Could we go down again?

[H18 SFR]

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Destined for several years in the doldrums, has been on the cards for years and I see no quick way back for Hibs, hope I'm wrong.

This has been my fear since the loss in the playoffs. Whatever way you look at it, we essentially have the same team that got us relegated. Now, I know some folk will disagree with this, however the return of Booth (championship player recently) Farid (championship player in recent times) and Allan and Kennedy (essentially young players with potential) does not hide the fact that we are an extremely poor squad made up of players not good enough for the Premiership. We are, at the current time a very average team, a team I'd describe as a very average championship side.

[H18 SFR]

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Your the biggest pessimist on this board or any other Hibs Board by miles, I'm not certain we will make it up next season but I would wager a bet we will be in the playoffs at least and in there fighting.

The fact he is a pessimist is irrelevant. His conclusion seems logical to me and I'm sure many others too.

[Ross89]

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Are you the guy that said there was no danger we would be relegated this season? Someone should get that thread back up? The minute I read that one I knew they were tempting fate.

I think it's "Mikey" you are thinking about (an Admin on here).

He started a thread basically saying there was no chance we'd be in a relegation playoff. Strangely, enough the thread was eventually deleted !!!!!!!

LOL !!!! :-)

[Baader]

It's heartbreaking what has been allowed to happen to this football club. Thoroughly depressing and we don't deserve it.

[macca70]

YES!! We've changed the club infrastructure and management team but our 1 st team playing staff are still the same clowns that got us relegated and beat last season by raith

[over the line]

It is possible yes of course (very little is impossible). But will it happen, I'd say a big fat NO, qualified with an 'of course not'! It might not be the start to the season we all hoped for, but its early days yet and a long, long, long way off despair and disaster!

[yankyhibby]

Dramatic thread title, but the point made is worthy of consideration. I for one think it highly unlikely (as bad as we are) that we will go down, again, but, yes, it's possible. Just as it's possible that Dumbarton will clinch the championship title ahead of The Rangers or Hearts.

[Pete]

Utter nonsense. Makes you wonder why it's been bumped up again.

[macca70]

Yes, Raith beat us at ER last season, we appear to be worse this season

[Pete]

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Yes, Raith beat us at ER last season, we appear to be worse this season

So we're going to get relegated because we lost a cup match to raith last season? You could use the same logic to somehow come up with the opinion that we will win the league and two cups.

And did you watch us last season? You can't be serious when you say that we're worse than that.

This place is mental sometimes.

[Springbank]

Wouldn't rule it out until Leigh Geiffiths signs

The. Rest of them are push poor

[Judas Iscariot]

Going on current form we most certainly could be.

We're ****in awful

[malagahibby]

I think some of the half wits that post on here do it when their mums are oot at the bingo .
Relegated -gee us peace.
In fact just get aff the board .your constant whining is getting to is all .

[weecounty hibby]

I think that relegation again for us is very very unlikely but i said after the Hamilton game on the bus home that it could take us 10 years to properly recover from relegation. I dont just mean promotion but to recover as a club. We are split as a fan base. Split between fans and owner/board, split between fans and players. Revenues will continue to drop and it will be more and more difficult to attract decent players to ER. Unfortunately I still think this may be true.

[emerald green]

One thing I've learned watching Hibs over the years is that absolutely anything is possible (remember chucking away a 4-2 lead at Tynecastle with the game into extra time?).

However, I don't think the club will be relegated again. That really would be the doomsday scenario for this club.

More importantly though, as things currently stand, I do not believe the club has the strength and depth on the pitch to win this league outright. Whether we have enough the get promotion through the play offs is just pure guesswork this early in the season. A few bad injuries could wreck our season.

The board simply MUST find the money to allow the head coach to bring in good reinforcements to the playing squad. I'm not holding my breath on that one though.

[hibees 7062]

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Going on current form we most certainly could be.

We're ****in awful

This

[greenlex]

We are not awful. FFS change the record.

[Stevie Reid]

I keep thinking threads and posts can't get more ridiculous, yet I should know better.

[Pretty Boy]

We won't go down again, the suggestion is far fetched in the extreme.

I don't think we will win the league but we will be scrapping it out for 3rd or 4th. Over the course of a season no way will be the worst team in this league, not even close.

[SMAXXA]

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Going on current form we most certainly could be.

We're ****in awful

No we're not

[DTS]

No we will finish in the playoffs and probably lose over two legs in the 3rd 4th game

[Hermit Crab]

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Absolutely we will NOT be relegated.

Sure some said that last season.

[Judas Iscariot]

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No we're not

Aren't we?

Played 4 competitive games this season

Won 1

Lost 3

Pretty awful IMO

Sadly most Hibs fans now accept failure & defeats as the norm

[CRAZYHIBBY]

No ...but we wont be bouncing straight back up thats for sure

[Ronniekirk]

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Aren't we?

Played 4 competitive games this season

Won 1

Lost 3

Pretty awful IMO

Sadly most Hibs fans now accept failure & defeats as the norm

Stubbs isn't long in the door and we have played three teams that will be in to five at end of season who are ahead of us in preparation. there is no doubt ino we need to strengthen if we want to be serious challenger for league title but next four games will tell us where we are likely to be and will let us see which teams are being consistent week in week out in performance and results But we now really need to start converting our chances as already it's clear that is an issue and until we remedy it it will cost us points and we don't want to let the gap grow beyond six points at this early stage as having a smaller squad will mean we aren't best placed to cope with injuries and suspension going forward

[theonlywayisup]

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[steakbake]

I can't see us going down but I certainly don't imagine we're going straight back up unless we make a dramatic turnaround.

[Jim44]

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Aren't we?

Played 4 competitive games this season

Won 1

Lost 3

Pretty awful IMO

Sadly most Hibs fans now accept failure & defeats as the norm

The facts are the only accurate pointer to our potential fate. Our rubbish start to the season, including the precarious position we were in last night, suggests that we 'could' be relegated. The OP asks 'could' not 'will'. There is only one possible answer. I don't think we will be relegated but last season should have taught a lesson.

[matty_f]

Brutal thread.

[Ricky Bobby]

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The facts are the only accurate pointer to our potential fate. Our rubbish start to the season, including the precarious position we were in last night, suggests that we 'could' be relegated. The OP asks 'could' not 'will'. There is only one possible answer. I don't think we will be relegated but last season should have taught a lesson.

Anyone who has been to see us this season would see that, we are easily good enough to compete with Hearts and The rangers for the play off place. We are making enough chances to win games comfortably. Once the strikers get a few and the confidence starts to build we wont be far away. Last season we were not creating any chances so therefore we had no way of winning games.