No Mcgregor

[Valencia]

As it says on the Tin

[S4uzee]

Big big call. He should be playing

[cabbageandribs1875]

wrong call jack













but we'll see, maybe Ryan will bullet in a header from a corner

[HH81]

I agree we should have started with McGregor.

[gaz1875]

Lets hope it's a correct call, not one the vast majority of fans would have chosen I would guess.

[Tambo]

Why? Let’s hope it’s the right call but feel bit less confident at the back now.

[Sir David Gray]

Huge decision, hope it pays off.

[MWHIBBIES]

Trust the man who got us here, his decision to make

[HH81]

Trust the man who got us here, his decision to make

I back the manager totally but watched the whole semi final again this morning and Ryan looked nervous and made a fair few errors.

McGregor has been excellent recently too.

[Stuart93]

Daz himself was saying dropping Porteous for the final would be harsh

[thegaffer12]

Ryan will want to be a hero. That could give him that extra burst of adrenaline.

[Danderhall Hibs]

I don’t think it’s a surprise. Porteous to score today (and not let any in).

[Stanton Spence]

I'm not surprised and always thought Jack would stick with Porto but that might have something to do with me missing the St johnstone game and haven't seen any highlights either

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[Joe6-2]

Hope that doesn’t bite us in the arse

[RIP]

Ryan will want to be a hero. That could give him that extra burst of adrenaline.

Which will either be a good thing or not

[JXM73]

Games no even started and negativity flowing...ffs

[staunchhibby]

Very surprised dad is not playing.He deserves to keep his place

[staunchhibby]

Oops daz

[scoopyboy]

Too late to worry about it now, easier just being supportive of the players picked.

[DH1875]

Ryan will want to be a hero. That could give him that extra burst of adrenaline.

Could go the other way though. Trying that killer pass, the extra touch, Cruyff turn.
I'd have gone with Daz but not surprised in the slightest.

[Dalianwanda]

Let’s just have faith ALL the players do the business..Who ever JR picked folk we’re gonna be disappointed. We’re gonna do this 💚💚

[Magpie]

Ryan Porteous goal today.

[heretoday]

Porteous needs to be careful.

[shamo9]

Go on, Porteous :flag:

He's a really talented young player. I've got every faith that he can deliver a match winning performance today :thumbsup:

[Ronniekirk]

Difficult call fir Ross to have made Hope Porto plays out his skin fir him


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[Sir David Gray]

Huge decision, hope it pays off.

Sadly not.

[gaz1875]

Massive failure not starting him, we all knew that would be the case.

[GreenCastle]

McGregor wins last 2 man of man awards and was the player in form.

Saints would have been delighted seeing Porto starting as he has mistakes in him.

A really bad decision and looked shaky at the back throughout.

[noz]

Would have preferred McGregor too, but thats not why we lost this, Boyle & Nisbet decided not to bother turning up to day. They make the difference.

[A Hi-Bee]

McGregor wins last 2 man of man awards and was the player in form.

Saints would have been delighted seeing Porto starting as he has mistakes in him.

A really bad decision and looked shaky at the back throughout.

Correct but he also said himself that young Porto should play in this final.

[Danderhall Hibs]

Sadly not.

I don’t think that’s what cost us today.

[A Hi-Bee]

Would have preferred McGregor too, but thats not why we lost this, Boyle & Nisbet decided not to bother turning up to day. They make the difference.

Reckon they know where they is going and I noticed when they came out for the warm up Nisbet was no happy wi something, but even if they go we need to replace and also add quality to Hibs if we are gonna win things, we lack quality.

[The Wireless]

Daz himself was saying dropping Porteous for the final would be harsh
Should have played both.

[GreenCastle]

Correct but he also said himself that young Porto should play in this final.

He’s a model pro - of course he will say that.

I’m pretty certain he would have hated watching the game today as he couldn’t do anything to effect it or influence others.

[The Wireless]

Correct but he also said himself that young Porto should play in this final.
Yes he did but didn’t say he should not play as well. 3 at the back could have been a wise option.

[GreenCastle]

Should have played both.

Yup in a 3-5-2 and I’m certain we would have won.

[Since90+2]

Darren is the best centre half at the club, but more importantly he's a leader and motivator. Unfortunately our current Captain is neither.

[IberianHibernian]

Folk said there were 3 decisions for Ross to make - goalie , Daz / Porto and Hallberg /Gogic ( or 2 of them with Newell ) . In the end Macey saves a penalty but didn`t have much to do , Porteous looked shaky but wasn`t really at fault for the goal and defence was least of our problems today . If anything , I think not playing Hallberg was the decision which might have changed result as he`s more creative than Gogic and has been playing well . I assume Ross was thinking that Hallberg would be useful later on in extra time and penalties if necessary as would be unlikely to last 120 minutes . Over all , having such a small squad has meant players have played week after week whatever form and meant there have been very few options to change team . Next season we need more quality and quantity .

[WhileTheChief..]

Darren is the best centre half at the club, but more importantly he's a leader and motivator. Unfortunately our current Captain is neither.

He’s exactly what we needed.

All season we’ve complained about lack of leadership. He comes in and is a stand out every minute he’s on the pitch only to be dropped for our biggest game of the season. It sucks big time.

[Since90+2]

He’s exactly what we needed.

All season we’ve complained about lack of leadership. He comes in and is a stand out every minute he’s on the pitch only to be dropped for our biggest game of the season. It sucks big time.

Exactly.

It's been obvious to anyone but Stevie Wonder that Darren is the natural leader and captain at the club for years. We've had to put up with Hanlon and his couple of gimps on here backing him up when it's been clear as day he's not a leader.

No doubt he/she will be in here to tell us shortly Hanlon's actually English Premier League class and we don't know what we're on about. #absolutemugyouare

[cabbageandribs1875]

Massive failure not starting him, we all knew that would be the case.




only SOME of us knew :wink: sadly jack ross ignored us :(

[LaMotta]

He’s exactly what we needed.

All season we’ve complained about lack of leadership. He comes in and is a stand out every minute he’s on the pitch only to be dropped for our biggest game of the season. It sucks big time.

Absolute disgrace that the man who was the best player on the pitch vs Celtic and Aberdeen wasn't selected today against a physical team who have bullied us all season. Bonkers.

[Sir David Gray]

I don’t think that’s what cost us today.

I agree it didn't cost us directly but the penalty incident was his fault IMO. McGregor should have started.

[Ronniekirk]

Absolute disgrace that the man who was the best player on the pitch vs Celtic and Aberdeen wasn't selected today against a physical team who have bullied us all season. Bonkers.

That last bit fir me is why I would of started him


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[The Wireless]

Correct but he also said himself that young Porto should play in this final.
Yes he did but didn’t say he should not play as well. 3 at the back could have been a wise option.