Malonga

**~~BOB MARLEYS DUG~~** · 14-05-2016 04:53 PM

Nice to see the big man still looks out for us.

@DomsMalonga: Sad news last night for my old teammates and scottish football.... Fans/History/Organization; Hibs is not a championship team#My Opinion

**SlickShoes** · 14-05-2016 04:57 PM

I liked him, it was a real shame that he took pelters for "not running fast enough" and "not caring".

Thanks for the goals Dom!

**Bob1875** · 14-05-2016 04:58 PM

Let's not pretend that if he was still here things would have been different.

**IberianHibernian** · 14-05-2016 05:00 PM

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Let's not pretend that if he was still here things would have been different.

Might not have got us many more points but would certainly have entertained fans . And only one more point would have meant avoiding one round of playoffs .

**Steve-O** · 14-05-2016 05:02 PM

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Might not have got us many more points but would certainly have entertained fans . And only one more point would have meant avoiding one round of playoffs .

We still would've played Falkirk and probably lost. Still, I'd have preferred him to Stokes in the end. Admittedly I was saying the opposite when Stokes signed!

***NORTHERNHIBBY*** · 14-05-2016 05:03 PM

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Let's not pretend that if he was still here things would have been different.

And equally let's not pretend that he didn't want to leave and was really forced out.

**Pretty Boy** · 14-05-2016 05:04 PM

I miss Dom.

A real class act in his time with us. Welcone back in Leith anytime as far as I'm concerned.

**Sir David Gray** · 14-05-2016 05:04 PM

We are definitely missing something up front without him.

***Alfred E Newman*** · 14-05-2016 05:07 PM

I was no fan of Malonga but Stokes has been no better and arguably brought less to the team.

**IberianHibernian** · 14-05-2016 05:15 PM

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I was no fan of Malonga but Stokes has been no better and arguably brought less to the team.

Don`t think regretting Malonga leaving means we didn`t want Stokes . Ideally we`d have had both from the start of the season till the end . In the winter window there were rumours of interest in Cummings but probably no firm offers and unless it had been ridiculous money club would`ve been hammered for lack of ambition selling mid season etc . I remember thinking it wouldn`t have been too bad a thing especially if money had been reinvested in team . Since then Cummings has done very little , Stokes hasn`t fulfilled expectations though hasn`t been a disaster either but we didn`t have many alternatives with Keatings and Dagnell only given limited time .

**kev1875** · 14-05-2016 05:22 PM

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Let's not pretend that if he was still here things would have been different.

I suggest you look at our form since he left.

***NorthNorfolkHFC*** · 14-05-2016 05:42 PM

He could hold the ball and scored a lot more than Stokes.

He averaged a goal every other game. Stokes can't buy a goal and plays like a midfielder. It's no surprise we can't score.

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**hibsbollah** · 14-05-2016 05:43 PM

A class act on the pitch and a gent off it. I wish Stubbs could have found a way of building a style of play around him as a withdrawn striker behind a target man.

He didn't care about The Rangers.

**MWHIBBIES** · 14-05-2016 05:43 PM

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Let's not pretend that if he was still here things would have been different.

They would have been different, maybe for the better maybe not but they obviously would have been different.

**Hibee Mac** · 14-05-2016 05:46 PM

He was one of those players I really looked forward to watching. You always knew he could pull a bit of magic out the bag too.

I'm in no way saying Malonga would have single handedly gotten us up, but his contribution to the team was more than just goals which I feel is overlooked at times.

***The Modfather*** · 14-05-2016 05:58 PM

We didn't score enough goals as a team with Malonga, just as we haven't post Malonga.

Instead of Stokes v Malonga hypotheticals, we should wonder how we would have got on with signing some genuine creativity in January. Not asking Gray & Stevenson to be our main attackng outlets, with a midfield that rarely gets into the box.

***stantonhibby*** · 14-05-2016 05:59 PM

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He could hold the ball and scored a lot more than Stokes.

He averaged a goal every other game. Stokes can't buy a goal and plays like a midfielder. It's no surprise we can't score.

"A friend of mine once said he liked his women like his parmesan: strong smelling and shaved"

Had he not scored only 6 goal this season before he left?

**Andy74** · 14-05-2016 06:31 PM

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Had he not scored only 6 goal this season before he left?

The team played better with him in it though. Stats pre Jan are much better than after it.

**NikGunnarsson** · 14-05-2016 06:40 PM

Don't know what it was about the guy but he was just a cult hero, could just pull moments of magic when he wanted to and absolutely strolled every game. Also loved how he kept going through the ***** he got off all the people who clearly dont know football!
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***tamig*** · 14-05-2016 06:42 PM

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Let's not pretend that if he was still here things would have been different.

I think things would have been very different. The single biggest mistake made in the January window. No doubt.

***stantonhibby*** · 14-05-2016 06:58 PM

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The team played better with him in it though. Stats pre Jan are much better than after it.

Don't disagree and I would rather he had stayed, my point was to the poster who said he had scored a goal every other game.

**Trainor** · 14-05-2016 07:00 PM

Bad mistake letting him go!

***LaMotta*** · 14-05-2016 07:12 PM

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Had he not scored only 6 goal this season before he left?

Look at his overall stats in his time at Hibs. Last season he was our most prolific striker.

***jacomo*** · 14-05-2016 07:55 PM

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The team played better with him in it though. Stats pre Jan are much better than after it.

We've missed him badly.

It's beyond reasonable doubt, surely?

**~~Hibeesmad~~** · 14-05-2016 07:57 PM

We created more chances and scored more goals whenever Malonga played. He should be playing the number 10 position in this team right now

**OsloHibs** · 14-05-2016 08:02 PM

Malonga wanted to go back to Italy. If someone wants to go for family reasons- you can't stop them. Alan knew it, he done the same with celtic didn't he.

***LaMotta*** · 14-05-2016 08:15 PM

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Malonga wanted to go back to Italy. If someone wants to go for family reasons- you can't stop them. Alan knew it, he done the same with celtic didn't he.

I think Malonga threw a wee strop after Dagnall and Keatings were preferred to him at ER in early February which led to his exit. I dont blame him if he did.

Lets be honest Stubbs got it wrong about Malonga and probably could have persuaded him to stay.

**portycabbage** · 14-05-2016 08:16 PM

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Had he not scored only 6 goal this season before he left?

He didn't start enough games for me this season, I would have had him start every week. Plus he could keep the ball and link play unlike stokes. We really should have signed a proper target man after farid got injured nearly 2 years ago, or at least when malonga left (not that he was ever a target man).