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[Hawkhill1875]

Brilliant awareness of Griffith's run from Osbourne for the first goal.

[Liam_Hibs]

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Have to say delighted with the 3 points but our defending at both goals was a disgrace, also Smith in goals needs to be sorted.

Agreed. Shows how desperately we need a commanding central defender!

None the less.. Delighted with 3 points!

[ancient hibee]

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did someone shoot oconnor from the stand as he went down a bit like john wayne in one of his classic films

Big John seldom went down.

[HibbyAndy]

Dress it up anyway you want, Thats a stick on penalty.

[HIBERNIAN-0762]

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I know he played like Smith but it was Brown & he's bad enough. I'm now going to have nightmares about the 6-6 game again!!

Oops...too many flagons of ale today....

[truehibernian]

Asides the win, and three goals, I was again impressed by Doyle's movement and little passages of link up play.

Above all though, by far the best thing about yesterday was the unity. How good is it to see the players fight, all the coaches kick every ball and get their fists pumping, and the fans turning out in fantastic numbers and in positive mood. That's what we.should take into the next game.

[Sammy7nil]

It may have been a pen.

But

Gary went down in instalments and threw his arms out like Tom Daley. Could he have stayed on his feet ?

I can see why the ref booked him and I think if that was a Pars player all of us at the game would have been shouting a diving ****

[Gatecrasher]

i felt like Garry left his leg in and played for the Pen.

[Craig_in_Prague]

cant get bbc so was watching SSN most of the day, earlier on anyway.. and also some of goals on sunday...but missed the spl games.. so still not seen any of the goals other than our winning goal.... peed off.

[nonshinyfinish]

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i felt like Garry left his leg in and played for the Pen.

Yes, but while he was doing that, the defender fouled him.

[LancashireHibby]

No need for GO'C to go down in a heap like he did - if anything he could have quite easily stayed on his feet and he'd have had a great chance in front of goal. Regardless of whether he's a 'marked' man in terms of the referee, he's got to stop exaggerating challenges like that or the bookings will keep coming.

Great finish for his goal by the way and some nifty footwork from Griffiths for the third as well.

Still work to be done at the back but a good starting point, same again next week please

[hibsbollah]

I'm staggered noone has mentioned the second goal

One of the best team goals ive seen us score for a while. Four movements, each one perfectly executed...Clever throw out by Brown over Booths shoulder, sensational surging box-to-box run by Booth and nice pass to Leigh, Leigh nice lay off to O'Connor, O'Connor bang into top corner.

[Twiglet]

Who's the other commentator on Hibs TV with Martin Clancy? He went mental when O'Connor didn't get the penalty and was booked.

[Fantic]

Sportscene on BBC2 now and Sergios on it!

[Lofarl]

To be fair the guy has to pick up a few bucks somewhere. Probably gets a wee munch too.

[joe breezy]

Cannae believe the BBC still use flash, ah cannae see as just have an iPhone

[monktonharp]

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i felt like Garry left his leg in and played for the Pen.

aye, and I'd dae the same if a defender had one o' his wrapped roond mine!

[CallumLaidlaw]

The defender left his leg out for so long it was unreal. Garry would have literally had to hurdle it to avoid it.

[basehibby]

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If a pen had been awarded would the SFA compliance officer look at the incident again offer Hibs a ban for O'Connor.

No - it was a much clearer penalty than the one against St Js - defender clearly kicks his leg out, misses the ball and catches both GOC's feet as he tries to follow it. O'Connor sticks his hand up to claim as soon as there's contact thus giving the rise to the appearance of a superman style dive. So he was probably looking to draw a foul and succeeded - this is not a bad thing - it's called SKILL!!!

Stonewaller and unbelieveably pish poor decision.

[Spike Mandela]

Some finish for O'Connor's goal. Surely nobody can be of the opinion anymore that he isn't worth holding on to.

[lapsedhibee]

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Brilliant awareness of Griffith's run from Osbourne for the first goal.

Shirley Ozzy was coming back from an offside position - so had no choice but to leave it, whether or not Leigh was making a run?

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The defender left his leg out for so long it was unreal. Garry would have literally had to hurdle it to avoid it.

Why didn't he hurdle it, have a clear shot at goal, put us 4-2 up and game over? Wasn't so many years ago that footballers at all levels did this as a matter of routine. All this 'playing for penalties' all the time, and 'there was contact so he was entitled to go down' mentality is a teensy bit pathetic imo.

[basehibby]

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Shirley Ozzy was coming back from an offside position - so had no choice but to leave it, whether or not Leigh was making a run?



Why didn't he hurdle it, have a clear shot at goal, put us 4-2 up and game over? Wasn't so many years ago that footballers at all levels did this as a matter of routine. All this 'playing for penalties' all the time, and 'there was contact so he was entitled to go down' mentality is a teensy bit pathetic imo.

Have another look and ask yourself if that was a real possibility. He may have been able to stumble on a bit if he'd really tried, but was clearly impeded and may not have gotten to the ball first.

[basehibby]

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Some finish for O'Connor's goal. Surely nobody can be of the opinion anymore that he isn't worth holding on to.

He's a talismanic figure for us and is building up a good understanding with Griffiths - well worth hanging onto him - he'll score goals and we wouldn't get much for him anyway with his contract being up in the summer.

[lapsedhibee]

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Have another look and ask yourself if that was a real possibility. He may have been able to stumble on a bit if he'd really tried, but was clearly impeded and may not have gotten to the ball first.

Have had plenty looks and imo the main difficulty in Gaz getting past the Dunfy boy is not where the Dunfy boy puts his left leg, but where Gaz puts his left leg. And Gaz places his left leg in the position not most likely to get past the boy, but in the position most likely to get a pen.

Not saying definitively that it wasn't a pen - it probably was - just observing that modern fitballers play to get pens, rather than get past defenders, in the box. Just as Gaz did against St Johnstone.

[Gatecrasher]

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Yes, but while he was doing that, the defender fouled him.

I didn't say it wasn't a foul

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aye, and I'd dae the same if a defender had one o' his wrapped roond mine!

[Danderhall Hibs]

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There was no need for him to chuck himself down the way he did though, if he hadn't put his arms in the air and dived forward a couple of yards he might have got it it but all the theatrics made it look like a dive so i can see why the ref never gave it.

I know what you're saying, however the referees have brought this on themselves. If you don't fall down they don't give the free-kick/penalty so this encourages players to
fall over. This then makes everyone think the fall is exaggerated. It also gives some sort of validation to the pundits view of “he’s been touched so he’s entitled to go down”

I reckon if refs just gave a foul/penalty when it was one rather than waiting for someone to fall over we’d see less “diving” or “going down easily”.

[Beefster]

We need to stop writing off goalkeepers because they make a mistake or two. Give them a chance to get a run of games and stop looking for a scapegoat, even when we win a game.

It's a stretch to blame Brown for the first goal IMO. Hart should have done better and, from the highlights, it looks like Hanlon doesn't track the scorer's run either. Brown had about 10 players running at him - if he had come out, been stopped from getting to the ball because he ran into a couple of players and they had still scored, he's have been slaughtered (anyway).

[IWasThere2016]

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I'm staggered noone has mentioned the second goal

One of the best team goals ive seen us score for a while. Four movements, each one perfectly executed...Clever throw out by Brown over Booths shoulder, sensational surging box-to-box run by Booth and nice pass to Leigh, Leigh nice lay off to O'Connor, O'Connor bang into top corner.

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Some finish for O'Connor's goal. Surely nobody can be of the opinion anymore that he isn't worth holding on to.

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He's a talismanic figure for us and is building up a good understanding with Griffiths - well worth hanging onto him - he'll score goals and we wouldn't get much for him anyway with his contract being up in the summer.

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We need to stop writing off goalkeepers because they make a mistake or two. Give them a chance to get a run of games and stop looking for a scapegoat, even when we win a game.

It's a stretch to blame Brown for the first goal IMO. Hart should have done better and, from the highlights, it looks like Hanlon doesn't track the scorer's run either. Brown had about 10 players running at him - if he had come out, been stopped from getting to the ball because he ran into a couple of players and they had still scored, he's have been slaughtered (anyway).

Hart is murder. He repeatedly makes no attempt to challenge from dead balls into the box. Pure pish.

[Newry Hibs]

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Big John seldom went down.

My wife must be John Wayne then.

[Wilson]

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My wife must be John Wayne then.

Naw.