I happen to rate Doyle and I liked the look of Caldwell today when he came on but if we have any hope of getting out of the bottom 6 / relegation battle we've been involved in the last couple of seasons we need some strikers.
If Well can get the likes of Higdon and United can get Daly scoring when neither I don't think are particularly good we can surely pluck someone from somewhere?!
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14-07-2012 04:46 PM #1
We need some strikers
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14-07-2012 04:53 PM #2
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Think Pat's already said that this was one of his priorities earlier in the week. Wouldn't be surprised if he's in talks with someone already.
I think either way we'll be seeing a lot more of Doyle this season, something that I'm personally looking forward to. Not the finished article but showed a couple of promising glimpses toward the end of last season, particularly against Dunfermline at ER when he was our best player by a mile and a half.
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14-07-2012 04:57 PM #3
Surely PF will be working on this already, Doyle just doesn't cut it and has shown little to show he ever will IMO. Maybe a better player out wide but never a striker who will score regularly in the SPL.
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14-07-2012 04:59 PM #4
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Alan Maybury came on at half time for Hibs. No other trialist action. Fenlon telling fans earlier that he is working on Griffiths signing.
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@ThomasMaben Nah. I wouldn't be confident of Griffiths either, not much money about. A striker is an absolute must though.
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14-07-2012 05:01 PM #5
Strangely enough i don't think it's a goalscoring striker we need.
IMO we need a big unselfish striker that will do the ugly stuff and bring midfielders into the game
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14-07-2012 05:05 PM #7
This time last year in the game against East Fife Cillian Sheridan played for us and I don't know his situation at CSKA Sofia but I think he would be a great signing. Also, has Sandaza signed for none yet?
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14-07-2012 05:07 PM #8This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I do like Doyle but 4-2-3-1 isn't the system for him. He needs someone next to him. He is always looking to go wide or make runs in behind when we need him to hold it up.
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14-07-2012 05:19 PM #9
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14-07-2012 05:59 PM #10
I feel Caldwell will be good for us, just hoping Rebook isn't looking far and wide for a player which is already on the books. Handling came on late so he didn't get to see much of the ball, and would be unfair to judge him on it, but he could've scored when Caldwell layed it across to him. Tbf to him it was well blocked.
Caldwell and Handling did seem to link up well in the short time they were together.
It might be a touch premature but I feel these young guys could play a large for Hibs. I was surprised not to see Scott Smith though.
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14-07-2012 06:49 PM #11
As someone already posted, Fenlon is quoted as stating a striker is paramount and will no doubt be the next player he signs. That will give us any two from N/S, Doyle, Caldwell, Handling,even move Ivan into middle. Suddenly we are, imo, looking not too bad in that department. [Hoping for a reasonable quality new guy], that imo would leave a new c/m "general" as being the next priority on the shopping list. [ Wouldn't mind Deano as well, but am I just being greedy ?].
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14-07-2012 07:08 PM #12
We need to get players in midfield who can play quick passes to the strikers,nobody in the current midfield has that and this should be the priority.
Seems like Fenlon hasn't learned from last season. Looking to buy guns when we dont have any bullets.
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14-07-2012 07:42 PM #13This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Although Ivan on the other hand selfishly blasted the ball roughly in the direction of Buckhaven or somesuch when he could have squared for a well deserved Caldwell tap-in.
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14-07-2012 08:56 PM #14
We need some strikers
And in other news....
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The Pope is a catholic.
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14-07-2012 09:05 PM #15
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Rowan Vine freed by qpr not a bad player but cant see it
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14-07-2012 09:11 PM #16This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Goit that the wrong way round, mate.
The BEAR's a Catholic.
The Pope craps in the woods.
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14-07-2012 09:15 PM #17This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I'd take Sandaza in a heart beat. As for Sheridan, are you joking . He's total guff and I said that this time last year before he done NOTHING for St.J.
We need at least 2 forwards through the door .
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14-07-2012 09:19 PM #18This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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14-07-2012 09:40 PM #19This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
We need a couple of wingers, pacey wingers who csn pitch in with goals, I've not seen a team that lacks wingers as much as hibs for years. We rely on strikers to score all our goals where I'd guess last season our top scoring midfielder would be on 3 or 4, ffs skachel scorrd that in 1 game.
We need 2 wingers at least and 2 strikers, a big kyle, higdon, daily or sutton type striker and a nippy wee guy who will give us something different.
We need to reevaluate how we play imo
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14-07-2012 09:58 PM #20
I think that more than anything else is we need an absolute thug of a midfielder. One that'll scare the ***** out of the opposing team and will leave stud marks on many a shin.
Not Ian Black though.
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14-07-2012 11:30 PM #21This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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14-07-2012 11:42 PM #22
Just finished watching the highlights on Hibs TV of today's game.
I would start Caldwell and a New Striker against Dundee Utd on the first day of the seasonLess talk, more gifs. 21.05.16
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15-07-2012 06:19 AM #24
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We need two strikers.
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15-07-2012 08:05 AM #25
Can anyone confirm what formation we played? and was it consistent throughout the 90 mins?
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Fenlons talked about last seasons strike force limited the way we could play. It didnt seem to stop us punting long balls to them regularly.
He seems to be looking for someone who can play a lone striker role and that makes sense but unless we sign some creative midfielders the forwards will be feeding off scraps again.
Dean Shiels would be a huge step in the right direction but not sure how realistic that is.
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