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Thread: Leigh Griffiths to Aberdeen
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31-03-2021 03:08 PM #151
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31-03-2021 03:10 PM #152
I'd like us to sign Lee, but I'd like to see the deal first before I could say if it was worth it or not.
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31-03-2021 03:14 PM #153This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
All of the above.
If you think how many people are directly involved in the transfer of a player, plus agents wanting to talk up the value of their clients, plus players keen to know how their contract compares with their team mates, it’s no surprise that information leaks out.
Of course some of it will be wild speculation, and weirdly often ignores things like bonuses which could dramatically alter the size of a contract.
Wouldn’t be surprised if Leigh’s actual earnings have been a lot lower than speculated this season, because he’s not been on the pitch to earn those goal bonuses.
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31-03-2021 03:27 PM #154
^^Agreed.
A colleague of mine is literally just off the phone to a Championship player.
He knows exactly what his earnings and outgoings have been over the last few years and what he’ll earn over the next 18 months or so.
He’s not about to go sharing that info on Twitter or anything but as you say, plenty people will know what players earn and some of it might end up on forums or the like.
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31-03-2021 03:39 PM #155This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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31-03-2021 03:46 PM #156This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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31-03-2021 03:54 PM #157
For anyone who thinks Brown or Griffiths aren’t as good as what we’ve got - Brown is heading for 40+ appearances for Celtic this season. Griffiths has made 20.
Do people genuinely believe Newell, Gogic, Irving, Nisbet or Doidge would have played more than that?
I would be surprised if all 5 of them would manage 20 games for Celtic in a season combined. And on the flip side of that, does anyone genuinely think Griffiths or Brown would be sitting on the bench whilst these guys play at Hibs even though they’ve made plenty appearances for Celtic?
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31-03-2021 04:06 PM #158This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
25: Premiership
2: Scottish Cup
4: League Cup
6: European
All in a total of 111 appearances.
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31-03-2021 04:29 PM #159
All the discussion about Brown, who will never play for Hibs again, and Griffiths, who is unlikely to play for us in the foreseeable future, appears to have sparked comparisons with our present players and painted them in a sort of negative light, which I don’t think they deserve. Ok, they don’t have the emotional and sentimental attraction that the two former Hibs players seem to have and, yes, Brown and Griffiths are very good players, but there is no need to talk down the players who have got us into an excellent position this season and who will hopefully take us into a new and successful season. Some of the very recent comments by so-called Hibs supporters on social media about our present players are unbelievable. For example, there are folk there saying that Gogic is garbage. C’mon.
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31-03-2021 04:31 PM #160This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Saying they’re not as good isn’t a put down when you’re comparing them to who they’re being compared to.
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31-03-2021 04:32 PM #161This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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31-03-2021 05:05 PM #162
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But I do have my doubts that he’ll ever be fit and playing every week ever again.
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31-03-2021 05:42 PM #163This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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31-03-2021 06:12 PM #165
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The main question for me would be can we get a regular 90mins out of Leigh over the course of a season? If the answer to that is yes then I would have no hesitation in signing him money permitting.
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31-03-2021 06:15 PM #166
If Griffiths can’t get himself fit and motivated to get to the euros with Scotland this summer I’d have my concerned about how motivated he’d be playing for us when he’d be in his comfort zone.
Might be brilliant of course but I’d have a few alarm bells ringing if we spent a lot of money on him (including his wages)
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31-03-2021 06:20 PM #167This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
United we stand here....
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31-03-2021 06:40 PM #168
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Do you have a veto?
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31-03-2021 07:09 PM #170
I remember when there was another set of rumours about Leigh coming to Hibs on loan someone who works at the club laughed out loud that we’d be able to afford a player who makes ten times more than the highest earner at the club did at the time
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31-03-2021 07:13 PM #171This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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31-03-2021 07:37 PM #172
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Maybe the romance just hasn't faded for me but I'd bite my leg off to bring Leigh home - financially indeed it's up to Griffiths now to decide whether he wants to carry on picking up a high wage or get back into regularly playing; if it's the latter then I would like to think Hibs could offer something to him and that he'd be interested, especially given that there's clearly space in the squad for a first team striker (not to discount Gullan/Shanley but having 2 and a half strikers in the squad between Nisbet, Doidge and Boyle just isn't enough strength in depth IMHO). Agree it would be a risk and it's also quite possible he doesn't fancy the pressure/attention etc. of coming back to play for us - which would be understandable in all honesty but I would be lying if I denied that a part of my soul would die seeing him in a sheep top
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31-03-2021 08:07 PM #173
The biggest thing for Leigh is his kids and being close to them, I think he still travels to Glasgow from Edinburgh(outskirts) to be near them, one reason why Hibs may be a better option than Aberdeen.
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31-03-2021 09:42 PM #174This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
i can’t work out why you’re getting a hard time, you didn’t make the original comment about post count, you just elaborated on why post counts could be discussed in these situations
I’m glad it appears it’s not getting to you
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31-03-2021 10:01 PM #175
I'd bring back the Griffiths we had in a heartbeat, but that version was a long time ago and I'm wary of paying big wages to someone who allegedly has fitness issues and whose recent form is nothing special.
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31-03-2021 10:02 PM #176This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I’d much prefer Brown/Griffiths to Gogic/Newell/Nisbet/Irvine. Not really much of a contest in all honesty
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31-03-2021 11:00 PM #177This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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31-03-2021 11:24 PM #178
I have to admit to being impressed at some of the people on here who seem to have inside knowledge of Aberdeen's finances. Personally I don't see why we coudn't outbid them for Griffiths if we wanted to go for him.
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31-03-2021 11:50 PM #179
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Leigh is what 30? Brown is six years older and definitely at the end of his playing career.
I'd take Griffiths back as he's got at least a couple of years before age really makes it impossible for him to play (at least for parts of games) at the top level. If he's got another year at Celtic on top whack then he's be probably best to take that - if he can get back in the first team squad then he'll probably get a one or two year extension.
Provided his body doesn't completely fail him I'd see what he wanted to do aged 31/32 - once his Celtic wages were a thing of the past.
Having said all that I could see him going to Aberdeen on loan as they can almost certainly pay a bigger proportion of his wages than we could - and because of the Brown connection.
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01-04-2021 12:30 AM #180This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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