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Thread: Shaun Maloney - Style of play
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21-12-2021 07:32 PM #61
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21-12-2021 07:34 PM #62
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More to football that just winning.
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21-12-2021 07:38 PM #63
I've heard big changes already, Shauns obviously learnt a thing or two from his time in Belgium. Ketchup is banned and chips are now called fries and have to be eaten with mayo. Waffles on the menu for breakfast. De Bruyne and Lukaku will look f*****g great in that iconic green and white sleeved shirt.
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21-12-2021 07:38 PM #64This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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21-12-2021 07:44 PM #65
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Fine words, but players trump tactics and after watching Hibs for the last couple of months we have nowhere near enough players to implement a passing style of play.
We have hardly any fast skilful players able to take the football in tight areas and build constructively. Maloney will have to be some kind of miracle worker to transform the players we currently have then recruit footballing players on the cheap.
The first transfer window is vital for Maloney to get off to a good start and get us moving up the table.
My feeling is his comments are incredibly naive and lack understanding of what the game is like up here. Only my opinion but we will see if Maloney is a miracle worker.
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21-12-2021 07:44 PM #66
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21-12-2021 07:47 PM #67
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All I want is a style of play that involves trying to score goals and moving the ball quickly while caring enough to try and stop the opposition playing their way to our box without challenge. If we end up playing it around the box waiting for the perfect opportunity then I will be bored rigid. Hopefully, Maloney's wealth of experiences in Scotland and out with with give him a rounded knowledge. I admire him if he has the drive to bring a very specific style to Hibs but he needs to be aware of all the bumps on the road and realise he may need a few detours and pit stops along the way
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21-12-2021 07:48 PM #68
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If I think about what we’ve been like we’re just so slow and static. We pass the ball plenty so that’s not an issue but I think (hope) we’re going to see us looking to pass it quicker and further up the park.
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21-12-2021 07:50 PM #69
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21-12-2021 07:52 PM #70
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21-12-2021 08:00 PM #71
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21-12-2021 08:33 PM #73
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What comments has he made that are are incredibly naive?
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21-12-2021 08:44 PM #74This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
TM’s first two home league games were a 1-0 defeat to Killie - where we battered them for the majority of the game, only to lose to a deflected free kick late on - and a 4-4 draw against Dundee. In the latter we were blowing them away, and only an incorrect offside call denied us a 5-1 lead, before a late collapse cost us points.
Whilst we only took one point out of six from those two very winnable home games - and we undoubtedly saw the worst of what Mowbray’s sides would have to offer in them - my recollection was the vast majority of fans being overwhelmingly positive about how that team played and what it was trying to do. It had a clear identity and was exciting to watch.
A big factor here is that Maloney doesn’t have a full preseason to work with the squad like Mowbray did - and that the January window is much more difficult to do business in than the summer one. However, there is a winter break approaching (hopefully sooner than planned), and an opportunity to sign players next month.
I don’t think many fans could have envisaged such a dramatic change in style as the one that we saw from Williamson to Mowbray - and it’s obviously far from guaranteed that SM will be able to get us playing how we wants us to.
However, it didn’t require a huge change in personnel for Mowbray to do what he wanted - a couple of really smart bits of transfer business in Boozy, Shiels and Murphy were certainly key. Hopefully we’ll see as discernible a change in style now as we did back then (and I say that as someone who did not believe that Ross was a negative manager by nature).
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21-12-2021 09:03 PM #75This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Most of them have done so successfully in the past. Others like Porteous are clearly well capable.
Of the current squad I can only think of someone like Gogic who is an immediate issue. Maybe Josh Campbell isn’t the most technically gifted. And Doidge but his role would be different anyway.
We’ve got lots of good players who can pass well under the right coach and system.
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We’ve got a squad now that could easily play a passing game. Raith Rovers play some excellent passing football at the moment, great to watch. They don’t have players anywhere near our quality.
I’d love it if we could find another Boozy - one of my all time favourites - but Joe Newell is a top player in this league now outside of the OF. With a few good additions we can kick on. Thankfully Hearts don’t have a midfield with the likes of Hartley, Skacel and Brellier either.
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21-12-2021 09:46 PM #79This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
That’s a weirdly biscuit ersed comment. I was merely expanding on the discussion about quality passing and the importance of having quality personnel. Not every post is an attempted takedown you know
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21-12-2021 09:50 PM #80This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Of course we’d love to have the quality of a Brown or a Boozy.
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I’m a fan of Newell. JDH started really well, was our best player for a few games but has undoubtedly gone off the boil, there are reasons for that I’m sure but I’m not convinced hes going to be one for the future. Campbell, good signs but to early to tell. Scott Allan is the key to our creativity but health as we all know is the concern. Gogic has been scapegoated after a great season last year and can be a squad player or an impact sub when we want to play like that. Cadden, fine. Acceptable, some days better than others. Could be a wide player in a 3-4-3?
There’s a big McGinn and McGeough sized hole over the midfield and you don’t replace those players easily but it’s been way too long. I’d like to see two statement signings in the summer, I’ve no problem keeping a few of the players above, especially Newell, but it’s not fit for purpose at the moment IMO. No ones running past players, taking chances or playing a reliably killer final ball.Last edited by hibsbollah; 21-12-2021 at 10:06 PM.
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21-12-2021 10:09 PM #82
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22-12-2021 07:45 AM #86
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fjLZ1_3nLcE
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22-12-2021 07:59 AM #87
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This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote"Play for the name on the front of the jersey and the supporters will remember the name on the back"
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Fact is without spectators there were precious few good games on the tely last season from any club.
Now Maloney’s being questioned and his team’s not even kicked a ball yet.
it’s absolute madness.
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