IMO, effe needs dropped and gray brought in at RB, with whitty moving to right mid or just being dropped as well. 4-4-2 or 4-3-3 please
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Thread: Best defensive configuration
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19-08-2017 04:52 PM #1
Best defensive configuration
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19-08-2017 04:52 PM #2
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Gray, ambrose, Hanlon, stevenson.
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19-08-2017 04:54 PM #4This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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19-08-2017 04:54 PM #5
Gray, McGregor, Hanlon, Stevenson.
Bartley in front of that 4 makes for a very solid unit indeed.
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19-08-2017 04:59 PM #6
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We've conceded first in every league game this season so something is definitely not right
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19-08-2017 05:02 PM #7
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I like 4-3-3 with Bartley in the middle.
A lot of folk dropping Efe but I'm not sure. Today McGregor conceded the penalty and Hanlon gave the ball away for the second.Last edited by neil7908; 19-08-2017 at 05:19 PM.
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19-08-2017 05:07 PM #8This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I've never been convinced by Ambrose and McGregor together but I think McGregor and Hanlon is our best pairing.
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19-08-2017 05:15 PM #9
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Gray McGregor Fontaine Whittaker
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19-08-2017 05:21 PM #10
It's really horses for courses. The back three wasn't really the problem today, but rather that we couldn't get an outball and some individuals wanted too much time. I would've swapped Whittaker for Gray to win the knockdown when Rocky was kicking out though, as Stokes movement was poor, wasting Whittaker's long passes, making him ineffective.
The problems arose when we put Efe to right back, pushed Whittaker up, and the midfield stopped tracking their runners. Hamilton are quick on the counter.
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19-08-2017 05:22 PM #11
Think we need to accept we have full backs in the squad not wing backs - play a flat back four and defensive midfielder.
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19-08-2017 05:25 PM #12
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Gray Daz Hanlon Stevenson
First name would be Daz as he is a fantastic defender. Both Gray and Stevenson are very good when played at full back and Hanlon gives us a quality outball and a great understanding in the middle with Daz. Effe and Daz don't seem to work.
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19-08-2017 05:26 PM #13
I thought Daz was injured? could only have been the reason he was subbed, Hanlon, Whittaker and Efe were all over the place today, whether it was the wind on the pitch.
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19-08-2017 05:35 PM #14This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The players you mention only fell to pieces after McGregor went off.
They were all over the place after that though.
There wasn't really any excuse for a lot of what was going on.
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19-08-2017 06:16 PM #16
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Hanlon should be sweeping behind Daz and Efe/Fonts
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19-08-2017 06:16 PM #17This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
This season though I think there has already been too much nonsense. He starts games atrociously and has made serious mistakes in the first 10 minutes of all of our games so far.
He needs to give himself a shake.
It's not as if we don't have perfectly adequate options of playing 2 centre-halves or sticking Fontaine or Porteous in there.
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19-08-2017 10:24 PM #20
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19-08-2017 10:33 PM #21
I'm beginning to see what people say about Ambrose being a bombscare at times, today he continually tried to play his way out of tricky situations and either lost the ball or put us in bother, I think he thinks he's better than he is. For me the back 4 of Gray, McGregor, Hanlon and Stevenson is our best balanced defence.
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19-08-2017 10:47 PM #23This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
i think it was for his own good tbf
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19-08-2017 10:59 PM #24
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20-08-2017 01:09 AM #27
We don't have a 'best defensive configuration' and perhaps nor should we.
We've got different options for three or four at the back, and given injuries and fitness, plus how our opponents line up, then NL picks the best shape for any given game.
My concern is we are strong in the middle of defence and see Whittaker as cover on either flank. I would rather see Whitttaker playing more through the middle. That would leave us light on the flanks though.
With regard to Efe, thank **** we are arguing about whether Hibs should have a centre-half who can run with a ball.
Yes, some of his distribution left a lot to be desired. Practically every one of his teammates were at fault for that as well.There's only one thing better than a Hibs calendar and that's two Hibs calendars
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20-08-2017 05:18 AM #29
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People talking about dropping Ambrose? Really? Hanlon was the one all over the place more than Ambrose.
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20-08-2017 06:15 AM #30
As much as I think PH has improved in the last few years he has still to prove himself at Premiership level imo and yesterday was an example of his past frailties.
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