Josh Vela - No heart No passion No desire

[B.H.F.C]

Terrible player. Actually doesn’t do anything. He runs about a bit but never in to a position to receive the ball. And he just pretends he wants close down the opposition, he doesn’t actually do it.

[CloudSquall]

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3 year deal as well.

Id imagine he would be one of our highest earners as well.

He will be away hame not giving a **** about our club.

Who in the blue hell sanctioned a 3 year contract?

Jesus wept..

[Carheenlea]

If someone asked me how Vela played today I’d have to tell them that I’ve no idea. Remember nothing of note about his performance.

[FifeHibs]

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Who in the blue hell sanctioned a 3 year contract?

Jesus wept..

Hopefully some league 1 team give us his signing on fee back in January or June. He is the one of the worst players I have ever seen for contributing nothing to a game

[truehibernian]

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Hopefully some league 1 team give us his signing on fee back in January or June. He is the one of the worst players I have ever seen for contributing nothing to a game

He's not even good enough for Scottish League One - awful player

[FifeHibs]

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He's not even good enough for Scottish League One - awful player

Today was the one of the worst performances I have witnessed in a long time from a player. He ran into spaces which were impossible to pass to, he stood 10 yards from team mates, cost us the goal after pulling out a challenge.

Being kind to him would be calling him woeful.

[penihibs]

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Sure BoltonHibs took abit stick for saying it too.

Few folk need to wake up and smell the coffee. Our manager and the players he has brought in are not good enough.

Setting aside Heckys really poor development of our youngsters which in itself is a sackable offence, his time here has been a disaster.

Your bang on buddy,get him to ****!!!

[Stuart93]

He’s the epitome of everything that’s wrong with our team just now.

He couldn’t give a ****

[hibsboy69]

We’ve got this imposter in the centre of midfield and Hearts have got Glen Whelan.........who still gets a game at international level

Suns it up I’m afraid !

[HibsNutter]

What does he contribute?

[Dashing Bob S]

When you think he was practically a straight swap for Marvin B our penchant for self abuse is pretty damn impressive.

[WhileTheChief..]

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If someone asked me how Vela played today I’d have to tell them that I’ve no idea. Remember nothing of note about his performance.

He’s been the invisible man since day 1.

Pretty much everyone agrees that he offers nothing, apart from PH of course.

[blackpoolhibs]

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I gave our recruitment team the benefit of the doubt as each summer signing became known.

I tried to rationalise my initial gut feeling that we were buying "a poor-to-average standard player who would struggle in the SPL" by telling myself that the professionals at our club knew better than me.

Besides which, what were the odds of the bulk of the signings being that bad, and of Heckingbottom failing to drill them into a formidable, hard-to-beat, entertaining, high-pressing and high-scoring team?

Now, months down the line, as we sit with but one league win under our belt, I can see that I was right to feel "initially underwhelmed and disappointed".

It also beggars belief that Leeann not only sanctioned these signings but commited our club to honouring long-term contracts to boot.

I dont blame Dempster for backing her manager, that is what you do when you appoint one.

Yet when it's clear you and the man you appointed are wrong, that is when you clearly need to address this and change it as quickly as you can.

[eastmainsmsh]

is English football overrated or overpriced transfer wise as Vela was a 5 million rated midfielder couple years ago

[BILLYHIBS]

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is English football overrated or overpriced transfer wise as Vela was a 5 million rated midfielder couple years ago

Yes

[Alfred E Newman]

He's a con man. Runs about trying to look as if he's involved and contributes nothing. I'll bet he couldn't believe his luck when Hibs offered him a 3 year deal.

[we are hibs]

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is English football overrated or overpriced transfer wise as Vela was a 5 million rated midfielder couple years ago

You arent allowed to say engish football is overrated on here

[FilipinoHibs]

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You arent allowed to say engish football is overrated on here

Think £1m. Liverpool interested whe he was younger.

[Wilson]

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I dont blame Dempster for backing her manager, that is what you do when you appoint one.

Yet when it's clear you and the man you appointed are wrong, that is when you clearly need to address this and change it as quickly as you can.

I blame Dempster for allowing us to fall into the exact same pattern as before she was appointed? Buying mediocre players in bulk didn't work before Dempster and it hasn't worked this time.

After having banged on about structure and direction. About having a director of football to manage the transition between head coaches. What happened?

We went from a decent squad looking forward to welcoming back Scott Allan to this. A couple of decent players in key positions was all that was needed.

She is culpable.

[blackpoolhibs]

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I blame Dempster for allowing us to fall into the exact same pattern as before she was appointed? Buying mediocre players in bulk didn't work before Dempster and it hasn't worked this time.

After having banged on about structure and direction. About having a director of football to manage the transition between head coaches. What happened?

We went from a decent squad looking forward to welcoming back Scott Allan to this. A couple of decent players in key positions was all that was needed.

She is culpable.

I'm surprised you think Dempster is the one signing all these mediocre players, i think its the manager who signs them on recommendation, and his own targets.

Dempster cant appoint someone then interfere, until such times like now.

[superfurryhibby]

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I gave our recruitment team the benefit of the doubt as each summer signing became known.

I tried to rationalise my initial gut feeling that we were buying "a poor-to-average standard player who would struggle in the SPL" by telling myself that the professionals at our club knew better than me.

Besides which, what were the odds of the bulk of the signings being that bad, and of Heckingbottom failing to drill them into a formidable, hard-to-beat, entertaining, high-pressing and high-scoring team?

Now, months down the line, as we sit with but one league win under our belt, I can see that I was right to feel "initially underwhelmed and disappointed".

It also beggars belief that Leeann not only sanctioned these signings but commited our club to honouring long-term contracts to boot.

You’ve pretty much summarised where I’m at just now.

You have to assume that she followed advice from the well paid individuals who’s duties included overseeing the recruitment of players?

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I dont blame Dempster for backing her manager, that is what you do when you appoint one.

Yet when it's clear you and the man you appointed are wrong, that is when you clearly need to address this and change it as quickly as you can.

Agree again. Heckingbottom’s initial start was promising. He got wins out a side that had lost the habit of winning, then it all went a bit tits up after the split. By now it is apparent to one and all that Hibs are in trouble and that he can’t change what’s happening, or not enough for it to satisfy the fans.

Who knows what goes on behind the scenes at Hibs, but this seasons signings have been our worst summer window since the days of relegation, totalling uninspired (Allan aside, and even then he’s struggling to have an impact with the dross around him).

Some of these guys might yet confound the critics, but I’m not convinced we weren’t back to scraping the bottom of the barrel, the approach that pretty much defines much of the past 15 years. I can understand that the previous ownership would go canny as they obviously knew they were selling up, but we’re losing momentum. Failure to win the next two games and an exit from the cup should really be enough.

[mcfly]

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I'm surprised you think Dempster is the one signing all these mediocre players, i think its the manager who signs them on recommendation, and his own targets.

Dempster cant appoint someone then interfere, until such times like now.

Yeh but she told us we had a very successful transfer window.

That statement isn’t looking too clever now..

She is under real pressure cause she appointed this manager

[lyonhibs]

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We’ve got this imposter in the centre of midfield and Hearts have got Glen Whelan.........who still gets a game at international level

Suns it up I’m afraid !

Have you looked at the league table of late? Whelan isn't exactly pulling up trees at Hearts so I'm not sure what is exactly summed up by your comparison.

Vela isn't good enough, I think that's fairly obvious but Hearts are no better than us on a week in, week out basis, Whelan included.

[Wilson]

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I'm surprised you think Dempster is the one signing all these mediocre players, i think its the manager who signs them on recommendation, and his own targets.

Dempster cant appoint someone then interfere, until such times like now.

Well the signings are either a product of the structure she boasted of implementing. Remember all the stuff about copying the Southampton model? Or they are a result of abandoning or failing to adhere to the structure. The result is the same. We are back to our old failings. Back to mediocrity. Not on Petrie's watch this time. On hers.

[cabbageandribs1875]

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Well the signings are either a product of the structure she boasted of implementing. Remember all the stuff about copying the Southampton model? Or they are a result of abandoning or failing to adhere to the structure. The result is the same. We are back to our old failings. Back to mediocrity. Not on Petrie's watch this time. On hers.

tbf southampton are themselves only out of a relegation spot at the moment on goal difference, so we are copying them in a sense

[blackpoolhibs]

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Yeh but she told us we had a very successful transfer window.

That statement isn’t looking too clever now..

She is under real pressure cause she appointed this manager

I dont remember any Chairman EVER telling his club that they'd had a sheite transfer window, its not the done thing especially when you are backing the man YOU had put in place.

I will agree she's under pressure, and rightly so, as each day she keeps him at the club is another day we are floundering under a useless manager that she appointed.

[J-C]

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Yeh but she told us we had a very successful transfer window.

That statement isn’t looking too clever now..

She is under real pressure cause she appointed this manager

TBF we all thought Newell and Vela looked decent players and came from mid table championship clubs, I don't think anyone expected them to be so below average Championship players though.

[number9dream]

Whittaker would do a better job than Vela in front of the defence.
Murray would do a better job than Horgan or Middleton.
Kamberi or Shaw would do a better job than Doidge.

[Sammy7nil]

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When you think he was practically a straight swap for Marvin B our penchant for self abuse is pretty damn impressive.

Need to stop rolling out this nonsense Marvin started 17 of our last 70 games while he was there. Vela may not be very good but Marv is not the solution.

[BoomtownHibees]

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Need to stop rolling out this nonsense Marvin started 17 of our last 70 games while he was there. Vela may not be very good but Marv is not the solution.

Maybe not the “solution” however would be a lot better than the options we currently have