Celtic v Hibs Monday 11th January 2021

[Scottie]

Fairly pleased with point, not the performance though.

Thought Macey looked good until the freekick, thought his positioning was poor.
Unfortunately his poor clearance led to their free kick which led to their goal, apart from that thought he looked quite solid when asked tonight.

[calumhibee1]

6 Regular starters all played and the rest of the starting XI was made up of players who all get plenty of game time off the bench or in rotation, apart from the young American boy.

The combined wage of Celtic's squad tonight will still have been much higher than ours.

We played perfectly fine, I don't know how you can look at the Celtic team that started with players of the quality of Frimpong, McGregor, Laxalt, Turnball etc. and be demanding a victory.

I never demanded a victory. I said if we’d actually played even pretty decent we’d have won. We never played great and probably got what we deserved.

[The Harp Awakes]

Not a bad performance by Hibs, but there's so many parts to our game need improving. Corners are absolutely brutal. Another 10 tonight and never posed a threat.

When out of possession we're so passive in the middle of the park giving teams far too much space.

A couple of decent signings during the window though and it could turn things around.

[FilipinoHibs]

Well done Hibs. We deserved to take something from the game. Glad Celtics dropped more points.

[calumhibee1]

That Celtic squad have 143 international caps between them, hibs only 9. But yeah, it's their reserves :rolleyes:

Slivka has 41 international caps and wasn’t good enough for Hibs. International caps doesn’t tell you much.

[Jones28]

If we were playing their reserves you wouldn’t be surprised to see

Hazard
Duffy
Welsh
Johnston
Rogic
Harper
Dembele
Henderson
Okoflex

That’s 9 of the 14 players that made it on the pitch. Before the last few games you could have put Turnbull and Soro in that list as well. Whilst it’s not quite the ‘reserves’ it wasn’t far off it.

An ok result today but we were poor performance wise. Even a pretty decent performance would have been enough to get a win imo and as such it’s quite a disappointing result in some ways.

I really don’t know what Hibs fans want. We’ve lost 3 in a row, gone in to this game under horrible circumstances, taken a point at Parkhead despite losing a goal in the final 10 minutes, played against ok not a full strength team but a team that still started with a midfield of Turnbull, Rogic and McGregor and had more shots on target.

Are we really thinking this was a poor result?

[Bostonhibby]

The McGinn sub has really baffled me. Why not go for the win and get a more attack minded player on? A safe substitution which has absolutely backfired.Convinced Ross had settled for a draw.

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[Stuart93]

I wouldn’t blame the goalie for the goal

It was some freekick

[jakedance]

Not a bad performance from a team that’s not been playing well. Hopefully it’s a wee turning point.

[hibee_girl]

Stevenson confirming Doig had a tight hamstring

[calumhibee1]

I really don’t know what Hibs fans want. We’ve lost 3 in a row, gone in to this game under horrible circumstances, taken a point at Parkhead despite losing a goal in the final 10 minutes, played against ok not a full strength team but a team that still started with a midfield of Turnbull, Rogic and McGregor and had more shots on target.

Are we really thinking this was a poor result?

I said in my post it was an ok result. So no, not thinking it’s a poor result.

The performance was pretty crap and that makes the result disappointing to an extent as they were there for the taking. As I’m typing this, Stevenson is on the tv saying the exact same thing basically.

[jacomo]

I really don’t know what Hibs fans want. We’ve lost 3 in a row, gone in to this game under horrible circumstances, taken a point at Parkhead despite losing a goal in the final 10 minutes, played against ok not a full strength team but a team that still started with a midfield of Turnbull, Rogic and McGregor and had more shots on target.

Are we really thinking this was a poor result?


Tbf the guy you’re quoting doesn’t say it’s a poor result, but a disappointing performance.

[JimBHibees]

Don’t think it was a poor performance at all. Solid defensively and created some good openings. If we’d nicked a 1-0 I don’t think Celtic could have had many complaints.

Great free kick from a £3M midfielder and a couple of shots from range for them.

Yep agree looked better defensively Gogic had his best game in a while, Paul McGinn was excellent, Murphy good in flashes, Macey had a good debut, good to see Nisbet scoring again.

[Andy74]

I agree. As the game went on we didn’t create enough. Bringing on McGinn is shockingly poor. We released Ben Stirling who is a better player than McGinn, and we have young fast players on the bench. Poor from Ross.

Ben Stirling has a long way to go before having a career anywhere near Stephen McGinn.

I’d prefer to be bringing on Magennis or Allan but as back up he fine. He won the ball at the free kick.

Crazy talk that Stirling with a few appearances for Hamilton is a better player. Would have been pointless at 22 keeping him for the odd few minutes anyway. A bit different a player towards the end of his career who is also helping Ross behind the scenes.

[HH81]

Is the badge on the shirt stuck on rather than stiched as normal?

[LancashireHibby]

Another couple of minutes and we win that. So frustrating to leave it so late before we turned up.

[allmodcons]

These boards are mental. Absolutely full of attention seekers.

Coming off the back of 2 horrible defeats, we played well tonight and apart from the 15 minutes before half time were the better team.

Haven't won at Celtic in 10 years and all of a sudden a point is crap.

[B.H.F.C]

I’d prefer to be bringing on Magennis or Allan but as back up he fine. He won the ball at the free kick.


He never won the ball. It looked like it initially, not when you see the replay. To slow to get to it. He’s not fine as back up, he’s crap.

[Stuart93]

I reckon we need to start being a lot more positive in games. We’ve got the players to create and we’ve got the players to finish but we seem to sit far too deep and invite pressure on to us

Definitely need a couple signings to give us a bit more options & need to get players fit again

[norhfc]

Far too many roasters especially on Facebook, probably Jambos. Thing is football in general is just lacking intensity. That goes for the EPL as well. How many good games have we watched on TV. Let’s face it the game in general like life at the moment is just that bit deflated.

Big shout out to Lewis 500 👏👏👏👏👏

[cabbageandribs1875]

so

sellick v Livi
then
Livi v Sellick


what's our preference ;)

two Sellick wins
two Livi wins
two Draws


i'l go for two draws

[B.H.F.C]

Another couple of minutes and we win that. So frustrating to leave it so late before we turned up.

We started really well, first ten minutes or so. Then finished well.

The bit in between was lacking in quality. We needed to show a bit more belief.

[Brightside]

Ben Stirling has a long way to go before having a career anywhere near Stephen McGinn.

I’d prefer to be bringing on Magennis or Allan but as back up he fine. He won the ball at the free kick.

Crazy talk that Stirling with a few appearances for Hamilton is a better player. Would have been pointless at 22 keeping him for the odd few minutes anyway. A bit different a player towards the end of his career who is also helping Ross behind the scenes.

McGinn is slow and ponderous. He brings nothing to the team or squad. I’m a paid up happy clapper but there was zero need to bring him on tonight.

[Stevie Reid]

In the context of the strength in depth of the respective squads, us being without Marciano, Boyle, Allan, Magennis, Mackie, and losing Doig and Newell during the game, redresses quite a bit of the balance of them losing 13 players. It’s all relative.

[Iain G]

Good to take something from the game but we were too passive and negative again. JR is clearly a cautious man. Tonight was a night for really taking the game to them and, bar a promising open 15 mins, we didn't do that.

Hopefully Cadden, Irvine, a fit again Magennis and Allan and a new forward to inject some life into the side.

Would just like him to be that bit braver and throw the dice at times, maybe it's not just the players lacking a bit of belief? Still he is doing a decent job and we are in sitting 4th. Couple of signings could really energise us and push forward.

[ScottB]

Ultimately, we should have won tonight, sure, we had the chances to do it, but the match should have been called off and awarded to us as a 3-0.

On paper, can’t argue with a draw at Parkhead, but disappointing not to properly stick their nonsense right up them.

[Ozyhibby]

so

sellick v Livi
then
Livi v Sellick


what's our preference ;)

two Sellick wins
two Livi wins
two Draws


i'l go for two draws

Two Celtic wins. We need Euro football.


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[Paul1642]

so

sellick v Livi
then
Livi v Sellick


what's our preference ;)

two Sellick wins
two Livi wins
two Draws


i'l go for two draws

Livi also play Aberdeen. I’ll go for a draw then two Celtic wins. Realistically we won’t be coming second so let’s guarantee 4th as a minimum.

[Pedantic_Hibee]

Not a chance in hell that Celtic team would walk second imo. They weren’t any better than any other top 6 side.

In your opinion.

[weecounty hibby]

I thought we played well against a strong side. Most of celtics team tonight would walk into our team. Showed character as well to come back as it would have been easy to just chuck it. Remember when loads in here accused us if bottling it when Celtic equalised late on at er? What's the opinion on us equalizing late on tonight?

[S4uzee]

These boards are mental. Absolutely full of attention seekers.

Coming off the back of 2 horrible defeats, we played well tonight and apart from the 15 minutes before half time were the better team.

Haven't won at Celtic in 10 years and all of a sudden a point is crap.

You actually think we played well?

[Bangkok Hibby]

so

sellick v Livi
then
Livi v Sellick


what's our preference ;)

two Sellick wins
two Livi wins
two Draws


i'l go for two draws

As much as I hate both arsecheeks I'll always want the old firm to beat everyone else, apart from us.

[calumhibee1]

In your opinion.

Yeah I know, I said that :confused:

[Lago]

Some real nonsense posted on here now a days.

[wookie70]

Fairly pleased with point, not the performance though.

Thought Macey looked good until the freekick, thought his positioning was poor.
Looked fine to me. Great strike and over the wall. Not sure if Nisbet was brave enough in the wall though. Good debut from the keeper imo

[Stevie Reid]

You actually think we played well?

Was a pretty good performance, especially in the context of it being at Parkhead, and after our recent run.

16 shots, 7 on target, 10 corners. Defence was solid. Certainly tried to win the game.

[ACLeith]

Fairly pleased with point, not the performance though.

Thought Macey looked good until the freekick, thought his positioning was poor.

Central free kick like that, all a keeper can do is get the wall to cover one half and you cover the other, which is what he did. A brilliant strike, nothing anyone could do about it.

[cabbageandribs1875]

Two Celtic wins. We need Euro football.


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Livi also play Aberdeen. I’ll go for a draw then two Celtic wins. Realistically we won’t be coming second so let’s guarantee 4th as a minimum.


As much as I hate both arsecheeks I'll always want the old firm to beat everyone else, apart from us.


i thought someone would have wanted two Livi wins because we could challenge sellick :greengrin but we're probably better with two sellick wins, i just wanted both of them limited

[allmodcons]

You actually think we played well?

That's what I said in my post. Can't you read?

[gbhibby]

We need to have a midfielder who will run at defences as we are too predictable at times. With Murphy back we can play Boyle in the number 10 role as he will be better running at the centre half's. Let's see what the January window brings.

[Bobby's Cinema]

I reckon we need to start being a lot more positive in games. We’ve got the players to create and we’ve got the players to finish but we seem to sit far too deep and invite pressure on to us. Definitely need a couple signings to give us a bit more options & need to get players fit again
Think that is fair. You can rarely accuse the manager of being negative with his team selections but our approach doesn't always seem to match and we are too often changing systems at half time because it hasn't worked.

Thought we showed some positive signs tonight. Performance should give us confidence to get back on track. Happy enough although it feels like opportunity missed to a degree.

[NC1875]

Looked fine to me. Great strike and over the wall. Not sure if Nisbet was brave enough in the wall though. Good debut from the keeper imo

If you watch it again, I think it’s actually Hanlon who barely jumps and the ball flies over his head

[JimBHibees]

You actually think we played well?

Yeah we were fine

[allmodcons]

Was a pretty good performance, especially in the context of it being at Parkhead, and after our recent run.

16 shots, 7 on target, 10 corners. Defence was solid. Certainly tried to win the game.

Wasting your time posting any common sense :wink:. We are crap win, lose or draw.

[B.H.F.C]

Was a pretty good performance, especially in the context of it being at Parkhead, and after our recent run.

16 shots, 7 on target, 10 corners. Defence was solid. Certainly tried to win the game.

For me, the middle of the park is the bit that is still hindering us. We’re still lacking in there and it makes everything a bit disjointed for me.

Appreciate we’ve got Allan and Magennis to come back but we need that to happen sooner rather than later. Can’t keep saying that we’ve got players to come back or the season is going to be done.

[Andy74]

Think that is fair. You can rarely accuse the manager of being negative with his team selections but our approach doesn't always seem to match and we are too often changing systems at half time because it hasn't worked.

Thought we showed some positive signs tonight. Performance should give us confidence to get back on track. Happy enough although it feels like opportunity missed to a degree.

We started very positively and had 5 attempts I think by about 13 minutes. Ended up with 10 corners?

Easy I think to say we can be more attacking but then you can equally get a doing that way, especially when on a losing run.

[JimBHibees]

Fair chance Doig and Newell will miss the semi final. Hopefully Boyle a precaution

[Stevie Reid]

For me, the middle of the park is the bit that is still hindering us. We’re still lacking in there and it makes everything a bit disjointed for me.

Appreciate we’ve got Allan and Magennis to come back but we need that to happen sooner rather than later. Can’t keep saying that we’ve got players to come back or the season is going to be done.

Looks like we will be adding there, with Cadden and Irvine, hopefully.

Were unfortunate to lose Joe tonight as well.

[Billy Whizz]

Fair chance Doig and Newell will miss the semi final. Hopefully Boyle a precaution

What’s wrong with Joe

[Stevie Reid]

What’s wrong with Joe

Looked like a groin issue.

[JimBHibees]

Looked like a groin issue.

Yep surprised he stayed on. Hopefully get Irvine in

[hhibs]

If you watch it again, I think it’s actually Hanlon who barely jumps and the ball flies over his head

Yep that is what I saw .

Anyhoo it was not a foul in the first place McGinn clearly got the ball and ref was conned.

[MyJo]

They were very depleted but let’s not pretend that the team they put out tonight was some poor inexperienced reserve/youth team.

Frimpong, Duffy Laxalt & McGregor are first team players

Turnbull, Rogic, Johnstone and Soro aren’t in the strongest 11 but are part of the main squad and would walk into any other team in this league with the exception of Rangers.

[HIBERNIAN-0762]

Off topic. There's some eye watering comedy on laffback, apparently the result tonight was a disaster for both teams pure comedy gold verging on some serious mental illness 🤣🤣🤣

Makes my grey days go away at times 😆

[tamig]

If you watch it again, I think it’s actually Hanlon who barely jumps and the ball flies over his head

Correct. I have no clue what Hanlon was thinking. He jumps a couple of inches and he stops it.

[Stevie Reid]

They were very depleted but let’s not pretend that the team they put out tonight was some poor inexperienced reserve/youth team.

Frimpong, Duffy Laxalt & McGregor are first team players

Turnbull, Rogic, Johnstone and Soro aren’t in the strongest 11 but are part of the main squad and would walk into any other team in this league with the exception of Rangers.

Agree with your overall point, but to be fair, Soro and Turnbull were the midfield for the game at Ibrox.

[Andy74]

Agree with your overall point, but to be fair, Soro and Turnbull were the midfield for the game at Ibrox.

Soro, Turnbull and Rogic are very much first team players at the moment.

[S4uzee]

Was a pretty good performance, especially in the context of it being at Parkhead, and after our recent run.

16 shots, 7 on target, 10 corners. Defence was solid. Certainly tried to win the game.

Maybe I see it differently but thought that was a tough watch. Passing not great and midfield non-existent. A real lack of quality and composure IMO. We need about 3/4 new players and to start not for the squad

[Since452]

Off topic. There's some eye watering comedy on laffback, apparently the result tonight was a disaster for both teams pure comedy gold verging on some serious mental illness 🤣🤣🤣

Makes my grey days go away at times 😆

Quite cute that they take such an interest in Premiership football. They can dream I guess.

[Carheenlea]

The quality of final ball and delivery needs to improve considerably. We have two very good strikers up there who are being short changed by their team mates with the standard of crossing and passing.

Had some good spells during the game and fell out of it at times, but showed a bit of resilience in not giving up the ghost after conceding from the free kick.

Thought a draw was about right all things considered.

[AFKA5814_Hibs]

They were very depleted but let’s not pretend that the team they put out tonight was some poor inexperienced reserve/youth team.

Frimpong, Duffy Laxalt & McGregor are first team players

Turnbull, Rogic, Johnstone and Soro aren’t in the strongest 11 but are part of the main squad and would walk into any other team in this league with the exception of Rangers.

Apart from Harper and Welsh, all the other 9 players who started the game tonight for Celtic played in the Cup Final against Hearts. 4 as starters and 5 came off the bench.

[Stevie Reid]

Maybe I see it differently but thought that was a tough watch. Passing not great and midfield non-existent. A real lack of quality and composure IMO. We need about 3/4 new players and to start not for the squad

I didn’t find it tough to watch at all. As I said, I thought it was a pretty good performance. Conditions not great either, pitch was heavy to start with and got cut up badly as the game went on.

Midfield definitely wasn’t non existent. Gogic was really good, Newell played well until he went off and Hallberg got forward quite well.

[allmodcons]

I didn’t find it tough to watch at all. As I said, I thought it was a pretty good performance. Conditions not great either, pitch was heavy to start with and got cut up badly as the game went on.

Midfield definitely wasn’t non existent. Gogic was really good, Newell played well until he went off and Hallberg got forward quite well.

:agree:

[weecounty hibby]

I didn’t find it tough to watch at all. As I said, I thought it was a pretty good performance. Conditions not great either, pitch was heavy to start with and got cut up badly as the game went on.

Midfield definitely wasn’t non existent. Gogic was really good, Newell played well until he went off and Hallberg got forward quite well.
Agree with that

[B.H.F.C]

I didn’t find it tough to watch at all. As I said, I thought it was a pretty good performance. Conditions not great either, pitch was heavy to start with and got cut up badly as the game went on.

Midfield definitely wasn’t non existent. Gogic was really good, Newell played well until he went off and Hallberg got forward quite well.

Thought Gogic did well tonight. He was the one that really wanted to press and win the ball but I didn’t think the other two went with him. Hallberg runs about a lot but I think it’s largely ineffective and Newell floats in and out the game too much for me. I just think we struggle to build the play up and it inevitably gets passed back to the centre halves to shell a big diagonal up the park too often.

[Dr What If?]

A little off topic but a goal at Parkhead must surely have Nisbet ahead of Shankland now in the race for a place in the Euro21 squad. He is joint top scorer in the league on 11 having played fewer games than Tavernier, 2 of those goals against Celtic. Shankland I believe has scored 3 all season.

[calumhibee1]

A little off topic but a goal at Parkhead must surely have Nisbet ahead of Shankland now in the race for a place in the Euro21 squad. He is joint top scorer in the league on 11 having played fewer games than Tavernier, 2 of those goals against Celtic. Shankland I believe has scored 3 all season.

100%. Shankland shouldn’t be anywhere near the Scotland squad. Whether Nisbet has done enough is a different story but between the two of them there can only be one winner.

[easty]

Correct. I have no clue what Hanlon was thinking. He jumps a couple of inches and he stops it.

Whys it always the way when your own team loses a goal, it’s always someone’s in our teams fault.

If Mallan scored that freekick at the other end, nobody would be saying that a Celtc player in the wall didn’t do well enough. We’d just be pointing out that it’s a beauty of a freekick. Which is what Turnbulls tonight was.

[weecounty hibby]

100%. Shankland shouldn’t be anywhere near the Scotland squad. Whether Nisbet has done enough is a different story but between the two of them there can only be one winner.

Shankland was the darling of the press for a few months. I never saw the hype about him even when he was scoring goals in the championship. No chance that he will be in the squad for the finals. Nisbet maybe has a chance as we are short of goalscorers

[Lago]

I didn’t find it tough to watch at all. As I said, I thought it was a pretty good performance. Conditions not great either, pitch was heavy to start with and got cut up badly as the game went on.

Midfield definitely wasn’t non existent. Gogic was really good, Newell played well until he went off and Hallberg got forward quite well.
Totally agree, good post.

[tamig]

Whys it always the way when your own team loses a goal, it’s always someone’s in our teams fault.

If Mallan scored that freekick at the other end, nobody would be saying that a Celtc player in the wall didn’t do well enough. We’d just be pointing out that it’s a beauty of a freekick. Which is what Turnbulls tonight was.
Did you watch the free kick again? The players either side of Hanlon jumped and he stayed on the deck. The ball went a few inches over his head. I’m just pointing out what happened. Hanlon always jumps when he’s in the wall. I don’t know why he didn’t tonight. It was a great free kick but could have been blocked.

[Jones28]

I said in my post it was an ok result. So no, not thinking it’s a poor result.

The performance was pretty crap and that makes the result disappointing to an extent as they were there for the taking. As I’m typing this, Stevenson is on the tv saying the exact same thing basically.

No that’s fair enough.

I still dispute the reserves argument. Their starting 11 had those 2 young lads and Johnston, the rest were first team quality and would walk in to any team in the league.

The only way that result would have disappointed me would have been if we were playing their under 18’s, otherwise I can be content with a point at parkhead.

[JimBHibees]

Not a bad performance by Hibs, but there's so many parts to our game need improving. Corners are absolutely brutal. Another 10 tonight and never posed a threat.

When out of possession we're so passive in the middle of the park giving teams far too much space.

A couple of decent signings during the window though and it could turn things around.

Good summary exactly the areas to improve on would also include crosses from general play in the last 5 mins or so Mallan and Nisbet great areas out right both poor balls in. We are close to being very good imo.

[JimBHibees]

100%. Shankland shouldn’t be anywhere near the Scotland squad. Whether Nisbet has done enough is a different story but between the two of them there can only be one winner.

Would be surprised if Kevin was that close to the squad needs to have a really hot streak to end of the season and needs to improve general game.

[calumhibee1]

Would be surprised if Kevin was that close to the squad needs to have a really hot streak to end of the season and needs to improve general game.

I’d agree, I don’t think he’s done enough either. We’ll be taking Dykes, McBurnie (lol) and Griffiths and then I’d suspect the other attacking players will be made up from guys like Forrest, Fraser, Christie etc rather than Nisbet.