Biggest under-achiever in a Hibs strip?

***3pm*** · 13-03-2011 07:17 AM

The Australian cup final is on so I googled Grant Brebner to see who he is playing for now. He always springs to mind as being a massive under achiever in a Hibs top! Really good player who should have done better.

Who else falls into that category? Paul Hartley?

I am not talking about duds like O'Brien who showed nothing at all, I mean people who you know were actually capable of turning in a performance.

**hibsbollah** · 13-03-2011 07:25 AM

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The Australian cup final is on so I googled Grant Brebner to see who he is playing for now. He always springs to mind as being a massive under achiever in a Hibs top! Really good player who should have done better.

Who else falls into that category? Paul Hartley?

I am not talking about duds like O'Brien who showed nothing at all, I mean people who you know were actually capable of turning in a performance.

Ray Wilkins. Didnt seem to give a damn while he was here.

**Andy74** · 13-03-2011 07:28 AM

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The Australian cup final is on so I googled Grant Brebner to see who he is playing for now. He always springs to mind as being a massive under achiever in a Hibs top! Really good player who should have done better.

Who else falls into that category? Paul Hartley?

I am not talking about duds like O'Brien who showed nothing at all, I mean people who you know were actually capable of turning in a performance.

Disagree with o'brien. Good reputation, showed in or season and early games what he could do. Could have been a different player if things had gone for him.

**Gala Foxes** · 13-03-2011 07:31 AM

Looking at the now slim Stephen Dobbie playing for Swansea would suggest either we signed him too early or our training regime wasn't tough enough for Doughboy

***Big90inOz*** · 13-03-2011 07:33 AM

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Disagree with o'brien. Good reputation, showed in or season and early games what he could do. Could have been a different player if things had gone for him.

I really hope you are kidding..........

**James Connolly** · 13-03-2011 07:33 AM

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The Australian cup final is on so I googled Grant Brebner to see who he is playing for now. He always springs to mind as being a massive under achiever in a Hibs top! Really good player who should have done better.

Who else falls into that category? Paul Hartley?

I am not talking about duds like O'Brien who showed nothing at all, I mean people who you know were actually capable of turning in a performance.

Mr Hill & Mr Ladbrokes were behind Brebner's downfall!

**Duffys13** · 13-03-2011 07:33 AM

Controversial one and I will no doubt get slated - but Derek Riordan. I know he has a very good record, but I think he could have done/be so much more with the correct attitude and lifestyle.

***lapsedhibee*** · 13-03-2011 07:44 AM

What about Paul Wright? I remember Lexo Miller saying when he left that although he'd worked hard, been a good pro, etc, things hadn't really worked for him at ER. Shame, as that goal he scored in the LC final was a goodie.

***Viva_Palmeiras*** · 13-03-2011 07:49 AM

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What about Paul Wright? I remember Lexo Miller saying when he left that although he'd worked hard, been a good pro, etc, things hadn't really worked for him at ER. Shame, as that goal he scored in the LC final was a goodie.

Was a real threat in his derby debut then Berry nobbled him history will not note this Only the run continuing THUGS always have been always will be

**hibee92** · 13-03-2011 07:54 AM

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Controversial one and I will no doubt get slated - but Derek Riordan. I know he has a very good record, but I think he could have done/be so much more with the correct attitude and lifestyle.

have to agree

i'm one of the riordan brigade that hates when people think he isn't good enough for the club, but i'm sure most people can agree, given the right circumstances, he could have been so much better. but that would probably mean he wouldn't have came back so i'm okay with it

***Dirkster23*** · 13-03-2011 07:55 AM

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Disagree with o'brien. Good reputation, showed in or season and early games what he could do. Could have been a different player if things had gone for him.

Seriously? How many good games did he have for Hibs? He never showed anything that suggested things could have gone differently for him at Hibs.

Dobbie sticks out for me too.

***3pm*** · 13-03-2011 08:06 AM

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Disagree with o'brien. Good reputation, showed in or season and early games what he could do. Could have been a different player if things had gone for him.

I think you and I were in a ridiculously small minority (of 2) that thought he'd come good. Bar one game against Falkirk, he was crap.

Brebner had good games and you could see he had more up his sleeve. As JC says above, the bookies probably contributed to his downfall...but he never fulfilled his potential.

**scott7_0(Prague)** · 13-03-2011 08:07 AM

De la Cruz - came with his price tag and hardly set the heather on fire apart from the one cross that went in against Hearts after 32seconds.

***Billy Whizz*** · 13-03-2011 08:08 AM

To class Riordan and O'brien on this thread is just ridiculous!

**sixtwo** · 13-03-2011 08:09 AM

I expected more from Liam Miller

**Duffys13** · 13-03-2011 08:12 AM

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To class Riordan and O'brien on this thread is just ridiculous!

I don't think they are being branded in the same manner mate.

**cyber8** · 13-03-2011 08:12 AM

Billy Finlay : Mark McGraw, Chris Reid

**Duffys13** · 13-03-2011 08:13 AM

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I expected more from Liam Miller

Agree, although I am hoping to see more from him wth this new midfield.

**Beefster** · 13-03-2011 08:22 AM

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To class Riordan and O'brien on this thread is just ridiculous!

I think the point is that they both should have done better, considering their respective talent, in a Hibs shirt (Riordan more in the current spell). i don't think anyone is saying that they are comparable players.

As for the OP, I thought that Johansson was a huge disappointment.

**Singapore Hibs** · 13-03-2011 08:28 AM

Joe Harper

The words "biggest" and "disappointment" are both apt.

***Allant1981*** · 13-03-2011 08:28 AM

Dean sheils should have done a bit more i think, he obviously had talent but just didnt show it every time he started

**Reaper** · 13-03-2011 08:28 AM

Freddie Arpinon. Thot he was class on his day but too many injuries and below par performances (maybe related to the Injuries) were a problem.

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Guillame Beuzelin. Know four or five of the Youth/Reserve team players + Garry O, who were at the club when he first arrived. All say the same thing that in training and closed door matches his skill and influence on the game were unbelievable, coming only behind Sauzee for how good they'd seen at Hibs but for some reason he could never carry it into a game. Popular train of thought from these guys and others was that he could/should have been better than wee Russell.

**Thecat23** · 13-03-2011 08:31 AM

Although past his best at the time, he should have been able to run rings round any player in the league, the man i'm talking about is..... Mr George Best.

***s.a.m*** · 13-03-2011 08:31 AM

Mark McGraw and Chic Charnley (did OK for us, but could have been an awesome player, if his heid had been screwed on the right way.)

**Mark79** · 13-03-2011 08:51 AM

Liam Miller.

***greenlex*** · 13-03-2011 08:55 AM

Robin Rae

***matty_f*** · 13-03-2011 09:23 AM

Edwin de graaf.

***Kato*** · 13-03-2011 09:27 AM

Mike Conroy. A good player with great potential at Celtc. Stanton pinned a lot of hope on him and he never kicked a ball for us, never seen a player so disinterested.

**HibeeDave** · 13-03-2011 09:33 AM

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What about Paul Wright? I remember Lexo Miller saying when he left that although he'd worked hard, been a good pro, etc, things hadn't really worked for him at ER. Shame, as that goal he scored in the LC final was a goodie.

Are you getting Paul mixed up with Keith?