how is he going at Hibs? Tried googling, seems he had a bad injury but was there or there abouts with the first team??
According to Soccerway, he played in HIBS U-21 game on 15th August but only was on the pitch for 32mins https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2018/08/14/scotl...
I'm an optimistic pessimist.
I'm positive things will go wrong.
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From this week's Flying Kiwis.
"It’s been a tough year for Andy Blake, the kiwi midfielder/fullback. Getting a gig with Hibernian in the top flight of Scotland should’ve been a dream for him but on loan with Edinburgh City in January he busted his Achilles after only eight appearances and that was the end of that. He recovered in time for preseason but then got injured again with the development squad and is only now on the comeback trail.
Andrew Blake: “The first competitive game for the Development Squad was in the Irn Bru Cup, I had only played pre-season games before then, so it was actually my first competitive game coming back from my Achilles injury and I only played 25 minutes before getting injured again. When I came on against Hearts that was about a year since I had done my Achilles. Playing 25 minutes of competitive football in a year was not great, so all I need to do now is pin my ears back and work hard to stay fit for the upcoming games. Every game is vital for me. I need to be getting minutes. We’re playing Kilmarnock on Monday and they’re a decent side, so it will be another competitive match for me. I’ve noticed that Kilmarnock have a good side in the Reserve League so that will be a good test for us as a group. If I can play in the match then that would be great.”
Here’s hoping he gets that long run of games – we could kind of use a right back in the national team."
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Looks like he is at least a constant on the bench for Hib's reserve team, if scroll down to the team lineups at bottom of each match report.
But no mention of him getting any playing time.
http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/9503
http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/9429
Maybe a chance of getting loaned out to a lower league Scottish club in the new year, if his achilles has repaired ok.
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