Summer transfer thread 2025

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And third best at Hibs 😁

The one season he played in a really decent Hibs team he was arguably the best central defender in the country never mind at the club.

[Billy Bunter 07]

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And third best at Hibs 😁

You’ll change your mind if he signs.

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Cláudio Braga

Aalesund FK striker arrives in Edinburgh to meet with Tynecastle officials to finalise a move. ✍️

The 25 year old who bagged 14 goals & 9 assists for Aalesund FK is rumoured to be costing the Jambos in the region of £400k 💰⚽️

[Iain G]

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You’ll change your mind if he signs.

4th best? 😁

[Ray_]

IMHO it is very Jambo-esque that we turn our noses up at a 26 YO player who has already achieved double figures in Scotland caps and who would add to our home-grown quantity.

Some of us forget the mistakes we have made at the back, including after the split, where we were far from being an impregnable fortress. If SDG and Co decide that Porto could do a job, I'm more than happy with that.

[Centre Hawf]

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Cláudio Braga

Aalesund FK striker arrives in Edinburgh to meet with Tynecastle officials to finalise a move. ✍️

The 25 year old who bagged 14 goals & 9 assists for Aalesund FK is rumoured to be costing the Jambos in the region of £400k 💰⚽️

On the surface this looks like a good bit of business. That said I've never seen him play so hopefully he's not built for McInness ball.

[B.H.F.C]

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On the surface this looks like a good bit of business. That said I've never seen him play so hopefully he's not built for McInness ball.

Would seem like a lot of money for a player in the Norwegian second tier who’s not played above that level. Suppose the magic computer is there to uncover players they wouldn’t find otherwise.

[Paulie Walnuts]

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IMHO it is very Jambo-esque that we turn our noses up at a 26 YO player who has already achieved double figures in Scotland caps and who would add to our home-grown quantity.

Some of us forget the mistakes we have made at the back, including after the split, where we were far from being an impregnable fortress. If SDG and Co decide that Porto could do a job, I'm more than happy with that.

What on earth is Jambo-esque about it?

He doesn’t get a game for Scotland anymore, got bombed out of Watford and couldn’t get a game at PNE. You would think it was Van Dijk people were turning their noses up at when in reality it’s a bottom half English Championship squad player who wasn’t short of problems last time he was here.

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What on earth is Jambo-esque about it?

He doesn’t get a game for Scotland anymore, got bombed out of Watford and couldn’t get a game at PNE. You would think it was Van Dijk people were turning their noses up at when in reality it’s a bottom half English Championship squad player who wasn’t short of problems last time he was here.

He was also one of the best defenders in the league for a decent period of time.

[Paulie Walnuts]

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He was also one of the best defenders in the league for a decent period of time.

He was desperately poor when he left us. He’s been poor at Watford, hence why they’re quite happy to get rid of him and he hasn’t even got a game at PNE. It’s been a good few years since he’s been playing really well consistently.

If he hadn’t played here before then I’m not convinced people would be gushing over him in the way they are.

[Ray_]

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What on earth is Jambo-esque about it?

He doesn’t get a game for Scotland anymore, got bombed out of Watford and couldn’t get a game at PNE. You would think it was Van Dijk people were turning their noses up at when in reality it’s a bottom half English Championship squad player.

So he has missed the boat, and that is the end for him and his Scotland career?

ON the same scenario as Van Dijk, all season we have shipped dreadful goals, including post-split. So we have some way to go before believing we are the finished article, even if Rocky stays.

As for the Jambo-esque, Triantis wasn't good enough for us last summer, nor was Nisbet, now it is Porteous. I don't think I need to add anymore.

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He was desperately poor when he left us. He’s been poor at Watford, hence why they’re quite happy to get rid of him and he hasn’t even got a game at PNE. It’s been a long time since he’s been playing really well.

If he hadn’t played here before then I’m not convinced people would be gushing over him in the way they are.

He has played 76 games for Watford- basically 2 full seasons.
None of our current defence will ever reach that point.

[Paulie Walnuts]

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So he has missed the boat, and that is the end for him and his Scotland career?

ON the same scenario as Van Dijk, all season we have shipped dreadful goals, including post-split. So we have some way to go before believing we are the finished article, even if Rocky stays.

I never said his Scotland career was finished, although it wouldn’t surprise me. His stupidity cost us big time at a national tournament.

Using the fact he has double figures of Scotland caps when he doesn’t get in the squad anymore though doesn’t really tell you much. The current version of Porteous is a poorer player than the one that was getting into Scotland squads previously.

[Paulie Walnuts]

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He has played 76 games for Watford- basically 2 full seasons.
None of our current defence will ever reach that point.

I fully expect Rocky will comfortably manage that and more.

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I fully expect Rocky will comfortably manage that and more.

We shall see. I love Rocky but have my doubts.

[500miles]

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I never said his Scotland career was finished, although it wouldn’t surprise me. His stupidity cost us big time at a national tournament.

Using the fact he has double figures of Scotland caps when he doesn’t get in the squad anymore though doesn’t really tell you much. The current version of Porteous is a poorer player than the one that was getting into Scotland squads previously.

If Porteous pulls out of the challenge against Germany, wouldn’t we have went 3-0 down anyway?

[J-C]

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Would seem like a lot of money for a player in the Norwegian second tier who’s not played above that level. Suppose the magic computer is there to uncover players they wouldn’t find otherwise.

Compared to the £700k we paid for Vente from the same league, did we use the same magic computer.

[Paulie Walnuts]

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We shall see. I love Rocky but have my doubts.

Ekpiteta also managed roughly the same amount of games over two seasons in the Championship.

It’s not exactly a level we’re unable to sign from.

[Fergus52]

Porteous is better than Rocky and Iredale, easily

The recency bias is mad on here

[Paulie Walnuts]

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Porteous is better than Rocky and Iredale, easily

The recency bias is mad on here

He’s really not.

Porteous was a player that a huge portion of Hibs fans were quite happy to see the back of by the time he left.

If he was ‘easily’ a better player than those two he wouldn’t have been sitting in the bench every week for PNE in a relegation battle.

Your opinion is based on the total opposite of recency bias. Performances from years ago rather than performances now. Recent form is a hell of a better indicator of what you’ll get from a player than what they were delivering 4 years ago.

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If Porteous pulls out of the challenge against Germany, wouldn’t we have went 3-0 down anyway?

We would and he has been in several Scotland squads since then too.

[Paulie Walnuts]

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If Porteous pulls out of the challenge against Germany, wouldn’t we have went 3-0 down anyway?

We also went down to 10 men which ultimately made the chances of an absolute doing, which we ended up getting, infinitely higher. That meant our chances of qualifying diminished massively.

[500miles]

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We also went down to 10 men which ultimately made the chances of an absolute doing, which we ended up getting, infinitely higher. That meant our chances of qualifying diminished massively.

We lost less goals with 10 men than 11. We got a doing because we were levels beneath Germany in their own back yard, showpiece fixture.


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[Paulie Walnuts]

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We lost less goals with 10 men than 11. We got a doing because we were levels beneath Germany in their own back yard, showpiece fixture.


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No we didn’t. We lost 3 with 10 men, 2 with 11.

[flash]

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No we didn’t. We lost 3 with 10 men, 2 with 11.

Did you actually watch that game? It could have been 4 or 5 before the red card.

[Paulie Walnuts]

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Did you actually watch that game? It could have been 4 or 5 before the red card.

And yet it wasn’t. Because it’s much easier to keep the score down with 11 men on the pitch.

[B.H.F.C]

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He’s really not.

Porteous was a player that a huge portion of Hibs fans were quite happy to see the back of by the time he left.

If he was ‘easily’ a better player than those two he wouldn’t have been sitting in the bench every week for PNE in a relegation battle.

Your opinion is based on the total opposite of recency bias. Performances from years ago rather than performances now. Recent form is a hell of a better indicator of what you’ll get from a player than what they were delivering 4 years ago.

Is it no just possible that a player can lose their way a bit. We’ve seen it plenty times before. You don’t like him, that’s fairly obvious. But since he left us he’s made about a hundred appearances in the Championship and been a mainstay in a Scotland team that qualified for a tournament (I know he made a mistake once we got there).

There is plenty of evidence to suggest Porteous would improve us with a manager who could get the best out of him.

[Centre Hawf]

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Would seem like a lot of money for a player in the Norwegian second tier who’s not played above that level. Suppose the magic computer is there to uncover players they wouldn’t find otherwise.

£400k isn't that bad for a 25 year old striker who has been fairly consistent at scoring since he started playing. But you're right the level he's at isn't the highest either.

[Ribs1875]

Ryan Porteous heavily linked up back to us. Never mind what has went on in the past. We need to look forward. Ever since the start of December we went from strength to strength. Porteous is the best centre half we have had come out the youth academy since the turn of the millennium. He's still a young guy with time to turn it around. I think it's a logical signing.

[Paulie Walnuts]

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Is it no just possible that a player can lose their way a bit. We’ve seen it plenty times before. You don’t like him, that’s fairly obvious. But since he left us he’s made about a hundred appearances in the Championship and been a mainstay in a Scotland team that qualified for a tournament (I know he made a mistake once we got there).

There is plenty of evidence to suggest Porteous would improve us with a manager who could get the best out of him.

It’s absolutely possible a player can lose his way. Infact I’d suggest it’s fairly clear Porteous has, something which he done when he was here towards the end as well.

He’s still not currently ‘easily’ a better player than Rocky or Iredale though, whether that’s because he’s lost his way or not. PNE bench warmer Porteous is in no way, shape or form ‘easily’ better than those two.

For me I’d rather be looking for players on the up, rather than pinning our hopes on a player who’s lost his way coming good again.