I see BB has posted that Maguire and Milson have been offered been offered new contracts but what about the rest of them.  Am I correct in saying Langfield, Diamond and Aluko are all out of contract, along with McNamee?  Also we have Smith till the end of the season on loan but I think he is contracted to Norwich for another year, I presume very little chance of keeping him.  Anyone else out of contract?

Agreed. On his day a decent player but injuries may the decent performances are few and far between. Would be better off with Foster at right back and use the cash we would have offered to McNamee to keep Smith.

 

Can't afford to keep signing these crocks. Good player on his day, but he's far too injury prone. Shame really.

Can't afford to keep signing these crocks. Good player on his day, but he's far too injury prone. Shame really.

 

Is it not the fact that they are injuty prone mean that we can actually afford to have them at Aberdeen?

Is it not the fact that they are injuty prone mean that we can actually afford to have them at Aberdeen?

 

Indeed but if they aren't going to play then we're reduced to Derek Young getting more games.

Seeing as we are discussing out of contract players -

 

St Johnstone, Aberdeen and Dunfermline are interested in striker Colin Nish, who is not being offered a contract extension at Hibernian. (Various)

 

 

He is a complete donkey. To even being linked with him is bad enough.

Seeing as we are discussing out of contract players -

 

 

He is a complete donkey. To even being linked with him is bad enough.

 

Magennis > Nish.

 

No thanks.

Magennis > Nish.

 

No thanks.

 

While I agree with the no thanks I have to say that Nish is a better player then Magennis. Nish has scored 25 goals since joing Hibs 2 and half years ago a figure Magennis will get no where near in the same time frame. Whilst Magennis is full of effort he is a truely awful footballer who will end up back in the conference either this summer or next.  Having players like him i.e full of effort fuck all ability is one of the reasons we are where we are.

 

Edit: Meant to add would not say no to John Rankin who is also on his way out at the Leith tinks.

Hopefully we'd have the good sense to stay away from Hibs players who have been responsible for Hibs being as useless as us in recent years.

 

Magennis a total donkey, its his lack of ability which has resulted in him carving out opportunities as he's so hopeless.

Magennis a total donkey, its his lack of ability which has resulted in him carving out opportunities as he's so hopeless.

 

Eh??

Hopefully we'd have the good sense to stay away from Hibs players who have been responsible for Hibs being as useless as us in recent years.

 

Magennis a total donkey, its his lack of ability which has resulted in him carving out opportunities as he's so hopeless.

 

Fairly stuck away those hundreds of opportunities as well.

Indeed, I think Hibs dressing room is nearly as unprofessional as ours!

 

I was trying to figure out which Motherwell players are out of contract come the end of the season? Would imagine Brown could be sniffing out some of their players. I see Motherwell are putting off contract talks until after the semi final, including talks with Stephen Craigan. What are the thoughts on him? I've not seen enough of him in a playing sense but could be a good signing for the centre of defence. An experienced centre half. On Sportscene, he speaks quite well and you never hear much of him, off the pitch. That said, for all I know, he could be murder on the pitch!

He used to be solid enough but I think it's a few years too late to be thinking about signing him.

Good solid player. Would replace Diamond nicely for a season or two anyway. As Stewart alluded to he's no spring battery chicken.

Colin Nish, a Jim Hamilton for the 2010s? 

Nish is utter dung. I once seen him fall over a bit of grass. It amazes me that he is the 10th all time SPL top goal-scorer. Hopefully, this is like last summer when we were linked with Michael Higdon.

No thanks, we shouldn't be looking to hibs for players...let alone one's they're releasing.

Magennis a total donkey, its his lack of ability which has resulted in him carving out opportunities as he's so hopeless.

 

Megennis = young Darren Mackie.

 

Nish is pish.

 

We should aim higher or just give up.

Megennis = young Darren Mackie.

 

Nish is pish.

We should aim higher or just give up.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/barnsley/9456861.stm

 

Garry O' Connor released from Barnsley. Might be alright.

Now he'd be a good signing. But that would mean the Club showing a wee bit of ambition, so it's a non-starter.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/barnsley/9456861.stm

 

Garry O' Connor released from Barnsley. Might be alright.

 

Does he not have some off field issues ?

The following lists are to the best of my knowledge. Also, long term injuries returning don't count.

 

Out of contract/leaving:

 

Maguire - Would be better for both parties if he stayed, probably gone

Milsom - Would love to keep, probably gone

Langfield - Think he should stay

Diamond - 

Aluko - Probably gone but would love to keep

McNamee - Decent but injury prone, cheerio.

Smith - Love to keep

Vuja - 

Blackman - Seems to be decent but not done it for us. Undecided.

Anderson - 

 

In/reported targets:

 

Foster - Happy to have back

Jennings - Would be a great signing

Nish - Yikes

 

Are Howard and Young not out of contract as well?

 

If all the out of contract players, loans and short term deals leave we are left with Considine, Foster, McArdle, Folly, Fyvie, Hartley,  Pawllet, Paton, Jack, Vernon, Mackie and Magennis. Means at a minimum we need to bring in two keepers, a centre half, a left back, a left winger and at least one striker needed to give us a squad of 18.  Going to mean a busy June for Brown if these players are to be in place for the start of preseason.

The following lists are to the best of my knowledge. Also, long term injuries returning don't count.

 

Out of contract/leaving:

 

Maguire - Would be better for both parties if he stayed, probably gone

Milsom - Would love to keep, probably gone

Langfield - Think he should stay

Diamond - 

Aluko - Probably gone but would love to keep

McNamee - Decent but injury prone, cheerio.

Smith - Love to keep

Vuja - 

Blackman - Seems to be decent but not done it for us. Undecided.

Anderson - 

 

In/reported targets:

 

Foster - Happy to have back

Jennings - Would be a great signing

Nish - Yikes

 

Agree with this really, athough I do think that Milsom will stay on next season. Obviously I don't know his character, but I can't see a guy who's finally got a decent run of first-team football at the age of 24 pissing off straight away.

Agree with this really, athough I do think that Milsom will stay on next season. Obviously I don't know his character, but I can't see a guy who's finally got a decent run of first-team football at the age of 24 pissing off straight away.

 

i'd hope not, I really hope he stays and has some loyalty to Brown/Knox/AFC. It's going to be an interesting summer, one way or another.

Maguire - Hope he stays

Milsom - Hope he stays

Langfield - Fuck off

Diamond - Fuck off 

Aluko - Hope he stays

McNamee - Too injury prone, gone.

Smith - Hope he stays

Vuja -  Fuck off

Blackman - He'll be back at Blackburn, probably get loaned to a Championship/League 1 club

Anderson - Gone in the summer

Howard - Fuck off

Young - Fuck off