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06-04-2020 08:35 AM #1
Happy birthday joe tortolano
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06-04-2020 08:48 AM #2
One of the few bright spots in an otherwise drab mid-1980s Hibs and stayed with us till the mid 90s.
Happy Birthday Joe
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06-04-2020 01:07 PM #3
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Happy birthday Joe, thanks for the memories!
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06-04-2020 01:24 PM #4
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Loved Joe, had a hard time from certain sections of the support which he didn't deserve . Gave 100% every time he played.
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06-04-2020 01:36 PM #6
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06-04-2020 02:29 PM #8
His goal vs Stenhousemuir was an absolute peach. That game was beamed back live to Murrayfield ice rink if I recall correctly.
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06-04-2020 09:58 PM #9This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Joe loved it and so did the sparse Hibs away support in the Beach End enjoying big celebrations.
Happy Birthday Super Joe.
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06-04-2020 10:38 PM #10
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06-04-2020 10:48 PM #11
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Found this under 'Super Joe Tortolano (Hibernian FC)' on YouTube -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCoMY0UhFiQ
Hated the odd spectacular goal, did Joe, eh !!
Just noticed, on Joe's Wikipedia-page, somebody's (a Jambo most likely !) f*****d about with it - anyone who can get into Wikipedia' and amend it ?Last edited by Deansy; 06-04-2020 at 10:53 PM.
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07-04-2020 01:31 AM #12
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Always amazes me the love-in Joe gets on here.
The boy was hounded by the vast majority of fans when he played for us.
It's a pity people didn't show him the respect then as they seen to want to do now. He could have been a magnificent player for us if we had given him the backing his talent deserved.
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07-04-2020 07:05 AM #13This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
If you mean this...
"where they regularly threw pies at the fat wee man "
...that's it removed :)
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07-04-2020 08:04 AM #14This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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08-04-2020 07:17 PM #15
[QUOTE=EVENTUALLY;6136293]He scored a fabulous goal at Pittodrie in a rare midweek 2 nil win. Hibs played great that night and Joe came on as a sub and ran in on goal from around the halfway line cork screwing Willie Miller into the pitch as he twisted him round and round again before thumping a shot past a helpless Jim Leighton.
Joe loved it and so did the sparse Hibs away support in the Beach End
Pretty sure I sat my English O
Grade that day.
Rushed through and ran to catch the Hawkhill bus.
2 points and I passed the exam as well
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07-04-2020 04:58 PM #16
I don't think Alex Miller was as defensive as people make out. For me there were 2 main problems with him.
Firstly, he never, ever made substitutions until it was far too late.
He was with us too long and certain managers knew exactly how to play us. This was exacerbated by Miller's unwillingness/slowness to change things that weren't working.
As for Joe T, I was a huge fan. He looked the ideal replacement for Joe Mcbride jnr (a fans' favourite) and was one of the best crossers of the ball I've seen at Hibs.
It's a disgrace that he never got a testimonial.
He was never a defender though.
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07-04-2020 05:13 PM #17This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
For years his football was every bit as bad as people describe, often worse.
The Jackson/ Wright/ Evans/ Harper/ O'Neill/ McAllister/ Weir/ McGinlay year or two were sublime and they were quite often given the freedom to play that they required. We played good football, scored a decent number of goals and were possibly only a decent defensive partner for Geebsie, a decent CM partner for McGinlay and a bit of squad cover away from being able to properly challenge a very strong Rangers team for the title.
Rather than the Rangers myth, I think the biggest bugbear most folk deservedly had with Miller was his derby record, which was abysmal. If he hadn't got in his own way so often when it came to facing up to inferior Hearts sides he'd be viewed much more favourable by large swathes of the Hibs support.
I mean, for all the football was defensive and grim at times, he led us through some very tough times for us as a club without being relegated or even coming all that close to it, won us a cup and nearly won us another, at a time when there were plenty of strong players and teams in Scotland.Last edited by Smartie; 07-04-2020 at 05:46 PM.
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07-04-2020 05:24 PM #18This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The squad which included the players you mention should have done much more, in my view. O'Neill & McAllister on the wings (with Mickey Weir as back up), Jackson & Wright as strikers (with Kevin Harper breaking through); mouthwatering attack with the the ability to be legendary, but the team just seemed to fade after reaching the '93 League Cup Final.
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08-04-2020 02:44 PM #20
Another player that felt that Alex Miller nullified his natural attacking instincts was Dougie Bell in his upcoming autobiography:
“Speaking to HIBS fans at various events at the time their overall feeling was that Alex’s tactics were a bit too negative in the big games but not the ordinary league games If we played Dunfermline for example and they were bottom half he wanted me run at them and get the crowd excited That is what I had been doing for years and since I had been at the club and I loved it Against the bigger and better teams he was now telling me that I had to sit in That might have made good tactical sense but I really disliked having to do it
In one game he asked me to man mark a particular well known Celtic player which I did That player hardly touched the ball The problem was that I only touched the ball myself about 10 times in the game and for an attacking midfielder that likes to get forward that was excruciating
The Manager thought I had one of my best games for him and I couldn’t understand how “
Michael ONeill had this to say
“Alex Miller was a really good Manager We had a bit of a love hate relationship at times but he was a very very good Manager He was always criticised for being a little bit negative but I never found him that way at all He was structured but not negative “Last edited by BILLYHIBS; 08-04-2020 at 02:48 PM.
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Remember his debut at a frost bound Brockville?
He would take the ball for a walk always looked as though the ball was tied to his boot
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