Stefan Scougall

[Paperboy]

Apologies if it's been posted elsewhere but I was reading an interview with Sheffield United winger Stefan Scougall. In it the article mentions he was freed by Hibs at the age of 16 for being too small but later in the interview he says he doesn't want to talk about Hibs letting him go.

anyone wonder what happened to him? And what is the size criteria for players who are 16?

Just wondering!

[Bishop Hibee]

Interesting. I heard from someone whose going down to Wembley on a bus with Scougall's friends and relatives that it was Hearts who released him. Guy who told me is a Jambo.

[eggbamyasi]

Think there as a thread about it a few months ago . Sure it was hibs that let him go .

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[BOB MARLEYS DUG]

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Interesting. I heard from someone whose going down to Wembley on a bus with Scougall's friends and relatives that it was Hearts who released him. Guy who told me is a Jambo.

He was released by us unfortunately. Looks like a big mistake now!

[Golden Bear]

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He was released by us unfortunately. Looks like a big mistake now!

A la Gordon Strachan?

[Viva_Palmeiras]

The Decca boy that rejected the Beatles tho was right - what a bag of doo-doo they were. (I much prefer the Stones ;)

[Bishop Hibee]

Every club will have players they rejected as youngsters who made it elsewhere.

Scougall is on the bench at a League 1 club. He's still to prove himself.

[BOB MARLEYS DUG]

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Every club will have players they rejected as youngsters who made it elsewhere.

Scougall is on the bench at a League 1 club. He's still to prove himself.

He starts most games and has scored twice. Still got a lot to prove but he isn't warming the bench down there.

[Joe6-2]

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The Decca boy that rejected the Beatles tho was right - what a bag of doo-doo they were. (I much prefer the Stones ;)

Love this post, always said that

[hfc rd]

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He starts most games and has scored twice. Still got a lot to prove but he isn't warming the bench down there.

Agree. He's done well down there but still a long way to go.

Mate at work who is a Sheffield Utd season ticket holder has been raving about Stefan Scougall. Was stunned when I told him he was released by Hibs at the age of 16 for being too small. Scougall would easily walk straight into our first team.

[BOB MARLEYS DUG]

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Agree. He's done well down there but still a long way to go.

Mate at work who is a Sheffield Utd season ticket holder has been raving about Stefan Scougall. Was stunned when I told him he was released by Hibs at the age of 16 for being too small. Scougall would easily walk straight into our first team.

Surprised he didn't get a move sooner tbh.

[MWHIBBIES]

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Every club will have players they rejected as youngsters who made it elsewhere.

Scougall is on the bench at a League 1 club. He's still to prove himself.

Hardly. Also Sheffield United are a huge club to be playing for at that young age, certainly a step up from anything in Scotland other than Celtic.

[Johnny_Leith]

Who's to say that getting released by Hibs wasn't the best thing that's ever happened to him, giving him the drive and determination to make something of himself? No guarantee if he stayed at Hibs he'd have made it.

[bingo70]

I dont believe he was released for being too small. It will be because we didnt think he was good enough to compensate for his lack of height/strength.

If we had messi on our books we wouldnt have released him because of his size so to suggest thats the only factor isnt the case imo

[One Day]

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Every club will have players they rejected as youngsters who made it elsewhere

.

It happens often, but probably not as often as players being given contacts then being released and never heard of again.

[gegs70]

A decent player perhaps helped by getting first team games at live rather than in hibs reserves?

[Stantons Angel]

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The Decca boy that rejected the Beatles tho was right - what a bag of doo-doo they were. (I much prefer the Stones ;)

Personal tastes in music differ just as in choice of the football team we support, i suppose.

Me i preferred the Beatles myself but loved the Stones music too!

anyway this is a football forum and we are talking about a lad getting released from Hibs at 16. This happens a lot to youngsters but as another poster says. Sometimes it gives them the determination to go else where and prove them wrong.

Gordon Strachan and Keith Wright were let go by Hibs not because they were to wee though.

Mickey Weir was ready to give up football at a young age as he kept getting told he was too wee. Luckily for us he was persuaded to get back out on the field and let his ability speak for itself.

Its hard on these kids being told they are not good enough for a club sometimes it makes or breaks them.

[lucky]

Hibs are still releasing youngsters based on size. Seems crazy to me. But we've had threads on here about we are a team of midgets in the past

[Viva_Palmeiras]

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Personal tastes in music differ just as in choice of the football team we support, i suppose.

Me i preferred the Beatles myself but loved the Stones music too!

anyway this is a football forum and we are talking about a lad getting released from Hibs at 16. This happens a lot to youngsters but as another poster says. Sometimes it gives them the determination to go else where and prove them wrong.

Gordon Strachan and Keith Wright were let go by Hibs not because they were to wee though.

Mickey Weir was ready to give up football at a young age as he kept getting told he was too wee. Luckily for us he was persuaded to get back out on the field and let his ability speak for itself.

Its hard on these kids being told they are not good enough for a club sometimes it makes or breaks them.

Presumably drawing analogies is allowed? Please note my use of smiley ;) My point speaks for itself tho. Regardless of the industry folks that influence the careers of others have preferences which may or may not appreciate the skills/potential of others. What would be interesting to know is if the dude acknowledge he made a mistake ("I made a call based on what I knew/saw at the time" I'd imagine). So why should football be any different?

[Billychaotic182]

Tbh him and Sean Welsh are the only two hibs youngsters I can think of that were let go and have went on to do something.

[Winston Ingram]

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Apologies if it's been posted elsewhere but I was reading an interview with Sheffield United winger Stefan Scougall. In it the article mentions he was freed by Hibs at the age of 16 for being too small but later in the interview he says he doesn't want to talk about Hibs letting him go.

anyone wonder what happened to him? And what is the size criteria for players who are 16?

Just wondering!

He wasn't released cos he was small. You just need to look at our youth teams and the height of some of the players in it to realise that's p!sh. I'd suggest it was down to something else completely.

[The Falcon]

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Tbh him and Sean Welsh are the only two hibs youngsters I can think of that were let go and have went on to do something.

or even do anything at a reasonable level.

The trick is recognising their potential before we release them for whatever reason. The proportion of players released to those that we do release and come back to bite us is minimal. Given the amount of folk that go through the system, and not just here, it is bound to happen. Some you win, some you don't.

[The_Horde]

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Tbh him and Sean Welsh are the only two hibs youngsters I can think of that were let go and have went on to do something.

Sparky ;)

[NOLA]

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Tbh him and Sean Welsh are the only two hibs youngsters I can think of that were let go and have went on to do something.

Leigh griffiths ;)

[Billychaotic182]

Oh yeah forgot leigh was a hibs youth player. Always thought he was a livi youth. Was Ian Black one of our youth players as well?

[scoopyboy]

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Oh yeah forgot leigh was a hibs youth player. Always thought he was a livi youth. Was Ian Black one of our youth players as well?

No, Black went straight from Ross High School to Blackburn Rovers.

[JimBHibees]

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Tbh him and Sean Welsh are the only two hibs youngsters I can think of that were let go and have went on to do something.

Gordon Strachan and John Robertson.

[Billychaotic182]

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Gordon Strachan and John Robertson.

They were before my time.

[fat freddy]

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Personal tastes in music differ just as in choice of the football team we support, i suppose.

Me i preferred the Beatles myself but loved the Stones music too!

anyway this is a football forum and we are talking about a lad getting released from Hibs at 16. This happens a lot to youngsters but as another poster says. Sometimes it gives them the determination to go else where and prove them wrong.

Gordon Strachan and Keith Wright were let go by Hibs not because they were to wee though.

Mickey Weir was ready to give up football at a young age as he kept getting told he was too wee. Luckily for us he was persuaded to get back out on the field and let his ability speak for itself.

Its hard on these kids being told they are not good enough for a club sometimes it makes or breaks them.

I blame the housekeepers that look after these lads when they're in club digs...if they fed them properly they wouldn't be so small and Hibs wouldn't have to release them

[CapitalGreen]

Kirk Broadfoot and most likely Marc McNulty as well.