Efe Ambrose return...........

**RG04** · 08-05-2019 08:56 AM

Anybody else take him back???

Is yet to feature in a match day squad for Derby!!!

**Pretty Boy** · 08-05-2019 08:59 AM

Anyone who wouldn't take Ambrose back needs their head examined.

Absolute class act.

**Stokesy's on fire** · 08-05-2019 08:59 AM

Without any hesitation i would take him back.

***Alex Trager*** · 08-05-2019 09:04 AM

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Anyone who wouldn't take Ambrose back needs their head examined.

Absolute class act.

Absolutely this.

**~~The 90+2~~** · 08-05-2019 09:05 AM

I think that ship has sailed.

***bingo70*** · 08-05-2019 09:12 AM

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Anyone who wouldn't take Ambrose back needs their head examined.

Absolute class act.

I wonder if there’s a bigger picture to be considered though.

Clearly he’s a very very good player but I think it was common knowledge he wasn’t the most reliable, I think even the players or Lennon spoke about his time keeping at training etc...

To me the new regime looks like it’s all going to be about team work and a hard working ethos. Efe doesn’t seem to me like someone that would enjoy that environment. I couldn’t see Heckingbottom letting him stroll in when he wants.

Wouldn’t surprise me if that’s a factor in him not getting a look in at Derby either.

**Sir David Gray** · 08-05-2019 09:13 AM

I'd take him back in a heartbeat.

I can't see it happening though.

***BILLYHIBS*** · 08-05-2019 09:41 AM

Read somewhere that Hecky was interested in speaking to Craig Bryson but Lampard has offered him a contract extension

I know it’s a no news day

**Since452** · 08-05-2019 09:41 AM

One of the best players I've seen in a Hibs shirt. Be mad not to take him back if he fancied it.

**Smartie** · 08-05-2019 09:48 AM

You'd be mad not to take him back based on his performances - he was superb.

I just have a nagging doubt about him. Something about us as a team changed in January. It might be Lennon departing, it might be PH arriving, it was probably mainly down to the arrivals of Omeonga and McNulty.

I just wonder whether Efe was always a positive influence. He took the piss on a few occasions and showed disrespect towards a manager who holds him in high regard and has given him opportunities.

I remember a Porteous interview earlier this season where he was gushing with praise about Daz, very positive about Hanlon but lukewarm about Efe.

Quality player - I just have a nagging doubt.

***The Modfather*** · 08-05-2019 10:00 AM

Yes, although not to the detriment of Porteous’ progression. Although every chance those 2 could be the first choice pairing again.

Can’t see it happening though.

**hibby rae** · 08-05-2019 10:08 AM

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You'd be mad not to take him back based on his performances - he was superb.

I just have a nagging doubt about him. Something about us as a team changed in January. It might be Lennon departing, it might be PH arriving, it was probably mainly down to the arrivals of Omeonga and McNulty.

I just wonder whether Efe was always a positive influence. He took the piss on a few occasions and showed disrespect towards a manager who holds him in high regard and has given him opportunities.

I remember a Porteous interview earlier this season where he was gushing with praise about Daz, very positive about Hanlon but lukewarm about Efe.

Quality player - I just have a nagging doubt.

On the flipside of that though, iirc he was full of praise for Efe after we beat Celtic.

**MrRobot** · 08-05-2019 10:26 AM

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On the flipside of that though, iirc he was full of praise for Efe after we beat Celtic.

***neil7908*** · 08-05-2019 10:45 AM

I don't follow much of the English Championship but really surprising Effe can't even make the match day squad. I know it's a step up but surely not that big?

**sauzee=legend** · 08-05-2019 10:47 AM

Did derby not have some sort of transfer ban hanging them....
Hence why it took so long for Shinnie to sign his pre contract with them?
Maybe Efe wasn’t able to register to play until this summer?

***cabbageandribs1875*** · 08-05-2019 10:57 AM

and what position would SDG play

**~~The 90+2~~** · 08-05-2019 10:59 AM

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Did derby not have some sort of transfer ban hanging them....
Hence why it took so long for Shinnie to sign his pre contract with them?
Maybe Efe wasn’t able to register to play until this summer?

He only signed a deal until the summer?

***cabbageandribs1875*** · 08-05-2019 11:04 AM

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Did derby not have some sort of transfer ban hanging them....
Hence why it took so long for Shinnie to sign his pre contract with them?
Maybe Efe wasn’t able to register to play until this summer?

and pay him for 5 months just to hang around ?

**sauzee=legend** · 08-05-2019 11:05 AM

My mistake - I thought it was 18month contract.
Hold my hands up, I was wrong.

***J-C*** · 08-05-2019 11:07 AM

Took a wage cut to come but it helped get his Visa, disappointed he left giving us zero money in doing so, also as been mentioned he wasn't a great time keeper and pissed off a few players due to that.

**jax67** · 08-05-2019 11:17 AM

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Without any hesitation i would take him back.

In a heartbeat 💚

***SouthMoroccoStu*** · 08-05-2019 11:19 AM

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and pay him for 5 months just to hang around ?

Bolton aren’t paying anyone right now

**Aim Here** · 08-05-2019 11:25 AM

Only downside to getting Efe back is that he's roughly the same age as SDG, Daz, and Lewis, and they're all nearing the end of their playing careers.

If most of our back line all end up retiring from the first team squad at the same time then we might end up having to play with an entire back line that has to learn to play with each other, and with the rest of the team, from scratch. All other things being equal, it'd be better to phase in younger players one or two at a time, so there's some continuity.

That said, not all other things are equal. Bring Efe Home!

***danhibees1875*** · 08-05-2019 11:25 AM

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and what position would SDG play

That's the dilemma with Boyle returning and what formation we play.

Rocky
Ambrose Hanlon Porteous
SDG Omeonga Allan Mallan Lewis
Boyle Kamberi

I don't think Ambrose will come back though and we'll go into next year with 4 at the back and Boyle wide.

**Steven79** · 08-05-2019 11:33 AM

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Bolton aren’t paying anyone right now

What have Bolton got to do with anything?

**CMurdoch** · 08-05-2019 11:42 AM

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Only downside to getting Efe back is that he's roughly the same age as SDG, Daz, and Lewis, and they're all nearing the end of their playing careers.

If most of our back line all end up retiring from the first team squad at the same time then we might end up having to play with an entire back line that has to learn to play with each other, and with the rest of the team, from scratch. All other things being equal, it'd be better to phase in younger players one or two at a time, so there's some continuity.

That said, not all other things are equal. Bring Efe Home!

McGregor who will be 34 at the start of the new season is the only one that is close to retiring from playing.
Can't see Efe coming back.
Will end up going to Asia to play for a pot of cash.
We got a couple of good seasons out of a great player on a free transfer.
It was great while it lasted.

***BILLYHIBS*** · 08-05-2019 11:45 AM

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McGregor who will be 34 at the start of the new season is the only one that is close to retiring from playing.
Can't see Efe coming back.
Will end up going to Asia to play for a pot of cash.
We got a couple of good seasons out of a great player on a free transfer.
It was great while it lasted.

Just like the Dylan and Jase chat...exhausting.

***cabbageandribs1875*** · 08-05-2019 12:14 PM

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Bolton aren’t paying anyone right now

i honestly don't think Efe would have signed up for a Boilton-Style contract :)

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That's the dilemma with Boyle returning and what formation we play.

Rocky
Ambrose Hanlon Porteous
SDG Omeonga Allan Mallan Lewis
Boyle Kamberi

I don't think Ambrose will come back though and we'll go into next year with 4 at the back and Boyle wide.

not a bad team/set-up that

but Efe won't be back..imo, and i think Omeonga has been playing just too well for us not to get noticed elsewhere, also Genoa paid 1.6m for him just last year, they're going to want a return on that investment i would think

***Danderhall Hibs*** · 08-05-2019 12:21 PM

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I don't follow much of the English Championship but really surprising Effe can't even make the match day squad. I know it's a step up but surely not that big?

It’s not a step up - you just get paid more for doing it.