3 things Hibernian FC could do to make us the 2nd force in Scottish football next sea

[NeilOrrSquareBa]

3 things Hibernian FC could do to make us the 2nd force in Scottish football next season

1. Sign players capable of taking the club up several levels

2. Design and execute a fitness and training regime that maximises the potential our players can have

3. Win our matches against teams below and around us.

[Squealing pig]

Amen

[SaulGoodman]

Isn't that what every football team in the world aims to do?

[AngusHibby]

Wow, genius!

[SunshineOnLeith]

What if the teams around us also decide to win their games against the teams around them?

[Hibbyradge]

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What if the teams around us also decide to win their games against the teams around them?

And what if other teams sign player capable of taking them up several levels?

[green.and.white]

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And what if other teams sign player capable of taking them up several levels?

Hmmm, it's as if doing those three things isn't as simple as we thought.... I really thought we were on to something there

[Lucius Apuleius]

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And what if other teams sign player capable of taking them up several levels?

And they could even design a fitness and training regime that would bring out the best in their players.

Damn this is getting complicated.

[Stringer]

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3 things Hibernian FC could do to make us the 2nd force in Scottish football next season

1. Sign players capable of taking the club up several levels

2. Design and execute a fitness and training regime that maximises the potential our players can have

3. Win our matches against teams below and around us.

This is the main one.

[davemcbain]

Change our name to the the rangers thus ensuring oodles of tv revenue no matter how poor or what division we're in.

[God Petrie]

I think if we score more goals than the opposition in all our games this season we have an excellent chance of first place…

[Salisbury Hibby]

Easter Road has got to become a fortress. Just not acceptable for the likes of St. Johnstone and Ross County to come and get a result. I am confidently looking forward to next season, though.

[scuttle]

Buy decent players, break the wage structure, play attacking football

[HibeeMG]

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3 things Hibernian FC could do to make us the 2nd force in Scottish football next season

1. Sign players capable of taking the club up several levels

2. Design and execute a fitness and training regime that maximises the potential our players can have

3. Win our matches against teams below and around us.

If we are 2nd and we win our matches against the teams below us (10 of them) and the other one around us (Celtic) we wouldn't be 2nd.

It's a paradox!

[hibs4thecup1988]

I get what the OP is getting at but I'm still

[Wilson]

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Buy decent players, break the wage structure, play attacking football

People tend to obsess about the wage structure. Breaking it doesn't guarantee success. Look at Hearts.

KT was one if our more motivated players at the end of the season and he wasn't earning a thing (supposedly).

Loan signings won't break the bank. Young talent breaking through won't either.

What we need is sustained growth (crowds). A prolonged period of relative on field success would help. We need contingencies in place when we lose a manager or top player instead of being hit for 6 every time it happens.

Being better managed from top to bottom in short.

There is no one season fix for our ills.

[Scouse Hibee]

From another thread, the stock answer is leave it to the manager, that's what we pay him for

[itslegaltender]

Sign

• McFadden
• Griffiths
• McManus
• Hateley

Job done.

[Waxy]

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3 things Hibernian FC could do to make us the 2nd force in Scottish football next season

1. Sign players capable of taking the club up several levels

2. Design and execute a fitness and training regime that maximises the potential our players can have

3. Win our matches against teams below and around us.

Get more points than ten teams but less points than one team.

[danhibees1875]

If we pick up points on the road and of course win our home games then anything is possible.

[hibs4thecup1988]

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Sign

• McFadden
• Griffiths
• McManus
• Hateley

Job done.

Done know if tam McManus still plays??

[leithsansiro]

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3 things Hibernian FC could do to make us the 2nd force in Scottish football next season

1. Sign players capable of taking the club up several levels

2. Design and execute a fitness and training regime that maximises the potential our players can have

3. Win our matches against teams below and around us.

Nope, none of these are priorities. My three things would be;

1. Offering players inflated salaries which in no way match their abilities
2. Signing players on loan from eastern European leagues that probably aren't better than local Scottish talent
3. Ensuring that a steady stream of sex offenders are making their way into the club.

Yours sincerely,
Vlad

[TAHibby]

Fenlon out, NeilOrrSquareBa in.

[jdships]

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Wow, genius!

OP go to the top of the class

[Northernhibee]

I was thinking we should sign failed Irish league one players on the last day of the window, never practise throw ins and not really win any games after Christmas.

If it ain't broke...

[scuttle]

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People tend to obsess about the wage structure. Breaking it doesn't guarantee success. Look at Hearts.

KT was one if our more motivated players at the end of the season and he wasn't earning a thing (supposedly).

.Loan signings won't break the bank. Young talent breaking through won't either

What we need is sustained growth (crowds). A prolonged period of relative on field success would help. We need contingencies in place when we lose a manager or top player instead of being hit for 6 every time it happens.

Being better managed from top to bottom in short.

There is no one season fix for our ills.

is that not where we are at present,loans and youngsters coming through. And how do we sustain growth if we are not investing in the playing staff ?

[Bostonhibby]

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3 things Hibernian FC could do to make us the 2nd force in Scottish football next season

1. Sign players capable of taking the club up several levels

2. Design and execute a fitness and training regime that maximises the potential our players can have

3. Win our matches against teams below and around us.

All of the above, simple really

I am actually thinking it might just be about finishing above Dundee utd being enough

[GreenOnions]

"2nd force" implies some level of sustained achievement so I'm going to go for:

1) Give our managers a reasonable length of time to achieve success. The average spell a manager spends at a club is getting shorter and shorter. This costs a fortune in settlements and often leads to inflated squads (with obvious knock-on effects on salary expenditure), disgruntled players, a short term outlook and a lack of continuity.
2) Continue to be imaginitive and forward-thinking re ticket pricing. I understand the risks associated with radical change in this area but continued experimentation is important. Personally - I am keen on going further to encourage regular attendance by kids. Once you get the bug when you're young it's hard to shake off isn't it? Maybe it would be a real boost in the medium to long term if we could do something that really worked in terms of increasing attendance by kids under 10? The club already do a lot in this regard but I'd be keen to see us go further - perhaps making attendance free at Cat "B" games (even for PATG) for kids under 10 if accompanied by a paying adult?

[NeilOrrSquareBa]

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Fenlon out, NeilOrrSquareBa in.

Modesty and the lack of an appropriate CV (uless you call shouting advice from the stands at regular intervals in various stages of apoplexy appropriate)
prevents my accepting this humbling nomination!

Whilst my original summary is, in part, in jest the consistent failure of managers and club to come up with a formula that offers any type of sutainable challenge over the past 35 years suggests we do need to POINT OUT THE BLEEDIN' OBVIOUS to the club!!

[Wilson]

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is that not where we are at present,loans and youngsters coming through. And how do we sustain growth if we are not investing in the playing staff ?

We are there. I don't think we are doing much wrong merely that the results haven't followed.

There is perhaps a vision but we haven't had the consistency brought by being able to back any one manager long enough to see the job through. It is longer term and sustained growth we need.

We depend on more success in our investment in youth.