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John McGinn; Initial bid rejected by Hibs (confirmed by Garry Parker)
Topic Started: 4 Jul 2018, 09:10 PM (37,908 Views)
Lobey Dosser
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Hairytoes
8 Jul 2018, 10:15 AM
Eboue looked good yesterday coming on for Brown.
We can easily wait until january, if John will too. It's also very easy to find out if he will.
Petrie is not in a good position to play hardball, if the above were to be true.
I'd like to see Celtic tell Petrie, that's it, no more, then tie the lad up in January.

We don't need him as things stand, and the thought of fat Petrie playing hardball with Lawwell is funny.

Fekk him.



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8 Jul 2018, 09:37 AM
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8 Jul 2018, 08:17 AM
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8 Jul 2018, 08:12 AM
Now that Brendan says he wants him, McGinn will most likely hold out for Celtic - even until January.
I'm sure we're quite happy to wait, rather than pay over the odds.
We'll want him asap, but not at any cost - especially as we're in such a strong position.
£2m + Allan perm & Henderson loan.
Bari might have something to say about that
Woosh? :ponder:
Just a pish joke.

Would wee henderson get a game for hibs? Pointless if not.
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8 Jul 2018, 11:42 AM
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8 Jul 2018, 10:15 AM
Eboue looked good yesterday coming on for Brown.
We can easily wait until january, if John will too. It's also very easy to find out if he will.
Petrie is not in a good position to play hardball, if the above were to be true.
I'd like to see Celtic tell Petrie, that's it, no more, then tie the lad up in January.

We don't need him as things stand, and the thought of fat Petrie playing hardball with Lawwell is funny.

Fekk him.



What if the player isn't prepared to take the risk? It is a big ask. His next move will set him up for life. His next move won't happen if he stays at Hibs and has a career ending injury before Christmas.
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8 Jul 2018, 11:49 AM
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8 Jul 2018, 11:42 AM
Hairytoes
8 Jul 2018, 10:15 AM
Eboue looked good yesterday coming on for Brown.
We can easily wait until january, if John will too. It's also very easy to find out if he will.
Petrie is not in a good position to play hardball, if the above were to be true.
I'd like to see Celtic tell Petrie, that's it, no more, then tie the lad up in January.

We don't need him as things stand, and the thought of fat Petrie playing hardball with Lawwell is funny.

Fekk him.



What if the player isn't prepared to take the risk? It is a big ask. His next move will set him up for life. His next move won't happen if he stays at Hibs and has a career ending injury before Christmas.
Then we don't sign him. We're hardly signing Messi here if we get him fine, if Hibs are effing around, the kid is desperate to come he'll be happy enough to wait 6 months. If he doesn't want to wait so be it.

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8 Jul 2018, 11:49 AM
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8 Jul 2018, 11:42 AM
Hairytoes
8 Jul 2018, 10:15 AM
Eboue looked good yesterday coming on for Brown.
We can easily wait until january, if John will too. It's also very easy to find out if he will.
Petrie is not in a good position to play hardball, if the above were to be true.
I'd like to see Celtic tell Petrie, that's it, no more, then tie the lad up in January.

We don't need him as things stand, and the thought of fat Petrie playing hardball with Lawwell is funny.

Fekk him.



What if the player isn't prepared to take the risk? It is a big ask. His next move will set him up for life. His next move won't happen if he stays at Hibs and has a career ending injury before Christmas.
A career ending injury before Christmas can happen anywhere.
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McGinn told st mirren he was going to hibs with a view to signing for celtic so they were happy to gamble on a sell on fee versus 150k development fee.

He has also told petrie he wont be talking to any other club than celtic.
Edited by TheMaestro, 8 Jul 2018, 12:21 PM.
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Can’t help but think that Hibs are right to hold out for 3m in this instance.

We just sold a player who wasn’t even in our first XI for £7m. Nearly everyone on here would have been happy with 3 at the time.
It would be better to have him in and around the squad ASAP if he is coming, he will develop far quicker with better players around him.

That’s a bit more useful than wasting 6 months for the sake of £1m which by our standards is becoming an increasingly less significant amount.
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TheMaestro
8 Jul 2018, 12:21 PM
McGinn told st mirren he was going to hibs with a view to signing for celtic so they were happy to gamble on a sell on fee versus 150k development fee.

He has also told petrie he wont be talking to any other club than celtic.
It would be nice if that is true. Not suggesting it isn’t.

History tells us though that if someone offers him double the wages we offer he will talk to them. Would be nice if he put more of a value on playing for Celtic than earning a lot more money.

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8 Jul 2018, 12:40 PM
Can’t help but think that Hibs are right to hold out for 3m in this instance.

We just sold a player who wasn’t even in our first XI for £7m. Nearly everyone on here would have been happy with 3 at the time.
It would be better to have him in and around the squad ASAP if he is coming, he will develop far quicker with better players around him.

That’s a bit more useful than wasting 6 months for the sake of £1m which by our standards is becoming an increasingly less significant amount.

Hibs can 'hold out' for whatever they want. That's their prerogative.

Why would we pay £3m for a player who is not going to go straight into our first team ? Particularly if we can get the same player for £500k in January or for nothing in June ?

Just because we have money does not mean that we should be giving it away.

And if Hibs then choose to sideline McGinn for this season, at least it means he won't get the dreaded career-ending injury that people are worrying about. Unless it happens when he is training with the youths because these career-ending injuries can happen at any time...



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8 Jul 2018, 12:58 PM


And if Hibs then choose to sideline McGinn for this season, at least it means he won't get the dreaded career-ending injury that people are worrying about. Unless it happens when he is training with the youths because these career-ending injuries can happen at any time...



Especially near Christmas.
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If true I thought petrie wasn't involved in transfers or day to day running of hibs

effing carrot
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Kouassi’s better and is already ours.
Edited by Ricky Spanish, 8 Jul 2018, 01:52 PM.
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If we do sign him, which I think we will. I can see a lot more rotation of the squad this season.
Brendan has admitted to us being a bit jaded with the amount of games over the season.
Brown & Ntcham would hopefully rotate with McGinn & Eboue.
Add in Morgan, Christie, Bain, Ralston, Hendry, Johnson etc who also need more exposure to first team Celtic games & we've got lots of options which haven't necessarily had lots of exposure to being Celtic players - even though some have had good game time elsewhere.
Edited by Hairytoes, 8 Jul 2018, 02:29 PM.
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He’s starting for Hibs today in Paul Hanlon’s testimonial.
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8 Jul 2018, 01:51 PM
Kouassi’s better and is already ours.
I wish there was some evidence to support this but there isn’t. I keep reading about Kouassi being great yet he hasn’t got near the team in 18 months. I hope he blossoms the way Tom Rogic has time will tell.
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8 Jul 2018, 12:58 PM
Gonga
8 Jul 2018, 12:40 PM
Can’t help but think that Hibs are right to hold out for 3m in this instance.

We just sold a player who wasn’t even in our first XI for £7m. Nearly everyone on here would have been happy with 3 at the time.
It would be better to have him in and around the squad ASAP if he is coming, he will develop far quicker with better players around him.

That’s a bit more useful than wasting 6 months for the sake of £1m which by our standards is becoming an increasingly less significant amount.

Hibs can 'hold out' for whatever they want. That's their prerogative.

Why would we pay £3m for a player who is not going to go straight into our first team ? Particularly if we can get the same player for £500k in January or for nothing in June ?

Just because we have money does not mean that we should be giving it away.

And if Hibs then choose to sideline McGinn for this season, at least it means he won't get the dreaded career-ending injury that people are worrying about. Unless it happens when he is training with the youths because these career-ending injuries can happen at any time...



What if 6 months experience in and around our first team squad and getting a couple of champions league appearances meant his value would likely be worth more than what we would be trying to stiff Hibs for.

What is the point in letting him play a half arsed 6 months at Hibs, and why would Hibs even bother to play him.
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8 Jul 2018, 01:51 PM
Kouassi’s better and is already ours.
I wish there was some evidence to support this but there isn’t. I keep reading about Kouassi being great yet he hasn’t got near the team in 18 months. I hope he blossoms the way Tom Rogic has time will tell.
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McGinn has one advantage over eboue


He would actually play games regularly here as a sub or rotating with ntcham

Not just the one game at home vs killie that eboue played last season
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8 Jul 2018, 02:32 PM
Oscar Strummer
8 Jul 2018, 12:58 PM
Gonga
8 Jul 2018, 12:40 PM
Can’t help but think that Hibs are right to hold out for 3m in this instance.

We just sold a player who wasn’t even in our first XI for £7m. Nearly everyone on here would have been happy with 3 at the time.
It would be better to have him in and around the squad ASAP if he is coming, he will develop far quicker with better players around him.

That’s a bit more useful than wasting 6 months for the sake of £1m which by our standards is becoming an increasingly less significant amount.

Hibs can 'hold out' for whatever they want. That's their prerogative.

Why would we pay £3m for a player who is not going to go straight into our first team ? Particularly if we can get the same player for £500k in January or for nothing in June ?

Just because we have money does not mean that we should be giving it away.

And if Hibs then choose to sideline McGinn for this season, at least it means he won't get the dreaded career-ending injury that people are worrying about. Unless it happens when he is training with the youths because these career-ending injuries can happen at any time...



What if 6 months experience in and around our first team squad and getting a couple of champions league appearances meant his value would likely be worth more than what we would be trying to stiff Hibs for.

What is the point in letting him play a half arsed 6 months at Hibs, and why would Hibs even bother to play him.
There is genuinely no chance that Hibs don't sell him in this window. Our main options are to pay what Hibs want, or wait and drive the price down; the latter of which risks losing him to someone who is willing to pay Hibs' asking price. But McGinn will be holding out for Celtic regardless, so whatever happens, it will happen in this window.

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8 Jul 2018, 02:32 PM
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8 Jul 2018, 01:51 PM
Kouassi’s better and is already ours.
I wish there was some evidence to support this but there isn’t. I keep reading about Kouassi being great yet he hasn’t got near the team in 18 months. I hope he blossoms the way Tom Rogic has time will tell.
John McGinn has had more good games against Celtic than Kouassi has had for us. It's pretty telling that Brendan didn't feature him in any of the various dead rubber fixtures at the end of last season. I think there's potential there but he needs some time on loan.
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