Away from LennonDuff gate last night what players over the years have we had on trial that gave went on to have great careers elsewhere or any high profile players that we have had a look at but not signed for whatever reason....
I'll start, Fraser Forster
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30-03-2017 11:15 AM #1
Players on Trial
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30-03-2017 11:32 AM #2
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Wow, didn't realise we had Forster on trial. Seems mental that he didn't get a deal (or maybe he rejected?) when you consider the standard of player we've had in goal over the years.
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30-03-2017 11:34 AM #3johnbc70Left by mutual consent!
Ronnie Rosenthal was on trial and we nearly signed David Platt!
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30-03-2017 11:36 AM #4
When was Forster on trial?
PERSEVERE
Verb: pə:ːsɪ'ˈvɪə/
To not give up.
To go the distance.
To stop at nothing.
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30-03-2017 11:38 AM #5
Players on Trial
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http://www.scotsman.com/sport/footba...ster-1-4084863
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30-03-2017 11:39 AM #6
Not on trial but we nearly signed David Platt but scrimped over a couple of grand.
We also had Alan McGregor all but signed. Le Guen was Rangers manager and was actually happy to let McGregor leave for nothing. Hibs agreed terms with him but Mowbray decided he was happy to go with the keeper he already had.... Zibby.
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30-03-2017 11:43 AM #8
John Robertson?
PERSEVERE
Verb: pə:ːsɪ'ˈvɪə/
To not give up.
To go the distance.
To stop at nothing.
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30-03-2017 11:45 AM #9
There was a story that Hibs were offered a then young Favid Trezeguet on loan.
Also that Sauzée had lined up Didier Deschamps before he was sacked.
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30-03-2017 11:50 AM #10
We almost got the legendary Bobby Mann, only for Deek to screw up the deal (by playing well).
John Robertson said
Then Hibs manager Bobby Williamson desperately wanted to sign Bobby Mann, but didn’t have the money to buy him.
So we discussed a swap deal and Bobby offered us two players from his youth team.
My assistant Donald Park and I picked Riordan and Steven Whittaker but the deal couldn’t have been completed in time that particular January.
However, Bobby was still keen to agree something for the following season and there were further negotiations later.
Riordan, though, got into the Hibs team for the last six or seven games and scored five goals. The rest is history.
Credit to both Riordan and Whittaker for how their careers have progressed since.
But Riordan was so nearly an Inverness player.
The boy had a lucky escape!
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30-03-2017 12:02 PM #12This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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30-03-2017 12:08 PM #13
I'm trying to think of bizarre players who have played friendlies for us but never a competitive game.
Andy McLaren? Mark Kerr? Cillian Sheridan?
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30-03-2017 12:18 PM #14
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I heard 2/3 years ago adam rooney was down at east mains for trials, but he opted to go to the sheep
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30-03-2017 12:22 PM #15
Russell Latapy, played as a trialist in friendly v Arbroath. Remember McLeish saying he took him off after 30min having seen enough & was worried there were other scouts in crowd & beat us to his signature
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30-03-2017 12:43 PM #16This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I'm fairly sure signing him that January would have spared us relegation.
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30-03-2017 02:01 PM #17This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Deek was never going to Inverness, Williamson cleared it all up in a interview many years ago, (can't find it anywhere) that it was never happening.
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30-03-2017 02:03 PM #18This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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30-03-2017 02:34 PM #19This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Robertson can say anything he wants, I can assure you Deek was not going to Inverness.
Found it.
“What disappointed me was that in January of the year we played in the League Cup final [which Hibs lost 2-0 to Livingston], I went to the board and said: ‘look, we can swap a central defender for a midfield player, because we are going to be short in midfield’,” he says.
Williamson wanted to bring in Steven Thomson, then at Peterborough United. “Kevin Thomson was picking up a few injuries, and a few others were picking up injuries, and I said we should do this, because we would be struggling in midfield towards the end of the season,” he adds. “But I could not get it sanctioned.”
Something else that couldn’t be sanctioned was a swap deal involving Derek Riordan and Bobby Mann, though this, as well as being a blessing, is a bit of a myth it turns out. “Donald Park [at Inverness] wanted Riordan, and I thought we needed a Bobby Mann-type centre half,” he says. “But the board never sanctioned it. It was not the case that I wanted to get rid of Derek Riordan.
“They [Inverness] wanted Riordan, and I said to Donald, ‘speak to the board’. It was probably just an excuse to get off the phone to him.”
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30-03-2017 03:04 PM #20This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Michael Richardson (played in 1-0 friendly loss to Dundee United in 2014)
Adam Buxton (played in 4-0 friendly win over Vale of Leithen in 2014)
Berry Powel (played in 2006 friendly v Charlton)
Juha Riippa played in a 0-0 draw at Tynie against Hearts... not a friendly admittedly.
Don't know if they ever played but there were two Argentinian trialists with us under McLeish - Nicolas Mazzina and Lanchina(?).
Also unsure if they ever played... Jomu Kunaka, Fernando di Ornelas, Toti Bergsson, Ion Testimitanu, Jesper Mikkelsen, Nicolas Sahnon, Thomas Pichlmann, George Santos.Last edited by Bayern Bru; 30-03-2017 at 03:10 PM.
They've only gone and done it! They've only gone and won the Scottish Cup! What kept you, Hibs?!
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