hibs- platform

[brydekirk]

smith tells sky sports he hopes hibs will be a good platfom for a return back down south.

[joe breezy]

Very good, from a guy that cannae get a game for Brighton who let goals in for fun.

Who is aiming to go to? Accrington Stanley?

[Petrie's Tache]

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smith tells sky sports he hopes hibs will be a good platfom for a return back down south.

I for one do not see a problem with this. If we are percieved to be a club you can get a big move away from, this might encourage others to come who may not otherwise. I would love us to adopt the Ajax mentaility of bringing through youth to sell and also giving experieced "good" pros a platform to move on. If we play the right way and get press for doing it, surely it can only be good?

[James70]

Not exactly the way to endear yourself to the fans of your new club, who is to say he will even be first choice keeper after the transfer window closes and once Stack is fit again.

[iwasthere1972]

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smith tells sky sports he hopes hibs will be a good platfom for a return back down south.

Nothing wrong with that. At least he has ambitions. Maybe he's been speaking to Rob Jones.

[H18sry]

[QUOTE=joe breezy;2297067]Very good, from a guy that cannae get a game for Brighton who let goals in for fun.

Who is aiming to go to? Accrington Stanley?[/QUOTE]

Who are they

[Hibbyradge]

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Very good, from a guy that cannae get a game for Brighton who let goals in for fun.

Who is aiming to go to? Accrington Stanley?[/QUOTE]

Who are they

Exactly.

[iwasthere1972]

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Exactly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgYP1d5nN2o

Classic ad.

[The_Horde]

As far as i'm aware all he said was a platform to get playing again.

Or something like that?

[matty_f]

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I for one do not see a problem with this. If we are percieved to be a club you can get a big move away from, this might encourage others to come who may not otherwise. I would love us to adopt the Ajax mentaility of bringing through youth to sell and also giving experieced "good" pros a platform to move on. If we play the right way and get press for doing it, surely it can only be good?

[Golden Bear]

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smith tells sky sports he hopes hibs will be a good platfom for a return back down south.

He should have engaged his brain before his mouth.

Silence is sometimes golden and this remark would have been best left "unsaid".

[steakbake]

Fair play. If he wants his big money move, he'll need to prove himself. I'm quite happy for folk to come to Hibs, play out of their skins and move on. I'm happy for him to prove himself on our watch. Reality.

[Golden Bear]

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Fair play. If he wants his big money move, he'll need to prove himself. I'm quite happy for folk to come to Hibs, play out of their skins and move on. I'm happy for him to prove himself on our watch. Reality.

Reality yes, but he's not exactly endeared himself to a lot of fans.

It's not the most diplomatic thing to say when you've joined a new club.

[sleeping giant]

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smith tells sky sports he hopes hibs will be a good platfom for a return back down south.

You got a link for that ?
I dont think he did say that TBH !
No offence to you likes

Platform for playing again was how i took it

[greenlex]

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Reality yes, but he's not exactly endeared himself to a lot of fans.

He's a keeper. He will get it tight in any case.

[Zondervan]

Try applying some context when you post:

"Hopefully Hibs will be a great platform for me. I would not rule out going back to England one day but I have landed on my feet only six months after I left Scotland"

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,195...830744,00.html

[truehibernian]

Stokes said much the same when he came and fair play to them too. England is where most top footballers want to cut it, and if they get there by hard work, good form, and great Hibs performances, they also earn Hibs a small fortune along the way. Don't really see the offence if the player does want to use Hibs as a good platform to present his ability (given the chance) to bigger clubs and for better deals. Shows that he is not here just to pick up a wage and relax IMO.

[Golden Bear]

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He's a keeper. He will get it tight in any case.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if this scurrilous rumour was started by a Maka fan

[Golden Bear]

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Try applying some context when you post:

"Hopefully Hibs will be a great platform for me. I would not rule out going back to England one day but I have landed on my feet only six months after I left Scotland"

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,195...830744,00.html

Ah ha - this throws a different perspective on things!

The OP must be a Maka fan after all.

[ancient hibee]

I know I should be used to it by now but why do people claiming to be supporters make up stories to do down our own players?

[Jonnyboy]

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Try applying some context when you post:

"Hopefully Hibs will be a great platform for me. I would not rule out going back to England one day but I have landed on my feet only six months after I left Scotland"

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,195...830744,00.html

So basically the OP only read the following words from that quote

"Hibs will be a great platform for me going back to England"

Jeezo

Our keepers get enough flak without folk starting stories like this

As you say Zondervan, context would have been nice

[joe breezy]

You cannae believe a word of the papers, especially headlines which almost always seem to take things right out of context

[(((Fergus)))]

Regardless of context, the word "platform" is a very interesting one to choose. I wonder what train he is waiting for, for example.

[sixtwo]

He could have endeared himself to the hibs support and showed he is ambitious at the same time by saying he wants to establish himself as a first team regular, recapture his top form, win things and break into the scottish set up again

I don't have any issues with what he actually said, but I think he could have and should have chose his words more carefully.

[sixtwo]

I might be wrong but I have just looked at the OP's posting history and I strongly suspect he is a jambo.

Not one reference to ''us'' and a number of posts that are designed to get some sort of rise out of hibs fans.


His posts are suspiciously like my ones on Brokeback. I'd be careful when dealing with the OP...........wear gloves if you are going to launch it.

[Viva_Palmeiras]

IIRC Ulrik Larsen was up front about seeing Hibs as a stepping stone to bigger things when he signed.

There's honesty and there's tact. Sometimes the players are on a hiding to nothing - the fans often want transparency but dont always like what they hear. So understandable when players come out with vague and meaningless clichés rendering interviews pointless.

[sixtwo]

No need for the the twat comment. I am just saying your posting history is suspicious and this thread topic is completely stinking of that of a yam!

[steakbake]

Is it a bit like calling someone your "current" girlfriend?

[Hibernian Verse]

Would any of you guys think differently if you were him? He has aspirations to give it another go down south which, incidentally, is where the money is and the big moves are.

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Try applying some context when you post:

"Hopefully Hibs will be a great platform for me. I would not rule out going back to England one day but I have landed on my feet only six months after I left Scotland"

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,195...830744,00.html

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You cannae believe a word of the papers, especially headlines which almost always seem to take things right out of context

It ain't the papers that's the problem here - it's an OP that leaves out all the relevant information regarding context in order to do down one of our players.

He missed out THIS bit as well: "I am happy at Hibs - this is a better club than Brighton with better facilities. The infrastructure is as good as the big two in Scotland."

The lad hasn't signed up for the rest of his career - so I'd guess that 'platform' means he's looking for a place to play football and display his talents where he'll do well enough to get a bigger and better contract later on - either fom us or from someone else.

I smell Jambo-OP, frankly.