The ongoing frustration of most of our players not shooting when they get a half decent sight of goal within range, continues in my view to cost us every week and reflects our lack of goals in games where teams pack the box defensively.
If they miss they miss, if the.keeper saves it unlucky, if the keeper parries it and we get a chance from that great, if we score from the shot that's what it's all about ...
We seem to overplay or delay far too much in dangerous areas all to the benefit.
of the other team ..let's be more ruthless in these positions and see what happens !!
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Thread: Shoot on sight
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15-10-2017 07:23 AM #1
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Shoot on sight
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15-10-2017 07:49 AM #2This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
We had 4 on target to Aberdeens 2
Our problem is converting chances to goals - the full table rarely lies and our 14 goals for and 13 against puts us slightly ahead of the "crap" teams, which is probably right given how we are performing.
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15-10-2017 09:41 AM #3This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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15-10-2017 09:45 AM #4This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The stattos tell us we had X shots, but to be honest they are probably including the sclaffs in the last 5 minutes when the Sheep had 6 defenders on and there was no way through.
The step up in quality in this league is telling - you need to take your chances or you are on the back foot.
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15-10-2017 10:08 AM #5
I had a few non-Hibee friends with me yesterday and they were saying this too. Just hit the bloody thing!
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15-10-2017 10:28 AM #6
This was driving me nuts yesterday. The number of times one of our players collected the ball just outside the penalty box, directly in front of goal, and chose to pass it out wide instead of trying a shot.
Even Stokes did it a couple of times, which really surprised me.
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15-10-2017 10:35 AM #7
In the Bobby Charlton doc on BBC the other night he said he was told early in his career to always shoot. That the crowd will forgive you if you shoot and miss but not if you don't shoot.
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15-10-2017 11:13 AM #9
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This has annoyed me for years. Any decent player should be able to hit the target from 20 yards.
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15-10-2017 05:52 PM #10
Neil Lennon has raised this issue on numerous occasions: poor decision-making in the final third, including not taking pot-shots at the goal.
It's frustrating to see us execute one more pass when a shot at goal is on.
I'm convinced that our points tally would be up there with both Aberdeen and Celtic if our shot-shy midfielders had a go regularly. So what if they don't come off most of the time, just have a go for goodness sake.
Opposition defenders know that all they have to do is shackle Stokes or any other Hibs attacker and they will not concede, simply because they know that it's highly unlikely any other Hibs outfielder will score.Last edited by Hi Heid Yin; 15-10-2017 at 07:49 PM.
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15-10-2017 07:41 PM #11
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Interested to read today that no team in the English Premiership has 50% of shots on target-best is 47%(newcastle)and worst 19%(Crystal Palace)
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15-10-2017 08:11 PM #12
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I've got a numpty in front of me who shouts "just hit it" when a player takes a second touch or chooses to pass. And then shouts "take a second touch" or "look for the pass" when a player"just hits it".
The players can't win with so many experts in the stands.
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15-10-2017 09:01 PM #13
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'Tippy-tappy football / every goal must be Barcelonaesque' - it's something that's dogged us for a good few seasons now !. Seems like the '1st-time shot' is a thing of the past with Hibs-players ??.
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