Hibs v NSI (Hibs win 6-1)

[HH81]

14126 crowd. Excellent effort.

Radio says it's 12126?

[WeeRussell]

14126 crowd. Excellent effort.

Brilliant. What were prices again?

First European tie against part-timers on a Thursday night. This European adventure could prove fruitful regardless of what round we go out in.

[HH81]

Rangers get a pen last minute. Booo

[Hi Heid Yin]

14126 crowd. Excellent effort.

:scarf::scarf::scarf:Excellent crowd!!

[SaulGoodman]

Mallan hits the bar from 5487305 yards.

That's over 3000 miles or about Easter Road to Boston in the USA he's hit the bar from, what a player.

[SHODAN]

Great game, thoroughly enjoyed that.

[coco22]

👏🏼👏🏼Well done lads. Great see Flo back, Oli getting in there and Mallan showing his quality. Boyle good and Swanson making a difference 💚

[PeeJay]

Decent workout for the team, some good individual performances, nice periods of play, few good goals - promising - next round here we come!

[JimboHibs]

👏🏼👏🏼Well done lads. Great see Flo back, Oli getting in there and Mallan showing his quality. Boyle good and Swanson making a difference 💚

At last a voice of reason 😎👍

[BullsCloseHibs]

Hibs second equal biggest win in Europe this evening.

[SirDavidsNapper]

Great confidence booster. Well done Hibs

[marinello59]

Well done Hibs, job done. How many more are booking their flights for Greece tonight? :greengrin

[Joe6-2]

Hibs second equal biggest win in Europe this evening.

They’ve played already tonight? 😬

[Lago]

Aye awrite. Imagine we’re 1-0 down and he’s daeing that! Still calling me a saddo? Naw you’d be raging like a hormonal woman. Being 5-1 only masks how bad he is.
Your offering a very negative outlook on Hibs first competitive game.:confused:

[dp00]

McGinn who ? [emoji23]


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[hhibs]

👏🏼👏🏼Well done lads. Great see Flo back, Oli getting in there and Mallan showing his quality. Boyle good and Swanson making a difference 💚


However, on what was a good night, I do think Simon Murray just is not near good enough, we need strikers in .....IMO

:flag:

[SaulGoodman]

Is that the goal scorers cup tied for the away leg?

[One Day Soon]

It was a good result but we've really not been tested yet with this easy draw...:wink:

[Niffy]

Peter Houston in shock Hibs compliments scandal on the BBC

[marinello59]

It was a good result but we've really not been tested yet with this easy draw...:wink:

:greengrin

[One Day Soon]

Peter Houston in shock Hibs compliments scandal on the BBC

He praised us all night to be fair to the Hearts welt.

[Scorrie]

He praised us all night to be fair to the Hearts welt.

Yep he was very fair and a decent pundit tonight

[My_Wife_Camille]

Theyve played Fulham , Rosenborg and dinamo Tblisi in recent seasons .. none of them managed to put 6 past them infact fulham only won 3-0 on aggregate .. People on here are mental if they think were going to rock up for our 1st game and win by a cricket score .


You don’t for a second think we will win by 6, I think we may win at home. But a draw away would be a decent result


You’re right, they might sneak one to make it 6-1

Genuine question - did they people who were posting saying that we wouldn’t pump these mugs daft actually believe it or were they just trolling as usual?

[LustForLeith]

How many corners were there tonight?

I had over four goals and over ten corners but it didn’t come in and I thought there were over 10?

[Speedy]

However, on what was a good night, I do think Simon Murray just is not near good enough, we need strikers in .....IMO

:flag:

Agreed. Tries hard but just doesn't have the quality. Shaw not quite ready for a regular start but should do ok off the bench.

[tamig]

Brilliant. What were prices again?

First European tie against part-timers on a Thursday night. This European adventure could prove fruitful regardless of what round we go out in.

And there were a few on here telling us we’d be lucky to get 10k when the prices were announced. I’m sure it sounded good on the radio though.

[calumhibee1]

However, on what was a good night, I do think Simon Murray just is not near good enough, we need strikers in .....IMO

:flag:

Professional performance tonight. Agree with this though, Murray isn’t up to standard IMO.

[Vault Boy]

Genuine question - did they people who were posting saying that we wouldn’t pump these mugs daft actually believe it or were they just trolling as usual?

Hope you put a tenner on that.

[Oscar T Grouch]

I have to say, this squeezing into my seat is getting nippy, a few years ago I could spread my fat arse over 2 or 3 seats, tonight there wasn't a free seat in my row :wink:
Great night at Easter Road, good performance some good goals. Mallen looks great, Flo has started where he left off, great time to be a Hibee, but I would like the spare seat next to me back, or I could lose a couple of stone :greengrin

[SeanWilson]

How many corners were there tonight?

I had over four goals and over ten corners but it didn’t come in and I thought there were over 10?

Bang on 10 mate

[B.H.F.C]

Job done. Should have scored more.

Didn’t learn anything new. A replacement for Dylan and another striker are the priorities for me.

[Ray_]

Hibs second equal biggest win in Europe this evening.


After Malmo 6-0 & Rosenberg 9-1.

[Big_Franck]

It was a good result but we've really not been tested yet with this easy draw...:wink:

Touché :greengrin

[madhatter]

Good result but they were very very poor side. Only player that looked not bad was their left winger.

[Northern Hibby]

Highlights??

[rcarter1]

👏🏼👏🏼Well done lads. Great see Flo back, Oli getting in there and Mallan showing his quality. Boyle good and Swanson making a difference 💚

Swanson is more or less a new signing if he comes into some form. Good luck to him!

[madhatter]

Best game I've seen from Slivka, definitely looking much better. Again, only against very poor opposition though but here's hoping.

[Lancs Harp]

Well done fellas

:flag:

World cup has been cracking but glad real football is back!!

[O'Rourke3]

After Malmo 6-0 & Rosenberg 9-1.9-1 vs Rosenberg. 7-1 vs Besa

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[Bishop Hibee]

Excellent result meaning the tie is over. Kamberi and Boyle stood out. Good competitive work out but we’ll need 3-4 good players in before the end of the transfer window.

[O'Rourke3]

9-1 vs Rosenberg. 7-1 vs Besa

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[Hibernian Verse]

Genuine question - did they people who were posting saying that we wouldn’t pump these mugs daft actually believe it or were they just trolling as usual?You must be so satisfied haha. I'm with you on this one. Was so confident we'd pump a 4th place Faroes team that I booked Athens along with many others. Hope those that mocked us for being cocky enjoy the rise in flight prices.

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[Allant1981]

Good result but they were very very poor side. Only player that looked not bad was their left winger.

was that the wee number 16? he was actually decent

[Sheep_Nae_Mair]

14126 crowd. Excellent effort.

Hibs website says 12,501 - still very good.

[SideBurns]

Apart from the early goal (which I missed as I was cutting it fine as usual and the game started early for some reason (?)) I thought we took a while to settle down but once we did played some lovely football. I know they aren't exactly a great side but they were fit and physical (overly so in several cases), and technically decent. They're also 15 games into their season while we are still a long way from getting up to speed.

The fact they went down to 10 men had little impact as they just camped in and around their box when we had the ball - we were already 4-0 up (I think) and it was damage limitation time. We're 2 or 3 players short of a squad which has the strength of last season's but hopefully we'll get there before facing the Greeks.

We should've scored more goals but I'm happy with a 6-1 win in our first game back in Europe.

[LustForLeith]

Bang on 10 mate

Darn and drat!

I didn’t think they’d get close by there was a few corners late on.

Thanks

[Sir David Gray]

Good, solid and professional performance. That's how to put away a poor side like that.

Disappointing to lose the goal but we really could have hit double figures tonight and seeing your top striker get a hat trick is always a good sign.

Looking forward to the next round, I'm sure the Greeks will prove to be a far harder nut to crack.

[madhatter]

was that the wee number 16? he was actually decent

:agree: only decent player they had on tonight's showing.

[tamig]

Professional performance tonight. Agree with this though, Murray isn’t up to standard IMO.

What about Slivka?

[gramskiwood]

I have to say, this squeezing into my seat is getting nippy, a few years ago I could spread my fat arse over 2 or 3 seats, tonight there wasn't a free seat in my row :wink:
Great night at Easter Road, good performance some good goals. Mallen looks great, Flo has started where he left off, great time to be a Hibee, but I would like the spare seat next to me back, or I could lose a couple of stone :greengrin

I don't know about that you were half in my seat.:wink:

[hibby6270]

I should never be disappointed at us winning a game 6-1 but tonight I strangely felt I was.

Yes 6 goals!! Excellent. Next week should be a formality.
2 attempts of the bar and post.
3 or 4 excellent saves from their keeper.

But at times we tried to play like Barcelona. Great interplay up to and into the box but final finish (after Flo was subbed) was not clinical enough imo.

And to cap it all, our opponents have their customary 2 shots at goal (from free kicks) and yep you’ve guessed, they score with 1 of their 2 shots. The other on target but decent save from Bogdan.

Am I being overly harsh? Should I really be looking on the game as a pre season warm up? - which is what it turned out to be.

[hibee1875]

What about Slivka?

Carried and used the ball well. I’ve always been a fan of him though and think he’ll go on to have a really good season for us.

[calumhibee1]

What about Slivka?

What about him? Slivka done fine without doing anything spectacular. A bit like what I’ve said he offered last season.

[B.H.F.C]

I should never be disappointed at us winning a game 6-1 but tonight I strangely felt I was.

Yes 6 goals!! Excellent. Next week should be a formality.
2 attempts of the bar and post.
3 or 4 excellent saves from their keeper.

But at times we tried to play like Barcelona. Great interplay up to and into the box but final finish (after Flo was subbed) was not clinical enough imo.

And to cap it all, our opponents have their customary 2 shots at goal (from free kicks) and yep you’ve guessed, they score with 1 of their 2 shots. The other on target but decent save from Bogdan.

Am I being overly harsh? Should I really be looking on the game as a pre season warm up? - which is what it turned out to be.

You are being harsh.

It wasn’t brilliant, and we weren’t playing against anything, but you need to remember how early in the season it is.

Could quite easily have scored 10 tonight. And we’ll add to the squad as well.

[Lancs Harp]

Personally Im disappointed my Hibs Subbuteo team beat these viking wannabees 16-0 last night. NSI played in a Peru kit as I didnt have an NSI Subbuteo team. Even Marv got a hatrick.

[tamig]

What about him? Slivka done fine without doing anything spectacular. A bit like what I’ve said he offered last season.

We’ll never agree. I thought he was the main man tonight.

[calumhibee1]

We’ll never agree. I thought he was the main man tonight.

Each entitled to our own opinion. A good few folk on the thread on the private board thought the same as me, I’ve not really read through this one.

[tamig]

Each entitled to our own opinion. A good few folk on the thread on the private board thought the same as me, I’ve not really read through this one.

A few others also thought he was good.

[calumhibee1]

A few others also thought he was good.

I don’t doubt that, I’m pointing it out because I’ve got a feeling you think I’ve got some personal vendetta against him, however it wasn’t just me that seen his performance the way I did.

[MWHIBBIES]

Thought Slivka was as good as anyone tonight. Good pass for the penalty and the Shaw chance. Always plays with his head up. Lovely first touch.

I think if he starts the season well we need to get him on a new deal because we'll end up losing him.

[Tug Wilson]

Early in the game both Mallan and Slivka understandably looked as if they were trying to figure out where they were expected to be and what their roles were.

However both are new to the team in practical terms and definitely new to each other. As the game went on they began to get a better understanding of each others play.

We seemed to start with Whittaker holding and both Slivka and Mallan in front of him. Then when Swanson came on it seemed that both dropped back and Danny played in the hole. The final variation was Marv into a holding role, Swanson and Mallan central midfield and Slivka pushed to right wing back.

The management are still experimenting with the players to see what works best.

Mallan and Slivka are not McGinn and McGeouch but they are decent quality players who will, hopefully, gel together. I thought that there were signs tonight that they could be very effective. To expect anyone to just come in and be a readymade replacement for either of the 2 best midfielders that we have had in a generation is asking way too much.

Btw, don't see either Dylan or Super scoring a peach of a free kick like Mallan did.

[tamig]

I don’t doubt that, I’m pointing it out because I’ve got a feeling you think I’ve got some personal vendetta against him, however it wasn’t just me that seen his performance the way I did.

I remember reading a couple of posters talking about his perceived awkward running style and I’m not sure if you were one of the two. I think
Slivka moves very smoothly and looks like he’s strolling it. I’ve never seen him look awkward at all and really not sure where that observation came from. I still reckon as he gets a run of games - something he’s not had yet - he’ll show his class. I’m hoping he’ll win you over.

[hibby6270]

You are being harsh.

It wasn’t brilliant, and we weren’t playing against anything, but you need to remember how early in the season it is.

Could quite easily have scored 10 tonight. And we’ll add to the squad as well.

Yeah fair dos. I am being overly critical.
I think that’s what’s irked me most. Still doesn’t hide the fact we should have scored 10 especially as we were up against what turned out to be a poor team and them playing with only 10 men for an hour.

[madhatter]

I remember reading a couple of posters talking about his perceived awkward running style and I’m not sure if you were one of the two. I think
Slivka moves very smoothly and looks like he’s strolling it. I’ve never seen him look awkward at all and really not sure where that observation came from. I still reckon as he gets a run of games - something he’s not had yet - he’ll show his class. I’m hoping he’ll win you over.

Observation over Slivka's awkward style with the ball is made by quite a few fans. Not sure why pointing out an awkward running style is such a bad thing. I was one of the posters that pointed it out, it wasn't a dig at him but he does sometimes take touches that are either too close to hit feet or too far away and it makes his strides and movement seem awkward at times. Plenty decent footballers have "funny" running styles with the ball though.

I like Slivka, we still need to see more from him though, more game time should help with that.

[tamig]

Observation over Slivka's awkward style with the ball is made by quite a few fans. Not sure why pointing out an awkward running style is such a bad thing. I was one of the posters that pointed it out, it wasn't a dig at him but he does sometimes take touches that are either too close to hit feet or too far away and it makes his strides and movement seem awkward at times. Plenty decent footballers have "funny" running styles with the ball though.

I like Slivka, we still need to see more from him though, more game time should help with that.
I just don’t see it. I think his movement looks effortless to be honest. I also think he has a fantastic touch. If you’re talking awkward running styles, they don’t come more awkward than SJM.

[Halmyre Hibee]

After Malmo 6-0 & Rosenberg 9-1.

Did we not beat F.C. Besa 7-1 in the 70’s?

[madhatter]

I just don’t see it. I think his movement looks effortless to be honest. I also think he has a fantastic touch. If you’re talking awkward running styles, they don’t come more awkward than SJM.

He has an awkward running technique as well, McGinn looks like he goes through some sort of transformation process when he goes to sprint. His neck disappears and his shoulders go up to his ears. Slivka looks awkward, McGinn does as well. McGeouch is the only effortless mover we've had in midfield for many years in my opinion, I miss him...

[B.H.F.C]

Slivka is an odd one for me.

There is definitely a player in there. I think we need to figure out what his role in the team is. He’s not going to sit deep and dictate the game but he’s not going to play further up the pitch either. He looks best for me when he gets the ball and gets at the opposition (like for the penalty and chances he set up for Shaw) but I don’t think the other side of his game is good enough to be the box to box kind of player McGinn is.

[B.H.F.C]

McGeouch is the only effortless mover we've had in midfield for many years in my opinion, I miss him...

Might sound daft when we won 6-1 but you weren’t the only one who missed him tonight.

First half we gave the ball away so many times it was unreal. It’s ok when you’re playing against that kind of team as you just get it right back. Getting someone in to play his role is essential.

[J-C]

Slivka strolled it tonight, he's about as complete a midfielder we have. Started off as a sort of box2box mid, then switched to the deep playmaker ala Dylan, then playing in the hole and finally as a right midfielder. He has a lovely touch and play with his head up at all times, he'll only get better.

[hfc rd]

I’m very happy with the result which is what I was wanting the most. Finish the tie off in the 1st leg which we’ve now done. The opposition were part timers and you could easily tell but you can only play against what is in front of you. Mallan & Kamberi for me were the standouts. Still need a few more players in but I trust NL & the recruitment team to bring the right ones in that will add something to the team.

[NAE NOOKIE]

It seems daft to say it after winning 6 - 1 but for me there still seems to be a spark missing at the moment. Just as in the Blackburn game we seemed a little disjointed and even slightly unorganised at times … we gave the ball away far too much and against a better team we would have been made to suffer far more than we were last night. Also everything seemed a bit laboured with not enough movement in the opposition half to enable us to play faster and more telling passes.

Still … its early days, the likes of Mallan and Slivka will need time to figure each other out and we will no doubt bring in some more new faces as well. IMO we could certainly do with a bit more physical presence in midfield, but from a guy with a bit more skill than big Marv, we also need another striker and a left winger.

A crowd of over 12,000 at this time of year and considering the opposition was excellent …. lets hope we can get the team to gel effectively in the games to come and keep folk coming back with decent performances. Even if we are apparently out of sight in this tie if I was Neil Lennon I would play the strongest team possible in the 2nd leg, because I still think we need to work on our organisation, communication and upping the pace we play at as a unit.

[ian cruise]

It seems daft to say it after winning 6 - 1 but for me there still seems to be a spark missing at the moment. Just as in the Blackburn game we seemed a little disjointed and even slightly unorganised at times … we gave the ball away far too much and against a better team we would have been made to suffer far more than we were last night. Also everything seemed a bit laboured with not enough movement in the opposition half to enable us to play faster and more telling passes.

Still … its early days, the likes of Mallan and Slivka will need time to figure each other out and we will no doubt bring in some more new faces as well. IMO we could certainly do with a bit more physical presence in midfield, but from a guy with a bit more skill than big Marv, we also need another striker and a left winger.

A crowd of over 12,000 at this time of year and considering the opposition was excellent …. lets hope we can get the team to gel effectively in the games to come and keep folk coming back with decent performances. Even if we are apparently out of sight in this tie if I was Neil Lennon I would play the strongest team possible in the 2nd leg, because I still think we need to work on our organisation, communication and upping the pace we play at as a unit.

Given these games are pretty much replacing our pre season friendlies (calendar wise obviously much more important) I think a strong line up but a few substitutions early ish in the second half are a guarantee. A few replacements for starting line up, such as Swanson starting, for those who you could argue should be pushing for a starting slot.

[Ray_]

Did we not beat F.C. Besa 7-1 in the 70’s?

We did, the round before the Sporting game.

[calumhibee1]

I’m sure I read that we can’t play anyone in the second leg that wasn’t signed by the first leg deadline, is that correct?

Also, how many bookings does it take to get suspended? If it’s only 2 (surely not) then we’d be aswell testing Flo and Daz next week.

[Ringothedog]

We did, the round before the Sporting game.

The round after Sporting 😉

[Oscar T Grouch]

I don't know about that you were half in my seat.:wink:

Aye the guy in my second seat was pushing me over into yours 😝 bloody cheek buying a ticket for the seat my right arse cheek uses for free!!

[Austinho]

Anyone else notice we always seem to play teams in yellow in Europe in more recent times: AEK Athens, Brondby, Vetra, Elfsborg and now adding both NSI Runavik and Asteras Tripoli to the list this year.

[hibsbollah]

Anyone else notice we always seem to play teams in yellow in Europe in more recent times: AEK Athens, Brondby, Vetra, Elfsborg and now adding both NSI Runavik and Asteras Tripoli to the list this year.

Sleep easy, I doubt there's anything ominous at work, probably just coincidence:agree:

[The Harp Awakes]

Anyone else notice we always seem to play teams in yellow in Europe in more recent times: AEK Athens, Brondby, Vetra, Elfsborg and now adding both NSI Runavik and Asteras Tripoli to the list this year.

Runavik's away strip is all green so they had to wear their home strip.

[SirDavidsNapper]

I should never be disappointed at us winning a game 6-1 but tonight I strangely felt I was.

Yes 6 goals!! Excellent. Next week should be a formality.
2 attempts of the bar and post.
3 or 4 excellent saves from their keeper.

But at times we tried to play like Barcelona. Great interplay up to and into the box but final finish (after Flo was subbed) was not clinical enough imo.

And to cap it all, our opponents have their customary 2 shots at goal (from free kicks) and yep you’ve guessed, they score with 1 of their 2 shots. The other on target but decent save from Bogdan.

Am I being overly harsh? Should I really be looking on the game as a pre season warm up? - which is what it turned out to be.

Goal was a deflection. Couldn't do much about that.

[NAE NOOKIE]

Goal was a deflection. Couldn't do much about that.

True … but what we could do something about was the daft foul by Daz that gave them the free kick in the first place, I've no idea what he was thinking but he has to be smarter than that.

[SirDavidsNapper]

True … but what we could do something about was the daft foul by Daz that gave them the free kick in the first place, I've no idea what he was thinking but he has to be smarter than that.

Yeah true. Can't do that against better opposition

[Stevie Reid]

True … but what we could do something about was the daft foul by Daz that gave them the free kick in the first place, I've no idea what he was thinking but he has to be smarter than that.

From my angle it looked like the boy produced a great bit of skill and turned straight into Daz, who literally couldn't have done anything to get out of his way. Maybe you could say he was too tight to him, but I'd just give credit to the opposing player in this case, provided my eyes haven't deceived me.

[MWHIBBIES]

Yeah true. Can't do that against better oppositionCan't do that against this opposition either, they scored from it :wink:

[HoboHarry]

Yeah true. Can't do that against better opposition
Aye, a better team might have scored two goals from the same free kick..... :greengrin