Boozy

[HibeeMcGinn1]

Very random but i thought I'd share with fellow cabbage. My mate got the train from Dunbar to Newcastle tonight for the toon pool match and mr beuzelin was on it. They started chatting away and pretty much spoke all the way down and went for a few beers together. Anyway my pal told me that the man is a complete gentleman and still loves the hibs. He said when Rudi gave the stupid L sign to the east on derby day he wanted to knock him the hell out (his words). Pretty random post but IMO he is a cabbage god. Moan the hibs.

[Mark79]

Always liked boost. Not the best footballer but had the ability to stick his foot on the ball and dictate the pace. That's something we don't have now and miss in the team IMHO.

[Mark79]

By boost I meant boozy. Predictive text.

[PiemanP]

I think a member on here (meeko) met him on i night out in berwick upon tweed, he said he was singing hibs songs and had said he loved his time here!

He certainly was a great charactor, and it would be great to see him back at hibs in some sort of role (obviously not on the playing staff) as he obviously is very fond of the club and fans!

[MontrealHibs]

After failing his medical at Killie he is awaiting an operation on his ankle on the NHS. Hopes to pick up a club for next season.

He could still cut it in the SPL (if fit) he's only 31.

[AK86]

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I think a member on here (meeko) met him on i night out in berwick upon tweed, he said he was singing hibs songs and had said he loved his time here!

He certainly was a great charactor, and it would be great to see him back at hibs in some sort of role (obviously not on the playing staff) as he obviously is very fond of the club and fans!

Yet another who became "too good " for Hibs. Didnt hang about when he got offered an extra few quid, then realises Hibs was the pinnacle of his career

Im fond of Hibs, can i get a job too

[Danny_Hibee]

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Yet another who became "too good " for Hibs. Didnt hang about when he got offered an extra few quid, then realises Hibs was the pinnacle of his career

Im fond of Hibs, can i get a job too

he was at hibs for 4 years, did you expect him to finish his career here instead of move to a bigger club, with a chance of getting to the premiership if they had got promoted?

[AK86]

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he was at hibs for 4 years, did you expect him to finish his career here instead of move to a bigger club, with a chance of getting to the premiership if they had got promoted?

Aye and he played about 20 decent games
just canny be daein with all the memory loss nostalgia that folk spout on here
Boozy was good, when he could be ersed. His last season at ER was a man going through the motions. But hey , dinny let the facts get in the way of a "ex player love in"

[Scouse Hibee]

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Aye and he played about 20 decent games
just canny be daein with all the memory loss nostalgia that folk spout on here
Boozy was good, when he could be ersed. His last season at ER was a man going through the motions. But hey , dinny let the facts get in the way of a "ex player love in"

[Danny_Hibee]

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Aye and he played about 20 decent games
just canny be daein with all the memory loss nostalgia that folk spout on here
Boozy was good, when he could be ersed. His last season at ER was a man going through the motions. But hey , dinny let the facts get in the way of a "ex player love in"

whats ur arguement then? if he only played 20 good games you should've been happy he left instead of moaning that he just left for more money

[AK86]

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whats ur arguement then? if he only played 20 good games you should've been happy he left instead of moaning that he just left for more money

Nae argument from me. Some think he was a legend and some massive Hibee who deserves a role at our club. I thought he was average
I will check with you in future before i post my view

[Zazu62]

Average at best how many goals did he actually score?

[mim]

A quality player.
I will never forget the way he treated Lennon with total contempt in the 2-2 game at ER. He bullied the bully and sat him on his arse twice.
Never as good after his serious injury, but great to watch all the same.

[Wotherspiniesta]

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Average at best how many goals did he actually score?

10 goals in 99 appearances. Not bad for a defensive midfielder I'd say.

Class player on his day.

[.Sean.]

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Average at best how many goals did he actually score?

Goals are irrelevant. Boozy wasn't a goalscorer and not many of us saw him as one. But when on form and injury-free, what a player. The way he'd often dictate games was absolutely phenomenal. Loved Boozy. Superb player, superb man

[Hibbyradge]

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Average at best how many goals did he actually score?

How many goals did Jim Leighton actually score?

[Antifa Hibs]

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Aye and he played about 20 decent games
just canny be daein with all the memory loss nostalgia that folk spout on here
Boozy was good, when he could be ersed. His last season at ER was a man going through the motions. But hey , dinny let the facts get in the way of a "ex player love in"

I bumped into big Maka down the shore a year or two back, wishing I never bothered having that 10 minute blether with him and his wife as looking back at the mistake or two he made

[Hibby70]

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I bumped into big Maka down the shore a year or two back, wishing I never bothered having that 10 minute blether with him and his wife as looking back at the mistake or two he made

I bumped into Fabrice Henry up town one Friday night, he was blootered and thought I was picking a fight with him. When he realised I was a Hibby he wandered off into the night singing Hibs songs.

I genuinly do believe that the club does rub off on foreign players for some reason. Take Mixu for example - played around Britain during his career but his love for Hibs is greater than that for any others. Reckon Edinburgh has a part to play but there is something "special" about our club.

Just ask:
Franck
Zitelli
Dirk
Mixu
Russell
Jarkko... etc

[Elephant Stone]

One of my favourite midfielders I've seen play for Hibs, easily.

I hope he gets back to being fit soon and wish him all the best

[patlowe]

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I bumped into Fabrice Henry up town one Friday night, he was blootered and thought I was picking a fight with him. When he realised I was a Hibby he wandered off into the night singing Hibs songs.

I genuinly do believe that the club does rub off on foreign players for some reason. Take Mixu for example - played around Britain during his career but his love for Hibs is greater than that for any others. Reckon Edinburgh has a part to play but there is something "special" about our club.

Just ask:
Franck
Zitelli
Dirk
Mixu
Russell
Jarkko... etc

When we had those players there was an air of positivity and optimism around the club. I'm not sure the atmosphere at Hibs and within the support engenders such a connection with foreigners anymore unfortunately.

Not that I'm complaining about the changes the club has made infrastructure wise recently, but I can't help feeling that everything is a bit too sanitised and corporate now. That documentary about hibs from the early 00's highlighted a light-hearted, ramshackle nature to how the team was run which I doubt would be possible anymore. While professionalism and progress are vital to hibs' future, I'd like to see the imbalance between "club" and business redressed.

Or it could just be that we are rank now.

[Hillsidehibby]

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Aye and he played about 20 decent games
just canny be daein with all the memory loss nostalgia that folk spout on here
Boozy was good, when he could be ersed. His last season at ER was a man going through the motions. But hey , dinny let the facts get in the way of a "ex player love in"

Harsh. But fair

[rainman]

You get a lot of "football knowledge" arguments on here.

If you can't appreciate what Boozy did for our team, you know nothing about football.

On the odd occasion, he would pull off the odd trick, make a box to box run that ended in a goal.

The rest of the time he took the ball deep and made a simple 5 yard pass.

Neil Lennon made a career out of it.

[patlowe]

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You get a lot of "football knowledge" arguments on here.

If you can't appreciate what Boozy did for our team, you know nothing about football.

On the odd occasion, he would pull off the odd trick, make a box to box run that ended in a goal.

The rest of the time he took the ball deep and made a simple 5 yard pass.

Neil Lennon made a career out of it.

Pretty much completely agree with you. Having a player with the confidence and ability to take responsibility in the middle of the park made a huge difference. Between August and December in Mowbray's first season Boozy was simply awesome. The only point I'd make is that he was a member of a highly-lauded midfield alongside Brown, Stewart and Thomson that got completely out-fought and overrun repeatedly at Tynecastle.

[Ray_]

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How many goals did Jim Leighton actually score?

Not as many as Andy Goram, so that's settled that argument

[Zazu62]

We need a defensive midfielder who is a no nonsense hard tackling nutter

I did like boozy though he was a fans favourite

[blackpoolhibs]

Boozy was superb when he first arrived at the club. After the injury he received, he was never quite the same player. On his day though, one of the finest players in the SPL.

[jackhfc]

One of the few former Hibs players i'd clap if he were to play against us, was a great servant of our team before his injury, a good one after.

Also will always remember walking out with him as a mascot in the C.I.S 5-1 against Killie

[jackhfc]

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We need a defensive midfielder who is a no nonsense hard tackling nutter

I did like boozy though he was a fans favourite

Ian Murray?

[ahibby]

plays well enough until he gets a contract and then doesn't bother unless it's against the old firm. He will never pull on a Hibs jersey again and I can't say I'm bothered.

[LaMotta]

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Aye and he played about 20 decent games
just canny be daein with all the memory loss nostalgia that folk spout on here
Boozy was good, when he could be ersed. His last season at ER was a man going through the motions. But hey , dinny let the facts get in the way of a "ex player love in"

That would be about 20 more decent games than some of the current midfielders we have.

Some of his his performances around the time Collins first took over were just a tad slightly better than decent - I'm sure anyone who watched him rip apart Motherwell at Fir Park when we one 6 -1 will agree.

Just cause he didn't play like that every week doesn't mean he couldn't be ersed - it meant he was inconsistent and was the reason he was at Hibs in the first place.

I wonder what some people expect from watching Hibs if they couldn't appreciate Boozy, or on a similar note Sproule - another who was apparently average and only played a few "decent" games for us...