Hibs v Hearts under the lights at Easter Road

[Tambo]

We are in need of a whole new defence, new central midfielders, left winger and new strikers come the summer.

[steelendhibs]

Worst £32 I’ve ever spent

Glad I was working til 7 and couldn’t make it otherwise I would have been in same boat as you!!

[Joe6-2]

I don’t know how anyone could be confident about the semi

[Speedway]

For me, the worrying thing is that the Yam weren’t good, they were just full of fight like they used to be.

We either couldn’t be arsed or couldn’t play football, depending on which player we’re discussing.

I’d fine Allan and McNulty for that tonight.

[Bishop Hibee]

Hearts were the better team on the night. A supine, spineless, pitiful display from Hibs. Boyle and Rocky the only passmarks from the starting XI. Stevenson and Hanlon awful and should never play in a back 3 again. Past it. Midfield was dire. Omeonga shown up as one paced. We were outfought all over the park which is sickening .

The only plus is that it’s a wake up call for the semi. Ross must make sure we aren’t as awful again.

[Baader]

Shameful performance

[jacomo]

Danny will celebrate with a rare bevvy tonight.


Followed by a gallon of his usual tipple.

[dmc1875]

Hearts far far far better we couldn’t lay a glove on them and that’s shameful

[Michael]

Is the game corrupt?

We need them in the premiership like or not. Amazingly they need points so we gift them a minimum of six this season.





This won’t be popular but well done Hearts... you looked like you wanted it more than us.

No, and no we don't need them in the premiership. Aberdeen did fine without Rangers or Hearts.

[sean04]

Dunno why people are blaming Jack Ross. Same time that been on a good run. Players have to take the blame. Forward players never made any impact, midfield lost the battle and defence is weak

[IWasThere2016]

I don’t know how anyone could be confident about the semi

I'll be backing Hearts for financial gain post a highly probable spineless no show from Hibs.. again!!

[TheHarpy76]

Based on what?

Based on that we can’t possibly be that bad again.

I’m purely clutching at straws here.

[Crab apple]

Hearts were the better team on the night. A supine, spineless, pitiful display from Hibs. Boyle and Rocky the only passmarks from the starting XI. Stevenson and Hanlon awful and should never play in a back 3 again. Past it. Midfield was dire. Omeonga shown up as one paced. We were outfought all over the park which is sickening .

The only plus is that it’s a wake up call for the semi. Ross must make sure we aren’t as awful again.

I like Stephane but he had a poor game. We lacked physicality all over the park.

[cabbageandribs1875]

I don’t know how anyone could be confident about the semi


or even before tonight, i just didn't understand why some thought we would hammer them, it's been bizarre reading the last few days

[dmc1875]

Scott Allan has been utterly atrocious for WEEKS

[sean04]

Hearts were the better team on the night. A supine, spineless, pitiful display from Hibs. Boyle and Rocky the only passmarks from the starting XI. Stevenson and Hanlon awful and should never play in a back 3 again. Past it. Midfield was dire. Omeonga shown up as one paced. We were outfought all over the park which is sickening .

The only plus is that it’s a wake up call for the semi. Ross must make sure we aren’t as awful again.


Dunno how many times I’m going to say it, Marvin Bartley should never have been allowed to leave the club. Been a problem all season that center midfield. Soft

[Onion]

All about the semi now for Hibs, they’ve put themselves under massive pressure to get a result and only have themselves to blame

Bottom line tonight is that you just cannot trust this Hibs team. Been the case all season, continually losing or drawing from winning positions, and now tonight. This team WILL get the manager sacked unless he sorts it out.

Note to Ron. Fix the elephant in the room before you start decorating the stadium.

[sean04]

Scott Allan has been utterly atrocious for WEEKS

I would play Fraser Murray and Gullan instead of McNulty. Intact just send McNulty back to reading

[Hibernian Verse]

I don’t know how anyone could be confident about the semiProbably the same way a hearts fan could be confident after boxing day.

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[Peevemor]

Dunno why people are blaming Jack Ross. Same time that been on a good run. Players have to take the blame. Forward players never made any impact, midfield lost the battle and defence is weakWe lost it in midfield.

The forwards got almost nothing to work with. Doidge spent most of the match in the centre circle trying to win high balls.

[cabbageandribs1875]

I'll be backing Hearts for financial gain post a highly probable spineless no show from Hibs.. again!!


i don't think we will be as lucky to get 9/4 on heartz next time

[Tomsk]

I like Stephane but he had a poor game. We lacked physicality all over the park.

I thought he was fine for an hour. Then his legs went. Hardly surprising as he was the only one in the middle three who was putting a shift in.

Jackson was ok, and Boyle carried a threat without actually making anything happen. The least said about the rest the better.

[cabbageandribs1875]

Scott Allan has been utterly atrocious for WEEKS


one of my favourite players, i just can't understand why he has been so poor this time around

[The Tubs]

We lost it in midfield.

The forwards got almost nothing to work with. Doidge spent most of the match in the centre circle trying to win high balls.


If Docherty’s got a knock, I wonder if Hallberg will get a game in Aberdeen. He must be itching for a start.

[Sir David Gray]

I actually can't describe how angry I am right now.

[jakedance]

No complaints. Hearts closed hibs down very well and we had no answer to it. And then made much better use of the ball when they had it.

[The Tubs]

one of my favourite players, i just can't understand why he has been so poor this time around

It seems like he’s always got his back to goal. Is he getting the wrong service?

The fight was there as we won plenty of the ball tonight. We just seemed to give it away immediately after.

[The Count]

Got to be ruthless at the end of the season.Our defence needs totally revamped.Some cup heroes can no longer be automatic first choice.

[Deansy]

Time for Ross to re-vamp our defence - 1st thing tomorrow he should introduce the defenders to 'Tackling' ! If they ask what it is, he just has to explain it's the opposite of what they're doing just now which is escorting opposing-players down the wing/through the middle without putting a foot in !

[rotherhamrob]

Scott Allan has been utterly atrocious for WEEKS

Exactly.
McNulty is no better, just another overrated player from down south, Tbh I'd be dropping him for his cowardly stamp on clare never mind his play.

[Bostonhibby]

We lost it in midfield.

The forwards got almost nothing to work with. Doidge spent most of the match in the centre circle trying to win high balls.This is how I seen it, coupled with some really weak defending, they walked through Stevenson and Hanlon too easily.

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[The 90+2]

This.

aye that worked

[IWasThere2016]

i don't think we will be as lucky to get 9/4 on heartz next time

Indeed.

[sean04]

Got to be ruthless at the end of the season.Our defence needs totally revamped.Some cup heroes can no longer be automatic first choice.

I like McGinn and Jackson. Hopefully Porto can come back in and be the player we all hope he is going to be. New left back needed now. Would see what is available on free transfers

[supermcginn]

Got to be ruthless at the end of the season.Our defence needs totally revamped.Some cup heroes can no longer be automatic first choice.

Time for them to go. Hard decisions need to be made.

[SloopJB]

Utter *****

[HendoDelivered]

Our fans were silent most of the game as well. Genuinely felt like a morgue at times.

[Fuzzywuzzy]

Fair play to them. They deserved that. We were chicken ****. Too many balls being pumped into the air that we're never going to win. Embarrassing to a man

[sean04]

Time for them to go. Hard decisions need to be made.

Gray is finished, mcgregor is done, Hanlon is hanging on with his finger tips and Stevenson is finished

Loyalty needs to be put to the side in the summer

[JJP]

Really abysmal stuff. Not been so angry after a game in a long time.

[AL-Qaholik]

What a dreadful interview that was. Taking no responsibility for being completely tactically outdone. The penalty was the turning point?! No, it really wasn’t. We were beyond lucky to get to half time level. Let alone with 11 men. Really worrying that he won’t acknowledge how inept that was. More worrying if he genuinely doesn’t know it.

[murray26]

Gray is finished, mcgregor is done, Hanlon is hanging on with his finger tips and Stevenson is finished

Loyalty needs to be put to the side in the summer

Makes it more strange that we’ve handed gray and McGregor 4 year deals

[Biggie]

Exactly.
McNulty is no better, just another overrated player from down south, Tbh I'd be dropping him for his cowardly stamp on clare never mind his play.

Exactly...that was his only contribution.
100% red card. GTF

[Davy Mac]

What a dreadful interview that was. Taking no responsibility for being completely tactically outdone. The penalty was the turning point?! No, it really wasn’t. We were beyond lucky to get to half time level. Let alone with 11 men. Really worrying that he won’t acknowledge how inept that was. More worrying if he genuinely doesn’t know it.

Like Hecky at Ipox, need a reaction from the Manager.

[Bristolhibby]

Dunno how many times I’m going to say it, Marvin Bartley should never have been allowed to leave the club. Been a problem all season that center midfield. Soft

Good point. He’s ripping up trees at Livingston.

J

[Craig_in_Prague]

What a dreadful interview that was. Taking no responsibility for being completely tactically outdone. The penalty was the turning point?! No, it really wasn’t. We were beyond lucky to get to half time level. Let alone with 11 men. Really worrying that he won’t acknowledge how inept that was. More worrying if he genuinely doesn’t know it.

Good managers will quickly learn, the majority of others just believe they are good and find excuses.
This was even worse than the Hampden games IMO,.especially as it's a level playing field now

[steelendhibs]

What a dreadful interview that was. Taking no responsibility for being completely tactically outdone. The penalty was the turning point?! No, it really wasn’t. We were beyond lucky to get to half time level. Let alone with 11 men. Really worrying that he won’t acknowledge how inept that was. More worrying if he genuinely doesn’t know it.

I think he would have given the players a different assessment. I found myself on a stag doo with John Potter just after they got the Sunderland gig. He says Jack is cool, calm, collected and measured most of the time....but if players muck him about he absolutely goes through them.

[Hibs4185]

Gray is finished, mcgregor is done, Hanlon is hanging on with his finger tips and Stevenson is finished

Loyalty needs to be put to the side in the summer

I’d rather have Mcgregor in a game like this than any of the current line up. Without a shadow of a doubt.

[Coach Jon]

Hanlon and Stevenson better both be out of this team next year. Enough is enough
Why wait till next year, get them both out now .

[Speedway]

Good managers will quickly learn, the majority of others just believe they are good and find excuses.
This was even worse than the Hampden games IMO,.especially as it's a level playing field now

It’s not, they still outspend us.

[Craig_in_Prague]

It’s not, they still outspend us.

Not anywhere close to 2012 and prior though.

[The Spaceman]

That is our worst result in the post 2016 Scottish Cup era. Not a single player gets near a pass mark. We didn't even manage to get into first gear - we flooded the engine at the start, left the handbrake off, rolled backwards down the hill and went off a cliff. Absolutely appalling performance.

Luckily, this team have shown under Jack Ross that we are more than capable of putting in a performance, but to not bother showing up tonight is utterly criminal. That result feels completely gutting as we are so much better than that and should be putting teams like Hearts to the sword. But no, they outfought us and 3-1 was flattering.

[Speedway]

Not anywhere close to 2012 and prior though.

Nope but they can still buy players and performances that **** all over ours.

[Hibs4185]

I’ve never criticised any hibs player apart from tonight but Hanlon and Stevenson are finished.

Stevenson is so predictable, hearts were happy to leave him open. Boyle got the ball and he was double teamed.

Scott Allan is my favourite player but he has been ineffective for weeks. He’s the Scott Allan of other teams, not the hibs Scott Allan we all know.

Omeonga had a poor game but he’s not had much of a chance.

Hanlon and Stevenson though need dropped ASAP. Bring Daz back and hopefully newel is fit soon

[Craig_in_Prague]

Nope but they can still buy players and performances that **** all over ours.

But we'll have new screens, better audio to announce the away scorers and hot dogs.

[cabbageandribs1875]

Fair play to them. They deserved that. We were chicken ****. Too many balls being pumped into the air that we're never going to win. Embarrassing to a man


you'd think the manager would notice that a heluva lot earlier than the fans did, senseless tactics, just hoping for a mistake by a heartz defender

[Beefster]

I’ve never criticised any hibs player apart from tonight but Hanlon and Stevenson are finished.

Stevenson is so predictable, hearts were happy to leave him open. Boyle got the ball and he was double teamed.

Scott Allan is my favourite player but he has been ineffective for weeks. He’s the Scott Allan of other teams, not the hibs Scott Allan we all know.

Omeonga had a poor game but he’s not had much of a chance.

Hanlon and Stevenson though need dropped ASAP. Bring Daz back and hopefully newel is fit soon

You’re right about Hanlon and Stevenson but McGregor isn’t up to being a regular first choice player either. Either way, I’m not sure I can face watching Stevenson **** up crosses and throw-ins for much longer.

[Callum_62]

Wish there was an available centre half who is double the player Hanlon is who was free and obviously not wanting a big wage due to the fact he signed for tinpot Livingston.

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[jakedance]

Someone above said we were lucky to have 11 men at half time. What did I miss?

[penihibs]

You’re right about Hanlon and Stevenson but McGregor isn’t up to being a regular first choice player either. Either way, I’m not sure I can face watching Stevenson **** up crosses and throw-ins for much longer.
Never thought I would agree with that,but legend or not times up wee man.

[Craig_in_Prague]

Someone above said we were lucky to have 11 men at half time. What did I miss?

McNulty stood on a guy.
The only foot he put right all match I guess.

[Peevemor]

aye that workedWhat are you on about? What worked (or didn't)?

If you're going to troll me try to do better.

Arse.

[BlackSheep]

They came for the smash and grab, and did it... our heads went down and got caught trying to rescue the game. Can’t blame Ross for that... they stifled us, same as they did rangers... nobody wanted the ball in the midfield and therefor we couldn’t okay our game... if someone in the midfield had tried to take control and maybe ride a few bad challenges by them then the game wouldve been different. Instead we treated the ball like a hot potato. Stevenson can’t play wide left either... he spends most of the game playing like a LB and we are missing the balance that Newell brought going forward.

[cabbageandribs1875]

Someone above said we were lucky to have 11 men at half time. What did I miss?

Mcnulty stood on the back of some heartz dude, he could,and should have been sent off, he will get a respective ban i would think

[Green forever]

Someone above said we were lucky to have 11 men at half time. What did I miss?

McNulty stamp on the back of a jambo, missed by all officials, definitely a red card.

[jakedance]

McNulty stood on a guy.
The only foot he put right all match I guess.

Thanks. Didn’t see it.

[MikeyS]

They came for the smash and grab, and did it... our heads went down and got caught trying to rescue the game. Can’t blame Ross for that... they stifled us, same as they did rangers... nobody wanted the ball in the midfield and therefor we couldn’t okay our game... if someone in the midfield had tried to take control and maybe ride a few bad challenges by them then the game wouldve been different. Instead we treated the ball like a hot potato. Stevenson can’t play wide left either... he spends most of the game playing like a LB and we are missing the balance that Newell brought going forward.


Can it be considered a 'smash n grab' if they totally controlled the game??

[wallpaperman]

They came for the smash and grab, and did it... our heads went down and got caught trying to rescue the game. Can’t blame Ross for that... they stifled us, same as they did rangers... nobody wanted the ball in the midfield and therefor we couldn’t okay our game... if someone in the midfield had tried to take control and maybe ride a few bad challenges by them then the game wouldve been different. Instead we treated the ball like a hot potato. Stevenson can’t play wide left either... he spends most of the game playing like a LB and we are missing the balance that Newell brought going forward.

Smash and grab? We literally didn’t have a shot on target until the goal.....

[BlackSheep]

They were poor... we were worse. Until the penalty they took the pace out of the game and were playing time wasting games from 30 mins in. Once they’d inflicted the blow they finished us off... there was nothing controlled about their play!

[Speedway]

They were poor... we were worse. Until the penalty they took the pace out of the game and were playing time wasting games from 30 mins in. Once they’d inflicted the blow they finished us off... there was nothing controlled about their play!

Your post suggests otherwise.

[MikeyS]

They were poor... we were worse. Until the penalty they took the pace out of the game and were playing time wasting games from 30 mins in. Once they’d inflicted the blow they finished us off... there was nothing controlled about their play!

Taking the pace out of the game is controlling it!!!

That was their game plan & it worked. Wish we had a game plan!

[hfc rd]

They came for the smash and grab, and did it... our heads went down and got caught trying to rescue the game. Can’t blame Ross for that... they stifled us, same as they did rangers... nobody wanted the ball in the midfield and therefor we couldn’t okay our game... if someone in the midfield had tried to take control and maybe ride a few bad challenges by them then the game wouldve been different. Instead we treated the ball like a hot potato. Stevenson can’t play wide left either... he spends most of the game playing like a LB and we are missing the balance that Newell brought going forward.


We looked more like the team that came for a smash and grab than they did. I can’t remember us even registering a shot on target until we scored. They were the better team from the start and looked like the only ones that were going to score whenever they attacked.

[dmc1875]

They came for the smash and grab, and did it... our heads went down and got caught trying to rescue the game. Can’t blame Ross for that... they stifled us, same as they did rangers... nobody wanted the ball in the midfield and therefor we couldn’t okay our game... if someone in the midfield had tried to take control and maybe ride a few bad challenges by them then the game wouldve been different. Instead we treated the ball like a hot potato. Stevenson can’t play wide left either... he spends most of the game playing like a LB and we are missing the balance that Newell brought going forward.

I thought they played really well got their game plan spot on and I haven’t seen hibs dominate a derby like that in ages.