I wouldn't go as far as "dodged a bullet" but I was very comfortable at the time with us not overspending on wages in order to sign Dylan, and that hasn't changed. I wouldn't change the business of Docherty coming in to have DM either.
The "wrong style" argument can't go on forever for a player who is as good as most on here tell us, and those questioning (even criticising) JR's management credentials because we didn't sign him look even sillier now.
Hopefully for his sake he can remain fit and get back to playing at a good level (not against us) but we haven't missed out.
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25-02-2020 11:32 AM #31
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I think Dylan is a bit of a specialist and will struggle to fit into most teams. He even struggled a bit at Hibs to find his position with Stubbs playing him wide right most of the time. It was only when Scott Allan arrived and Lennon settled on a 3-5-2 when we began to see Dylan perform consistently brilliant. There are not many players capable of playing the holding role as well as Dylan. He is great at receiving the ball in tight spaces and getting the team on the front foot. The only thing is that British football often sees this as the position for tough tackling hard men.
At Aberdeen I suspect the fact that Ojo is playing alongside him will mean that Dylan doesn't have the space and movement in front of him to thrive.
For me a midfield three of McGeouch, Docherty and Omeonga/Allan would be fantastic at Hibs. McGeouch is pure class when played in the right position in the right team.
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Dylan never once played wide right for Hibs.
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25-02-2020 08:04 PM #38
I think it's been good for McGeouch's reputation amongst Hibs fans that he didn't come back.
He was a very good player for us and I was disappointed when he left. However even if he had returned fully fit and on form he would struggle to live up to some of the expectations being voiced.
Let's just remember how good he was and be grateful for that.Mature, sensible signature required for responsible position. Good prospects for the right candidate. Apply within.
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He played wide right when we got beat by Ross Co in the League cup final, he was wasted and lost out there.
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Had Hanlon and McGeouch been fit we would have won a cup double. I'm certain of that.PM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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You're right my memory deceived me, it was the 0-1 loss to Falkirk the season before in the Scottish cup semi, I remember thinking he was so lost out on the right, Falkirk started to be a bogie team for us. Stubbs played a back 3 with Dylan and Lewis as wingbacks.
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In any case, he certainly wasn't playing "wide right"
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I think this episode demonstrates very well however, how football fans tend to build up players into messiah like figures when they do well for them such that the legend outgrows reality.
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Regardless, he wasnt nearly as effective on the right as he was at the base. I still remember Raith Rovers away in the 2016 cup run with Hibs toiling until Stubbs switched Fyvie and McGeouch. McGeouch at the base immediately gave Hibs impetus and control of the game and it goes to show that McGeouch was far more effective as the holding player than anywhere else in the midfield. I was shocked that Stubbs never seemed to learn from this but it just goes to show how many a manager haven't got the best out of Dylan.
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Right of a diamond is still a central midfielder, just on the right side.
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Gattuso and Ambrosini played years on the right and left of a diamond for Milan, they certainly didn't provide width. They were central midfielders. That is generally how the system is played and it is how Hibs played it.
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