Official Site: JACK ROSS CONFIRMED AS HEAD COACH

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[Hibby Gav]

Welcome Jack....now lets go !!!

ggtth

[Diclonius]

My preferred candidate right from the start.

Haven't felt this positive about a Hibs managerial appointment since... Terry Butcher. :shocked:

[lucky]

Good appointment, hopefully onwards and upwards

[hfc-1875]

Happy with that. Good manager who knows the Scottish game.

[Since452]

Welcome Jack. You get my full support

[Beefster]

3.5 years is a ballsy move.

[yerauldda]

Would be great to tempt Kevin Thomson in as assistant..

[murray26]

Good luck Jack..

[Potty78]

Would be great to tempt Kevin Thomson in as assistant..

Agreed!

[04Sauzee]

Happy with that and apologies in advance for all the times I'm going to call him Ross Jack. I do my own head in with that

[The Spaceman]

My preferred candidate right from the start.

Haven't felt this positive about a Hibs managerial appointment since... Terry Butcher. :shocked:

Same here....eeeeeek!

[Brightside]

I was sure he signed for Hearts??

[660]

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[MrRobot]

Happy with this, welcome JR

[GonzoReturns]

Think it’s a great appointment (time will tell) but for now delighted 💚💚💚

[HendoDelivered]

Welcome Jack the lad! GGTTH 💚

[eastmainsmsh]

Brilliant Let's kick on Gggtth

[sean04]

Let’s give him the support he deserves. Season starts now

[hibby67]

Welcome to Hibernian FC Jack.. not asking for much only win games, play exciting football and beat the Hearts

[hughio]

Let the good time roll!

Perth was a good starting point.

:flag:

[Callum_62]

Loses againts Well

Jack Dross

Nap.

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[The Spaceman]

Hard to see what is not to like here.




Massive turnaround job at St Mirren from relegation fodder to league champions in 18 months. Had them playing nice stuff and put in a better account of themselves than we did after 3 years in the Championship.
Took on a basket-case of a club in Sunderland with 10 players left at the club when he took over (losing more in January). Still took them to 6th (they currently are 7th) in the table and narrowly lost out in the playoffs. Sunderland is a very, very tough gig for anyone right now.
Young and Scottish manager with a very good knowledge of our game. He has continually scooped up players we really wanted to play for us, so clearly has the same idea of quality as we supporters do.
Humbling experience in England will probably increase the chances substantially that, if he does do well with us, he will stay and build more of a legacy.
Left Hearts under a dark cloud in a previous life, so doubt there is much love lost there...



He is my first choice. Excited.

[CraigHibee]

Loses againts Well

Jack Dross

Nap.

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Beats well

Jack Boss :wink:

[Hi Heid Yin]

Welcome Jack.

Here's to a successful tenure.

:flag::flag:

[Bostonhibby]

Happy with this, let's kick on from here.

Welcome to the Hibees.

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[CRAZYHIBBY]

Loses againts Well

Jack Dross

Nap.

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Or kack toss

[The 90+2]

Or kack toss

Class Boss.

[Squealing pig]

Welcome to the hibees jack , now let’s get some decent signings in and kick on

[neil7908]

Was the obvious candidate and think he'll be a great appointment. 3.5 years is a real show of intent by the board

[Unseen work]

Absolutely delighted with this appointment. Imo he was the right man from the off to take us forward, irrespective of how obvious a choice it looked to be.

Very good knowledge of Scottish football, Hibs and what the fans expect
Brilliant job at Alloa
Took St Mirren from relegation to promotion in 1 year
won manager of the year award with St Mirren in the championship
Took on the poisened chalice of Sunderland and still almost done it, taking them to Wembley twice. Losing out on promotion to a 95th minute goal.
Still left Sunderland with a good record and now he’s gone they’re plummiting
His eye for a player seems to match what us as fans want and the recruitment team

I think he will really secure us as a top 4 team and consistent European football.

[CathroMustStay]

Superb appointment.

:flag:

[tonyrougier123]

Delighted!!

Welcome to hibs jack ross 👏👏.

Well done leeann and graeme 👍.

[tonyrougier123]

Absolutely delighted with this appointment. Imo he was the right man from the off to take us forward, irrespective of how obvious a choice it looked to be.

Very good knowledge of Scottish football, Hibs and what the fans expect
Brilliant job at Alloa
Took St Mirren from relegation to promotion in 1 year
won manager of the year award with St Mirren in the championship
Took on the poisened chalice of Sunderland and still almost done it, taking them to Wembley twice. Losing out on promotion to a 95th minute goal.
Still left Sunderland with a good record and now he’s gone they’re plummiting
His eye for a player seems to match what us as fans want and the recruitment team

I think he will really secure us as a top 4 team and consistent European football.

This in spades mate!! 👍

[Garymcl]

Really happy with this appointment now all hibbys let’s get right behind the team starting by getting as many seats sold for Motherwell game next Saturday canny wait Ggtth :flag:

[Saint Hibee]

Dear Mr Ross,

Welcome and please play two upfront.

Best wishes,

Flo & Christian.

[hfc rd]

Welcome to the Hibees Jack Ross!

[Oscar T Grouch]

Welcome to the madhouse JR :thumbsup:

[CraigHibee]

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:greengrin from "we will get him" to the "he's crap anyway" haha jumbo flumps that lot

[we are hibs]

Any interviews?

[Speedway]

Any interviews?

Monday.

[7heaven]

Could see Hibs appointing Ian Murray as his assistant.

[1 8 7 5]

Welcome to the Cabbage.

Time to kick on.

[Keith_M]

Welcome to Hibs.

I hope you've got a thick skin

;-)

[snedzuk]

Beats well

Jack Boss :wink:

Loses next game - Flak Boss

[Hibby Bairn]

He is also a very classy, humble and well spoken guy. Very bright.

Will be a fine leader, ambassador and representative of our club.

[Vault Boy]

He is also a very classy, humble and well spoken guy. Very bright.

Will be a fine leader, ambassador and representative of our club.

Well said, I agree. Looking forward to his first interview.

[hibbie02]

Reserving judgement until the following points are clear:

1. 2 up front or 1?
2. Allan or Mallan or Both
3. Horgan Starter of Finisher?
4. Can Maxwell save a shot?
5. Can Rocky catch a cross?
6. Is there a player in Newall?
7. Midddleton out, Fraser Murray in?
8. How immense is Hallberg going to be for us?
9. Will Hermit Crab still moan constantly?
10. How does it feel Jonnyboy?

[BoomtownHibees]

Was the obvious candidate and think he'll be a great appointment. 3.5 years is a real show of intent by the board

Remember Hecky got a 3 year deal as well

[PeeJay]

You have to welcome any new Hibs manager to the club and give him a chance, so all the best Mr Ross, the best of luck to you.

However, I'm massively underwhelmed and don't expect anything special to come of this - I'll hope he takes us forward, of course, like everyone else, but I'm not convinced that this is quite the high-profile appointment a club with ambition should be making - if you are reading through this site Mr. Ross then feel free to prove me wrong -

[truehibernian]

Cautiously optimistic with this one, good appointment for a variety of reasons. Is Alan Combe away ? Craig Samson rumoured to be coming in as goalkeeping coach - met him a couple of times and he is a great guy and a character.

Good CV, comes from a club that is/was a sleeping giant with huge (and often unrealistic) expectations - so he has managed clubs across the spectrum. works within budgets, and above all looks like he has a bit of class about him.

Sharp and snappy dress sense too - would never have fitted in at Hearts :greengrin

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

I'd rather Jack than Fleetwood Mac.

[Gerard]

Looking forward to his first match and beyond.

[greenlex]

Wishing JR all the best. It’s a tough crowd. Good luck son.👍💚

[J-C]

Welcome Jack, play attractive attacking football and make sure the players give their all, that's all we ask.

[Dolce7]

Hopefully an improvement but remember the excitement when Lennon come felt we
could have went for a more box office appointment to give us all a lift comes over
a bit boring more suited for the yams

[aberhibsfc]

Welcome Mr Ross, any chance you could bring McNulty and McGeoch, that would be great.

[Squealing pig]

Not giving up my ticket now sorry for whoever wanted it 😂

[HoboHarry]

I'd rather Jack than Fleetwood Mac.
Second Hand News.....

[Fife-Hibee]

:greengrin

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/78041710_461429081396989_4396327738206584832_n.jpg ?_nc_cat=107&_nc_oc=AQnPVBuLYoSG7VTURTuShCGtCGYDkSAOgUC3j_6EzA3 G6AK7zErqj-tpCDor1ciTQ30&_nc_ht=scontent-lhr3-1.xx&oh=844aeb2403c420ff1612f4cb1dd30f9b&oe=5E868E98

[Greencore]

Welcome JR, Gonna be a slobber knocker!

[Stuart93]

welcome jr, gonna be a slobber knocker!

aw ma gawd!!

[Jonnyboy]

Reserving judgement until the following points are clear:

1. 2 up front or 1?
2. Allan or Mallan or Both
3. Horgan Starter of Finisher?
4. Can Maxwell save a shot?
5. Can Rocky catch a cross?
6. Is there a player in Newall?
7. Midddleton out, Fraser Murray in?
8. How immense is Hallberg going to be for us?
9. Will Hermit Crab still moan constantly?
10. How does it feel Jonnyboy?

Re 9 and 10

Yes
Barry

:greengrin

[hibbie02]

Re 9 and 10

Yes
Barry

:greengrin

:greengrin:greengrin:greengrin

[Allez Hibs]

Lack of ambition with this appointment.

[Since90+2]

Great appointment. Even better he turned down Hearts.

[FilipinoHibs]

Hard to see what is not to like here.




Massive turnaround job at St Mirren from relegation fodder to league champions in 18 months. Had them playing nice stuff and put in a better account of themselves than we did after 3 years in the Championship.
Took on a basket-case of a club in Sunderland with 10 players left at the club when he took over (losing more in January). Still took them to 6th (they currently are 7th) in the table and narrowly lost out in the playoffs. Sunderland is a very, very tough gig for anyone right now.
Young and Scottish manager with a very good knowledge of our game. He has continually scooped up players we really wanted to play for us, so clearly has the same idea of quality as we supporters do.
Humbling experience in England will probably increase the chances substantially that, if he does do well with us, he will stay and build more of a legacy.
Left Hearts under a dark cloud in a previous life, so doubt there is much love lost there...



He is my first choice. Excited.

Also turned Hearts down. Well that's what I am telling Jambos🤪

[Steve-O]

aw ma gawd!!

God as my witness he is broken in half!

[Silky]

Lack of ambition with this appointment.

Really? Why? Who should we have gone for instead?

[Just_Jimmy]

Lack of ambition with this appointment.Member since 2002 with 95 posts...

Care to expand on why you think that?

Tip the answers not "cos he never went to hearts".



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[basehibby]

Welcome to the Hibees Jack Ross :thumbsup:

Very best of footballing good fortune to you :flag::flag::flag:

[Since452]

Might have had a few drams but we've just appointed Jack Ross, Jack Ross! We'd have all been salivating over that this time last year. This could be a marriage made in heaven

[CRAZYHIBBY]

Has ross been unveiled yet as ive not seen anything on tv......maybe just missed it

[B.H.F.C]

Has ross been unveiled yet as ive not seen anything on tv......maybe just missed it

Tomorrow

[Baldy Foghorn]

Has ross been unveiled yet as ive not seen anything on tv......maybe just missed it

Unveiled on Friday, you must have missed it.

[seanshow]

We've had four generic sentences from him, what more do you want :greengrin it's the polar opposite of a sevco statement

[jacomo]

Might have had a few drams but we've just appointed Jack Ross, Jack Ross! We'd have all been salivating over that this time last year. This could be a marriage made in heaven


This is fair comment.

Aside from the ‘big names’ dropping down the football pyramid he was the obvious and outstanding candidate.

No appointment is without risk but I think we should be positive here. He fits the profile of someone who should do well for us.

[Carheenlea]

A copy and paste of Jack Ross speaking with The Times -


“I didn’t fail at Sunderland, says new Hibernian manager Jack Ross’’

Jack Ross was out shopping late one night, buying some milk near his home in Northumberland. There was one other person in the shop who walked over to him. “I’m sorry you lost your job,” the man said to Ross. “It’s OK, I’m all right,” he replied.
Ross went down another aisle. “He walked past me again and gave me a tap on the shoulder,” Ross says. “You know the way people do when they’re offering you sympathy. I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry!”

Ross, set to be unveiled as the new manager of Hibernian today, is laughing again.
That the 43-year-old was out of work for only 38 days after being dismissed by Sunderland, the Sky Bet League one club, says much. He is returning to Scotland with his reputation enhanced. Sunderland, a club that did not have enough players to make a full team when he arrived, did not win promotion but he stopped a rot, and in his words, turned ‘a huge club around and pointed it in the right direction’.

Last week Ross was back in Scotland to give a presentation to coaches, entitled: ‘Getting it right, getting it wrong and somewhere in between’.

“Where does Sunderland fit in?” he says. “The answer will always be in between. You can’t get it all right. That’s impossible, but I’d like to think I got more right than I got wrong. We lost ten out of 80 competitive games, we were at Wembley twice, we scored in 45 out of 46 league games and there was one defeat in 16 months at the Stadium of Light.
“We didn’t get promoted. I said that’s what I came to do. If you want to be as black and white as that, no I didn’t achieve what I went there to do, but given all the challenges, I can’t say I failed.”

Returning north from his family home in the north east of England to one of Scotland’s big four remains a long way from Ross’s first start coaching at Dumbarton eight years ago, on £100-a-week, where he would wait for the public pitches at Toryglen to clear so he could set up his cones and take his sessions at eight o’clock twice a week.

He rose quickly. Taking over and transforming Alloa Athletic, leaving the club second in Scottish League One and then moving to St Mirren, where the side won the Scottish Championship. He was PFA manager of the year in Scotland then and impressed Stewart Donald, the Sunderland owner, so much in interview that he drove personally to pick him up and persuade him not to join Ipswich Town, who were a league above at the time.

“No, I never regret taking the job,” Ross says. “It has made me a much better manager and a much better person. I’m proud of how I felt with things. It was tough, it has hurt me, but I have to deal with loads of things other managers will never have to deal with.”
Like watching only ten players walk out for his first day at training, some of them on more money than a League One club’s annual income. Like never having a budget. Like losing his top scorer Josh Maja to Bordeaux in January. Like being told to liaise with potential new owners this summer about who he wanted to sign, new owners who never even took over.
“I had a desire to put a more structured plan in place, more than just the budget,” he says. “The club has come out recently and said they will invest in recruitment, and I had all the conversations and we never managed to get there. For the club to move, it needs to do that.”

Sunderland were sixth, four points off second place in League One with a game in hand, when a planned meeting had its order of minutes changed dramatically on October 8. Instead of talking about the future, in his own office, with director Neil Fox, Ross was sacked.

“I didn’t see it coming,” he says. “It’s a brilliant football club to get the opportunity to manage, but it’s hard, a lot harder than what people know. Everyone says the same, not because they’re weak, it’s just really, really challenging. I think the resilience you build up in that period, and I did May to October, just being the manager, it encases you.
“I spoke to my wife Heather first. She’s very protective and her first reaction was one of anger and indignation. She thought it was unjust.”

Ross had to persuade his angry backroom staff to take the team’s EFL Trophy game with Grimsby Town. There were tears from his office staff, and he went, on invitation, for a meal with the club’s kitchen workers.
It was more pain to go with the 94th-minute play-off final defeat by Charlton Athletic back in May.
“I had to speak after that game and I had to do it in a relatively controlled manner, but if I were to have said what I felt inside, I would have cried,” Ross says. “This was the same. I was gutted at losing that job. I’d put so much work into the last 16-17 months. Under a lot of circumstances people didn’t see, I thought I did the job well.”

He rankles at the suggestion that his team would sit back and look for draws or a lack of a desire to kick on and win by greater margins.
“Nah, it’s complete fake news,” Ross says. “There was only one time I was happy with a point and that was Barnsley away. It was blowing a hurricane.
“We came back the most from losing positions. Half-time in the Checkatrade final [in March] I was talking about everything we did well, ‘keep doing it and we’ll score more goals’, so it is the complete polar opposite to what people have said. Portsmouth made a change and went direct and we couldn’t get out. It’s not a computer game. It’s played by human beings who get nervous and make mistakes.”

Now, it is a new challenge in Edinburgh, where both Hibs and Hearts wanted him. Hibs, who have given Ross a three-and-a-half year contract, have hired a relentless worker, there is no doubt of that.
“It’s not easy to win football matches and my record is about 50 per cent,” Ross says. “I’m a better manager now than when I joined Sunderland.”

[oneone73]

Good read. Thanks for posting

[matty_f]

Good read. Thanks for posting

It's interesting the point he made about getting criticised for sitting on a goal, Hecky got that as well but I don't think for a minute that was ever deliberate.

[SouthMoroccoStu]

A copy and paste of Jack Ross speaking with The Times -





Great share, thanks Carheenlea

Also worth noting that Sunderland sold their striker in the January window last season

Sunderland may have improved in recent years but they are far from recovered

Ross definitely helped stop the rot, 4 points off second with a game in hand is a crazy position to justify sacking a manager

Their loss is most certainly our gain

[madhatter]

Do we think it will be a lunchtime interview?

The wait between the announcement and the unveiling is a bit strange. I know contractually he wont have started until today but I dont understand why they didn't wait until today to announce him. There will be a reason, I'm sure.

[Peevemor]

Do we think it will be a lunchtime interview?

The wait between the announcement and the unveiling is a bit strange. I know contractually he wont have started until today but I dont understand why they didn't wait until today to announce him. There will be a reason, I'm sure.

Because peoples' heads were literally exploding on here.

[JimBHibees]

Do we think it will be a lunchtime interview?

The wait between the announcement and the unveiling is a bit strange. I know contractually he wont have started until today but I dont understand why they didn't wait until today to announce him. There will be a reason, I'm sure.

Mentioned on the radio a press conference this afternoon. I see Jack has arrived at HTC. Looks freezing. :greengrin

https://twitter.com/HibernianFC

[FilipinoHibs]

Member since 2002 with 95 posts...

Care to expand on why you think that?

Tip the answers not "cos he never went to hearts".



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I smell a low lying sleeper.

[GloryGlory]

Do we think it will be a lunchtime interview?

The wait between the announcement and the unveiling is a bit strange. I know contractually he wont have started until today but I dont understand why they didn't wait until today to announce him. There will be a reason, I'm sure.

All the whinging and moaning on sites like this? "FGS, Hibs. Announce something!". :wink: :greengrin

[CraigHibee]

Member since 2002 with 95 posts...

Care to expand on why you think that?

Tip the answers not "cos he never went to hearts".



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my thoughts exactly :greengrin

[CraigHibee]

I smell a low lying sleeper.

there is a strong smell of yam with this one

[bingo70]

It's interesting the point he made about getting criticised for sitting on a goal, Hecky got that as well but I don't think for a minute that was ever deliberate.

Why not?

It’s quite a common tactic for managers trying to see out games.

I think it was quite clear with Heckingbottoms sides we tried to see our games rather than get another goal.

Think the St Johnston game at home when we drew 2-2 was an example of that.

[madhatter]

Mentioned on the radio a press conference this afternoon. I see Jack has arrived at HTC. Looks freezing. :greengrin

https://twitter.com/HibernianFC

Should've had Jack Ross at the front of a conga leading the players into HTC. Quite hilarious a video that long of a guy walking down a path. Missed an opportunity to reveal Efe and/or Bogdan as well.

Have a delay, where JR is still in main shot but then have Efe and Bogdan walking into frame. Could have even had a "gaffer wait up" from out of shot to add intrigue.

[s.a.m]

https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1071009599568994305/HwedD2Ot_bigger.jpg Hibernian FC‏Verified account @HibernianFC 7m7 minutes ago (https://twitter.com/HibernianFC/status/1196377626514018304) More







https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f3cb-fe0f-200d-2642-fe0f.png| Jack's had his tour of HTC, which he's contractually obliged to call a 'state of the art facility' in his forthcoming Hibs TV interview.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f4aa.png He bumped into a few of our younger players in the gym, along with our MYSTERY TRIALIST GOALKEEPER.

[Groathillgrump]

Do we think it will be a lunchtime interview?

The wait between the announcement and the unveiling is a bit strange. I know contractually he wont have started until today but I dont understand why they didn't wait until today to announce him. There will be a reason, I'm sure.

Sure I read a tweet yesterday from Sky Sports News that he would be formally introduced to the press around 2pm.

[Since452]

A copy and paste of Jack Ross speaking with The Times -


“I didn’t fail at Sunderland, says new Hibernian manager Jack Ross’’

Jack Ross was out shopping late one night, buying some milk near his home in Northumberland. There was one other person in the shop who walked over to him. “I’m sorry you lost your job,” the man said to Ross. “It’s OK, I’m all right,” he replied.
Ross went down another aisle. “He walked past me again and gave me a tap on the shoulder,” Ross says. “You know the way people do when they’re offering you sympathy. I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry!”

Ross, set to be unveiled as the new manager of Hibernian today, is laughing again.
That the 43-year-old was out of work for only 38 days after being dismissed by Sunderland, the Sky Bet League one club, says much. He is returning to Scotland with his reputation enhanced. Sunderland, a club that did not have enough players to make a full team when he arrived, did not win promotion but he stopped a rot, and in his words, turned ‘a huge club around and pointed it in the right direction’.

Last week Ross was back in Scotland to give a presentation to coaches, entitled: ‘Getting it right, getting it wrong and somewhere in between’.

“Where does Sunderland fit in?” he says. “The answer will always be in between. You can’t get it all right. That’s impossible, but I’d like to think I got more right than I got wrong. We lost ten out of 80 competitive games, we were at Wembley twice, we scored in 45 out of 46 league games and there was one defeat in 16 months at the Stadium of Light.
“We didn’t get promoted. I said that’s what I came to do. If you want to be as black and white as that, no I didn’t achieve what I went there to do, but given all the challenges, I can’t say I failed.”

Returning north from his family home in the north east of England to one of Scotland’s big four remains a long way from Ross’s first start coaching at Dumbarton eight years ago, on £100-a-week, where he would wait for the public pitches at Toryglen to clear so he could set up his cones and take his sessions at eight o’clock twice a week.

He rose quickly. Taking over and transforming Alloa Athletic, leaving the club second in Scottish League One and then moving to St Mirren, where the side won the Scottish Championship. He was PFA manager of the year in Scotland then and impressed Stewart Donald, the Sunderland owner, so much in interview that he drove personally to pick him up and persuade him not to join Ipswich Town, who were a league above at the time.

“No, I never regret taking the job,” Ross says. “It has made me a much better manager and a much better person. I’m proud of how I felt with things. It was tough, it has hurt me, but I have to deal with loads of things other managers will never have to deal with.”
Like watching only ten players walk out for his first day at training, some of them on more money than a League One club’s annual income. Like never having a budget. Like losing his top scorer Josh Maja to Bordeaux in January. Like being told to liaise with potential new owners this summer about who he wanted to sign, new owners who never even took over.
“I had a desire to put a more structured plan in place, more than just the budget,” he says. “The club has come out recently and said they will invest in recruitment, and I had all the conversations and we never managed to get there. For the club to move, it needs to do that.”

Sunderland were sixth, four points off second place in League One with a game in hand, when a planned meeting had its order of minutes changed dramatically on October 8. Instead of talking about the future, in his own office, with director Neil Fox, Ross was sacked.

“I didn’t see it coming,” he says. “It’s a brilliant football club to get the opportunity to manage, but it’s hard, a lot harder than what people know. Everyone says the same, not because they’re weak, it’s just really, really challenging. I think the resilience you build up in that period, and I did May to October, just being the manager, it encases you.
“I spoke to my wife Heather first. She’s very protective and her first reaction was one of anger and indignation. She thought it was unjust.”

Ross had to persuade his angry backroom staff to take the team’s EFL Trophy game with Grimsby Town. There were tears from his office staff, and he went, on invitation, for a meal with the club’s kitchen workers.
It was more pain to go with the 94th-minute play-off final defeat by Charlton Athletic back in May.
“I had to speak after that game and I had to do it in a relatively controlled manner, but if I were to have said what I felt inside, I would have cried,” Ross says. “This was the same. I was gutted at losing that job. I’d put so much work into the last 16-17 months. Under a lot of circumstances people didn’t see, I thought I did the job well.”

He rankles at the suggestion that his team would sit back and look for draws or a lack of a desire to kick on and win by greater margins.
“Nah, it’s complete fake news,” Ross says. “There was only one time I was happy with a point and that was Barnsley away. It was blowing a hurricane.
“We came back the most from losing positions. Half-time in the Checkatrade final [in March] I was talking about everything we did well, ‘keep doing it and we’ll score more goals’, so it is the complete polar opposite to what people have said. Portsmouth made a change and went direct and we couldn’t get out. It’s not a computer game. It’s played by human beings who get nervous and make mistakes.”

Now, it is a new challenge in Edinburgh, where both Hibs and Hearts wanted him. Hibs, who have given Ross a three-and-a-half year contract, have hired a relentless worker, there is no doubt of that.
“It’s not easy to win football matches and my record is about 50 per cent,” Ross says. “I’m a better manager now than when I joined Sunderland.”

But but but Hearts didn't want him at all they just had him in for a catch up...

[04Sauzee]

Some Jambos smarting on Kickback 😂

stuart500 stuart500

Posted 17 minutes ago
The truth is when he realised we weren't going to offer him the job, he's been forced to settle for Hibs.



He's not even their preferred option either but hey ho lets just all sweep that under the carpet.

[WillowbraeHibby]

Some Jambos smarting on Kickback 😂

stuart500 stuart500

Posted 17 minutes ago
The truth is when he realised we weren't going to offer him the job, he's been forced to settle for Hibs.



He's not even their preferred option either but hey ho lets just all sweep that under the carpet.


Always the way with them.. Maybe they are just not as big a deal, as they like to think they are.

[Since452]

Some Jambos smarting on Kickback 😂

stuart500 stuart500

Posted 17 minutes ago
The truth is when he realised we weren't going to offer him the job, he's been forced to settle for Hibs.



He's not even their preferred option either but hey ho lets just all sweep that under the carpet.

Who was our preferred option? Amazing how the Jambos have inside info none of us Hibs fans know about.

[Vault Boy]

Potter has decided on leaving Black Cats to join Hibs according to a journo from 'derland.

[heretoday]

He's such a solid citizen. I feel good about this appointment.

[matty_f]

Why not?

It’s quite a common tactic for managers trying to see out games.

I think it was quite clear with Heckingbottoms sides we tried to see our games rather than get another goal.

Think the St Johnston game at home when we drew 2-2 was an example of that.

I'm sure Sunderland fans will also say it was really clear that Ross set out his team to hang on to the one goal lead. That's the point I'm making.

Just because it looked that way doesn't make it so.

[007]

Some Jambos smarting on Kickback ��

stuart500 stuart500

Posted 17 minutes ago
The truth is when he realised we weren't going to offer him the job, he's been forced to settle for Hibs.


He's not even their preferred option either but hey ho lets just all sweep that under the carpet.

It's funny how they are counting us wanting to speak to John Kennedy as us offering him the job and being turned down (meaning JR is our 2nd choice) even though it has been reported that we didn't make a formal approach to speak to him.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/john-kennedy-not-approached-hibs-20878981

However, them going after Derek Adams and being turned down because of his non-legally binding verbal acceptance of the Morecambe job, somehow doesn't count as missing out on the 1st choice.

https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hearts/latest-hearts-news/hearts-and-hibs-managerial-target-wanted-new-northern-ireland-boss-jack-ross-talks-over-easter-road-switch-tynecastle-side-miss-out-derek-adams-919725

That's a heck of a slap in the face someone preferring to go to the team in 2nd bottom place in the English 4th tier when he could've easily backed out of it if he'd wanted to.

[0762]

Welcome JR. Hope its a rip roaring success.
Hears to getting us playing football again and winning ways. :aok:

[Tambo]

Do you think jack will get more out of mallan?

[Since452]

Do you think jack will get more out of mallan?

He was outstanding under Ross. Mallan will feel all his xmas's have come at once

[sean04]

Sunderland fans realising they made a huge mistake wanting jack Ross gone. Pleasing

[Smartie]

Do you think jack will get more out of mallan?

This is a huge challenge for Ross.

He did get a lot out of Mallan, but in Allan's role and Allan is better at it.

Unfortunately Ross is going to have a learning curve when it comes to Mallan. We were unrecognisably better without him plodding about deep in midfield and if we (and Ross) go back to trying to fit him into the team then we're in deep trouble.

A new manager isn't going to be able to do anything about Mallan's shortcomings as a player other than to play him in the right position.

[The Leith Dutch]

This is a huge challenge for Ross.

He did get a lot out of Mallan, but in Allan's role and Allan is better at it.

Unfortunately Ross is going to have a learning curve when it comes to Mallan. We were unrecognisably better without him plodding about deep in midfield and if we (and Ross) go back to trying to fit him into the team then we're in deep trouble.

A new manager isn't going to be able to do anything about Mallan's shortcomings as a player other than to play him in the right position.

Great summary.

Mallan gets it tight but we were playing him in totally the wrong role.

Mallan is the best at the club for free kicks and shooting from distance.
His long range passing is strong and he's a fairly good set up man.

Played where Allan plays he'll come good for Hibs if his confidence isn't shattered.
100% on Allan being a comfortable first choice in that position but having him to substitute on for Allan is a great option (for Hibs at least) in that case.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Great summary.

Mallan gets it tight but we were playing him in totally the wrong role.

Mallan is the best at the club for free kicks and shooting from distance.
His long range passing is strong and he's a fairly good set up man.

Played where Allan plays he'll come good for Hibs if his confidence isn't shattered.
100% on Allan being a comfortable first choice in that position but having him to substitute on for Allan is a great option (for Hibs at least) in that case.

What is a set up man?

[The Leith Dutch]

What is a set up man?

Not a technical term :D
Just mean he'd be decent playing people in....not on Allan's level but fairly good assist rate.

[04Sauzee]

Does anyone know when we will get our pre-match press conference, Today? Or will we revert back to a Friday?

[JimBHibees]

Does anyone know when we will get our pre-match press conference, Today? Or will we revert back to a Friday?

Out now

https://twitter.com/HibernianFC

[04Sauzee]

Out now

https://twitter.com/HibernianFC

Cheers just watched it, looked quite excited to be here.

[Callum_62]

He said bloody. [emoji44]

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