actonsheep

Is it much different from your usual summer? Main difference this year is Europe, which came before you were ready, but you've looked reasonably solid since then and the signings, Sow apart, look decent enough on paper. If the boy St Clair turns out decent (and theres no reason he won't - if Chelsea had their way he'd still be there) then Sow won't be playing very much anyway - cos he's not replacing Brophy. Your loanees are still coming from a good level, you've just swapped a majority of them coming from England for majority of them coming from Italy. I'd also suggest your manager isn't a clueless dick, so I'm pretty sure he knows exactly when and how he'll use Sow before he signed him. Probably against thugs like Berra. Losing Clarke was always going to mean a step back, it'd have been the same for any club he managed, he's simply that good at what he does. If that step back means you finish 5th instead of 3rd can you really consider it failure for a board that, before Clarke, was running a club constantly tipped for relegation?

Its not the worst citation at all. FM/Sports Interactive data is very highly respected within the game, to the point that at least one top club pay SI an license so they can use it as part of their scouting process.

Can punt Gleeson anytime, doesn't need to be in the window. I'd expect we're doing the "decent" thing and letting him recover frrom injury before binning him. Makes no odds to us, we'll have to pay off him anyway.

I think they way the good run works against you is that he used the 20/24 points pre split instead of 2/15 post split as an indication of the quality of the league. He's completely failed to grasp the gulf between the top/bottom 6 and assumed the poor return post split was because his players had dropped off rather than not being good enough. If thats correct and he's made his signings based on that view, then it could well be a season of pain for Hibs.

Its like the circle of life or some pish. Ex-Don goalie makes a c**t of it to knock Timmy out of Europe as another ex-Don goalie is saving a pen to knock their kids out of the challenge cup. We're everywhere.

They just earned £25 million for a cripple (9 games so far in 2019, hernia and pelvic issues - not even sure when he last played!), so I'd expect a bid of about a fiver from them for a fit and healthy McKenna.

It doesn't really, but its sensible to try and get some return on the investment we made and we may get the usual "nominal fee" from someone else for him. Alternatively, how does it help you to hold out for *£700k when you could get £600k + May instead? If he starts scoring its possible his goals will be worth considerably more than that come end of season. Would that not be a risk worth taking? Imagine you reject that and he goes somewhere else and is successful, there'd be carnage. *thin air figures.

Is that the Vela who was subbed after 60 at 0-0 against a St Mirren side bossed by East Kibride you're talking about there? Did you feel that? Must have been the SPFL quaking in its boots right there. Europe breathes a sigh of relief that Hibs so graciously pretended to be shit so the best wouldn't have to face him this season.

I'd expect him to play when we're looking for a little more composure than Gallagher offers - he's also only here until November.

Doesn't need to be. Thats what Ferguson and Gallagher are for. We'll miss Shinnie less than we missed Jack.