Summer 2019 transfer thread

[HoboHarry]

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Wonder if that means Cosgrove on way out.

Others will have seen more of Cosgrove than me but he looked an absolute camel on the occasions I did see him. No thanks for me....

[Stevie Reid]

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Wonder if that means Cosgrove on way out.

Wouldn't surprise me, Jim. 21 goals this season will have grabbed the attention of a few down South.

[GloryGlory]

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Others will have seen more of Cosgrove than me but he looked an absolute camel on the occasions I did see him. No thanks for me....

One hump or two?

[Malthibby]

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Another lump who'll kick, elbow and foul every minute, Aberdeen are an ugly dirty team.

Fixed that for you......
GG

[HoboHarry]

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One hump or two?

Would give me the ferkin hump if we signed him......

[Franck Stanton]

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Re: Barker, I remember the same arguments being made about him when he was here last year about goal and assists, and I still find it infuriating now. I won't digress too much, but I think that 'assists' is a ridiculously simple metric that doesn't really take into account the nuances of football - it's perfectly possible for a player to be the primary creator of a goal, and not to be credited for an assist (and vice versa). If there were a 'chances created' tally available, I'd pay a bit more attention to that.

But the contribution of a player like Barker can't just be boiled down so simply anyway - four assists and two goals doesn't sound great, and is an easy way to deride him, but I know what I saw with my own eyes. A player like Barker can run a team ragged all day, and not have a crucial intervention in the creation of a goal - however, in terms of tiring out a full back, occupying more than one player and creating space for others - just plain wearing the opposition down - he still can (and did) play a huge part in winning games.

As an out ball he was excellent, and could get us up the park in seconds - he also had a good appetite for the game, despite receiving some rough treatment. But the main thing for me was just the fact that he was one of the most exciting players I've ever seen play for Hibs, he got me out of my seat by beating men time and again, usually at great speed. How could anyone not enjoy watching that? No player at our level is going to have an end product all of the time, but on the days that he doesn't, if I'm continually being entertained by his input into the game anyway, that will do for me.

I thought he was a joy to watch, and would love to see him back.

REALLY good post. Would only add comparison with Bartley , (ok I know different positions & Marv was def mid) , however the outpouring of love/gratitude towards him is immense in comparison to that afforded to Brandon who is a great " out-ball" & moves us further the field.

[JimBHibees]

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Others will have seen more of Cosgrove than me but he looked an absolute camel on the occasions I did see him. No thanks for me....

Not suggesting for one minute we do think will mean interest from down south.

[JimBHibees]

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Wouldn't surprise me, Jim. 21 goals this season will have grabbed the attention of a few down South.

Definitely. He better strike when the iron is hot as he ill be lucky to score 21 goals in the rest of his career.

[MyJo]

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What makes you think we’ll be playing 4-4-2 next season? Very few teams go with two central strikers these days. Everyone wants to copy Pep & Klopp in a 4-3-3. Heckingbottom quickly ditched two strikers, pushing Kamberi wide.

There has been a lot of talk of 442 being Hecky's preferred set up.

That is what he initially put in place when he came in until he realised we didn't have the players to pull it off, the way he wanted us to, successfully, and switched to putting Kamberi out wide.

He stuck with it because it was working for us and getting the results we needed with the players at his disposal.

He has allowed Bartley and Milligan to leave suggesting he doesn't intend to play with a dedicated defensive midfielder and looks like he has been trying to get Mallan to play more box to box rather than just as an attacking midfielder since he came in.

Both those things suggest to me that our midfielders will be expected to be more all-purpose players rather than having specific defensive/attacking roles which points to there being less in midfield than the 5 man set up we have been using with a defensive midfielder sitting deep and attacking midfielders/wingers in front of them.

Your maybe right and a Liverpool style 4-3-3 could be on the card as well but I'm just going with what we have been told about Hecky liking a good old 442

[ThomasAgyepong]

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Have to say on paper Motherwell seem to be making decent signings. Hopefully that shows the state of the league at the minute.

Cadden situation is interesting. He’s certainly a player I wouldn’t mind coming in to see how he develops considering his age. Good competition for Boyle as well.

Great versatile player is Cadden. Can play Right Midfielder, Right Back, Centre Midfeilder and on a few occasions has played in a number 10 role.

[heretoday]

Honestly do we have any money?

Can we "bid" for players?

We used to.

[Heisenberg]

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Honestly do we have any money?

Can we "bid" for players?

We used to.

Yes and yes. See our business last summer.

[Lago]

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Honestly do we have any money?

Can we "bid" for players?

We used to.

Ah those were the days.

[The 90+2]

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Great versatile player is Cadden. Can play Right Midfielder, Right Back, Centre Midfeilder and on a few occasions has played in a number 10 role.

Caddens behind the new guys in the Motherwell side. Turnbull is much better and he’s lost his position.

[MWHIBBIES]

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Honestly do we have any money?

Can we "bid" for players?

We used to.

We payed fees last summer

[Diclonius]

This blog reckons we should go for United's Pavol Safranko, who has been linked with Aberdeen. Some strike rate.

[southsider]

Would love to see how BB would fare played thru the middle supporting Marc. Get Deek in to coach him to finish the 1 v 1’s his pace would create.

[calumhibee1]

@Hibernianfans on Twitter reckon we’re going for a swap deal, Flo for Dylan..

[Blaster]

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@Hibernianfans on Twitter reckon we’re going for a swap deal, Flo for Dylan..

Picked up from here then. 3 days later

[calumhibee1]

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Picked up from here then. 3 days later

Whoops. I’ve not read a lot of the thread, apologies

[jeffers]

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@Hibernianfans on Twitter reckon we’re going for a swap deal, Flo for Dylan..

Hopefully not true

[04Sauzee]

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Picked up from here then. 3 days later

Missed that on here, but the big who runs the Twitter account is a slaver

[Diclonius]

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@Hibernianfans on Twitter reckon we’re going for a swap deal, Flo for Dylan..

Nah.

[Blaster]

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Whoops. I’ve not read a lot of the thread, apologies

No need for apologies mate

[Unseen work]

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Picked up from here then. 3 days later

Was this on the members board? Not seen it anywhere

Fwiw I would be disappointed with Flo leaving as he showed last season he is a great player on his day.

Would Dylan suit what Heckingbottom wants? Pace, physicality and athleticism? Where would that leave Mallan and Allan? It would be a great midfield 3 for keeping the ball and creating chances but not at defending.

I can’t see us playing those 3 in the middle together based on what Heckingbottom has said.

I saw someone reply to the tweet saying the reason Flo fell out with Lennon was as he wanted to come out as openly gay but Lennon wasn’t supportive I imagine that is absolute nonsense.

[The 90+2]

Didn’t sunderland want Flo’ last season? McGeough would be a no brainier for me if we could get him. I’ve a feeling Kamberi will be leaving regardless.

[Blaster]

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Was this on the members board? Not seen it anywhere

Fwiw I would be disappointed with Flo leaving as he showed last season he is a great player on his day.

Would Dylan suit what Heckingbottom wants? Pace, physicality and athleticism? Where would that leave Mallan and Allan? It would be a great midfield 3 for keeping the ball and creating chances but not at defending.

I can’t see us playing those 3 in the middle together based on what Heckingbottom has said.

I saw someone reply to the tweet saying the reason Flo fell out with Lennon was as he wanted to come out as openly gay but Lennon wasn’t supportive I imagine that is absolute nonsense.

I think brooster asked the question on this thread on Monday regarding the possibility and folks thoughts

[hfc rd]

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Didn’t sunderland want Flo’ last season? McGeough would be a no brainier for me if we could get him. I’ve a feeling Kamberi will be leaving regardless.

Yep, Jack Ross tried to hijack the deal and take Flo to Sunderland instead

[Stevie Reid]

I wouldn't object to that swap.

[Smartie]

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Was this on the members board? Not seen it anywhere

Fwiw I would be disappointed with Flo leaving as he showed last season he is a great player on his day.

Would Dylan suit what Heckingbottom wants? Pace, physicality and athleticism? Where would that leave Mallan and Allan? It would be a great midfield 3 for keeping the ball and creating chances but not at defending.

I can’t see us playing those 3 in the middle together based on what Heckingbottom has said.

I saw someone reply to the tweet saying the reason Flo fell out with Lennon was as he wanted to come out as openly gay but Lennon wasn’t supportive I imagine that is absolute nonsense.

I can't see Mallan and Allan playing in the same team irrespective of who the other players are.

I could see one or the other working fine with Dylan.