Hibs transfer rumours

[bingo70]

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Michalik turns us down it seems

I'm not bothered about this one, everything i read about him from previous clubs said he was pish so there were alarm bells ringing.

Ideally i wanted a new defensive partner for Mcpake but if the budget is going to be much reduced i'd rather we stuck with what we've got defensively and brought in another midfielder, winger or forward

[hibsbollah]

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I think I'm right in saying that Fenlon rates Wotherspoon quite highly, add on what you mentioned about the thinned out squad I think this would be an unlikely move. We'll see what happens on the 'Spoony front soon enough though.

I'll be hoping for one of two things, 1. He gets a chance in the hole behind the strikers or 2. We move him on. He hasnt done a thing in a wide position for about 18 months.

[blackpoolhibs]

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C'mon G. you know that players have often been castigated on here without even playing 1 game

[Iggy Pope]

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Have you based that opinion on 1 game against East Fife?

Are you doubting his opinion based on not seeing 1 game against East Fife?

[heretoday]

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What about casting our net further than ex-players?

I'd be interested to see if there was any value in players from poorer countries where a move to Scotland would be appealing, got to think there must be a few Greek players for example out there that aren't getting paid or concerned about earning a decent wage as a footballer over there.

Good thinking. I sometimes wonder if clubs ever use their imaginations at all or if they are happy just to let agents and scouts do the work.

[Franck Stanton]

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If we sign Maybury and play Clancy in Centre Half then we don't need him anyway IMO.

Understand what you are saying but , hasn,t that been a bit of a downfall for us in recent seasons, signing a player for a certain position and then trying to play him somewhere else thereby having a player giving a sub-standard performance througfh no fault of his own as the position is alien to him. Clancy was bought for r/b, has stated himself he likes/plays better there so, imo, keep him there and turn our attention for another c/b elsewhere.

[blackpoolhibs]

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Are you doubting his opinion based on not seeing 1 game against East Fife?

Yip, we need to judge just how strong we are defensively in a few weeks time, when all the comings and goings have been done, or after i have seen the team on Wednesday.

A back 4 of Clancy McPake Hanlon and Maybury does not fill me with much hope if i'm honest, especially with what we have in front of them. We are well short of quality, even from what we had at the end of last season imo.

[R'Albin]

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Have you based that opinion on 1 game against East Fife?

No I wasn't meaning that it was Maybury in particular that I wanted, I meant that if we sign a right back and play Clancy in the centre then we don't need another centre back. I didn't make that very clear in my last post.

[R'Albin]

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Understand what you are saying but , hasn,t that been a bit of a downfall for us in recent seasons, signing a player for a certain position and then trying to play him somewhere else thereby having a player giving a sub-standard performance througfh no fault of his own as the position is alien to him. Clancy was bought for r/b, has stated himself he likes/plays better there so, imo, keep him there and turn our attention for another c/b elsewhere.

I never knew that actually. Though he's been a pretty good CB in the past has he not? It's not like playing Scott/Osbourne out wide for example, he's actually proven to be competent there. Plus maybe Fenlon did sign him to be a CB ?

[Iggy Pope]

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Yip, we need to judge just how strong we are defensively in a few weeks time, when all the comings and goings have been done, or after i have seen the team on Wednesday.

A back 4 of Clancy McPake Hanlon and Maybury does not fill me with much hope if i'm honest, especially with what we have in front of them. We are well short of quality, even from what we had at the end of last season imo.

Well, if Maybury is as keen and fit looking on Wednesday as he was today, you might be surprised.
Be Saturday before I can take another look

[Iggy Pope]

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I never knew that actually. Though he's been a pretty good CB in the past has he not? It's not like playing Scott/Osbourne out wide for example, he's actually proven to be competent there. Plus maybe Fenlon did sign him to be a CB ?

I'd rather see him at CB than I would say, David Stephens.

[R'Albin]

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I'd rather see him at CB than I would say, David Stephens.

How did he play today? But ditto anyway

[Iggy Pope]

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How did he play today? But ditto anyway

Erratic would be the kindest description. He may have taken a knock as he was getting a bit of attention from the physio at the end, but when the change was made at half time the back 4 looked more settled and the backs got forward far more effectively.

[R'Albin]

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Erratic would be the kindest description. He may have taken a knock as he was getting a bit of attention from the physio at the end, but when the change was made at half time the back 4 looked more settled and the backs got forward far more effectively.

[sesoim]

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Dunfy, And he really couldn't miss.

He (Doyle) also missed an open goal in that game. He tries hard, but I doubt he could score regularly for us. If we don't sign at least a couple of forwards that are better than him then I will be worried.

[erin go bragh]

Kenny Shiels saying Dean is training and nearly ready to play - but not for Killie-
Killie have no money ,so cant sign any players

Petrie ,, get it sorted


ggtth

[YehButNoBut]

Looks like Fenlon would like to offer Maybury a deal but is not sure yet if Hibs can afford to as the financial impact of the Rangers situation will reduce his budget and likely lead to him bringing in 2 fewer players than he would have liked.


http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/h...-alan-maybury/

Pat Fenlon still hopes to be in a position to offer Alan Maybury a deal to stay at Hibernian but concedes he can’t offer the defender any guarantees.

Former Hearts player Maybury is a free agent after leaving St Johnstone at the end of last season. The 33-year-old has been training with the Easter Road side in pre-season and featured in the second half of the club’s 2-0 friendly win over East Fife. Hibs boss Fenlon says the financial impact of Rangers being in Division Three will reduce his budget, meaning he will bring in two fewer players than he would have liked.

Speaking to Hibernian TV he said: "We have had Alan in training for a week.

"He's a great professional and a very, very good player. He's probably someone we could do with around the place.

"Whether we are able to do it at the moment, I'm not too sure with the way things are. So we'll just have to wait and see."

[SouthMoroccoStu]

Is it greedy and or realistic to want Maybury, Deano, another striker and another midfielder?!

Would like to see David Stephens played in the midfield. Big, strong and pretty decent with the ball at his feet. We could mature him into that role.

[California-Hibs]

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Is it greedy and or realistic to want Maybury, Deano, another striker and another midfielder?!

Would like to see David Stephens played in the midfield. Big, strong and pretty decent with the ball at his feet. We could mature him into that role.

Behave!

[skipster7]

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Is it greedy and or realistic to want Maybury, Deano, another striker and another midfielder?!

Would like to see David Stephens played in the midfield. Big, strong and pretty decent with the ball at his feet. We could mature him into that role.

no,we couldnt.from what ive seen he might be big but is murder on the ball and has no positional awareness.bombscare.

[NorthNorfolkHFC]

It is rather scary that we we STILL have not addressed our issues with width. We still have no wingers or guys who can take somebody on. I am not excited at all about starting the season. Aberdeen sorted this out by signing two wingers, they will be strong all be it without fyvie now. Us on the other hand have *****ed all our budget on one player. Hearts, despite losing players still look strong with a good front three of Sutton, driver and templeton. We still are persisting with mostly the same clowns who got pumped by hearts, summer of change??? Not really!!!

[MSK]

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It is rather scary that we we STILL have not addressed our issues with width. We still have no wingers or guys who can take somebody on. I am not excited at all about starting the season. Aberdeen sorted this out by signing two wingers, they will be strong all be it without fyvie now. Us on the other hand have *****ed all our budget on one player. Hearts, despite losing players still look strong with a good front three of Sutton, driver and templeton. We still are persisting with mostly the same clowns who got pumped by hearts, summer of change??? Not really!!!

One player ..Cairney, McPake, Williams & Clancy ?

Hearts want rid of Sutton ..Templeton blows hot & cold & Driver apart from being injury prone is ***** !!!

[Cocaine&Caviar]

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It is rather scary that we we STILL have not addressed our issues with width. We still have no wingers or guys who can take somebody on. I am not excited at all about starting the season. Aberdeen sorted this out by signing two wingers, they will be strong all be it without fyvie now. Us on the other hand have *****ed all our budget on one player. Hearts, despite losing players still look strong with a good front three of Sutton, driver and templeton. We still are persisting with mostly the same clowns who got pumped by hearts, summer of change??? Not really!!!

McGinn is being deployed as a striker though remember.

[Hibspirational]

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It is rather scary that we we STILL have not addressed our issues with width. We still have no wingers or guys who can take somebody on. I am not excited at all about starting the season. Aberdeen sorted this out by signing two wingers, they will be strong all be it without fyvie now. Us on the other hand have *****ed all our budget on one player. Hearts, despite losing players still look strong with a good front three of Sutton, driver and templeton. We still are persisting with mostly the same clowns who got pumped by hearts, summer of change??? Not really!!!

[AlbertK86]

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One player ..Cairney, McPake, Williams & Clancy ?

Hearts want rid of Sutton ..Templeton blows hot & cold & Driver apart from being injury prone is ***** !!!

Think they may keep Sutton now.

Only experienced striker who started and scored for them yesterday.

[ScottB]

Reality has changed, if folk are going to throw hissy fits if we don't sign another 4 players, then we might as well not bother!

How many times in the last few years have we tried to bring in a ton of players all at once, and how often has it worked? I've got a lot of time for Pat and I think he is going about this the right way; sorting out our obvious problems from last season one by one, we have a much stronger defence already, and we've added some creativity to the midfield. If we don't manage to get much else in in this window then so be it, I'd rather we get the right players in, be that now or January, than quickly add in a load of last minute stop gaps, and with the financial reality what it is, that seems unlikely anyway.

A striker and a winger would probably do as further signings. Perhaps adding Maybury with a last minute 'take it or leave it' deal. I'm happy to have the young guys as back up to Williams, We have Booth, Smith, Hanlon and Kujabi who can all play Left Back, I wonder if Booth could be tasked as a left winger. The young guys and Doyle will do upfront alongside a new man. It's going to be a case of leaning on the youngsters and who we already had alongside the new guys.

[YehButNoBut]

I know this is from Hibs football rumours page but I would so love this to be true.


16 Jul 2012 11:11:39
Gary Twigg, Dean Shiels & leigh Griffiths will join before the start of the season. Alan Maybury will sign if Pat can move on Sean O'Hanlon.

[Andy74]

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Reality has changed, if folk are going to throw hissy fits if we don't sign another 4 players, then we might as well not bother!

How many times in the last few years have we tried to bring in a ton of players all at once, and how often has it worked? I've got a lot of time for Pat and I think he is going about this the right way; sorting out our obvious problems from last season one by one, we have a much stronger defence already, and we've added some creativity to the midfield. If we don't manage to get much else in in this window then so be it, I'd rather we get the right players in, be that now or January, than quickly add in a load of last minute stop gaps, and with the financial reality what it is, that seems unlikely anyway.

A striker and a winger would probably do as further signings. Perhaps adding Maybury with a last minute 'take it or leave it' deal. I'm happy to have the young guys as back up to Williams, We have Booth, Smith, Hanlon and Kujabi who can all play Left Back, I wonder if Booth could be tasked as a left winger. The young guys and Doyle will do upfront alongside a new man. It's going to be a case of leaning on the youngsters and who we already had alongside the new guys.

Just about where I am too.

I'd love to see a pacy winger though or at least one that can use some ability to go past people. An experienced striker is also a must. I'm also not sure i'd rely on kinds as goalkeeping back up.

However, if that's our lot then fine, as you say, if we can do the same sort of job each window for the next wee while then that will do.

It'll take a while to turn over the guys we don't want and to get the kids up to speed.

It's the current reality though and to be fair, most people seem pretty open in accepting that now which is refreshing.

We've let 15 players go, some high earners, including two good goalscorers. There isn't the same type of demands to replace all of these guys with better players than there would usually be.

[.Sean.]

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I'll be hoping for one of two things, 1. He gets a chance in the hole behind the strikers or 2. We move him on. He hasnt done a thing in a wide position for about 18 months.

I think he could definately play up front. I know you can say it was 'only East Fife' we played but I was very impressed with him. Totally different player from the one we've seen in recent times. He was brilliant.

[cabbageandribs1875]

good to see young scott taggart get himself fixed up with morton