Summer 2019 transfer thread

[The 90+2]

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Well that’s taken a sinister turn

There’s always one.

[StevesFamau5]

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Are people not allowed second chances in life? As far as I’m aware there have been no other allegations or convictions. Players football career already ruined. He made a mistake as a silly little boy and paid the price since. Away and get your daily mail.

If someone of the age of say 19/20 was texting or messaging your 14/15 year old daughter, would you be OK with it? Now let's say the chat was of a sexual nature, would you be OK with it?

I am all for second chances but with this one I am a bit uneasy about it.

Yes he was a daft laddie, but still old enough to know the difference between legal age and non legal age (I would assume). Given the nature of the crime it doesn't appear to be just an innocent mistake.

"Thomson was convicted on 17 June 2011 at Edinburgh Sheriff Court after admitting 'lewd, libidinous and indecent behaviour' towards two girls aged 12 and 14. He admitted to showing them male genitalia, asking the older one for sex and engaging them in sexual chat. He was fined £4,000 and placed on the sex offenders register for five years"

Personally as a father, I think he shouldn't be allowed to play professional football again, someone like that is not a role model are they?

Anyway moving on from this..... any new signing rumors this sunny Friday????

[Hibernian32]

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If someone of the age of say 19/20 was texting or messaging your 14/15 year old daughter, would you be OK with it? Now let's say the chat was of a sexual nature, would you be OK with it?

I am all for second chances but with this one I am a bit uneasy about it.

Yes he was a daft laddie, but still old enough to know the difference between legal age and non legal age (I would assume). Given the nature of the crime it doesn't appear to be just an innocent mistake.

"Thomson was convicted on 17 June 2011 at Edinburgh Sheriff Court after admitting 'lewd, libidinous and indecent behaviour' towards two girls aged 12 and 14. He admitted to showing them male genitalia, asking the older one for sex and engaging them in sexual chat. He was fined £4,000 and placed on the sex offenders register for five years"

Personally as a father, I think he shouldn't be allowed to play professional football again, someone like that is not a role model are they?

Anyway moving on from this..... any new signing rumors this sunny Friday????

Glad to see somebody gets it

[matty_f]

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If someone of the age of say 19/20 was texting or messaging your 14/15 year old daughter, would you be OK with it? Now let's say the chat was of a sexual nature, would you be OK with it?

I am all for second chances but with this one I am a bit uneasy about it.

Yes he was a daft laddie, but still old enough to know the difference between legal age and non legal age (I would assume). Given the nature of the crime it doesn't appear to be just an innocent mistake.

"Thomson was convicted on 17 June 2011 at Edinburgh Sheriff Court after admitting 'lewd, libidinous and indecent behaviour' towards two girls aged 12 and 14. He admitted to showing them male genitalia, asking the older one for sex and engaging them in sexual chat. He was fined £4,000 and placed on the sex offenders register for five years"

Personally as a father, I think he shouldn't be allowed to play professional football again, someone like that is not a role model are they?

Anyway moving on from this..... any new signing rumors this sunny Friday????

If that's his line of work then he should be allowed to return to work once his conviction is spent.

[Alex Trager]

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Done pretty well for himself Imo. Playing for roma doesn't come easy.

Who’s playing for Roma?

[PH91]

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Who’s playing for Roma?

Davide Santon. Not to be confused with Sam Stanton.

[MagicSwirlingShip]

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Absolutely, as I said earlier I always thought he had potential. Out of that bunch (Harris, Stanton, Caldwell, Crane and going back Kurtis Byrne) Danny was the one I really thought would be our next big home grown signing.

I didn’t have any confidence that any of that batch of youngsters would be sold on.

Compare to the break through of O’Connor, Thomson, then Riordan & Brown, Fletcher. These lads played with a swagger from the get go, and grabbed games by the scruff of the neck. They knew they were good enough.

It seemed to me the likes of Stanton, Handling, Caldwell didn’t have the inner self belief or strut to make it. Cummings did, and was derided by many for his one attribute that set him apart from the youngsters that broke through ahead of him - confidence in his ability.

[easty]

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Are people not allowed second chances in life? As far as I’m aware there have been no other allegations or convictions. Players football career already ruined. He made a mistake as a silly little boy and paid the price since. Away and get your daily mail.

Are folk who don't like convicted sex offenders automatically supporters of the Daily Mail?

[easty]

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I didn’t have any confidence that any of that batch of youngsters would be sold on.

Compare to the break through of O’Connor, Thomson, then Riordan & Brown, Fletcher. These lads played with a swagger from the get go, and grabbed games by the scruff of the neck. They knew they were good enough.

It seemed to me the likes of Stanton, Handling, Caldwell didn’t have the inner self belief or strut to make it. Cummings did, and was derided by many for his one attribute that set him apart from the youngsters that broke through ahead of him - confidence in his ability.

I quite liked Stanton, thought he was more capable than the others, but even then, I never thought he looked like a great player. I never saw the big deal about Handling. I could never work out what he was bringing to them team.

[The 90+2]

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Are folk who don't like convicted sex offenders automatically supporters of the Daily Mail?

I don’t exactly like the boy and I take on board the comments about if it was my own girls. What I don’t go for is the burn the witch attitude towards another human who made massive shocking mistakes and paid for it with a top level football career in tatters. I also don’t think he’s any kind of a role model.

Well off topic but Edinburgh City are hardly a horrible club.

[Heisenberg]

Tom James from Yeovil.

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/spo...s-yeovil-town/

Appears to be a right back so solid competition for Gray. WBA had a 400k bid accepted in 2018 but he failed to agree terms with them.

[GloryGlory]

Gosh, this thread has taken a few wrong turns!

[Northernhibee]

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I don’t exactly like the boy and I take on board the comments about if it was my own girls. What I don’t go for is the burn the witch attitude towards another human who made massive shocking mistakes and paid for it with a top level football career in tatters. I also don’t think he’s any kind of a role model.

Well off topic but Edinburgh City are hardly a horrible club.

People seem to think that the concept of justice is a cuddly, warming idea but if anything it means more difficult decisions than anything.

If our justice system is there to reform, then you can't have a system where people don't get the chance to rebuild their lives and rehabilitate themselves into normal society.

It doesn't mean that I don't dislike the guy but he deserves to rebuild his life and show signs that he is indeed reformed. Otherwise you just drive people underground and into a cycle of reoffending.

[Souter96Mac]

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Tom James from Yeovil.

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/spo...s-yeovil-town/

Appears to be a right back so solid competition for Gray. WBA had a 400k bid accepted in 2018 but he failed to agree terms with them.

On paper it sounds like he'd be a great signing. Long term replacement for sir David.

[PPZPOL]

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I think we need a defensive midfielder who will sit break up play and make an easy pass. No need for him to stray to far past the half way line all the rest of the current midfielders all do that.

The two Killie boys were the best I seen last season at that. Dicker and Power maybe their names? Every time I watched them on tv and the times against us I thought the two of them were pivotal.

[GloryGlory]

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Tom James from Yeovil.

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/spo...s-yeovil-town/

Appears to be a right back so solid competition for Gray. WBA had a 400k bid accepted in 2018 but he failed to agree terms with them.

At last! A genuine Hibs rumour!

[The 90+2]

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People seem to think that the concept of justice is a cuddly, warming idea but if anything it means more difficult decisions than anything.

If our justice system is there to reform, then you can't have a system where people don't get the chance to rebuild their lives and rehabilitate themselves into normal society.

It doesn't mean that I don't dislike the guy but he deserves to rebuild his life and show signs that he is indeed reformed. Otherwise you just drive people underground and into a cycle of reoffending.

Totally agree bearing in mind also football isn’t just a normal career, the boy could and should have played top level football so he not only got justice given for the disguising crime but lost out on the fortunes of a top playing career too as well as facing abuse every week of his life on and off the pitch.

[brog]

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Danny was outstanding for us in two matches. Away at Livi and that time he farcically got sent off in Glasgow then lost his place in the side to Scotty Rob, both times bang in the middle of the park, confidence flowing.

I would add the 4-0 destruction of Sevco to that. Who would have thought that a midfield of Liam Craig, Scott Robertson, Danny Handling & Scott Allan could turn in such a wonderful display.

[matty_f]

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I would add the 4-0 destruction of Sevco to that. Who would have thought that a midfield of Liam Craig, Scott Robertson, Danny Handling & Scott Allan could turn in such a wonderful display.

The way Scott Allan played that day, we'd have done 4-0 with a midfield of Scott Allan.

[The 90+2]

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I would add the 4-0 destruction of Sevco to that. Who would have thought that a midfield of Liam Craig, Scott Robertson, Danny Handling & Scott Allan could turn in such a wonderful display.

Great shout.

[CapitalGreen]

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On paper it sounds like he'd be a great signing. Long term replacement for sir David.

He will be an immediate replacement for David Gray based on the reports of his ability.

[Unseen work]

Tom James is an interesting one, seems very highly rated and again alot of championship teams after him. Got to wonder why he failed to agree personal terms with West Brom?

Wonder where that leaves Gray if this lad comes in.

Seems to be a high energy full back and another who is a bit of s specialist at free kicks. Interestingly Celtic were also linked with him a few times.

Hopefully he leaves this type of own goal at Yeovil https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features...wo?_format=amp - skip to 1 minute

[yerauldda]

Succession planning is a huge part of what Hibs do these days so wouldn't be surprised to see us bring in Gray's replacement and drip feed him in throughout the course of this season.

It's Whittaker I'd be concerned about.. I'd imagine he would be on a decent salary but can't see much opportunity for him in the way of game time in either midfield or at right back.

I've never heard of James but on paper it ticks a lot of boxes and is exactly the type of signing you'd expect Heckingbottom to make. It seems we are going back to the recruitment strategy we had in place with Stubbs.. signing guys with potential in their early to mid-twenties that haven't quite reached a higher level for one reason or another. It says a lot about him that WBA were interested, a club with ambitions of returning to the PL. Hope we can get this one done.

[Barman Stanton]

Hopefully anyone replacing Gray won’t see him ever leave the club. Must be the most iconic Hibs player of all time.

[The 90+2]

Turnbull signs for Celtic after all. Deals done.

[SHODAN]

Tom James?

[HibeeSince85]

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Hopefully anyone replacing Gray won’t see him ever leave the club. Must be the most iconic Hibs player of all time.

Pretty sure with SDG's 4 year deal we will see him and hopefully this new boy at RB for the next two seasons before he drops into his coaching/ambassador role.

[hfc rd]

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Tom James is an interesting one, seems very highly rated and again alot of championship teams after him. Got to wonder why he failed to agree personal terms with West Brom?

Wonder where that leaves Gray if this lad comes in.

Seems to be a high energy full back and another who is a bit of s specialist at free kicks. Interestingly Celtic were also linked with him a few times.

Hopefully he leaves this type of own goal at Yeovil https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features...wo?_format=amp - skip to 1 minute

Game time maybe?

[The 90+2]

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Game time maybe?

Failed a medical apparently.

[GloryGlory]

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Failed a medical apparently.

Ooops! Hope we're not going to sign another player who has a closer relationship with the treatment table than with the playing field.