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[BSEJVT]

Always wanted to be first!

Stack 8 dealt with everything comfortably, great distribution

Wotherspoon 8 No real defensive duties, great delivery into box

Hanlon 8 Comfortable and Composed in everything he did, Great Goal

Hogg 6 Strangely error prone

Murray 9 my motm strolled through the game, never lost a tackle

McBride 8 links the play very well

Cregg 8 Full of energy and committed in the tackle

Rankin 8 Great Game by John

Stokes 8 Some great touches, clearly lacking in fitness /match practice. Goals will come

Benji 6 Some nice touches but a bit off the pace and peripheral. In a team of grafters, I am not sure if Yogi will fancy him

Deek 8.5 Great Goal some lovely touches, good vision and working far harder and looking far fitter.

Subs

Byrne for Benji 7 Promising Debut, played largely out of position

Stevenson for Rankin 7 Kept it simple and did that well enough but I wonder if he offers sufficient creativity for Yogi?

Nish for McBride 6 Not long and may have tweaked hamstring?

Summary

Comfortable win against poor opposition who rarely theatened and couldnt retain the ball.

Hibs passed the ball for fun and made numerous opportunities which they contrived to squander through over elaboration / showboating, poor finishing and last gasp defending.

Much much more pleasing on the eye than the Mixu brand.

[Coco Bryce]

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Always wanted to be first!

Stack 8 dealt with everything comfortably, great distribution

Wotherspoon 8 No real defensive duties, great delivery into box

Hanlon 8 Comfortable and Composed in everything he did, Great Goal

Hogg 6 Strangely error prone

Murray 9 my motm strolled through the game, never lost a tackle

McBride 8 links the play very well

Cregg 8 Full of energy and committed in the tackle

Rankin 8 Great Game by John

Stokes 8 Some great touches, clearly lacking it fitness /practice. Gaols will come

Benji 6 Some nice touches but a bit of the pace and peripheral. In a team of grafters, I am not sure if Yogi will fancy him

Deek 8.5 Great Goal some lovely touches, good vision and working far harder and looking far fitter.

Subs

Byrne for Benji 7 Promising Debut, played largely out of position

Stevenson for Rankin 7 Kept it simple and did that well enough but I wonder if he offers sufficient creativity for Yogi

Nish for McBride 6 Not long and may have tweaked hamstring?

Summary

Comfortable win against poor opposition who rarely theatened and culdnt retain the ball.

Hibs passed the ball for fun and made numerous opportunities which they contrived to squander through over elaboration / showboating, poor finishing and last gasp defending.

Much much more pleasing on the eye than the Mixu brand.

That's all we really wanted to know

[Brando7]

Benji didn't looked focused enough for me during game, was surprised to see him back out for 2nd half

[Tonez]

Sounds promising, although sunday is a better test

[ronaldo7]

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Benji didn't looked focused enough for me during game, was surprised to see him back out for 2nd half

He was continually in acres of space but Ant and Deek wouldn't let him play

We played most of the game down the left and he was left out of it a bit. After about 30 minutes he got bored.

[Cropley10]

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He was continually in acres of space but Ant and Deek wouldn't let him play

Ant and Deek. I see what you did there...

[RoxburghHibs]

Stack 6 Had little to do but distribution was very good

Wotherspoon 7 Cracking player and looks a great prospect

Hanlon 6 Great goal but not at his best tonight

Hogg 6 Gave 100% for the cause but a couple dodgy moments

Murray 7 Solid as ever a calming influence

McBride 6 Rarely wasted a pass all night

Cregg 8 Full of energy my Hibs MOM

Rankin 8 He's looking a far better player under Yogi

Stokes 7 Some great movement and touches just needs a goal

Benji 6 Some nice touches but needs more workrate

Deek 8 Class act!!

Subs : Stevenson and Byrne looked lively but Nish was poor

[Brando7]

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He was continually in acres of space but Ant and Deek wouldn't let him play

We played most of the game down the left and he was left out of it a bit. After about 30 minutes he got bored.

lovin it

lets get ready to rumble on sunday

[Hibercelona]

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He was continually in acres of space but Ant and Deek wouldn't let him play

We played most of the game down the left and he was left out of it a bit. After about 30 minutes he got bored.

Clever man

[ronaldo7]

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Ant and Deek. I see what you did there...

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lovin it

lets get ready to rumble on sunday

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Clever man

Can't say the Ant and Deek is mine guys...Been on the Bounce

[RoYO!]

watch us wreck the mank,

watch us wreck the mank,

watch us wreck the mank,






psych!

[Darth Hibbie]

Stack 7 Pretty quiet day but done nothing wrong was always looking for the quick pass out

Wotherspoon 8 excellent game put in some brilliant crosses

Hanlon First half 6 Second half 8 look out of place in defence at times in the first half and his man beat him several times with ease. Different player in the second half. Cracking goal

Hogg 6 Would have been a nightmare if the opposition had been better

Murray 8 If Hogg does not improve can see Bamba and Murray at the back. Fantastic game

McBride 7 Worked well in the middle of the park

Cregg 7 As McBride

Rankin 9 MOM for me was getting involved all the time

Stokes 7 Going to be brilliant for us him and deeks looking really good together

Benji 6 When he got the ball he showed some real skill but mostly the game passed him by

Deek 8 Looked really hungry for it

Subs: did not change the game any really

We created loads of chances. Think in the second half the entire team was looking to get deeks his hat-trick or stokes his first and sometimes missed the easy ball to Byrne or Benji.

Special mention for the ref thought he had a great game

[Judas Iscariot]

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watch us wreck the mank,

watch us wreck the mank,

watch us wreck the mank,






psych!

Mank?

As in manky bástard?

Or a person from Manchester?

[hibee1ryan]

Thought the game was okay tonight hibs played well but we werent up against much. Great goal by deeks and hanlon. Think stokes and riordan are going to be a class act up front together, they always kept looking for each other everytime they where in the final 3rd of the pitch.Much to benji and byrnes dislike.. Benji didnt look interested all night, but think he is still low on confidence..
Thought John Rankin played extremley well tonight!
was happy to see stevenson get a run out aswell..

[monktonharp]

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Stack 6 Had little to do but distribution was very good

Wotherspoon 7 Cracking player and looks a great prospect

Hanlon 6 Great goal but not at his best tonight

Hogg 6 Gave 100% for the cause but a couple dodgy moments

Murray 7 Solid as ever a calming influence

McBride 6 Rarely wasted a pass all night

Cregg 8 Full of energy my Hibs MOM

Rankin 8 He's looking a far better player under Yogi

Stokes 7 Some great movement and touches just needs a goal

Benji 6 Some nice touches but needs more workrate

Deek 8 Class act!!

Subs : Stevenson and Byrne looked lively but Nish was poor

my exact thoughts, although Benji did hit the post,from long range did he not?

[MacBean]

unsung hero tonight was McBride, thought he was brilliant tonight. won so much in the middle of the park and did the simple things excellently.

Deek was class but had his usual moan

Benji didn't look interested

Stokes should have had 1 if not 2 goals - they will come

Murray was fantastic tonight nothing to trouble him

Stack had nothing to do but his distribution was great and i had a lot more confidence when the ball went anywhere near our box. made a couple of EXTREMELY loud shouts which i can say ive never heard Maka do!

Wotherspoon reminded me of whittaker with his performance tonight, had a good chance to score

Hanlon great game, great goal

rankin good game but quieter than usual i thought

[MacBean]

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my exact thoughts, although Benji did hit the post,from long range did he not?

forgot about that!!

[Hibs90]

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unsung hero tonight was McBride, thought he was brilliant tonight. won so much in the middle of the park and did the simple things excellently.

Deek was class but had his usual moan

Benji didn't look interested

Stokes should have had 1 if not 2 goals - they will come

Murray was fantastic tonight nothing to trouble him

Stack had nothing to do but his distribution was great and i had a lot more confidence when the ball went anywhere near our box. made a couple of EXTREMELY loud shouts which i can say ive never heard Maka do!

Wotherspoon reminded me of whittaker with his performance tonight, had a good chance to score

Hanlon great game, great goal

rankin good game but quieter than usual i thought

You been watching Hibs recentley? Maka shouts non-stop.

Stack - 7 - Nothing to do

Wotherspoon - 7.5
Hogg - 5 - Poor run of form :(
Murray - 6
Hanlon - 8 - Great game

Cregg - 6 - Never done much
McBride - 7.5 - Impressive
Rankin - 7

Benji - 5 - Poor
Stokes - 7 - Goals soon I hope. Should have finished that one on one though
Riordan - 8 - Class

Byrne - 7
Stevenson - 6 - Too indecisive
Nish - 5 - Never done much

[Frazerbob]

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He was continually in acres of space but Ant and Deek wouldn't let him play

We played most of the game down the left and he was left out of it a bit. After about 30 minutes he got bored.

Noticed this a few times. Ant & Deek really seemed to thrive palying together and looked like they really enjoyed it. Great to see such an understanding so early. HOWEVER, there were a number of times that they seemed to ignore Benji and he clerly got fed up after half an hour or. That's why, IMO, on the few occasions he did receive the ball in good possitions, he was greedy. A few very silky touches and a cracking shot that hit the post but definately went in the huff.

[MacBean]

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You been watching Hibs recentley? Maka shouts non-stop.

Stack - 7 - Nothing to do

Wotherspoon - 7.5
Hogg - 5 - Poor run of form :(
Murray - 6
Hanlon - 8 - Great game

Cregg - 6 - Never done much
McBride - 7.5 - Impressive
Rankin - 7

Benji - 5 - Poor
Stokes - 7 - Goals soon I hope. Should have finished that one on one though
Riordan - 8 - Class

Byrne - 7
Stevenson - 6 - Too indecisive
Nish - 5 - Never done much

Of course i do - ST

i must miss it then?
i cant think of one lately.
Maybe i sit too far away - West Upper.

[Taz_hibee]

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unsung hero tonight was McBride, thought he was brilliant tonight. won so much in the middle of the park and did the simple things excellently.

Deek was class but had his usual moan

Benji didn't look interested

Stokes should have had 1 if not 2 goals - they will come

Murray was fantastic tonight nothing to trouble him

Stack had nothing to do but his distribution was great and i had a lot more confidence when the ball went anywhere near our box. made a couple of EXTREMELY loud shouts which i can say ive never heard Maka do!

Wotherspoon reminded me of whittaker with his performance tonight, had a good chance to score

Hanlon great game, great goal

rankin good game but quieter than usual i thought

The only time Stack was asked to make a save was in the 1st half when the boy ran through himself and he was beaten when the ball was chipped over him but luckly the ball went passed the post

[MacBean]

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The only time Stack was asked to make a save was in the 1st half when the boy ran through himself and he was beaten when the ball was chipped over him but luckly the ball went passed the post

one save but he had to come running out of his box and punt it in a 1-on-1, and he gave hogg a big shout to leave it... (woopdee doo i know)

three things
still not a huge amount to judge him on

[Danderhall Hibs]

It's hard to mark so I'm going for a few selected comments...

I liked what I saw of Stack - distribution was excellent and I liked the way he caught the ball instead of punching it. Hopefully it "catches" on.

Wotherspoon got forward well and put a few cracking crosses in. Reminded me of Whittaker a bit. I'd be tempted to start him there on Sunday.

I thought Hanlon was quite poor - goal apart obviously.

Murray strolled through the game.

Hogg looks more and more dodgy every week. I think Yogi's made a mistake making him captain.

The rest were good - McBride, Cregg and Rankin are good grafters. I thought Stokes was dropping quite deep at times, he was never going to score tonight - just one of those nights for him. Riordan's goal was an absolute peach.

[Hibs90]

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Of course i do - ST

i must miss it then?
i cant think of one lately.
Maybe i sit too far away - West Upper.

Past few games I've seen the big man I've heard him loud and clear.

My obsession for Maka is actually quite spooky.

[MacBean]

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Past few games I've seen the big man I've heard him loud and clear.

My obsession for Maka is actually quite spooky.

I stand corrected

Its probably because i was deliberately looking for things to judge Stack on, and we didnt have much to go by tonight.

[Hibs90]

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I stand corrected

Its probably because i was deliberately looking for things to judge Stack on, and we didnt have much to go by tonight.

Fair enough mate. I liked the look of Stack though. His kicking was excellent.

[O'Brien[11]]

Benji must have been shattered having not had anything to eat etc all day?
give the boy a break, he just has a name for himself, hes looked sharp coming off the bench last 2 games, we are in good shape, think making hogg captain was the wrong choice, as you don't really want to drop your captain but he really needs a good boot up the arse. Stokes looks a class act, a goal on sunday will do him the world of good. Riordan what a difference under Yogi, No Galbraith tonight? Times are lookin good with Zemmama coming back and hopefully another couple of decent signings 3rd should be no problem along with a good cup run. Who to drop for Zemmama selection headache or what. Mon the cabbage.

[Taz_hibee]

Stack looked fine but had very little to do so hard to judge how he would be under pressure of an SPL game. Maka will be back in goal on Sunday as I think Yogi looks upon him as his No1 keeper, he is the best man to decide this as he see's both of them in training every day and I for one am happy to go with his decision, he also must get feed back on both from the coach

[Bayern Bru]

Some people on here would still be complaining if we'd put 10 past Brechin I reckon. (which we could have had...!)



In all seriousness though, there were some errors that would have more than likely been punished by superior opposition, but can anyone ever remember a similarly solid performance under Mixu?

Sunday's the real test though.

[gogs_t]

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Noticed this a few times. Ant & Deek really seemed to thrive palying together and looked like they really enjoyed it. Great to see such an understanding so early. HOWEVER, there were a number of times that they seemed to ignore Benji and he clerly got fed up after half an hour or. That's why, IMO, on the few occasions he did receive the ball in good possitions, he was greedy. A few very silky touches and a cracking shot that hit the post but definately went in the huff.

Agree with that. Said to the guy next to me after 15 minutes that although Ant and Deek were linking up very well, Benji had got himself in good positions but they never played the ball to him. Even when he set them up, and there was an example when he put Stokes clean through, they were slow to acknowledge his contribution. There was a point in the second half that he was perfectly positioned for a pass in front of goals and again was ignored and he looked over to the bench with "what's the point" gesture.
I honestly thought he looked the part tonight but seemed to be treated as a bit of an outsider - maybe his recent attitude towards the club has come back to bite him - but I actually felt a bit sorry for him.