Boynze Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 hibs defender that celtic tried to sign, darren someone? must be around 26 now, not sure where he is playing, but again was tipped for greatness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeklipse Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Darren McI…something. Moved to Celtic then changed his mind and was allowed to come back. Never made it and I think was finished at Hibs when he head butted a Hearts/ex-Hearts player (Calum Elliot?). I think he ended up at a lower league team. Riordan and O'Connor should have done a lot more than end up trawling round lower league/amateur teams in their early 30s. I also think Paul McStay should get a nod here despite his huge amount of caps. I only started watching football in the late 80s. He really must have gone great guns for a couple of years early in his career to build up the reputation he gained. He was absolutely brutal later on albeit playing in a very poor Celtic team. Perhaps he should have gone to England when he got the chance to fulfil his potential. (Tin hat on...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHfaeGTA Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 McStay was absolutely outstanding when he was younger. Should have moved to continent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudScot Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Darren McIsomething. Moved to Celtic then changed his mind and was allowed to come back. Never made it and I think was finished at Hibs when he head butted a Hearts/ex-Hearts player (Calum Elliot?). I think he ended up at a lower league team. Riordan and O'Connor should have done a lot more than end up trawling round lower league/amateur teams in their early 30s. I also think Paul McStay should get a nod here despite his huge amount of caps. I only started watching football in the late 80s. He really must have gone great guns for a couple of years early in his career to build up the reputation he gained. He was absolutely brutal later on albeit playing in a very poor Celtic team. Perhaps he should have gone to England when he got the chance to fulfil his potential. (Tin hat on...) Darren McCormack. Turned into an alcoholic and ruined his career. I know a lad who played at Brechin with him and he was in some clip by then. He's like 20 odd now and done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auchinyell Sox Change Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 IIRC he says in Richard Gordons book that just before the WC 86 campaign, Stein had told him, Neil Simpson and Paul McStay that one of them would be Souness partner in the center of midfield for the qualifiers, but Cooper had to pull out injured, and McStay got the nod and basically never looked back as he went out and scored 2 goals that night.Cooper and Simmie 2 great club servants , but at the time probably too much competition for them to step up Connor and Bett on the go for Dons around this time ? WC' 86 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan cake Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Grant Brebner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonny78 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Grant Brebner em naw. he was never good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Grant Brebner He got that washed up with drink he changed his name by deed poll to Brant Grebner and started posting on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudScot Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 em naw. he was never good. He was at Man U at a very strong time for then must've had some potential to start with... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan cake Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 He got that washed up with drink he changed his name by deed poll to Brant Grebner and started posting on here. don't think drink was the problem, very heavy gambler. Was punted (see what I did there) by hibs for being a bad influence in the dressing room, allegedly. His performances for the hibernians whilst on loan from man utd were awesome, unfortunately he never signed for hibs until a couple of years later by which time he was average at best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 don't think drink was the problem, very heavy gambler. Was punted (see what I did there) by hibs for being a bad influence in the dressing room, allegedly. His performances for the hibernians whilst on loan from man utd were awesome, unfortunately he never signed for hibs until a couple of years later by which time he was average at best Whoooooosh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonny78 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 (edited) michael stewart? he was at man u as well... so must be good. Edited January 22, 2015 by bonny78 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jagtag Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Anyone mentioned Gareth Williams? He was highly rated when he was at Forest and played a couple of games under Bertie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonny78 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Lee Wilkie :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Lee Wilkie :-) Not sure somebody who got 11 caps fits the "never quite made it" category? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHfaeGTA Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 surely Wilkie deserves to be in the list of "never a prospect but somehow made it"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonny78 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 wilkie was great v holland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binobear Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Barry Lavety Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Craig Easton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudScot Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Kenny Dalglish Tee hee kidding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewisEDI Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 wotherspoon, looked great as an attacking right back for a season or so at hibs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 wotherspoon, looked great as an attacking right back for a season or so at hibs He needed to leave Hibs in order to become a cup winner though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 surely Wilkie deserves to be in the list of "never a prospect but somehow made it"? Wilkie was a pretty decent player. Folk seem to forget that he was only 23 when he got his first serious knee injury which effectively ended his international career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Wilkie was a pretty decent player. Folk seem to forget that he was only 23 when he got his first serious knee injury which effectively ended his international career.When he was supposed to be recovering I passed him in a Dundee pub loo doing something he shouldn't have been if he wanted to recover properly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 When he was supposed to be recovering I passed him in a Dundee pub loo doing something he shouldn't have been if he wanted to recover properly! What year was that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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