Should have worn the blue

[bigwheel]

As it's international weekend, my mind has drifted to the topic of Hibs players who should have played for Scotland but didn't. I realise that could be any of our players during the regimes of Walter Smith and Craig Levein - who seem to not like choosing anyone who plays for us - but I as thinking more fundementlally of players who you genuinely feel should have been capped.

The one that springs to my mind is Alex Edwards - what a talent! I don't think he got a single cap (might be wrong!). Even so, what about others? Any other Hibs players who should have worn the blue of Scotland??

[Golden Bear]

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As it's international weekend, my mind has drifted to the topic of Hibs players who should have played for Scotland but didn't. I realise that could be any of our players during the regimes of Walter Smith and Craig Levein - who seem to not like choosing anyone who plays for us - but I as thinking more fundementlally of players who you genuinely feel should have been capped.

The one that springs to my mind is Alex Edwards - what a talent! I don't think he got a single cap (might be wrong!). Even so, what about others? Any other Hibs players who should have worn the blue of Scotland??

Once described as "Scotland's best ever uncapped player."

And from the same generation Sloop John B really should have had more caps than received ----------- I wonder if Harry Potter had any relatives in charge of the selection process at the time?

[tamig]

I thought Alan Gordon could have done a turn for Scotland.

[EVENTUALLY]

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As it's international weekend, my mind has drifted to the topic of Hibs players who should have played for Scotland but didn't. I realise that could be any of our players during the regimes of Walter Smith and Craig Levein - who seem to not like choosing anyone who plays for us - but I as thinking more fundementlally of players who you genuinely feel should have been capped.

The one that springs to my mind is Alex Edwards - what a talent! I don't think he got a single cap (might be wrong!). Even so, what about others? Any other Hibs players who should have worn the blue of Scotland??

Eric Stevenson

[Allant1981]

Probably just me but i always thought pat mcginlay should have been given a chance, probably just biased because he was my favourite player

[SteveHFC]

Kevin Harper.

[Lee]

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Probably just me but i always thought pat mcginlay should have been given a chance, probably just biased because he was my favourite player

Nah, I totally agree with you, I used to think that too - wasn't many midfielders scoring as many goals as he did year on year, even scored for the "B" team if I recall?

[bigwheel]

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Probably just me but i always thought pat mcginlay should have been given a chance, probably just biased because he was my favourite player

Good call....superb attacking midfielder at his peak, there were few better in Scotland.

[johnrebus]

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Good call....superb attacking midfielder at his peak, there were few better in Scotland.

Kevin McAllister

[Wheat Hound]

Gordon Hunter, especially around the skol cup win. To think donkey mcpherson was picked ahead of him says a lot about Scottish fitba, particularly OF favouritism.

[MontrealHibs]

Chico!

[LeithBoozy]

Joe baker, born the wrong side of the border. Still he was that good he was picked for England, even though they had Clough Jimmy Greaves, ect. The finest centre forward to pull-on a Hibs strip, RIP Joe.

[thebakerboy]

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Joe baker, born the wrong side of the border. Still he was that good he was picked for England, even though they had Clough Jimmy Greaves, ect. The finest centre forward to pull-on a Hibs strip, RIP Joe.

I cannot disagree with any of that , he was my hero as a kid and a lovely guy as well.

[erin go bragh]

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Kevin Harper.

Remember him scoring a hatrick for the scotland under 21s but never got a full cap !
ggtth

[McIntosh]

Mickey Weir

[snooky]

Pat Stanton = 16 caps - what a joke!
That one statistic tells you all you want to know about what's wrong with Scottish football and it's hierarchy.

[Spudster]

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Probably just me but i always thought pat mcginlay should have been given a chance, probably just biased because he was my favourite player

Was top scorer in his one season at Parkhead too, definitely a puzzler

[Forza Fred]

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Pat Stanton = 16 caps - what a joke!
That one statistic tells you all you want to know about what's wrong with Scottish football and it's hierarchy.

If Jimmy O'Rourke had played for Rangers or Celtic in the early 70's, the way he was knocking them in, he would have been a Scotland regular

[Green and white]

If you don't play for the old firm your not good enough. Many average old firm players get picked year in year out over players who consistently perform better but play for teams of a poorer position in the league. Scott Brown didn't get a sniff until he moved to rangers, neither did Goodwillie, Whitaker, Caldwell and the list goes on.

[mon the cabbage]

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If you don't play for the old firm your not good enough. Many average old firm players get picked year in year out over players who consistently perform better but play for teams of a poorer position in the league. Scott Brown didn't get a sniff until he moved to rangers, neither did Goodwillie, Whitaker, Caldwell and the list goes on.

When did brown and goodwillie
go to rangers?

[MGmick]

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When did brown and goodwillie
go to rangers?

Yeah ok typo but you surely get the drift.
And re God and the joke of 16 caps...........pathetic really. What a player.

[Liberal Hibby]

Ally McLeod (and his Morton soul brother Andy Ritchie)

[Kaiser1962]

That Cropley only got two caps and Schaedler one is an absolute insult.

That his "international career" lasted a mere 29 days and both Cropley's caps came before his 21st Birthday just adds to this poster's overall bewilderment.

[calamitus]

Not the most obviousone, but I always thought Craig Brewster should have got a call up - I think he helped make Garry O'Connor the player he is. Brewster's positioning movement and footballing head seemed to bring everyone around him onto a better game.

[jdships]

Has to be Jimmy O'Rourke surely ?

[ancient hibee]

Joe Davis,George Stewart,Ralph Callachan

[DH1875]

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Kevin Harper.

Was he any good? My memories of him are that he crap for us.

[Cauld Bovril]

Alex Edwards for me. I caught the tail end of his career when i was 5 years old and he was playing in the reserves. Having never seen a first team game at the time, i used to think we must`ve had a team full of Peles for Edwards not to get a game.

[SteveHFC]

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Was he any good? My memories of him are that he crap for us.

He scored some good goals against Hearts.

[Golden Bear]

It's sad but true that the names that have been mentioned nearly all relate to bygone days.

I really wonder who out of the present generation of Hibs "footballers" will be categorised as suitable enough to provide hospitality tours of ER in years to come.