With the position we find ourselves, where we have a solid chance of finishing third, I’m sitting wondering if this is possibly the best position we’ve found ourselves in a number years.
Big chance to finish third which may bring European group stage football until Xmas
Turned down big money offers for Nisbet and Porteous
SJM with Aston Villa sitting 7th in EPL (Potential sell on fee)
We have the potential for millions from a European run, 2 highly prized assets with Nisbet and Porteous (Doig next) and potentially a hefty percentage of SJM fee (if he leaves)
Apart from May 2016, I can’t think of a better time to be a hibby. There is so much potential over the next few weeks. Finishing third is a big IF but our destiny is in our own hands and we have a massive opportunity to push on.
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21-02-2021 01:52 PM #1
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Is this the best time to be a hibby?
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21-02-2021 01:56 PM #2
If we were in the stands then people would be considering it a great season so far with a brilliant manager, of that I have no doubt.
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21-02-2021 02:03 PM #3
This season is just weird, in so many ways, but I reckon that if we get 3rd and find ourselves with a succession of European group games of one description or another next season then that might be the pinnacle of my time following Hibs, Scottish Cup aside.
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21-02-2021 02:50 PM #4
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No - definitely not for me.
I know this is not really what you're referring to, but my best times were:
- Age 7 - 10 - being taken to Easter Road by my dad - I remember going through the turnstiles, walking up the steps and then seeing the massive pitch, that always looked like a carpet - and even better under the floodlights. Spending half the game looking at the people in the crowd - did you hear what that guy just said dad?
- Age 14 - 18 - when I started going with my friends - getting the bus from D'mains to the ground and a bag of chips for lunch. McLeod and McNamara were the stars for me.
- Age 18 - 21 - in my 4 years in Aberdeen I saw 8 games at Pittodrie - 7 defeats and a draw to Fergusons team. I remember Durie getting sent off in one game and a massive surge in the crowd at the Beach End to clap / abuse him going down the tunnel. I also vaguely remember Aberdeen parading the Cup Winners Cup to the fans before / after one game - we must have played them in their first game after they won it - they got a good clap from the Hibs fans. If they didn't have the football scores on the news then I had to wait to see the paper the next day to find out the score!
Ofcourse there's been good times since then, but I'm much more cynical now and I can't get too high or low by a football score these days - I've not idolised a footballer since I was 18.
There was a good day in 2016 though...........
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21-02-2021 02:58 PM #5
I feel sorry for young folks watching Hibs now, although they seem happy enough!
Back in the sixties and seventies it was possible to see top players - even world class players - grace the turf on a regular basis. We didn't realise how lucky we were.
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21-02-2021 03:05 PM #6
If we can get the stadium full next season it will be amazing.
United we stand here....
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21-02-2021 03:10 PM #7
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21-02-2021 03:17 PM #8
It should be a good time to be a Hibby. Everyone must see the potential to kick on in the next few years.
However I think a lot of us are feeling a bit detached because of the inability to really feel part of this season. That's not to say the club are doing anything wrong but we aren't really experiencing things as we should be. Imagine how rocking ER would have been against Aberdeen for example.
So much of where we go from here hinges on getting fans back into games. It will have a huge impact on our ST sales, it will have a huge impact on recovering lost turnover and it will have a huge impact on how engaged the fanbase as a whole feels.
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21-02-2021 03:34 PM #9
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For me the best time to be a Hibby was 2016 when we won the cup.
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21-02-2021 03:40 PM #10
With the exception of 2016 the best time to be a Hibby over the last 10/15 years was the first 20 minutes of the 5-5 game with the Hun. Knowing there was a 6 or so goal swing and watching the team show no fear, really going for it made for some of the most exciting Hibs watching ever.
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21-02-2021 03:41 PM #11
Is this the best time to be a hibby?
Given our exits in the semi final of two cups I think there is pressure to now deliver third place The current team I believe would of won both those semi s if on form
With Aberdeen in a period of transition we will never have a better chance and it just might help us hang on to the squad or at least use any transfer fees to reinvest in squad European income is not something we budget for so it would also help us recover financially from a season with no fans present
Not best time but could be springboard to something
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Not long after we beat Killie 5-3 as well.
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21-02-2021 03:44 PM #13
I actually don't think we'll see another penny for McGinn. Well, not a significant amount anyway. Villa have no reason to sell.
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21-02-2021 09:46 PM #14
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If the consensus is he's one of their best players and he has another level to go to yet at least, then you'd expect there to be a time when someone comes in for him, maybe here, maybe I/s. And if that happens the Villa would be wanting the largest amount of coin they possibly can.
How do you see it playing out?
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22-02-2021 06:52 AM #15
Aston Villa are a massive club on the up, can’t see them wanting to or being bullied into selling their better players. SJM could well be there for years, his next move could well be years down the line when no longer deemed good enough by villa to a smaller PL or championship. Or maybe even back to us if we take off over the next few seasons😀
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22-02-2021 09:34 AM #18
No.
Almost any time in history where we'd be allowed to actually go to the games would be better.
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22-02-2021 11:33 AM #19
As happy as I am with our league position, even the Butcher and Calderwood eras were better times to be Hibs fans.
Not being able to go takes 99% of the fun out of it, would happily sacrifice our league position for the ability to see friends/family at the football and to have my Saturday days out back.
Thats just me though.
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22-02-2021 01:24 PM #21
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Not the best time but a good time to be a hibby if we get 3rd spot first time in long while already no1 team in the city would also have bragging rights for at least a season as 3rd best team in the country practical side would bring in welcome money for being 3rd a few games in Europe and would imagine with all the feel good factor in place season ticket sales would be excellent ( yet again ) ggtth
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22-02-2021 03:41 PM #22
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Yep, no chance I'd have preferred watching us competing regularly against the giants of Europe 50-70 years ago, having a few points advantage over Aberdeen for 3rd in a piss poor SPFL is the pinnacle of our history
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Before the Scottish Cup win we regularly had four figure attendances at ER. We've achieved, we've been amibitious with signings, we've invested well, we've looked to get fans involved as much as possible and despite having the same conditions as everyone else, we've done well to grow as a club. Kilmarnock have found out this season that it doesn't take much of a dip in quality of your squad to find out how decent almost every team in the league can be on their day. So did Aberdeen getting pumped 4-1 by Ross County.
We're a good team because we're a good team, not because of what's going on around us.
Do you think your security can keep you in purity, you will not shake us off above or below. Scottish friction, Scottish fiction
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