Griffiths - 'Smearing Vaseline On An Axe Wound'

[Keith_M]

Nope, he's not in court on some new (slightly kinky) charge.


This is from Stuart Bathgate's article on his view of Hibs trying to get Griffiths back.

[smurf]

Written by a Yam.

[SaulGoodman]

"Please stay at Celtic where you're not even getting into the squad, you're much better off"

[Phil D. Rolls]

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"Please stay at Celtic where you're not even getting into the squad, you're much better off"

Please come and play at a lower level, it'll make you a better player.

[Keith_M]

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Please come and play at a lower level, it'll make you a better player than sitting on the bench will.

Fixed

[R'Albin]

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Please come and play at a lower level, it'll make you a better player.

It's better than not playing at all.

[SaulGoodman]

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Please come and play at a lower level, it'll make you a better player.

Please stay at Celtic, where the fans hate you. You might get a couple of sub appearances this year, that'll really get you noticed.

[calumhibee1]

Celtic get a portion of wages for a player that isn't playing paid, we get one of the best strikers in the country, he gets to play regular football at a club he loves. What a pointless article and the suggestion that it's a bad move for any parties is ridiculous.

[Phil D. Rolls]

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It's better than not playing at all.

What about playing for Celtic reserves?

[lucky]

Strange article not sure what the point of it. We all know LG will score for fun in this league, will it make him a better player? I doubt it but at least he will be playing and his confidence will grow. Which we all know is a big factor in football.

[Phil D. Rolls]

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Please stay at Celtic, where the fans hate you. You might get a couple of sub appearances this year, that'll really get you noticed.

Yes, because playing in The Scottish Championship is so impressive on a 25 year olds CV.

[R'Albin]

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What about playing for Celtic reserves?

It's still a much lower level than the Championship and I doubt it'll look that great on his CV either.

[hibee92]

To be fair the argument he's putting across has some merit it's just a poor article.

[greenpaper55]

Bathgate is a tool of the highest order, he thinks that LG will not further his career by scoring against the likes of Cowdenbeath but fails to mention that he would be playing against Hearts and Rangers which are bigger clubs than the likes of Ross County or Hamilton. No wonder the Hootsmans sales are plummeting with journos of his calibre working for them.

[Phil D. Rolls]

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It's still a much lower level than the Championship and I doubt it'll look that great on his CV either.

Ok, just asking.

[Keith_M]

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Yes, because playing in The Scottish Championship is so impressive on a 25 year olds CV.

If he moved to Hibs and played out the rest of his Career here, his CV wouldn't be required anyway.

[Bobby's Cinema]

"The club has a track record of welcoming back it's wayward sons. And those wayward sons have a track record of not doing much on their return."

Absolute rubbish.

O'Connor scored 12 goals in the league on his return season, his second highest in any year at Hibs, and finished as Top scorer. Riordan scored 50 goals for Hibs in his three seasons back here.

These signings haven't held us back in themselves. They weren't playing with enough quality around them, and still scored goals.

Griffiths is exactly what we need right now to improve the quality of the squad and galvanise the support. To suggest otherwise is nonsense.

[Hibernia&Alba]

There are bairns on this forum. The thread title is shocking :-D

[SaulGoodman]

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Yes, because playing in The Scottish Championship is so impressive on a 25 year olds CV.

"Griffiths goal sinks Rangers"
"Griffiths is derby day hero"

Or; "Griffiths goal helps Celts scrape past Ross County"

[Keith_M]

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There are bairns on this forum. The thread title is shocking :-D

Blame Stuart Bathgate

[Phil D. Rolls]

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"Griffiths goal sinks Rangers"
"Griffiths is derby day hero"

Or; "Griffiths goal helps Celts scrape past Ross County"

Outside Scotland it wouldn't matter a ****. This seems to be about what's good for Hibs, rather than what's good for Griffiths.

[GreenOnions]

I take Bathgate's point about Riordan and O'Connor and others but there is a huge difference in that these players' careers were winding down when they returned. Griffiths is very different with his best years probably ahead of him. He also doesn't have problems with fitness, work ethic on the pitch etc.

No one player can fix all problems but I think the writer is applying valid points to the wrong example. Maybe too busy trying to find a way to accommodate in an article his cunning vaseline analogy.

[Bobby's Cinema]

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Outside Scotland it wouldn't matter a ****. This seems to be about what's good for Hibs, rather than what's good for Griffiths.

I agree, but he's not exactly doing himself any favours sitting in the stand at celtic park is he

[Phil D. Rolls]

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I agree, but he's not exactly doing himself any favours sitting in the stand at celtic park is he

So maybe he has to try harder to get a game, instead of taking the soft option.

[InterviewLoI]

But none of this is relevant since he isn't coming....

[The Green Goblin]

Isn't an "axe wound" a euphemism in crude jokes for female genitalia? I wonder what point Stuart Bathgate was trying to make about his feelings for Hibs?

[Hibernia&Alba]

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Isn't an "axe wound" a euphemism in crude jokes for female genitalia? I wonder what point Stuart Bathgate was trying to make about his feelings for Hibs?

I'd like to make a very similar point about him, but shan't on a family forum.

[SaulGoodman]

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So maybe he has to try harder to get a game, instead of taking the soft option.

Do you not want him to come?

[Stevie Reid]

Of all the other arguments surrounding this, the one irrefutable fact is that having Griffiths, even for only three months, would be an unbelievable boost with regards to us making a serious attempt get out of this league.

Whilst this ongoing speculation will be nothing other than an extremely frustrating distraction if (as it seems it will) it comes to nothing, arguments over whether it happening would be anything other than good for us are hard to get on board with.

[R'Albin]

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Isn't an "axe wound" a euphemism in crude jokes for female genitalia? I wonder what point Stuart Bathgate was trying to make about his feelings for Hibs?

I did wonder why reading that title gave me an erection.