ScottishRed

In my opinion LJ is a good coach, he just isn’t a manager. What really ground my gears is the utter buxxshxt he spoke. But, I think he is a nice bloke. He has a real challenge at Hibs, the relatively new owner has already disposed of 2 managers / HC’s - Shaun Maloney after only 4 months! But, he has incredibly got a 4 year deal, so they must believe in him and financially LJ is in the pound seats.

Yes, of course, silly me.

Agree 100%. Listening his post match interviews on BBC RB after we had lost, I sometimes felt he had imposter syndrome. I still think that is possible. I believe he is quite a complex character and he would be fascinating to have a couple of pints with.

However, Johnson believes he will "need three of four windows" to shape a squad in his own image after signings were made by two sacked managers - Jack Ross and Shaun Maloney - during last From BBC Football Scottish football - now, where have I heard that before.........

Agreed. Put the top 6 or 7 into the Championship and apart from the bigot brothers the rest would truly struggle. I would see the bigot brothers troubling the top six but not the auto places. Even with their huge season ticket numbers they could not compete with the parachute payment clubs. Interestingly, put them in the EPL and all the wealth that goes with it, which would fund a huge player upgrade and they would probably survive and eventually thrive. Obviously never going to happen and nor should it.

Just read it. He is right Scottish football is very much a goldfish bowl, but to suggest that the top 6 or 7 in the SPL would thrive in the Championship is utter nonsense. As I mentioned when he got the Hibs job he is going to be comedy gold up their with the media with every word scrutinized by fans of all clubs. The reality is that Hibs and Hearts are the 3/4 th biggest clubs in Scotland but in reality their fans don’t expect a real league challenge for obvious reasons BUT they do expect to be 3rd or 4th in the league,decent cup runs and European qualification - that is his challenge.

Which is all fair comment. But maybe the managers in charge then were even worse than Southgate OR, did not have the full breadth of talent available that, nobody argues, he certainly does.

Problem is, and again, in no way anti-England, at the last WC it was a relatively easy run until the semi’ s then along come Croatia, go one up then what happens? Sit on a lead. The Euros, similar story, relatively easy ride, OK Germany, but a team in decline, get to the final, go 1-0 then sit on that with the inevitable end result. Will Quatar be any different? Probably not. Southgate is way way too negative but, he is a ‘company man’, he will survive, if he wants to, regardless of the WC result. Apparently, at some point, he wants to get back into club football. Which top level side would touch him? Been lots of vacancies at that level since he took over England and he is never ever mentioned as a candidate. Take from that what you will.

As I have stated previously I am NOT an anti-English Scot, but under this manager you will win nothing, which with the talent at his disposal is shameful. As I said last summer after the defeat to Italy, to go 1-0 early on and then sit back was madness, he is way to negative and frightened of losing. I fear another lost opportunity at this years WC. And, I take no joy in that.

It’s a fair point on the earnings of young players at PL clubs. IIRC correctly Tammy was on £25k per week at Chelsea when he joined us on loan. I also recall reading that the summer his loan ended he signed a new contract on £50k per week - my understanding is that this level is not untypical.

So much will depend on the lad himself and of course his agent. There COULD come a point when a bid is made that the club deam too good to turn down, then it will be up to the player. It is hard to see him turning down a move that will be to the PL and give him a salary of multiple times what we pay him - even with an improved contract, IF one was on offer. The reality is that we and indeed most championship clubs cannot get anywhere close to what even a newly promoted side can offer in terms of salary..

Really appreciate all your best wishes fellow reds. On top of losing my 21 year old son in September this has come as another body blow. However, we fight on.

Thanks fella.

As anyone who follows my posts on here they will notice, like most Scots, that I detest both of the ugly sisters. But, in all honesty , Celtic, would NOT be a good move for the lad. Yes, CL football, but that is all they have going for them, the standard, although improving, is low. IF, he is going to move and assuming we get the right offer, he could maybe consider a European move, it could well be beneficial to his long term career if he went to Germany or Italy. For example, the young Scottish left back Hickey, went to Bologna from Hearts last year for £2m , now being touted for £15m to to the EPL. ( not suggesting that we take £2m , far from it, but for the lads development it may be an option for him).

Thanks fella, I will get a copy.

Totally agreed. My thoughts are with him just now as someone who is about to start cancer treatment. As a keeper Andy was relatively short 5. 10, I believe, which is remarkable compared to some of the giants that keep goal now.

Really good article.Thank you for posting. Be interesting to see how he does with QPR.

They don’t. Just read snippets on BBC Football of his press conference. ’ I like possession football but it doesn’t have to be 60% , maybe 52% to 54%’ ! WTF. He is going to be more than good value on BBC Radio Scotland on a Saturday night! Unlike down here with many more clubs and a much bigger population, football fans in Scotland do actually listen to managers interviews even though they have no connection to the club - the radio phone-ins have the potential to be epic.

If, and is a huge if, this pans out the way predicted i.e. HMRC do a deal and the council buy the stadium and lease it to the club, all hell will break lose, as it should. The clear implication is that public funds are being used to ‘save’ a football club - sorry, but that is wrong,it should not happen under any circumstances and I include BCFC in that. For the record I do not ever want to see ANY football club go under but the facts are stark, the previous owner played fast and lose and as he can’t / won’t pay the price, his previous asset has too. It is that simple.

According to some on here KP is on 25k per week, no way on this planet can Hibs pay 8k of that, the money simply is not there.

No way top end championship, top end Div 1 more like.

It is not quite as simple as that unless of course we are prepared to pay potentially 90% of his wages for a year our we negotiate a termination agreement. Aside from the bigot brothers there is very very little money in Scottish football and that includes Hibs. I would imagine, obviously I don’t know, that their highest paid player will be on less than £2k per week. Go down a division to the Scottish Championship where with the exception of Arbroath, the clubs are full time, you are looking at a weekly wage of £500 / £600.

Take a zero of the end It it might be a goer!

Hibs would struggle to pay KP anything remotely close to what he is on here.

It should do but apparently not. Let me be clear I despise both of the bigot brothers equally, had it been up to me Rangers 2012 would have had to start in the West of Scotland league and not in Div 2. Bizarrley, they almost got to retain their SPL status as a majority of the SPL clubs were in favor - ££. That only stopped when the supporters of the SPL clubs of the day made it clear to their boards that they would not be attending any games against Rangers 2012, in fact, they would not be attending ANY games full stop. Opinions soon changed.