Every week there are new excuses.

[blackpoolhibs]

Fenlon does not know how to put an attractive winning team onto the park, and we are making more and more outlandish excuses every season for our out of depth manager.

Yesterday on the matchday thread, the best one i have seen in a long time over one of his decisions actually made me laugh out loud.

I questioned why he'd ignored Caldwell all season and brought in Hefferman, and why he replaced Vine with Caldwell, when every man and his dog knows Hefferman has been brought in to partner Collins?

And to compound it he takes Collins off and replaces him with Hefferman?

Someone posted it was because he'd only just arrived yesterday, and probably did not know everyones names, now thats a cracker.

What's everyone else's favorite fans excuse you have heard?

[Emerald]

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Fenlon does not know how to put an attractive winning team onto the park, and we are making more and more outlandish excuses every season for our out of depth manager.

Yesterday on the matchday thread, the best one i have seen in a long time over one of his decisions actually made me laugh out loud.

I questioned why he'd ignored Caldwell all season and brought in Hefferman, and why he replaced Vine with Caldwell, when every man and his dog knows Hefferman has been brought in to partner Collins?

And to compound it he takes Collins off and replaces him with Hefferman?

Someone posted it was because he'd only just arrived yesterday, and probably did not know everyones names, now thats a cracker.

What's everyone else's favorite fans excuse you have heard?

After two years he's still trying to sort out CC's mess always gets me

[Hibrandenburg]

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Fenlon does not know how to put an attractive winning team onto the park, and we are making more and more outlandish excuses every season for our out of depth manager.

Yesterday on the matchday thread, the best one i have seen in a long time over one of his decisions actually made me laugh out loud.

I questioned why he'd ignored Caldwell all season and brought in Hefferman, and why he replaced Vine with Caldwell, when every man and his dog knows Hefferman has been brought in to partner Collins?

And to compound it he takes Collins off and replaces him with Hefferman?

Someone posted it was because he'd only just arrived yesterday, and probably did not know everyones names, now thats a cracker.

What's everyone else's favorite fans excuse you have heard?

Give it a rest eh. Your constant jibes at fellow fans is snide and tedious. By all means vent your anger at the team like you've always done but give this mobbing lark a rest please.

[blackpoolhibs]

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Give it a rest eh. Your constant jibes at fellow fans is snide and tedious. By all means vent your anger at the team like you've always done but give this mobbing lark a rest please.

Away and bile your heid, this is a message board and i'm commenting on what folk write, its how this thing works?

[Thecat23]

He's a part time manager who can't handle how big a club Hibs are. LOI is nothing like the SPFL. He's tried and failed its been 2 years and nothing has changed! If anything we are more boring than ever. The lack of goals is unreal.

But hey.... It's still "work in progress". Folk defending him are just to embarrassed to say how wrong they are. Because after that yesterday how anyone can come on here and defend it have there head so far up their arse its scary.

[Hibrandenburg]

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Away and bile your heid, this is a message board and i'm commenting on what folk write, its how this thing works?

Aye but you've said the same thing on several threads. By all means comment on the opinions of others but constantly ridiculing an individual coz he's not a football guru like you is petty bullying. He's a fellow fan FFS.

[Gerard]

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He's a part time manager who can't handle how big a club Hibs are. LOI is nothing like the SPFL. He's tried and failed its been 2 years and nothing has changed! If anything we are more boring than ever. The lack of goals is unreal.

But hey.... It's still "work in progress". Folk defending him are just to embarrassed to say how wrong they are. Because after that yesterday how anyone can come on here and defend it have there head so far up their arse its scary.

There can be no more excuses. The buck stops here.

[EK_Hibs]

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After two years he's still trying to sort out CC's mess always gets me

Just out of interest...here's the team that took to the field in Colin Calderwood's last game before being sacked :

Stack
Hanlon
O'Hanlon
Stephens
Wotherspoon
Galbraith
Stevenson (Sub: Towell - 72' )
Osbourne
O'Connor (Sub: Sodje - 78' )
Agogo (Sub: Sproule - 66' )
Griffiths

[Viva_Palmeiras]

On the flip side some folks are finding more ways to single out players. This week perplexingly someone offering up Taiwo up for pot-shots after decent form suggests he is a decent player.

Nationality, height (or lack of), beard cultivation they'll get their man - with a dollop of sarcasm and sound-byte tabloidesque headline it's no wonder paper circulation has dipped their thunder stolen.

That said I find Fenlon a man either lacking in ideas or how to translate them onto the pitch with a bunch of time-served professionals. That allied to his seeming inability to influence/change the direction of games leaves us wide open for teams prepare to stick in and have a go. The jury is no longer out. But I'll back the team during the game and let my feelings be known about the performance after the match.

[Gustavo Fring]

the hertz youth team have won more games than hibs this season - id like to hear his excuse for that

[blackpoolhibs]

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Aye but you've said the same thing on several threads. By all means comment on the opinions of others but constantly ridiculing an individual coz he's not a football guru like you is petty bullying. He's a fellow fan FFS.

No, i said it on one other thread, and that gave me the idea for this one. I have been as guilty as anyone. I stuck up for Hughes for long enough, and when looking back made some ridiculous excuses for him?

[Northernhibee]

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Give it a rest eh. Your constant jibes at fellow fans is snide and tedious. By all means vent your anger at the team like you've always done but give this mobbing lark a rest please.

10/10

[Bristolhibby]

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Fenlon does not know how to put an attractive winning team onto the park, and we are making more and more outlandish excuses every season for our out of depth manager.

Yesterday on the matchday thread, the best one i have seen in a long time over one of his decisions actually made me laugh out loud.

I questioned why he'd ignored Caldwell all season and brought in Hefferman, and why he replaced Vine with Caldwell, when every man and his dog knows Hefferman has been brought in to partner Collins?

And to compound it he takes Collins off and replaces him with Hefferman?

Someone posted it was because he'd only just arrived yesterday, and probably did not know everyones names, now thats a cracker.

What's everyone else's favorite fans excuse you have heard?

I remember reading the names comment and laughing.

Doesn't seem to phase decent players going into any team.

Many good players don't even speak the language but make an impact.

J

[Emerald]

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Just out of interest...here's the team that took to the field in Colin Calderwood's last game before being sacked :

Stack
Hanlon
O'Hanlon
Stephens
Wotherspoon
Galbraith
Stevenson (Sub: Towell - 72' )
Osbourne
O'Connor (Sub: Sodje - 78' )
Agogo (Sub: Sproule - 66' )
Griffiths

That looks no a bad team TBH

[Heisenberg]

The excuses are getting tired and are poor now. Every other team in the league faces the same things as us. We just have a manager who can deal with them and cant set up a team to attack or even create chances.

[Hibrandenburg]

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No, i said it on one other thread, and that gave me the idea for this one. I have been as guilty as anyone. I stuck up for Hughes for long enough, and when looking back made some ridiculous excuses for him?

Fair dues, I've said my piece and will leave it at that before this decends into the sort of mudslinging I'm moaning about

[blackpoolhibs]

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Fair dues, I've said my piece and will leave it at that before this decends into the sort of mudslinging I'm moaning about

[greenlex]

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Fenlon does not know how to put an attractive winning team onto the park, and we are making more and more outlandish excuses every season for our out of depth manager.

Yesterday on the matchday thread, the best one i have seen in a long time over one of his decisions actually made me laugh out loud.

I questioned why he'd ignored Caldwell all season and brought in Hefferman, and why he replaced Vine with Caldwell, when every man and his dog knows Hefferman has been brought in to partner Collins?

And to compound it he takes Collins off and replaces him with Hefferman?

Someone posted it was because he'd only just arrived yesterday, and probably did not know everyones names, now thats a cracker.

What's everyone else's favorite fans excuse you have heard?

It wasn't offered as an excuse but more of an explanation. There are no excuses and I dont think many ave been offered up for. Number of weeks now.

[blackpoolhibs]

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It wasn't offered as an excuse but more of an explanation. There are no excuses and I dont think many ave been offered up for. Number of weeks now.

You do know every player has their name plastered over the back of their shirts?

[MADE IN LEITH]

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You do know every player has their name plastered over the back of their shirts?

Got to agree, every player has their name plastered on the back of their shirts, maybe he can't read.

[blackpoolhibs]

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Got to agree, every player has their name plastered on the back of their shirts, maybe he can't read.

FFS is he's dyslexic that would be the best excuse ever, and could never be topped.

[BT58]

The board (RP) will not sack PF just now (even if we get papped out by Stranraer at home in the MM cup)
The team will be given till the AGM ,, or when crowds really dwindle below 7k at ER
Teams need time to gel, however there should be a game plan/formation
New players coming in should adapt quickly (foreign players exempt)
If HFC are still playing crap,boring fitba by the 12 th game PF should be replaced
Bt
Former season ticket holder
Now unemployed

[SquashedFrogg]

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Just out of interest...here's the team that took to the field in Colin Calderwood's last game before being sacked :

Stack
Hanlon
O'Hanlon
Stephens
Wotherspoon
Galbraith
Stevenson (Sub: Towell - 72' )
Osbourne
O'Connor (Sub: Sodje - 78' )
Agogo (Sub: Sproule - 66' )
Griffiths

Very interesting...

[SquashedFrogg]

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FFS is he's dyslexic that would be the best excuse ever, and could never be topped.

Not convinced slagging dyslexia is the best approach here

[blackpoolhibs]

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Not convinced slagging dyslexia is the best approach here

Im not convinced i was?

[Betty Boop]

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Fenlon does not know how to put an attractive winning team onto the park, and we are making more and more outlandish excuses every season for our out of depth manager.

Yesterday on the matchday thread, the best one i have seen in a long time over one of his decisions actually made me laugh out loud.

I questioned why he'd ignored Caldwell all season and brought in Hefferman, and why he replaced Vine with Caldwell, when every man and his dog knows Hefferman has been brought in to partner Collins?

And to compound it he takes Collins off and replaces him with Hefferman?

Someone posted it was because he'd only just arrived yesterday, and probably did not know everyones names, now thats a cracker.

What's everyone else's favorite fans excuse you have heard?

Patience the players need time to gel !

[Sir David Gray]

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Just out of interest...here's the team that took to the field in Colin Calderwood's last game before being sacked :

Stack-Barnet (English Conference)
Hanlon-N/A
O'Hanlon-Carlisle (English League One)
Stephens-Barnet (English Conference)
Wotherspoon-St Johnstone (Scottish Premiership)
Galbraith-Limerick (Irish Premier League)
Stevenson-N/A (Sub: Towell - 72' )-Dundalk (Irish Premier League)
Osbourne-Blackpool (English Championship)
O'Connor-Unemployed (Sub: Sodje - 78' )-Tranmere (English League One)
Agogo-Retired (Sub: Sproule - 66' )-Ross County (Scottish Premiership)
Griffiths-Wolves (English League One)

I quite like to look at where former players have ended up in discussions like this, to see what kind of players we had.

Out of all those players, I would say that only Isaiah Osbourne is now playing at a higher level than when he was at Hibs. I think that speaks volumes.

[SquashedFrogg]

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Im not convinced i was?

Maybe just me that picked that up then. I'm possibly over sensitive on that subject. (Dyslexia, not slagging Fenlon)

[IberianHibernian]

Out of curiosity , is blaming the manager all the time considered the only acceptable excuse here for not playing attractive and winning football ? If so , presumably folk have lots of ideas for managers who`ll bring back glory days ?

[Emerald]

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I quite like to look at where former players have ended up in discussions like this, to see what kind of players we had.

Out of all those players, I would say that only Isaiah Osbourne is now playing at a higher level than when he was at Hibs. I think that speaks volumes.

Very interesting. So what is the outcome of this analysis then, are we ruining players careers or are the players we are bringing in at the last chance saloon and they failed?