I don't think he's talking nonsense and have seen it numerous times.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I often wonder what you make of the opinions and views on the other well known Hibs fans forum which are a bit more straight talking.
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Thread: Leigh Griffiths to Aberdeen
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31-03-2021 08:27 AM #61
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31-03-2021 08:29 AM #63
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31-03-2021 08:34 AM #65This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I don’t think anyone is paying a fee for Leigh.
More likely that Celtc will look to cut him a deal to get him off their books. But of course it all depends on the new manager and their plans.
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31-03-2021 08:35 AM #67
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Ive tried to think would I be bothered if either of them didnt have the links to the club they have had. Brown really wouldnt bother me, yes hes been great for Celtic but hes unproven as coach & who knows how he will fair in a team that doesnt have the talent cetic do. Leigh I still think could offer something but as Ive said I just think its too much of a gamble.
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31-03-2021 08:36 AM #68
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I'd be amazed and somewhat disappointed if Griffiths was leaving Celtic and Jack Ross is not monitoring the situation. Leigh is well known to be Hibs daft and is an undoubted talent if something of a maverick genius. It may be of course that the financial aspect is prohibitive. Aberdeen have supposedly got bigger finances in place and they are DESPERATE for goals so have much more incentive to push the boat out than Hibs. If Hibs had a bottomess pit of cash then signing Griffiths certainly would be a no brainer though - we don't however, but we do have a different owner in Ron Gordon who does not seem as uber-cautious as the Farmer-Petrie regime we got so used to over the years. So I would not write off the possibility of Hibs making a move - although we clearly face stern competition for Leigh's signature in Aberdeen.
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31-03-2021 08:37 AM #69This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
2012 for us he got 20+ league goals, and has done it once for Celtc, 2015/6.
The "hes a 20 goal a season striker" is complete crap from people who havent got a clue.
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31-03-2021 08:38 AM #70
There’s something about that typo that makes me feel a bit nauseous.
It’s ****ing Leigh
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31-03-2021 08:39 AM #71This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Brown will be an improvement on Aberdeen’s current midfield and would be an improvement on ours as well, albeit not necessarily long term. Would Newell, Gogic or Irvine have got so many minutes at Celtic this season? Not a chance.
Griffiths is potentially one of the best strikers in the league and he’d certainly the best outside the OF imo.
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31-03-2021 08:42 AM #72This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Missing out a season where he scored 20 and also not pointing out that the seasons you didn’t miss he scored 28 and 40, so much, much more than 20 is doing him a slight disservice imo.
His rate of scoring at Celtic gave him a goal every 2.08 games. If you could keep him fit, which is of course a big if, then that kind of rate clears 20 every season.Last edited by calumhibee1; 31-03-2021 at 08:44 AM.
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31-03-2021 08:44 AM #73
Aberdeen have a lot of players out of contract in the summer which obviously will help with their wage bill, but I wonder if their finances are so much better than us now. Probably had to pay off DM and have had less income than us from season ticket sales + our (hopefully) higher league position and all that it could bring.
I’d be very disappointed if we don’t bring LG back over Aberdeen, although I guess a lot depends on what happens with Nisbet. I can’t see us keeping him, Doidge and then bringing in LG.
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31-03-2021 08:49 AM #74
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31-03-2021 08:53 AM #75This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Either way I am confident JR and the board will be able to take the emotion out of it and make the right call.
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31-03-2021 08:58 AM #76
My first reaction would be to bring him back with no hesitation whatsoever. He's capabale of scoring goals that nobody in our current squad can match.
However, if it was a case of a choice between signing Leigh & keeping Nisbet (for example), it becomes far less clear cut.
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31-03-2021 09:01 AM #77
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Mair chance of Terry Griffiths doing a snooker exhibition in Aberdeen
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31-03-2021 09:02 AM #78This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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The chance of him successfully completing a likely contract is low. If Celtic are willing to dump him and a whole load of money, are they crazy? I suspect people are buying the old Leigh rather than the current version.
I would rather spend the money elsewhere and on more players than gambling on one. Let Aberdeen take the risk if indeed that story is real. I find it unlikely given their wider issues.
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31-03-2021 09:17 AM #80This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I am well aware of his overall scoring record in those seasons - the question posed related to league goals which is what I answered.
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31-03-2021 09:27 AM #81
Don't see any reason for Celtic to let him go cheaply however there are probably only a very few clubs in Scotland who would be an option. Interesting to see how it works out however think he will see out his final year at Celtic and try and impress their new manager.
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31-03-2021 09:35 AM #82This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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31-03-2021 09:38 AM #83
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Might have prevented another thread from being side tracked for a bit and even also have encouraged more people to get involved.
Concensus appears we would take him with the acknowledged asterisk attached.
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31-03-2021 09:40 AM #84
Unless Aberdeen were prepared to pay well over the odds for Leigh/Lee/Lou, there's no possibility that they'd "pip us" to his signature, if we wanted him, imo.
If he does go elsewhere in Scotland, it'll tell me that we didn't want him and I'll be happy enough to accept that we had our reasons. (Have I got those tenses right?)
The romantic in me would like to think that he'd get such a mental boost from being back at the team he supports, that he'd put his troubles behind him, and we'd get a couple of prolific seasons out of him.
The realist in me recognises that fairy tales like that rarely come true.
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31-03-2021 09:41 AM #85This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Surprised you find my post offensive.
Sorry about that, thought you were more thick skinned. I'll bear it in mind for future.
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31-03-2021 09:42 AM #86This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
If you don't want crap on .net, I suggest you stop stirring it.
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31-03-2021 09:43 AM #87This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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31-03-2021 09:43 AM #88This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
You’ve got to subscribe to read the article. Has anybody read it?
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31-03-2021 09:46 AM #89
If it was the Leigh from 2016/17 I would say push the boat out, pay as much as he wants and get him into Hibs squad for next year. The thing is, it isn't the Leigh from then, it is Leigh 2021, who has played in 31 games and scored 6 goals. The last time he scored 20+ in a season was 2016/17, his record since then has been, for a Celtc striker (ie the striker getting the best service in the league) is pretty terrible.
2017/18 - Played 40 Scored 11
2018/19 - Played 20 Scored 4
2019/20 - Played 38 Scored 12
2020/21 - Played 31 Scored 6
These are figures for all games including European games. I think most strikers have purple patches in their careers, Leigh's was 2012 through to 2017, he scored 130 in 4 seasons. Like almost all strikers he will lose that touch or a wee bit of pace and that can make a huge difference to a player and it has shown in his recent seasons. Aberdeen might be a good move for Leigh, but I don't think it would be a good move for Hibs to try and get him again, he is 30, he is not getting any younger or fitter, he will not get that bit of pace or that touch back, I would go so far as to say he will never score 20 goals in a season again at this level. Leigh also doesn't fit our current 'philosophy' as laid out by RG. We are looking to youth, we should be ready to welcome our development players back in preseason to see if any are ready for the step up. We have a great young striker in Nisbet and some real prospects coming through the youth system. Sentimentally I would love to see him back in a Hibs strip but my head says otherwise.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
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31-03-2021 09:46 AM #90This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Frees up money for the club to use on s younger player.
Gives Griffiths the opportunity to be at the top of the pecking order elsewhere.
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