Managers live and die by their recruitment. Get more right than wrong and there shouldn’t be a problem.
But Hibs right now are getting way more wrong than right. And it IS a problem. I’m not for a second saying Lee Johnson is solely to blame as the record of questionable signings goes back long before he arrived. There needs to be real scrutiny on the recruitment department and the whole scouting network at Easter Road.
Where are they getting these players from? How are they compiling their lists of targets? It’s simply not been good enough. Ron Gordon is putting money in and they’re paying fees. But the remit seems to be buy young and hope for a gem to sell for big money. Elias Melkersen, Runar Hauge, Ellie Youan, Rocky Bushiri and Nohan Kenneh are prime examples. That would be okay if it wasn’t for the fact none of them look likely to do that.
