CC : If I Can Get The Two Players I Want - I'll Be Really Excited About Our Chances

[Speedway]

Interesting snippet on the official site where CC:

Wants a squad of 24 with 4 out on loan and 20 training and available for selection.

Will spend money on a striker shortly.

Has 2 specific players in mind which if he gets, will make him 'very excited about our chances next season'

That suggests he thinks that most of the deadwood is gone and he can make something out of what he has with 3 or 4 additions.

http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/20...262950_2365161

[Hibee87]

Which I guess asks the question......wonder who the 2 players are? 1 a striker and where else? centre half? midfield? should be an interesting summer

[CallumLaidlaw]

I would agree. CB, RB and 2 strikers. If they are quality, then there is players still at the team that could do well

[GreenCastle]

Messi and Xavi

[Speedway]

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I would agree. CB, RB and 2 strikers. If they are quality, then there is players still at the team that could do well

I wonder if there's plans to try EDG as Def Mid or CH?

[CRAZYHIBBY]

if you paypal me a fiver ill let you know who they are......send it before 5.pm and you will recieve a lovely ball point pen.......but be quick as this exclusive offer wont last long

[Dashing Bob S]

I too would be excited to end up in the middle of Scarlett Johansen and Natalie Portman, but it isn't going to happen.

[SlickShoes]

This is the post someone is going to dig up when the season starts, we start losing and calderwood has panic bought 5 players on deadline day because he couldn't get the players he wanted to come to hibs under our strict wage structure.

Happy to be proven wrong but it seems to go this way fairly often. Think stokes signing was the only recent exception to this but we all know he was to be sold on ASAP.

[one day maybe...]

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Messi and Xavi

Even they couldna help this Hibs team.. Is he serious two new signings and he will be excited, excited about what finishing in the top 6?

[Greentinted]

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I too would be excited to end up in the middle of Scarlett Johansen and Natalie Portman, but it isn't going to happen.

You do yourself a disservice surely? A man of your sophistication?

And anyway, neither are Hibs class and come woefully short to attending to the 'Matty Jack role'

[Speedway]

Thinking about that 24...

Under contract for next season...

Brown
Hart
Hanlon
Stephens
Scott Smith
Handling
Forster
Horner
Taggart
Booth
Murray
Stevenson
EDG
Thornhill
De Graff
Palsson
Sproule
Scott
Galbraith
Wotherspoon
Sodje

= 21

With Unknown Futures for:

Stack
Divis
Riordan
Dickoh
Vaz Te
Miller
Towell

= 7

We're still to see a lot of movement it seems.

[hibeemikey21]

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Even they couldna help this Hibs team.. Is he serious two new signings and he will be excited, excited about what finishing in the top 6?

I think this quote is more emphasising the quality of these two targets rather than suggesting we need two more players. Im trying to guess at the sort of level they could viably be, though. Anyone down south would be off their head to come to the SPL at the moment.

I'm just hope this quote doesn't carry with it a hidden message i.e. "don't blame me when the purse strings are kept tightly shut again this summer".

[GreenCastle]

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Thinking about that 24...

Under contract for next season...

Brown
Hart
Hanlon
Stephens
Scott Smith
Handling
Forster
Horner
Taggart
Booth
Murray
Stevenson
EDG
Thornhill
De Graff
Palsson
Sproule
Scott
Galbraith
Wotherspoon
Sodje

= 21

With Unknown Futures for:

Stack
Divis
Riordan
Dickoh
Vaz Te
Miller
Towell

= 7

We're still to see a lot of movement it seems.

Is De Graaf so good you named him twice ?

That top list is missing quite a bit of quality - more than 2 players needed

[Speedway]

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Is De Graaf so good you named him twice ?

That top list is missing quite a bit of quality - more than 2 players needed

Darn your observational skills. I was going to put him in three times but I thought that would be too easy to spot.

Still a lot of change to come about.

[helsbels]

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Thinking about that 24...

Under contract for next season...

Brown
Hart
Hanlon
Stephens
Scott Smith
Handling
Forster
Horner
Taggart
Booth
Murray
Stevenson
EDG
Thornhill
De Graff
Palsson
Sproule
Scott
Galbraith
Wotherspoon
Sodje

= 21

With Unknown Futures for:

Stack
Divis
Riordan
Dickoh
Vaz Te
Miller
Towell

= 7

We're still to see a lot of movement it seems.

2 young lads are still ages for the under 19 so don't think they would count

[Speedway]

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2 young lads are still ages for the under 19 so don't think they would count

They're in the squad on the fishy site.

[SteveHFC]

We need about 7 players.

[GreenCastle]

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Darn your observational skills. I was going to put him in three times but I thought that would be too easy to spot.

Still a lot of change to come about.

EDG played 5 games in Holland and CC says he has heard good reports?

I am really hoping he comes back a fresh player and adds something - he could make a decent CH

[Jones28]

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Thinking about that 24...

Under contract for next season...

Brown
Hart
Hanlon
Stephens
Scott Smith
Handling
Forster
Horner
Taggart
Booth
Murray
Stevenson
EDG
Thornhill
De Graff
Palsson
Sproule
Scott
Galbraith
Wotherspoon
Sodje

= 21

With Unknown Futures for:

Stack
Divis
Riordan
Dickoh
Vaz Te
Miller
Towell

= 7

We're still to see a lot of movement it seems.

From the 21 I'd be surprised if Murray and Hart were still here. I also think Miller, Stack and Riordan will leave.

I could see Dickoh going on loan somewhere for a bit more experience

Vaz Te, Towell and Divis will stay, meaning room for 3 signings, sending the likes of Handling, Horner, Taggart and Smith on loan

As for the three signings? A striker with pace and a proven SPL record (Adam Rooney), a quality mid-fielder in next to Eddie DeGraaf (Willo Flood?) and a big b*start centre back (O'dea formerly of Celtic, perhaps someone from England or Europe?)

edit: saw on another thread Chris Burke, would be a great signing in our mid-field

[leeds_hibby]

vaz te already signed! only know because iv been knocked back for sponsoring him for next season as he is already taken!!

[HibbyKeith]

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Thinking about that 24...

Under contract for next season...

Brown
Hart
Hanlon
Stephens
Scott Smith
Handling
Forster
Horner
Taggart
Booth
Murray
Stevenson
EDG
Thornhill
De Graff
Palsson
Sproule
Scott
Galbraith
Wotherspoon
Sodje

= 21

With Unknown Futures for:

Stack
Divis
Riordan
Dickoh
Vaz Te
Miller
Towell

= 7

We're still to see a lot of movement it seems.

All of the ones in bold could potentially be on loan for the majority of the season if not all.

a squad of 20 is all well providing 5 of them are not the lads looking to try and break into the first team.

It would seem though that there is alot of improvement needed in the quality of the players we have in our general squad.

I just tried to break that list into categories of First team regular (or at least on the bench) general squad player and Academy Players looking for some game time..

not as easy as it looks, I didn't have a team of first team regulars out that lot.

Over to you Mr Calderwood, i dont envy the job that is on your hands.

[Speedway]

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vaz te already signed! only know because iv been knocked back for sponsoring him for next season as he is already taken!!

Could it not be that someone has first refusal in case he does sign?

[Petrie's Tache]

What about Welsh? Thought he was going to be staying?

[leeds_hibby]

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Could it not be that someone has first refusal in case he does sign?

No i wouldnt have thought so because i was offered his boot sponsorship!

[Speedway]

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No i wouldnt have thought so because i was offered his boot sponsorship!

Fair enough.

[Sergio sledge]

Brown
Hart
Hanlon
Stephens
Scott Smith
Handling
Forster
Horner
Taggart
Booth
Murray
Stevenson
Thornhill
De Graff
Palsson
Sproule
Scott
Galbraith
Wotherspoon
Sodje

With Unknown Futures for:

Stack
Divis
Riordan
Dickoh
Vaz Te
Miller
Towell

Italics out on loan
Bold, gone

That leaves 15 in the first team squad, with space for 5 signings. I think we'll see a couple of defenders, a midfielder, forward and a goalie.

That would leave a squad of:

Goals - Brown and An. Other
Defenders - Hanlon, Stephens, Booth, Taggart, Dickoh, An. Other & An. Other (and Stevenson or Palsson if required)
Midfield - Stevenson, Palsson, Thornhill, Scott, Wotherspoon, Galbraith & An. Other
Forwards - Sproule, Sodje, Vaz Te & An. Other

It doesn't look too bad a squad, but certainly not the type to get too excited about just yet. Hopefully the new signings will add something exciting. Potentially we could have an entirely new starting 11 from 6 months ago, which is a huge turnaround.

[California-Hibs]

could Adam Le Fonde be one of the signings he's looking at...? Because I tell you what if it is, he'd be a FANTASTIC signing!! Here's hoping..

[DH1875]

Has 2 specific players in mind which if he gets, will make him 'very excited about our chances next season'



Our chances of what? It's going to take a lot more than two.

[marinello59]

Damn the man for making positive noises. Doesn't he understand we demand relentless negativity?

[SRHibs]

Alan Smith?