One Day Soon
23-02-2017, 11:23 AM
I'm going to try to make a number of balanced observations here, must be feeling a bit unwell.
1. While I thought their fans were largely a silent sullen embarrassment last night, a much more significant number of them stayed on even after our third goal than might have been expected - they get some credit for that.
2. Alan Preston on Radio Scotland was - unusually - pretty gracious about us. I'm guessing the reality of the hard hit delivered by a level playing field is starting to sink in at last.
3. I actually feel slightly sorry for their fans. I know there is a significant proportion of utter, utter roasters but I also have a lot of friends who are decent straightforward people. They deserve a lot better than the shiftless posted-in performance that their team gave last night. Not only did they not look like they understood what a Hibs/Hearts derby means, they didn't even look like they understood the importance of a Scottish Cup tie.
4. I think they have one or two pretty decent players but they look like they are collectively clueless. My conclusion is that Cathro is one of these characters who is probably a really excellent Coach but an utter Calderwood of a manager.
5. They are in this state because they have the wrong manager in charge of the wrong group of players - ie lots of loanees and players in transit to somewhere else. They don't have the money to change it significantly for quite a while because their cash (which is supposed to be going into the fans taking ownership of the club) is going into building a new stand. Their next few seasons are going to be either short term hired gun passers through or youngsters. Either way it looks messy for them for a while.
6. I hope Romanov was somehow watching from his Moscow bedsit or wherever he is hiding now. He is most responsible for the state that club is in, but so too are the credulous sheep who willingly allowed him to lock them all in the boot of his financially doped-up car.
7. If Neil Lennon gets us up - and if he falls in love with this club as he appears to be doing - and stays for the long term, they could stay in our shadow for a very long time. The potential of Hibernian for the right manager who wanted to build a real long term legacy is immense given our stadium, our training facilities, our support, our financial position and the winning mentality of our squad following that Scottish Cup final win.
And finally, a massive massive shout out to the Hibs support. What a song book we now have and how fantastically well we performed it. You could sense and see the players being lifted by it.
By contrast the Silence of the Yams was deafening.
1. While I thought their fans were largely a silent sullen embarrassment last night, a much more significant number of them stayed on even after our third goal than might have been expected - they get some credit for that.
2. Alan Preston on Radio Scotland was - unusually - pretty gracious about us. I'm guessing the reality of the hard hit delivered by a level playing field is starting to sink in at last.
3. I actually feel slightly sorry for their fans. I know there is a significant proportion of utter, utter roasters but I also have a lot of friends who are decent straightforward people. They deserve a lot better than the shiftless posted-in performance that their team gave last night. Not only did they not look like they understood what a Hibs/Hearts derby means, they didn't even look like they understood the importance of a Scottish Cup tie.
4. I think they have one or two pretty decent players but they look like they are collectively clueless. My conclusion is that Cathro is one of these characters who is probably a really excellent Coach but an utter Calderwood of a manager.
5. They are in this state because they have the wrong manager in charge of the wrong group of players - ie lots of loanees and players in transit to somewhere else. They don't have the money to change it significantly for quite a while because their cash (which is supposed to be going into the fans taking ownership of the club) is going into building a new stand. Their next few seasons are going to be either short term hired gun passers through or youngsters. Either way it looks messy for them for a while.
6. I hope Romanov was somehow watching from his Moscow bedsit or wherever he is hiding now. He is most responsible for the state that club is in, but so too are the credulous sheep who willingly allowed him to lock them all in the boot of his financially doped-up car.
7. If Neil Lennon gets us up - and if he falls in love with this club as he appears to be doing - and stays for the long term, they could stay in our shadow for a very long time. The potential of Hibernian for the right manager who wanted to build a real long term legacy is immense given our stadium, our training facilities, our support, our financial position and the winning mentality of our squad following that Scottish Cup final win.
And finally, a massive massive shout out to the Hibs support. What a song book we now have and how fantastically well we performed it. You could sense and see the players being lifted by it.
By contrast the Silence of the Yams was deafening.