a lot which is down to the manager and his staff moving him from CH to Midfield. I suppose one thing we have in our favour is he knows there is a manager that believes in him and he will be one of the first names on the team sheet , wither that’s enough to persuade him to come back if a deal could be struck with Sunderland , who knows.

I think some of the comments on the Sunderland forum are generally what most fans of English clubs have as an opinion of our league in it’s not very good , pub league etc ..

I think this is a bit arrogant and shows the lack of knowledge a lot have about our league , yes they have more money and probably better quality but our league is really competitive and has its own qualities as we have seen in how many good players it’s produced over the years.

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Personally read a few pages and thought in the main the majority analysis was pretty fair

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Originally Posted by Donegal Hibby

It’s not often we agree but we do here 👍

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He's talking rubbish though which is maybe the connection? I'd take Nisbet's inconsistent goals per minutes ratio over the poorer return of a Ronan Hale. I know Ross County are poor but tgen so are Aberdeen.

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Originally Posted by Donegal Hibby

There’s two players we had before that a few have mentioned it would be good to get back . One is Porto and the other Nisbet , both are undoubtedly good players though I do question both players character and attitude after their last spell here . I just don’t see either of them as the right type of character the club have openly spoken about in what they want in players they sign . Maybe I’m alone on this but in both cases I hope we look elsewhere.

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They both did well enough at Hibs to get moves to the Championship, and Nisbet did pretty well at Aberdeen last season too, leaving with a Scottish cup winners medal, and scoring 14 goals. Goals > character for me.

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Originally Posted by WestStandWillie

I really can't see Porteous coming back. Gray played with him enough to know he can't be trusted. Stupid bookings, failure to take the blame for mistakes. Completely goes against the team spirit the current squad have developed over the season.

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If that is true then it won't happen. If it's a perception and not exactly true, then it might.

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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

Not just you, I wouldn’t be in a hurry to see either of them back.

Think Porteous is wildly overrated and isn’t worth all the other crap that comes along with him. Nisbet is wildly inconsistent.

We can get better than both imo.

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For us, only Boyle scored more than Nisbet last season. Nisbet got twice as many as any other Hibs player.

For Hibs - 39 in 101 appearances.

How consistent are you looking for if this is wildy inconsistent?

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Originally Posted by Wilson

That is the thing though. Gray knows them. If he thinks they'd be a fit then they will, and we can all park that attitude nonsense and let Gray get on with getting the best out of them.

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If Gray were to resign both them then I agree we should let him get on with trying to get the best out of them . I think because Gray does know them he’ll probably / hopefully look elsewhere.

On the bad run we had when it looked like Gray was going to get the chop everyone was pulling in the right direction , backing one another and showing good character and togetherness .

Imagine having them two in the squad around that time .. one would be shouting/ blaming other players never mind the rash tackles in giving away penalties , red cards while the other would probably end up sulking around in looking for a move elsewhere.

Honestly think we have good thing going in this squad that I’d hate to see disrupted by two players who are more than capable of doing so .

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Originally Posted by easty

For us, only Boyle scored more than Nisbet last season. Nisbet got twice as many as any other Hibs player.

For Hibs - 39 in 101 appearances.

How consistent are you looking for if this is wildy inconsistent?

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That’s not what consistency is though, is it?

He’d go on great runs of form. For example he scored 10 in his first 19 league appearances for Hibs and 12 in his final 19. He’d also go on crap runs of form though, such as when scored 1 in 13 in his first season, or when he scored 5 in 26 in his entire second season.

At Aberdeen this season he scored 3 in his first 7, then he went on to score 1 in 12 (with a couple of games where he was unable to even get off the bench in that 12 he had been so poor). Then he scored 5 in 6.

His overall record was decent and if you get the best of him then you’re laughing. If you get the worst of him though, which you are probably just as likely to get as you are to get the best of him though then you’ll be toiling.

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Originally Posted by Donegal Hibby

There’s two players we had before that a few have mentioned it would be good to get back . One is Porto and the other Nisbet , both are undoubtedly good players though I do question both players character and attitude after their last spell here . I just don’t see either of them as the right type of character the club have openly spoken about in what they want in players they sign . Maybe I’m alone on this but in both cases I hope we look elsewhere.

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On the flip side Liam Henderson being the other one mentioned in dispatches has the ideal character and attitude. I can't see any of them coming back though, all on Championship level wages now

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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

That’s not what consistency is though, is it?

He’d go on great runs of form. For example he scored 10 in his first 19 league appearances for Hibs and 12 in his final 19. He’d also go on crap runs of form though, such as when scored 1 in 13 in his first season, or when he scored 5 in 26 in his entire second season.

His overall record was decent and if you get the best of him then you’re laughing. If you get the worst of him though, which you are probably just as likely to get as you are to get the best of him though then you’ll be toiling.

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So you'd be happier with someone who scores you less goals, but does it consistently?

Folk saying Ronan Hale would be good, but I assume you'd disagree because in the middle of the season he went 15 games with only 1 goal?

Simon Murray had a good season, but went spells of 1 goal in 9 and 2 spells of 1 goal in 7 games.

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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

That’s not what consistency is though, is it?

He’d go on great runs of form. For example he scored 10 in his first 19 league appearances for Hibs and 12 in his final 19. He’d also go on crap runs of form though, such as when scored 1 in 13 in his first season, or when he scored 5 in 26 in his entire second season.

At Aberdeen this season he scored 3 in his first 7, then he went on to score 1 in 12 (with a couple of games where he was unable to even get off the bench in that 12 he had been so poor). Then he scored 5 in 6.

His overall record was decent and if you get the best of him then you’re laughing. If you get the worst of him though, which you are probably just as likely to get as you are to get the best of him though then you’ll be toiling.

His career since being at Hibs is massively in

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If you get the best of him you are laughing but that’s a big ‘If ‘ much like it is with Porto too . Is it worth gambling with the harmony and togetherness that we have in this squad now ? . I’m not sure it is ….

https://millwallonline.com/forum/thr...n.56731/page-8

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Originally Posted by Donegal Hibby

There’s two players we had before that a few have mentioned it would be good to get back . One is Porto and the other Nisbet , both are undoubtedly good players though I do question both players character and attitude after their last spell here . I just don’t see either of them as the right type of character the club have openly spoken about in what they want in players they sign . Maybe I’m alone on this but in both cases I hope we look elsewhere.

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What’s wrong with Porto’s attitude or character. Hibee , classy, Scotland squad and knows the league?

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Originally Posted by Donegal Hibby

If you get the best of him you are laughable but that’s a big ‘If ‘ much like it is with Porto too . Is it worth gambling with the harmony and togetherness that we have in this squad now ? . I’m not sure it is ….

https://millwallonline.com/forum/thr...n.56731/page-8

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Is it?

He managed to do well enough at Dunfermline that we paid for him, then well enough at Hibs that Millwall paid for him. It's not worked out for him there, but that's because he's not at that standard of footballer. Comes back to Scotland and has a good season at Aberdeen.

So how exactly is it a big 'if'?

I don't really think Millwall fans opinions of him are that relevant to be honest. They're unlikely to think highly of him as he's never been good enough to play for them. It'd be the same as Hibs fans opinions on someone like Melkerson.

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Originally Posted by Donegal Hibby

There’s two players we had before that a few have mentioned it would be good to get back . One is Porto and the other Nisbet , both are undoubtedly good players though I do question both players character and attitude after their last spell here . I just don’t see either of them as the right type of character the club have openly spoken about in what they want in players they sign . Maybe I’m alone on this but in both cases I hope we look elsewhere.

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Not just you. Both would be at the bottom of my list of summer signings.
The team dynamic is just so good right now. For me, we protect that above all else.

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Originally Posted by easty

So you'd be happier with someone who scores you less goals, but does it consistently?

Folk saying Ronan Hale would be good, but I assume you'd disagree because in the middle of the season he went 15 games with only 1 goal?

Simon Murray had a good season, but went spells of 1 goal in 9 and 2 spells of 1 goal in 7 games.

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I never mentioned less goals. I don’t think he’ll be anywhere close to being the best available to us. I think we’ll be able to get a more consistent player who can score more goals.

And yes, I wouldn’t be all that bothered either way for Hale either.

Nisbet won Aberdeen's Player's POTY award. Bad attitudes don't win that award.

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Originally Posted by Donegal Hibby

There’s two players we had before that a few have mentioned it would be good to get back . One is Porto and the other Nisbet , both are undoubtedly good players though I do question both players character and attitude after their last spell here . I just don’t see either of them as the right type of character the club have openly spoken about in what they want in players they sign . Maybe I’m alone on this but in both cases I hope we look elsewhere.

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Yeah, we all heard you the 30th time you brought this up!

Do you have an alarm set for when their names are mentioned as you always seem right at the front of the queue to question their character but dont seem so quick to offer up what exactly these bad traits are?

Not that i think it would happen, Hendo coming back would be very exciting signing, Nisbet if available i would welcome back to Easter Road but who ever we do sign i hope will pass the big character test before hand.

I know I was tired before heading to bed last night, but I could have sworn I read a tweet saying Hibs had resigned Porteous on a 4 year deal.

Maybe I'm imagining, dreamt, or someone put out a joke tweet. Anyway, would be nice if it became a reality. But I'd still want Bushiri to stay, however the longer that goes, the less likely I think it will happen.

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Originally Posted by keep the faith

Not just you. Both would be at the bottom of my list of summer signings.
The team dynamic is just so good right now. For me, we protect that above all else.

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Absolutely , taking in good quality players is important but so is adding the right types of characters to our squad and not taking any chances with players who could potentially unsettle / disrupt what this squad has shown it has in spades.

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Originally Posted by aberhibsfc

I know I was tired before heading to bed last night, but I could have sworn I read a tweet saying Hibs had resigned Porteous on a 4 year deal.

Maybe I'm imagining, dreamt, or someone put out a joke tweet. Anyway, would be nice if it became a reality. But I'd still want Bushiri to stay, however the longer that goes, the less likely I think it will happen.

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Some weirdo made up a Twitter page called ‘HiberniianFC’ or similar and are now pretending to be Hibs.

They posted about Porteous and Triantis both signing for us

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Originally Posted by Donegal Hibby

There’s two players we had before that a few have mentioned it would be good to get back . One is Porto and the other Nisbet , both are undoubtedly good players though I do question both players character and attitude after their last spell here . I just don’t see either of them as the right type of character the club have openly spoken about in what they want in players they sign . Maybe I’m alone on this but in both cases I hope we look elsewhere.

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What’s wrong with Porto’s attitude or character. Hibee , classy, Scotland squad and knows the league?

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Originally Posted by Unseen work

Some weirdo made up a Twitter page called ‘HiberniianFC’ or similar and are now pretending to be Hibs.

They posted about Porteous and Triantis both signing for us

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Yeah saw that and the eejits. responsible needs outed