Hibsfan

Really enjoyed both our games, Villa on a different stratosphere to Hibs so shame it wasn’t a competitive tie but I still enjoyed it. fwiw this is a terrible Hibs team, hence why we sacked the manger. I’d have liked us to have played a poor premiership team while we were at our best. As it turns out though, we played a really excellent side while we were struggling. If we had a good side just now you would have just moved into second gear and the outcome would have been the same. No bitterness from my end, just the realities of our situations when you have so much more money than us. best of luck for the rest of the season, I’ll be supporting you as the season goes on. PS. loved seeing John MCGinn again, what a player he’s turned into! cheers

We do aye, any chance of him back please? To answer the other person asking, the consensus seems to be that we got another £1m after you got promoted, no idea if that’s true or not though. Also rumoured that we’ve got a sell on % if you ever decide to cash in, I’d be amazed if we didn’t.

Hi folks, hopefully you don’t mind me continuing to stick my neb in on all things Mcginn but watched the game tonight and really enjoyed it. The thing that struck me was that in the post match interviews they spoke about how poor an atmosphere there was at Villa Park a few years ago when the fans didn’t really like the team compared to now when there’s a togetherness about the club. It’d be wrong of me to say that’s down to Mcginn however that’s exactly what happened with him at Hibs too. We were a club in a bad place but his infectious personality and enthusiasm just seem to get hold of the rest of the side which then seemed to connect with the club and the fans and we grew into a much better side because of it. Obviously you guys have your manager and Grealish doing the same thing so i’m not saying it’s all down to him but I did think it was funny hearing the pundits talking about it in exactly the same way Hibs could have been described a few years back. (Also without blowing my own trumped if you look at my first post on this threat you’ll see I described him exactly as it’s panned out, now where’s that smug smilie ?) All the best for the rest of the season, sure I’ll continue to pop up every now and again if that’s alright......

Congratulations folks. Delighted that you’re back up again and loved seeing SJM’s progress over the last season. lot of very proud hibs (and st Mirren I’m sure) fans of how well he’s done, think his popularity is testament to his attitude and character.

Best of luck in the play off guys. Really enjoyed having a bit of an interest in the Championship this season, great to see him doing so well. Seems to be a bit of a debate about whether Hibs will be due a fee if you go up, have heard one figure of £2m mentioned but no idea if that’s likely to be true or not, has anyone at your end heard about any potential additional fees?

Stop it, you’re making me cry here

That’d be class and would be very popular amongst our support too. Pre match chat in the pub before our game today started on SJM during the week and evolved to chat from the older boys about Cropley and Des Bremner (they weren’t happy I compared SJM to Cropley), anyway there’s closer links between the clubs than i realised, would be excellent if something in the summer could be arranged.

Been monitoring his progress with interest and not wanting to bore you all too much with my thoughts on him but this seems an opportune moment to remind people that Celtic were trying to get him for £1.5m and have taken an almighty hump since then as we wanted to hold out for more. Enjoying seeing you guys making a late move for the play off places, hope you manage to keep it going although SJM making a £30m move somewhere in the summer might just work in our favour

Thanks for the replies folks. its now being suggested on our forum that it’s Corey Blackett-Taylor. Interesting to see how it pans out if he does sign. cheers

Interesting, cheers. not much online about him so just a case of wait and see I suppose.

Hi folks, Sorry to be a pest and not sure if this thread or your development side thread would be the best place for this question but it’s been mentioned Hibs could be signing a player on loan from Villa this window (not Ross McCormack). We have spoken about needing new forwards and quick wingers, anyone got any idea who it would likely be? cheers

I'm having a wee laugh as there was a thread on hibs.net a while back about talksport and the consensus was exactly that. Hawksbee and Jacobs are good but the rest of them are clowns that just like to create controversy. Adrian Durham every night used to practically encourage pressure on managers by pointing out poor records, better alternatives etc..... then he'd turn round and say it was shocking they were getting put under pressure. I think Villa would be a good move for Rodgers as well though, he's achieved all he is likely to at Celtic and it's obviously not all great behind the scenes there (probably not helped by a certain John Mcginn), he's probably unlikely to get a Premiership job again as he's not Portuguese so a top end Championship club is likely to be his best route back into Premiership football. (I realise what i'm saying is similar to what Talksport were saying but i'm allowed to say that as i actually watch Scottish football)

I wouldn't give too much credibility to anything Talksport say when it comes to Scottish football or anything they say about it. They've always been pretty ignorant about it and i doubt very much if they've got their finger on the pulse when it comes to what Rodgers is thinking. FWIW i think he'd be a good appointment for you.

I know you'll want someone higher profile however you could do a lot worse than considering Neil Lennon. Wouldn't be a fashionable appointment but there's a lot more to him than his public perception, I've been really surprised by him. I wouldn't pay too much attention to his time at Bolton as that sounds like it was a complete car crash of a club at the time. Anyway, I hope you don't go after him, just thought i'd throw his hat into the ring........

I’m hoping we’ve got an additional £5m for every ‘volley in the top corner from outside the box bonus’ as part of the transfer fee. Certainly kept that in his locker when he was playing for us!