Favourite ever player

[bournehibby]

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Sorry H18S, that one slipped past. (great minds tho)

bh

[Mick O'Rourke]

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Sorry H18S, that one slipped past. (great minds tho)

bh

I suppose having both a favourite player/s and a best player you saw in a Hibs jersey is ok!
Gerry Baker and Eric Stevenson where my favourites as a schoolboy.
But Willie Hamilton was without doubt the best/ most gifted Hibs player of the 60s,and some!.
Football genius is not to strong a description for Willie.
Dont just ask me...... Jock Stein thought so too.
As did Jimmy O'Rourke and Pat Stanton,as they did of Joe Baker.
I can assure younger fans here who revere Boyle and SJM before ,Willie Hamilton would have excited you just like they do.. and some!

[ZitellZeTime]

Can only really pick from my life time, as a young kiddo was probably Pat McGinlay, mad he only ever got a Scotland B cap. Remember being at that game with my unle as well, was right here at Easter Road. Type of midielder that would be a perfect piece of the jigsaw for tenacity and driving forward etc that we need right now, Magennis is a good player but when he comes back I'm going to be scared anytime he starts limping slightly be panicking thats him out for ages again.

Modern times was hard between Sauzee, Latapy or Mcginn but was just something about Latapy, every time the he had the ball in the final third everyone would be on their feet and the skills he possessed techincal wise were immense. I heard stories about him being late for training a lot before us, we all no he liked a party and im sure I read he smoked too. Probably if he was more disciplined we would never have seen him here though !

Maybe not as complete as the others in terms of overall ability but Mowbray turned Ivan Sproule from a rough diamond with pace playing part time fitbaw in Ireland to being a cult hero who on his day was brilliant and totally got the club. Similar to Boyle in that sense kind of although, when we did that swap deal he looked alright but he has not just improved the way he pushes himself and has levelled up every single season since he came is mad, he's like a totally different player to the one we signed. Honestly thought it was just rumours and hope he was coming back, must have been a few teams interested in him apart from Aberdeen who were mentioned. He clearly loves the club and gets us too.

Both have to be a couple of our best ever bargain steal of singins like, sure we signed Sproule for like less than grand, and Boyle was a swap deal for Harris if I remember right? I remember seeing Harris in that cup game when we were 3-0 down and came back to win and keeping thinking after his injury he will get back to how he was that game against Falkirk look where both have ended up in their careers, was definitely a great deal for us.

Bit of a rant there sorry lol but aye I find it hard to pick one id pick McGinlay for when I was a kid and started liking football but since being a kid probably Latapy even though I was still just a late teen by time he got booted by Mcleish, mad he was still coming off the bench and changing games for Falkirk when he was about 40.

[hibees 7062]

I’ve a feeling my new favourite player is gonna be Arry . Very keen to be here and no the full dinky . Will certainly brighten the place up

[ekhibee]

Very hard for me, the 3 best players IMO were Willie Hamilton, Gordon Smith and Frank Sauzee, but it's difficult to split them although they were very different players in many way, all sublime though. Willie Hamilton would have been one of the all time Scottish greats if Stein had stayed at Hibs, but that was never going to happen unfortunately.

[Onion]

Pat Stanton.

[joebakerforever]

Joe Baker, with Willie Hamilton a closed second.

[Carheenlea]

Derek Riordan for me.

He isn’t the greatest to ever play for Hibs, but watching a local lad living the dream playing for his favourite club and banging in goals of the type those of us who could only fantasise about scoring for Hibs was just a joy to behold.

[Galahibby]

Sauzee for me, but loved Stevie Cowan and Goram back in the day, and Hibs era Scott Brown was up there as well.

[AgentDaleCooper]

SJM by miles. Did literally nothing but play and behave like an absolute legend, from the moment he walked through the door to the moment he left. I feel he was as important as anyone to us lifting the cup, just through his presence in the dressing room.

Very unfortunately, my interest in football dipped at a point that coincided with Sauzee and Latapy's presence here - I went to the odd game but I don't remember a huge amount.

In terms of just loving a player, Boozy and Sproule are certainly up there. Both incredibly endearing characters and, on their day, thrilling to watch.

I loved Broony when he was here, but his time at Celtic defines him, really.

O'Connor and Riordan in their first spell were brilliant, true fans on the pitch, but their second spells were a bit meh by comparison.

If Leigh had stayed, he would probably be up there with our greatest ever players...but he didn't. That one season he was on fire was fun though (even though we were a bit gash).

[GRA]

Got to be Sauzée. The guy just oozed class and even in his mid 30s strolled every game I saw him play. His footballing brain was seconds ahead of anyone else on the pitch. Plus he seemed to genuinely enjoy his time in Scotland & the affection he got from the fans.

[Gloucester Hibs]

SJM

Prior to him it was guys like Deeks, Latapy, Jackson, and Collins.

[Billy Whizz]

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SJM

Prior to him it was guys like Deeks, Latapy, Jackson, and Collins.

Chris or Darren😀

[worcesterhibby]

I loved Mixu..gave his all every match, hat trick against the Hearts and such a nice guy

[Donegal Hibby]

Sauzee for me

[HoboHarry]

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Chris or Darren😀

Could ask Derek or John also