Shamrock Rovers fans take on Michael O Neill....

[Hibernia Na Eir]

fair slating the Hibees!

http://srfcultrasforum.eu/forum/showthread.php?3156-O-Neill-I-m-happy-at-ROVERS.

[Judas Iscariot]

You'd think he was managing an EPL team with they way some of them are talking

[lapsedhibee]

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fair slating the Hibees!

http://srfcultrasforum.eu/forum/showthread.php?3156-O-Neill-I-m-happy-at-ROVERS.

"Calderwood was on close to 300,000k" Kind of sweeties does he actually eat that he needed a £300m salary?

[Makaveli]

Interesting how many of them are familiar with Petrie and our perceived boardroom troubles. I know next to nothing about any other chairmen aside from Vlad and the mega-rich English sides.

[Prawn Sandwich]

Interesting to see some comments about Hibs being poison challis, Petrie on his last chance and Hibs being a stepping stone to England? If I was Shamrock Rovers fan I would be p****d off at the manager was being linked to another job after winning the league two years in a row. But then again I support Hibs. Come on Michael.....move to Hibs! You know it's the right thing to do.

[Jack]

3 users and over 150 guests. I wonder why that is B-)

[green glory]

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Interesting to see some comments about Hibs being poison challis, Petrie on his last chance and Hibs being a stepping stone to England? If I was Shamrock Rovers fan I would be p****d off at the manager was being linked to another job after winning the league two years in a row. But then again I support Hibs. Come on Michael.....move to Hibs! You know it's the right thing to do.

Someone on here was saying his mate saw MON at Edinburgh Airport yesterday. Any other fictional but entertaining sightings of prospective Hibs managers?

[givescotlandfreedom]

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"Calderwood was on close to 300,000k" Kind of sweeties does he actually eat that he needed a £300m salary?

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[Franck Stanton]

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fair slating the Hibees!

http://srfcultrasforum.eu/forum/showthread.php?3156-O-Neill-I-m-happy-at-ROVERS.

Cannae really argue wi' any o' the critisisms being made about us though, now can we ?

[Cabbage East]

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Cannae really argue wi' any o' the critisisms being made about us though, now can we ?

Actually, I think you probably can, quite easily.

[Franck Stanton]

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Actually, I think you probably can, quite easily.

Really ? Which ones ?

[Cabbage East]

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Really ? Which ones ?

The claim that English league one would be a better option for him, for starters.

Also..."standard of fitba in the SPL outside the gruesome twosome is no better than the LOI"

I'll do the jokes.

[Franck Stanton]

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The claim that English league one would be a better option for him, for starters.

Dont see how that statement is a direct critisism of us but as for standard of football currently being played in SPl - is it really that much better than Eng league one? IMO the poster claiming this was making the point bthat O'Neil would be more in the spotlight of Championship/EPL teams looking for future managers.

[J-C]

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Someone on here was saying his mate saw MON at Edinburgh Airport yesterday. Any other fictional but entertaining sightings of prospective Hibs managers?

He still owns a house here remember, plus some business interests I'd presume, hopefully though he's here to see the board and put pen to paper. I'd expect him here after the group stages of Europa league, he did say he wanted to see out that part with Rover before he made any decisions re his contract with them.

[J-C]

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The claim that English league one would be a better option for him, for starters.

Also..."standard of fitba in the SPL outside the gruesome twosome is no better than the LOI"

I'll do the jokes.

How many of the Europa starters have gotten to the group stages, apart from Celtic with a hand from their opponents playing non eligible players. I'd say the top 2-3 teams in Ireland would do reasonably well in the SPL.

[Joe]

They say that Shamrock Rovers, gates of about 3,000 when they win the league are a bigger club than Hibs, gates of 8,000 when batteling relegation. Makes sence to me

[SteveHFC]

Irish Football is rubbish. End Of

[Beefster]

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Someone on here was saying his mate saw MON at Edinburgh Airport yesterday. Any other fictional but entertaining sightings of prospective Hibs managers?

I saw Stuart Baxter in Greggs in Tranent this morning having a whispered conversation with Sir Tom and Fifi Hymen whilst Rodders got in the steak-bakes.

[Musselbound]

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The claim that English league one would be a better option for him, for starters.

Also..."standard of fitba in the SPL outside the gruesome twosome is no better than the LOI"

I'll do the jokes.

If we were sitting here with Hibs knocking out Partizan Belgrade from Europe and giving teams like Juve and Spurs a run for their money then we'd be creaming our pants. I think this claim is spot on. The SPL might have been significantly better than the League of Ireland as recently as 10 years ago but it isn't now. Our other clubs get nowhere near the Europa League stages most of the time and are being humbled by nobodies. I'm amazed people are still in denial about this - and by the law of averages some of them must be people who spend plenty of time slagging off our league.

[Wilson]

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Someone on here was saying his mate saw MON at Edinburgh Airport yesterday. Any other fictional but entertaining sightings of prospective Hibs managers?

I saw Bobby Williamson in Uganda - that is encouraging.

[Musselbound]

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They say that Shamrock Rovers, gates of about 3,000 when they win the league are a bigger club than Hibs, gates of 8,000 when batteling relegation. Makes sence to me

Undoubtedly Scotland has bigger clubs - even now Hibs are way bigger than Shamrock in terms of attendances - but I'm talking about the standard of the football.

[Hibbyradge]

There are loads of smaller countries that Scotland with a better standard of football.

Slovenia, for example, has less than half our population but Maribor recently humiliated Hibs and Rangers.

If we continue to arrogantly assume we're better than smaller countries, like Ireland, we'll keep getting embarrassed by their teams.

[pogo]

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If we were sitting here with Hibs knocking out Partizan Belgrade from Europe and giving teams like Juve and Spurs a run for their money then we'd be creaming our pants. I think this claim is spot on. The SPL might have been significantly better than the League of Ireland as recently as 10 years ago but it isn't now. Our other clubs get nowhere near the Europa League stages most of the time and are being humbled by nobodies. I'm amazed people are still in denial about this - and by the law of averages some of them must be people who spend plenty of time slagging off our league.

I wonder though how much of a difference playing Summer football makes to the equation? LOI is finishing up now, with all the European qualifying matches having been played after the mid way point of their season. In Scotland however, as we know, some of the first matches played in our season are qualifiers. Lack of match fitness/sharpness has to play some part.
Would be interesting to have some LOI vs SPL matches at about this time of the respective seasons.

[greenlex]

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I saw Stuart Baxter in Greggs in Tranent this morning having a whispered conversation with Sir Tom and Fifi Hymen whilst Rodders got in the steak-bakes.

Ya Bugger I was believing you till you said Rodders was getting in the Steak Bakes.

[frazeHFC]

On the SPL and LOI debate, the SPL is bigger and we are a bigger club, but football wise we are getting worse while they are getting better.

[libernian]

the odds thing that is on their forum is interesting...

neil lennon 67/1

martin o'neil 101/1

paul hartley 15/1

think those are missing a couple of zeros!!! though i would fancy martin o'neil

[Dashing Bob S]

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the odds thing that is on their forum is interesting...

neil lennon 67/1

martin o'neil 101/1

paul hartley 15/1

think those are missing a couple of zeros!!! though i would fancy martin o'neil

Wouldn't take him under any circumstances. He's made an erse of Celtic to the extent that a crippled Huns outfit have established an effortless ascendency over them. On any other side outside the OF budget, he'd lead them straight into div one.

[libernian]

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Wouldn't take him under any circumstances. He's made an erse of Celtic to the extent that a crippled Huns outfit have established an effortless ascendency over them. On any other side outside the OF budget, he'd lead them straight into div one.

lol yeah just thought it was funny that he was linked with us. would make hearts games more interesting anyway.

just finished reading through the shamrock forum. tbf that hibs does kind of slag them off and is then like "but im not starting any arguments" lol.

what is michael oneils financial services company anyway?

[Big_Franck]

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If we were sitting here with Hibs knocking out Partizan Belgrade from Europe and giving teams like Juve and Spurs a run for their money then we'd be creaming our pants. I think this claim is spot on. The SPL might have been significantly better than the League of Ireland as recently as 10 years ago but it isn't now. Our other clubs get nowhere near the Europa League stages most of the time and are being humbled by nobodies. I'm amazed people are still in denial about this - and by the law of averages some of them must be people who spend plenty of time slagging off our league.

The LOI is very poor standard from what I've seen, which admittedly isn't that much. However, I notice that Craig Sives and Jim Paterson are regulars for Shamrock the irish champions 2 years running. I seriously doubt that either of them would get a game for anyone in the SPL. Likewise Gary Twigg.

The commentators during the tottenham game stated that their annual squad budget was 600,000 Euros, which equates to 11,000 Euros per week. I'd say that's Scottish Division 1 level. And you do tend to get what you pay for.

Saying that, the SPL is pish. The teams outside the old firm aren't head and shoulders above the Irish teams, but they are better.

[Albion Hibs]

They do seem to have an over inflated opinion of themselves, but then again so do we. I can honestly say I have never watched a match from there league, in fact it must be one of the only football leagues that would make me think about cancelling sky sports.