Steven Fletcher ?

[Bald Reynard]

Just released by Sunderland ! Right age (oldish - prepared to look at the Championship !), good pedigree (for our club and country) and the 'target man' type that Lennon likes to use. Free transfer - I guess - though wages might be an issue (he would have been on a bit at Sunderland). What do people reckon ?

[Northernhibee]

Celtic.

[Vault Boy]

Will probably go to Celtic

[Bald Reynard]

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Will probably go to Celtic

Can't see Rodgers being interested in a 29 year old, who hasn't done a lot in recent years in England. Unless others have heard different ?

[jacomo]

I doubt we can match Stokes' wage demands, Fletcher is on an entirely different level!

Have you any idea of the kind of money he was on at Sunderland?

I rate him highly, but then so do a lot of people in football. I imagine there will be EPL clubs looking at him.

Or he will go to Celtc.

[Big_Franck]

Sure he was on about 40-50k a week at Sunderland so even Celtic will struggle to afford his wages i'd say.

He'll might have to take a bit of a drop in wages but he'll probably end up at a top end English Championship club. Might even return to Burnley.

[pacoluna]

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Sure he was on about 40-50k a week at Sunderland so even Celtic will struggle to afford his wages i'd say.

He'll might have to take a bit of a drop in wages but he'll probably end up at a top end English Championship club. Might even return to Burnley.

He's done no to bad for only having one foot, Riordan and O'Connor where far better a player than fletch, just goes to show how naive/unfortunate these two were to having made the wrong choices outside of football. How the hell O'Connor is skint i'l never know.

[TheFamous1875]

It'd be amazing to see him come back home, but it's surely out of the question.

I thought Lennon was out of the question, so what do I know!

Fletcher sadly hasn't achieved much in his career; a lot of injuries, and never in a team that truly played to his strengths. I think at 29, he'll be looking to atone an otherwise disappointing career since leaving Hibs - his best bet doing that would be to go to Celtic where he could have trophies up the yin-yang!

A shame, as I never like to see any of our lot go West at any point.

I still think he has the ability to do really well in the Premier League if he plays in a team that plays to his strengths and remains injury-free. Everton? West Brom? Stoke?

[Future17]

Sweet bejesus.

[Finn2015]

Even if we were in the top league I'd still struggle to see it. I'll go with the consensus. Celtic or a championship club in England

[GloryGlory]

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Can't see Rodgers being interested in a 29 year old, who hasn't done a lot in recent years in England. Unless others have heard different ?

He did score for Scotland against the might of Gibraltar, to be fair.

[Vault Boy]

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Can't see Rodgers being interested in a 29 year old, who hasn't done a lot in recent years in England. Unless others have heard different ?

Quite a few papers have been reporting interest from Celtic for a few days. In any case there's no chance of him coming here aha.

[lyonhibs]

Silly season has peaked rather early here I feel.

[TheFamous1875]

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Silly season has peaked rather early here I feel.

Hibs have win the Scottish Cup and appointed Neil Lennon as manager, I think it's plateaued if anything

[KWJ]

It will be interesting to see where he goes for sure. He's struggled the past few years but I wouldn't be surprised if he got another Premiership gig.

A return to Burnley would be my shout.

[jgl07]

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Sure he was on about 40-50k a week at Sunderland so even Celtic will struggle to afford his wages i'd say.

He'll might have to take a bit of a drop in wages but he'll probably end up at a top end English Championship club. Might even return to Burnley.

The only people likely to offer 40,000 a week for Fletcher are the Chinese.

[Dalianwanda]

Just saw a picture taken of him with my mates who are golfing in Portugal...Plenty Hibbees there wonder if he gave any hints??

[brog]

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He's done no to bad for only having one foot, Riordan and O'Connor where far better a player than fletch, just goes to show how naive/unfortunate these two were to having made the wrong choices outside of football. How the hell O'Connor is skint i'l never know.

Messi, Maradona & Puskas also did ok despite only having one foot!

[jacomo]

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He's done no to bad for only having one foot, Riordan and O'Connor where far better a player than fletch, just goes to show how naive/unfortunate these two were to having made the wrong choices outside of football. How the hell O'Connor is skint i'l never know.

LOL.

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It'd be amazing to see him come back home, but it's surely out of the question.

I thought Lennon was out of the question, so what do I know!

Fletcher sadly hasn't achieved much in his career; a lot of injuries, and never in a team that truly played to his strengths. I think at 29, he'll be looking to atone an otherwise disappointing career since leaving Hibs - his best bet doing that would be to go to Celtic where he could have trophies up the yin-yang!

A shame, as I never like to see any of our lot go West at any point.

I still think he has the ability to do really well in the Premier League if he plays in a team that plays to his strengths and remains injury-free. Everton? West Brom? Stoke?

And LOL again.

Fletcher hit the jackpot. He played for several years in the richest, most watched league on the planet. He may do so again.

Riordan and O'Connor both cult heroes to many in the way that Fletcher seemingly isn't, but he's surely at least as good as any player we've produced in the past 20 years.

[DH1875]

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Just released by Sunderland ! Right age (oldish - prepared to look at the Championship !), good pedigree (for our club and country) and the 'target man' type that Lennon likes to use. Free transfer - I guess - though wages might be an issue (he would have been on a bit at Sunderland). What do people reckon ?

No chance.

[bigwheel]

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LOL.



And LOL again.

Fletcher hit the jackpot. He played for several years in the richest, most watched league on the planet. He may do so again.

Riordan and O'Connor both cult heroes to many in the way that Fletcher seemingly isn't, but he's surely at least as good as any player we've produced in the past 20 years.

Yes. Whilst Riordan was a more natural finisher, and O'Connor a very good player at his top - Fletcher was quicker than both, better in the air, has performed at a higher level, scored at a higher level and won more international caps - definitely the better all round player

[KWJ]

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Yes. Whilst Riordan was a more natural finisher, and O'Connor a very good player at his top - Fletcher was quicker than both, better in the air, has performed at a higher level, scored at a higher level and won more international caps - definitely the better all round player

And seems to get a tough time on here considering he scored 2 goals in a Cup Final for us and netted us over 3 million quid.

We got about half that for O'Connor and we ended up paying more for Riordan than we received.

[pacoluna]

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Yes. Whilst Riordan was a more natural finisher, and O'Connor a very good player at his top - Fletcher was quicker than both, better in the air, has performed at a higher level, scored at a higher level and won more international caps - definitely the better all round player

I'm not saying he isn't I am saying at the start of their careers if you were to ask me who had the more talent and was more enjoyable to watch I would say riordan by far and I would have wrongly predicted O'Connor would have had a more illustrious career than fletch .

[Bristolhibby]

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LOL.



And LOL again.

Fletcher hit the jackpot. He played for several years in the richest, most watched league on the planet. He may do so again.

Riordan and O'Connor both cult heroes to many in the way that Fletcher seemingly isn't, but he's surely at least as good as any player we've produced in the past 20 years.

It would be interesting to see who ended up the richest ex Hibs player and compare it to who we believe was the best player who left Hibs.

Fletch must surely be one if not the richest.

J

[bigwheel]

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I'm not saying he isn't I am saying at the start of their careers if you were to ask me who had the more talent and was more enjoyable to watch I would say riordan by far and I would have wrongly predicted O'Connor would have had a more illustrious career than fletch .

Yeh. I can understand that . The thing is fletch played first team football from a young age. Younger than both I think. 17 years old. And actually was only first choice in his natural Position for his final season. By that time it was clear he was going on to better things ...the other two created a bit more buzz about them and somehow seemed a bit more "Hibs"...

[pacoluna]

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It would be interesting to see who ended up the richest ex Hibs player and compare it to who we believe was the best player who left Hibs.

Fletch must surely be one if not the richest.

J

I bet bamba has mad a few quid from transfer fees.

[pacoluna]

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Yeh. I can understand that . The thing is fletch played first team football from a young age. Younger than both I think. 17 years old. And actually was only first choice in his natural Position for his final season. By that time it was clear he was going on to better things ...the other two created a bit more buzz about them and somehow seemed a bit more "Hibs"...

probably because this agent fisher was always in the newspaper saying he wanted a move.

[Bristolhibby]

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I bet bamba has mad a few quid from transfer fees.

Kenny Miller must be in the mix.

J

[Onceinawhile]

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It would be interesting to see who ended up the richest ex Hibs player and compare it to who we believe was the best player who left Hibs.

Fletch must surely be one if not the richest.

J

Him or whittaker who's been in the premiership quite a lot. The striker premium probably means fletch though.

[stoneyburn hibs]

It's ok to dream.