Christian Doidge

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MeanwoodHibee said:
I agree with all of that except the "good in the air" bit. For a tall guy I never thought he was a very convincing headerer of the ball.
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I thought when on the very rare occasions that he was supplied with a decent and accurate cross into the penalty box, he was quite good in the air.
Certainly better than any of our other strikers.
It's so important in the modern game. Much depends on the quality of the deliveries into the box. I am always amazed at how many so called professional footballers cannot cross a ball accurately.
 
Greenmachine said:
I thought when on the very rare occasions that he was supplied with a decent and accurate cross into the penalty box, he was quite good in the air.
Certainly better than any of our other strikers.
It's so important in the modern game. Much depends on the quality of the deliveries into the box. I am always amazed at how many so called professional footballers cannot cross a ball accurately.
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Won most headers for flick ons and was decent in defensive set ups.
 
MeanwoodHibee said:
I agree with all of that except the "good in the air" bit. For a tall guy I never thought he was a very convincing headerer of the ball.
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Wasnae really a good kickerer either...


But he was honest as the day is long and I remember how glad he was that Hibs plucked him out of relative obscurity to where he was being cinsidered for the Welsh national side.

Will therefore miss him a bit cos he always seemed to score when you least expected it.

Thanks for the goals and good luck with your next move, not-so-artful Doidger.
 
SirGraysheid said:
The Welsh Colin Nish⚽
Not prolific, but put a shift in.
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Think he's a wee bit better than that. 19 goals in his first season and probably would have got a few more had the season not come to a premature end with covid.13 the season after.
Nish was generally a 10 goal a season striker that spent most of his time falling on his backside. Doidgey is a better player.
 
MSG_07 said:
Johnson perhaps feels some of the players have got to comfortable and a clear out to freshen things up is best to bring out the best in a squad players so they are all hungry to play. I really hope there are some decent names coming in.
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My thoughts exactly. Good to have a manager being decisive. Surely means hes getting players in as good if not better that have gone. Plus hopefully hungry to succeed.
 
OK so LJ has been asked about the Doidge situation. Advised the press he's not looking to offload him. Highlighted he's happy in Scotland despite interest from down south and he'd been really disappointed with last season but eager to improve for the coming one.
 
Greenmachine said:
Not convinced Doidge will be away.
The story appeared in the Daily Record football gossip page.
Another one is that Hibs are willing to let Demetri Mitchell go.
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Sadly both are a waste of a wage at present. Mitchell due to constant injury, Doidge due to looking like a shadow of the player he was (not that he was ever amazing, be he was effective). If Hibs can get both off the wage bill that would be good business, and might free up space for us to bring someone else in.

That part I’m not convinced by is that there are actually clubs currently willing to sign either of them, but we’ll see…
 
MSG_07 said:
It's got to the stage where I'm now doubting if he's capable of rediscovering the form he had previously. Ashame.
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Me too, but I know it takes him about 20 games to get going.
Not something we can afford just now though, I'd let him go away on loan as long as his wages were covered and maybe a wee sweetener on top.

And hopefully that means someone could come in.
 
I wonder what makes folk into the kind of people that somehow enjoy / feel the need to post the kind of replies that are under this tweet.

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Rocky said:
I wonder what makes folk into the kind of people that somehow enjoy / feel the need to post the kind of replies that are under this tweet.

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Pretty sad eh. But tame stuff compared to some of the vitriol I’ve seen aimed at the likes of Paul Hanlon and Two Medals.
It‘s the brain dead slavering fuckwits who ‘tag’ their targeted player to make sure he can read the mindless criticism they offer that really gets my goat.
Twats who aren’t supporters, just so called fans.
”Fans” obviously being an abbreviation.
 
Rocky said:
I wonder what makes folk into the kind of people that somehow enjoy / feel the need to post the kind of replies that are under this tweet.

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I think its when their train set breaks down. They get all frustrated and take it out on twitter.
 
Doc Shrink said:
Pretty sad eh. But tame stuff compared to some of the vitriol I’ve seen aimed at the likes of Paul Hanlon and Two Medals.
It‘s the brain dead slavering fuckwits who ‘tag’ their targeted player to make sure he can read the mindless criticism they offer that really gets my goat.
Twats who aren’t supporters, just so called fans.
”Fans” obviously being an abbreviation.
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Last season after Paul McGinn had a poor game, some hibs 'fan' messaged SJM and said that his brother was shite.

He might have thought he was clever, but just comes across as a wee prick.
 
Hibees-Mad said:
Last season after Paul McGinn had a poor game, some hibs 'fan' messaged SJM and said that his brother was shite.

He might have thought he was clever, but just comes across as a wee prick.
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Every support has arseholes within it. Our good supporters have a weird fascination in focusing on them.
 
Hibees-Mad said:
Last season after Paul McGinn had a poor game, some hibs 'fan' messaged SJM and said that his brother was shite.

He might have thought he was clever, but just comes across as a wee prick.
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I'd like to think it's wee daft laddies that get up to that sort of stuff, but sadly there are numerous grown-up fans who really should know better.
 
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