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Zach Mitchell - Jan 2026 recalled from Hibernian (p29)

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  • Radostanradical
    Radostanradical Posts: 1,032
    Now that the Afcon is pretty much over, makes sense if we can recall him. Shame he cant go on loan to L2 team but surely if he has a future here he would be better off warming our bench/playing u21s and learning than doing so on Hibs bench.
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,413
    Given how much shit we are in defensively with injuries I'd have him back now. I rate him and accept he will make mistakes so maybe Jones doesn't feel the same and would rather he get those put of his system somewhere else but needs must. 
  • NabySarr
    NabySarr Posts: 5,033
    Carter said:
    Given how much shit we are in defensively with injuries I'd have him back now. I rate him and accept he will make mistakes so maybe Jones doesn't feel the same and would rather he get those put of his system somewhere else but needs must. 
    Start of the month maybe. But with Clarke signed and Ramsay (and maybe Burke) back this weekend we really aren’t short any more in that RCB position 
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 14,940

    🟢⚪️Charlton Athletic have recalled Zach Mitchell from his loan spell at Hibs.
    🔴⚪️The Addicks were frustrated by his lack of first-team action.
    ⚽️He will now return to Nathan Jones’ squad, having already played for Charlton and Hibs this season.🟢⚪️https://t.co/9ziM8bpb7S pic.twitter.com/Chhz4lLLgY

    — Scott Burns (@ScottBurns75) January 19, 2026
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 70,864
    NabySarr said:
    Carter said:
    Given how much shit we are in defensively with injuries I'd have him back now. I rate him and accept he will make mistakes so maybe Jones doesn't feel the same and would rather he get those put of his system somewhere else but needs must. 
    Start of the month maybe. But with Clarke signed and Ramsay (and maybe Burke) back this weekend we really aren’t short any more in that RCB position 
    Bree has gone, so we need cover for both RCB and RWB positions. Burke is unlikely to stay fit all season.

    Zach can also cover defensive midfield as well. As a naturally defensive player, I'm sure he'd be a better Coventry replacement than Anderson was on Saturday.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 40,713
    edited January 19
    Addick Addict said:
    fenaddick said:
    Athletico Charlton said:
    Wasn't the issue with Colchester that we didn't have a break clause in January.  That seemed a schoolboy error to me.  The initial loan idea was sensible but the manager changed and he was out of the picture with no chance to recall him.

    At the time, the Hibs loan also seemed good, a step up from St Johnstone and a league he had done well in.  Clearly it has not worked out although it is not obvious how much of that is injury related, at least at the start it seemed so.  Hopefully.he breaks through to their first team soon and nails a place to the end of the season.

    Obita and Bishiri are 2* CBs at Hibs who will be off to the African Cup of Nations in December so he will likely get his chance then.
    Hadn’t realised this. Potentially shrewd from Hibs, getting in a low risk youngster on loan who can settle in for a couple of months and provide cover during AFCON
    I still think this doesn't add up. Mitchell didn't make the 20-man squad on Saturday and hasn't tonight either. I fail to see how he is expected to go into the team once Obita (who has been on the bench anyway) and Bishri disappear to AFCON, going to be match fit when he hasn't played a game since 11th October? There has been no indication from either club or on Hibs' forum that he has been injured since then. 

    There is absolutely no way the Club or, more to the point, Zach can be happy with him not being given a chance to get any game time especially after what happened at Colchester. Which is why, until such time as we see him in the match day squad, I remain of the opinion that there is an agreement in place between the two clubs not to play him for the next month so he can be recalled come January. Whatever that level might be (and he proved that he can hold his own in the SPL last season) he needs to be playing football even if that is, like Kanu and Mbick, in League 2. 

    There is another aspect to this though. Imagine if we do recall him but don't send him out on loan straightaway because of our injury situation at that time. How much leeway will fans give him, if and when he is required to play, for not having kicked a ball in anger for five months or so? 



    This was written back in November. I was wrong about the agreement in place between the two clubs but the whole saga only proves what a selfish son of a bitch the Hibs manager has proven to be. He never had any intention of playing Mitchell unless he really had to and a total of little more than two hours of football has prevented him from going out on loan again. The Hibs forum is littered with comments about how too loyal he stays to certain players.

    That's twice this has happened to the lad now in the last three seasons. If I were him I would be sacking my agent because, over and above a player's host club, that agency is paid to look after a player's best interest. It is clear that zero due diligence was done in this last minute move. 

    I would also ask the fans to cut Mitchell some slack and remember the thing that I have highlighted above. The player that was brought in on deadline day, Bree, by us is the very one we have sent back and the one we sent out to gain experience playing hasn't done so. You could not write it.   
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 97,454
    edited January 19
    I guess we probably wont bother with another Right sided Defender now then... Shame it didn't work out for Zach after his time with St Johnstone - Its a shame that Hibs basically f**ked him and us over by playing him in two games, otherwise we could have recalled him, made an assessment, and could have sent him back elsewhere for the rest of the season, but he's now played for two clubs
  • Radostanradical
    Radostanradical Posts: 1,032
    Well now he will be home to develop as oppossed to someone elses bench, shame he cant be sent out to a L2/L1 team on loan now but at least he can be seen by manager and who knows maybe he will get a chance and take it.
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 17,631
    I still think we need anothe RCB/RWB. We were short on numbers in the first half of the season. Jones said in his interview he wont be in that position again. Clarke in and Bree out leaves us equal on numbers. ZM is cover in a couple of roles but would still like one more. 
  • Athletico Charlton
    Athletico Charlton Posts: 14,581
    That Hibs manager is an absolute disgrace imo. 

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  • Diebythesword
    Diebythesword Posts: 592
    Tbh need all the bodies we can get for the second half of this season. 
  • Bailey
    Bailey Posts: 3,640
    killerandflash said:
    NabySarr said:
    Carter said:
    Given how much shit we are in defensively with injuries I'd have him back now. I rate him and accept he will make mistakes so maybe Jones doesn't feel the same and would rather he get those put of his system somewhere else but needs must. 
    Start of the month maybe. But with Clarke signed and Ramsay (and maybe Burke) back this weekend we really aren’t short any more in that RCB position 
    Bree has gone, so we need cover for both RCB and RWB positions. Burke is unlikely to stay fit all season.

    Zach can also cover defensive midfield as well. As a naturally defensive player, I'm sure he'd be a better Coventry replacement than Anderson was on Saturday.
    Based on what ? 
  • letthegoodtimesroll
    letthegoodtimesroll Posts: 10,978
    arny23394 said:
    Gisappointed said:
    Zach is only 20, bulked up since his injuries, played six games as a 17yo without embarrassing himself. He can carry the ball, is quicker than Burke and reads the game. 

    For me he has as much quality as Gomez or Konsa. He is wasted st Hibs. 
    No way on earth you aren’t a wum. Gomez was capped by England and playing champions league football at 20 - Mitchell can’t get a game for a shit Scottish team at 20.
    If I recall this correctly, JG was going to be down the pecking order to even get on the bench at Liverpool when he went there and then those in front of him got injured before the season started (I think) and he was top of the list and playing. The rest was down to him but getting that chance to play and show what he was capable of is something Zach hasn’t seen much of so far this season and unlike Joe his only appearances for Charlton have been in a shit L1 League side or Vertu trophy match instead of a promotion winning team. 
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 14,940
    edited January 19
    Confirmation of the recall

    Hibernian FC Head Coach David Gray commented: “I’d like to thank Zach for the way he has conducted himself around the Club and for all his hard work. We’ve had a lot of competition for places in his position, and he had to be patient for his opportunities.

    “Zach is a young player who wants to play games, which we completely understand, so it makes sense for him to return to Charlton Athletic as it’s not something we can guarantee. He was a model professional during his time here, fantastic to work with, always keen to learn, and I wish him nothing but the best moving forward.”


    https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/2026/january/19/zach-mitchell-recalled-by-charlton-athletic/

    https://www.charltonafc.com/news/zach-mitchell-recalled-hibernian-loan
  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 18,897
    Welcome home, Zach. 

    Onwards & upwards from now on.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 40,713
    edited January 19
    fenaddick said:
    Confirmation of the recall

    Hibernian FC Head Coach David Gray commented: “I’d like to thank Zach for the way he has conducted himself around the Club and for all his hard work. We’ve had a lot of competition for places in his position, and he had to be patient for his opportunities.

    “Zach is a young player who wants to play games, which we completely understand, so it makes sense for him to return to Charlton Athletic as it’s not something we can guarantee. He was a model professional during his time here, fantastic to work with, always keen to learn, and I wish him nothing but the best moving forward.”


    https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/2026/january/19/zach-mitchell-recalled-by-charlton-athletic/

    https://www.charltonafc.com/news/zach-mitchell-recalled-hibernian-loan
    It's almost as if Gray didn't know what he had in the squad when he signed Mitchell. As for "opportunities", he really is taking the mickey in using the plural of the word - one start and one sub appearance, for a player proven at the level, in five months of being there is being somewhat disingenuous. 
  • letthegoodtimesroll
    letthegoodtimesroll Posts: 10,978
    Fanny Fanackapan said:
    Welcome home, Zach. 

    Onwards & upwards from now on.
    Get into the team Zach and show them what they missed out on. We currently desperately need a LWB, somebody that can take a corner and someone that can take a free kick and score from it. 

    Practice those and you’ll be first name on the team sheet after Jones.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 58,441
    One of the most pointless and unproductive loans imaginable. Due diligence on this one was majorly lacking. 

    What a waste of five months
  • valleynick66
    valleynick66 Posts: 5,156
    AFKABartram said:
    One of the most pointless and unproductive loans imaginable. Due diligence on this one was majorly lacking. 

    What a waste of five months
    But our back room set up is all good now?

    Its just unfortunate I imagine. The manager there didn’t see him as an upgrade I guess. 

    We too have been guilty the other way around of not using signings. 

    No conspiracy / no great problem. Just didn’t pan out. 
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 25,143
    Fancy hardly getting a game in a pub league ? what were Hibs thinking ?

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  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 70,864
    Bailey said:
    killerandflash said:
    NabySarr said:
    Carter said:
    Given how much shit we are in defensively with injuries I'd have him back now. I rate him and accept he will make mistakes so maybe Jones doesn't feel the same and would rather he get those put of his system somewhere else but needs must. 
    Start of the month maybe. But with Clarke signed and Ramsay (and maybe Burke) back this weekend we really aren’t short any more in that RCB position 
    Bree has gone, so we need cover for both RCB and RWB positions. Burke is unlikely to stay fit all season.

    Zach can also cover defensive midfield as well. As a naturally defensive player, I'm sure he'd be a better Coventry replacement than Anderson was on Saturday.
    Based on what ? 
    In youth teams, he played as a ball playing centre back, comfortable to bring the ball into midfield. That sounds like a better starting point than Anderson has to play the 6 role.
  • Valleysarr
    Valleysarr Posts: 1,134
    Never loan to that lot again 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 40,713
    edited January 19
    valleynick66 said:
    AFKABartram said:
    One of the most pointless and unproductive loans imaginable. Due diligence on this one was majorly lacking. 

    What a waste of five months
    But our back room set up is all good now?

    Its just unfortunate I imagine. The manager there didn’t see him as an upgrade I guess. 

    We too have been guilty the other way around of not using signings. 

    No conspiracy / no great problem. Just didn’t pan out. 
    There's no conspiracy but a total lack of due dilligence. This move only happened on the very last day of the window and because we signed Bree that day. Hibs even had to go to FIFA to get it approved because the paperwork wasn't competed in time. Mitchell was signed on a "just in case" basis by the Hibs' manager as they already had five CBs, all of which were on permanent contracts and who were always likely to be picked in front of a loanee. 

    As a one off, it would be a lot easier for Mitchell to swallow but this is the second time in three years that he has missed half a season because of a poor loan. He made his debut for us over three years ago and in the last two years he has only started seven league games for anyone. Loans are meant to be for development purposes and it is really poor that he hasn't been afforded that opportunity to do so.

    It's a bit too easy for people to say "it's just one of those things" when you're not in the shoes of a youngster who is desperate to do what he is meant to be doing - play football. That is where he should be making any mistakes and learning from them and what makes things even worse is that in those two loans I believe he's played just one game in total for the respective U21s.     





  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 97,454
    fenaddick said:
    Valleysarr said:
    Never loan to that lot again 
    I'd go further, lets loan them Roussillon
    Woah... Someone clearly woke up and fancied starting WW3
  • msomerton
    msomerton Posts: 3,231
    According to Charlton he has played twice since being out on loan, so not match ready I would suggest. 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 40,713
    msomerton said:
    According to Charlton he has played twice since being out on loan, so not match ready I would suggest. 
    A full game on 20th December and 38 minutes on 3rd January.
  • Sword65pf
    Sword65pf Posts: 1,078
    They might put him somewhere else, so he gets games.
  • limeygent
    limeygent Posts: 3,224
    I would have thought than if he'd been good enough he'd have been given some game time, after all, managers want to win, don't they?
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 14,940
    Sword65pf said:
    They might put him somewhere else, so he gets games.
    He can't play for another club

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