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18-08-2014, 05:29 AM
I've read a lot about what we should be targeting this season.
Between ourselves, hearts and The rangers, I don't think there is much to choose from and once we've got a settled team, I think we could get the upper hand over them in fixtures. Depth of squad is the difference between us and them ATM. I'd expect Scott Alan will be a first team starter over the next few weeks, we'll see more of Kennedy and hopefully a bit more understanding between players/manager/tactics.
We're not favourites to win the league and that's probably justified at the moment but it's important now that the derby is over for us to get the results against the rest of the teams. That's without any disrespect to the other teams who will feel they're also in with a chance (Falkirk etc), but if we're serious about promotion it's the attitude we need to have. It's early doors but Saturdays fixture is already very important v Falkirk.
On the signings front, the next few weeks will be very telling with regards to hibs and Stubbs intention.
To me a signing and maybe a loan deal would be a statement of intent from hibs. If we want to win the league, we need to win the early games and we're not far away from being in that position.
The other option is, we hold off to January. We'll be there or there abouts (hopefully) and by this time Stubbs will have had time to evaluate the squad and all other teams in the league. We don't technically need to win the league for promotion (as we know all to well). So we wait till January and add the signing or 2 that gives us the edge over the rest for the remainder of the season and go into the playoffs with a bit momentum.
The next few weeks until the transfer window will be very telling IMO and will be massive for our club.
Between ourselves, hearts and The rangers, I don't think there is much to choose from and once we've got a settled team, I think we could get the upper hand over them in fixtures. Depth of squad is the difference between us and them ATM. I'd expect Scott Alan will be a first team starter over the next few weeks, we'll see more of Kennedy and hopefully a bit more understanding between players/manager/tactics.
We're not favourites to win the league and that's probably justified at the moment but it's important now that the derby is over for us to get the results against the rest of the teams. That's without any disrespect to the other teams who will feel they're also in with a chance (Falkirk etc), but if we're serious about promotion it's the attitude we need to have. It's early doors but Saturdays fixture is already very important v Falkirk.
On the signings front, the next few weeks will be very telling with regards to hibs and Stubbs intention.
To me a signing and maybe a loan deal would be a statement of intent from hibs. If we want to win the league, we need to win the early games and we're not far away from being in that position.
The other option is, we hold off to January. We'll be there or there abouts (hopefully) and by this time Stubbs will have had time to evaluate the squad and all other teams in the league. We don't technically need to win the league for promotion (as we know all to well). So we wait till January and add the signing or 2 that gives us the edge over the rest for the remainder of the season and go into the playoffs with a bit momentum.
The next few weeks until the transfer window will be very telling IMO and will be massive for our club.