by The Bulk Fri Sep 22, 2006 12:55 pm
Calidad wrote:^^omg, someone else that knows something about Scottish football? Some good players there, criminal that you left out Scott Brown tho, who's quite possibly the best of the lot.
Boyd too, is worth a mention.
As a Hibs fan (don't ask), I'm obviously a fan of Thomson & Brown, Shiels too. I believe he was in the Arsenal youth setup, before he joined Hibs' youth team. I like him a lot, and it's a shame he's not starting every game, because he's been impressive whenever he has played, but competition as it is at the moment, means he's not a regular starter. Surprising as 'competion for places' and 'Hibs' in the same sentence is an alien concept to us Hibs fans, but at the moment this is the case. We also recently bought the Morrocan Zidane,
who's been playing well.
Personally I don't think Mcgeady is as good as Maloney or Burke, who all play similar positions. Maloney always gets in the team over Mcgeady as well. I would have been well annoyed at Scotland losing him to Ireland, if it wasn't for those two.
Naismith, Fletcher, Elliot, etc are the next batch of youngsters. Just hope that all this talent is used by Walter Smith, who seems reluctant to blood in some youth, instead sticking with the deadwood like Dailly, Quashie, Alexander etc, who were never good to begin with....
Hi Calidad,
Thanks for adding to the others I listed. I realised I’d missed a few out like Brown, Naismith and Fletcher.
Mowbray has done very well to bring good players to the club like Benjelloun. The manner in which he has attained good performances from players like Sproule is very impressive too. As is his ability to nurture young players into the first-team.
Against Rangers, Hibs were outstanding, imposing themselves all over the pitch for more or less the duration of the game, I believe. Hopefully that continues.
I’m not very keen on Kris Boyd. Yes, he is a proficient finisher – and I can imagine an argument that that’s all that counts for a forward – but his technical ability and pace are critically lacking, and for that reason I just can’t warm to him.
I agree that Maloney is a better overall player than McGeady, but I think McGeady possesses better technical ability than him. McGeady is, I believe, let down by his genes: he lacks the necessary athleticism to thrive at a higher level; Maloney, on the other hand, has a good balance between athleticism and skill such that he could probably do well in most footballing environments. For the same reason as McGeady, but not anywhere near to the same extent, Burke, I think, wouldn’t be as effective as he is for Rangers in other footballing environments. In comparison to McGeady, though, I suspect his attitude is better, and this would make up for his other shortcomings. I should say, of course, that this is all just my opinion and I may be wrong.
I don’t know much about the Scottish national team, I’m afraid, although I think they won the Kirin Cup recently.
Thanks
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