The Players

[Since452]

Take some responsibility and show some backbone. Pathetic

[Lee Marvin]

That was a fcking disgrace today. An absolute embarrassment l.

We did not have one half chance in the final 40 mins. Not one!!!!!

Its almost funny how bad hibs are in finals

[Bostonhibby]

Well that was pathetic.

Missing McGregor massively. Gutless. Plan A wasn't even a plan.



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[AL-Qaholik]

All on the manager.
Found out tactically.
McGregor should’ve played.
Hallberg should’ve started.
He simply doesn’t know how to win when it really matters.
Incredible achievement to finish 3rd but cup results simply unacceptable.

[villahibs]

Jackson Irvine though... offers nothing. Absolutely honking player.

[CloudSquall]

The thing that gets me is this would have been the best chance many players in this squad will ever get to win a cup and they treated it like an after training kickabout.

[Tambo]

the blame will always go down to the manager but I thought the players have let us all down today.

[Booked4Being-Ugly]

The players were an utter disgrace today.

Not one showed any sign of giving a flying f’k.

[CL0762]

the blame will always go down to the manager but I thought the players have let us all down today.

100%. Absolutely disgraceful. It’s alright though, Boyle laughing and joking with the Saints keeper at FT.

[DH1875]

No fight, no guts but most importantly, no heart today. You can lose a game of football but that is a disgrace today.

[S4uzee]

Couldn’t even get galvanised after a penalty miss

[ScottB]

Wouldn’t be sad to see the back of any of them but Macey after that. Credit to the Keeper, the only one that deserves any credit.

[Andy74]

Horrific. One of the most nothing performances we’ve ever put in.

[givescotlandfreedom]

Spineless

[Johnny_Leith]

Saintees wanted it more. Willing to put their bodies on the line and worked harder and were braver getting on the ball.

[Tambo]

Just didn’t see no energy or press off the ball for a start and yet again who does the blame lay on? The players or the manager.

[Pretty Boy]

Manager was too loyal to Porteous and Newell.

The rest is on the players though. So insipid from 1st to last. Did we have create a proper chance after the Irvine miss?

[Unseen work]

All on the manager.
Found out tactically.
McGregor should’ve played.
Hallberg should’ve started.
He simply doesn’t know how to win when it really matters.
Incredible achievement to finish 3rd but cup results simply unacceptable.

Hallberg? That done Absolutley nothing when he came on and normally does nothing.

He’s won plenty big games but today the players just never looked interested

I’ve never seen Boyle and Nisbet have such little about them.

[The Harp Awakes]

All on the manager.
Found out tactically.
McGregor should’ve played.
Hallberg should’ve started.
He simply doesn’t know how to win when it really matters.
Incredible achievement to finish 3rd but cup results simply unacceptable.

Sums it up perfectly.

Very naive tactics today when you've failed to score against the opposition in the last 3 games. Something had to change today and he changed nothing, so the same thing happened again.

Ridiculous decision to leave McGregor out.

[paul_hfc3]

Played like it was a friendly. They figured us out from the start of the kick off. Also Hanlon is a *****bag and shouldn't be captain

[GRA]

All good complaining in hindsight after we've lost the game but knew as soon at St Johnstone scored we'd struggle. Could have played till midnight and not scored. Very deflating performance.

[Glasgow Hibee]

We needed a leader on the park. Someone who would rage and cajole to get other players energy up. Someone like a John Hughes. McGregor might have done that and, although I think Hanlon has been a great servant to the club, he’s never a captain.

[Swedish hibee]

There's been many games this season that we've not looked hungry, but if you can't get "up" for a cup final..
The players let us down today.

[Mixu1875]

Embarrassing performance for a cup final.

[Fergos]

Timid. In a cup final. Says it all.

[GonzoReturns]

Team selection and formation all wrong. Players had no urgency and a good few were hiding today. It wouldn’t bother me who left after that performance.

[A Hi-Bee]

We needed a leader on the park. Someone who would rage and cajole to get other players energy up. Someone like a John Hughes. McGregor might have done that and, although I think Hanlon has been a great servant to the club, he’s never a captain.

Macey done plenty of yelling, the ones in front of him let him down big time.

[kaimendhibs]

Wouldn’t be sad to see the back of any of them but Macey after that. Credit to the Keeper, the only one that deserves any credit.

Agree

[Mantis Toboggan]

Yeah at least we have a goalie in place post Marciano - no return to the bad old days. Everyone else has just proved that theres no desperate need to hold on to any of them.

[Hibee Mac]

It's embarrassing that they can't look up for a cup final. Usually I would be feeling hard done by etc but we didn't deserve a damm thing from that game

[allyh1bs]

No heroes in green and white today.


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[Jamesie]

Lost count of the number of times the camera panned to Nisbet with his head literally down, which was very poor for a Cup Final. He’s had flashes this season where he has been very good indeed but if we get a good offer over the summer then I won’t shed a tear at never having seem him play in the flesh

[Gatecrasher]

There's definitely a few of them I'm thinking we should just cash in while we can, Nisbet, Porteous, Doig and Boyle and rebuild, I couldn't care if Irvine stayed again a waste of a Jersey along with Newell. Not many of these players are in the good books right now

[Iain G]

Am usually a fan of Paul Hanlon but he wasn't at the races today and let Middleton run past him like he wasn't there instead of taking him out. Been a great player for us but we need to step it up a level now at the back.

[Iain G]

There's definitely a few of them I'm thinking we should just cash in while we can, Nisbet, Porteous, Doig and Boyle and rebuild, I couldn't care if Irvine stayed again a waste of a Jersey along with Newell. Not many of these players are in the good books right now

I don't think Newell is a wasted jersey, was one of the few wanted the ball today and drove forward with it. The team selection and set up was wrong today and then the players generally showed so little care or belief. We should have been down their throats from kick off.

[B.H.F.C]

Goalie aside, every player was an utter disgrace today.

Bad performance is one thing. Bad attitude is another thing and I thought our attitude stank today. Didn’t pick up any second balls, Boyle bottled out the challenge leading to the goal, no intensity. Could go on and on.

[Hibee Mac]

Am usually a fan of Paul Hanlon but he wasn't at the races today and let Middleton run past him like he wasn't there instead of taking him out. Been a great player for us but we need to step it up a level now at the back.Hanlon is a cup winning legend but he shouldn't be Captain. He's obviously not the sole reason we are gutless after losing the first goal but he's not a leader that drags the team forward.

[matty_f]

Horrific. One of the most nothing performances we’ve ever put in.

:agree: it was disgusting.

[The Captain....]

That was a despicable showing today. Absolutley lacking in every dept.

Id be struggling to sleep tonight if Id put in that performance..it was dismal.

[Not In The Know]

Am usually a fan of Paul Hanlon but he wasn't at the races today and let Middleton run past him like he wasn't there instead of taking him out. Been a great player for us but we need to step it up a level now at the back.


Hanlons pish. Been in every ***** defence we have had in the last ten years. Needs a better player beside him. Fact he was captain today was an embarrassment.

[AFKA5814_Hibs]

Players and management should be utterly embarrassed by today's performance. Shocking. Would be astonishined if the club has the nerve to put any twitter feeds and out today. Just **** off.

[Alfred E Newman]

Players and management should be utterly embarrassed by today's performance. Shocking. Would be astonishined if the club has the nerve to put any twitter feeds and out today. Just **** off.

The players had the chance to become part of Hibs folklore just like the 2016 squad. After blowing their big chance with an utterly gutless performance they will now be forever remembered in the same way as the bulk of the 2012 squad as as a total embarrassment.

[matty_f]

St Johnstone went man for man against us, and to a man they won their personal battles. The Hibs players either weren’t good enough, or didn’t fancy it enough today, but none of the players can look on the mirror tonight (with the exception of Macey) and be able to say that they have everything they had.

Too many hid, too many let the game pass them by, and too many didn’t want to do as much as their opposite number.

That, far more than any tactics or system, was the deciding factor today. A dismal display from a team that’s been so much better than that for the majority of this season.

[rcarter1]

Saintees wanted it more. Willing to put their bodies on the line and worked harder and were braver getting on the ball.

We were so lame, they didnt even need to put bodies on the line..

[Toldo123]

All on the manager.
Found out tactically.
McGregor should’ve played.
Hallberg should’ve started.
He simply doesn’t know how to win when it really matters.
Incredible achievement to finish 3rd but cup results simply unacceptable.Was it really an incredible achievement? A good achievement yes. Incredible achievement not in my book. Aberdeen in transition. No hearts. Bigger playing budget. Than the rest of the teams in the league.

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[matty_f]

St Johnstone went man for man against us, and to a man they won their personal battles. The Hibs players either weren’t good enough, or didn’t fancy it enough today, but none of the players can look on the mirror tonight (with the exception of Macey) and be able to say that they have everything they had.

Too many hid, too many let the game pass them by, and too many didn’t want to do as much as their opposite number.

That, far more than any tactics or system, was the deciding factor today. A dismal display from a team that’s been so much better than that for the majority of this season.

To add to this, i thought we looked like a good free of the players had had their heads turned with the transfer stories this week, with a few of them looking like they thought they didn’t need to bother trying today.

[h1bs4life]

Hanlons pish. Been in every ***** defence we have had in the last ten years. Needs a better player beside him. Fact he was captain today was an embarrassment.

Your not aloud to criticise Hanlon he's a great servant etc , reason he is still here is because nobody has wanted him

[matty_f]

Your not aloud to criticise Hanlon he's a great servant etc , reason he is still here is because nobody has wanted him

Loads of folk criticise him on here.

[JXM73]

Ciuld be playing till now and still no score...

[Since452]

I've slept on it now and probably feel even angrier at the players (Macey aside). Didn't even have a reaction to the penalty save. St Johnstone players were in tears at the end, that's how much they wanted it. Us? Utterly pathetic attitude in a cup final.

[Sir David Gray]

I've slept on it now and probably feel even angrier at the players (Macey aside). Didn't even have a reaction to the penalty save. St Johnstone players were in tears at the end, that's how much they wanted it. Us? Utterly pathetic attitude in a cup final.

Yeah I'm really angry this morning, absolutely shocking way to play in a cup final.

The players have let the club down in a massive way.

[Andy74]

I've slept on it now and probably feel even angrier at the players (Macey aside). Didn't even have a reaction to the penalty save. St Johnstone players were in tears at the end, that's how much they wanted it. Us? Utterly pathetic attitude in a cup final.

Yeah, for me it was nothing like the other Hampden losses recently. In those other games we at least had a go and we could look back at missed chances.

It’s a long time since I’ve seen us do absolutely nothing of note in a game. Criminal with what was at stake and I don’t understand how there appeared to be no emotion or reaction from them during or after the game.

[Booked4Being-Ugly]

To add to this, i thought we looked like a good free of the players had had their heads turned with the transfer stories this week, with a few of them looking like they thought they didn’t need to bother trying today.

Looked like they were avoiding picking up injuries that could hamper their potential moves in the summer and I’m convinced that’s what half of them were doing.

[Unseen work]

Nisbet was the one that really annoyed me.

Thought it was blatantly obvious he was trying to not avoid injury and miss the Euros.

[DaveF]

I don’t understand how there appeared to be no emotion or reaction from them during or after the game.

I guess when you have an robotic manager who seems completely incapable of inspiring anyone then that rubs off on the players.

I doubt there has ever been such an inept, lacklustre performance from any team in a cup final over what we watched yesterday.

[B.H.F.C]

I guess when you have an robotic manager who seems completely incapable of inspiring anyone then that rubs off on the players.

I doubt there has ever been such an inept, lacklustre performance from any team in a cup final over what we watched yesterday.

Totally agree with this. Always think players/teams reflect the manager and yesterday summed that up perfectly for me. That’s not to excuse the players ‘efforts’ in the slightest, though.

[Gatecrasher]

Nisbet was the one that really annoyed me.

Thought it was blatantly obvious he was trying to not avoid injury and miss the Euros.

Nisbet doesn't give a ****, his attitude since clubs down south have been watching stinks. He picked up when he saw his chance to get in the Scotland squad then didn't turn up in the biggest game of the season.

[Risboro Hibby]

Must admit I tried to convince myself all this week that the sudden upsurge in transfer talk for our so called top players would not affect their attitude . It is a cup final after all and they are professional footballers with a great chance, if they do leave the club of wining a top honour on the way out. How wrong was I ! All that talk this week proved on the day their mind was not 100% on the game. Bottling out of tackles and to a man scared to take responsibility when they did eventually get the ball.

[hibbie63]

Must admit I tried to convince myself all this week that the sudden upsurge in transfer talk for our so called top players would not affect their attitude . It is a cup final after all and they are professional footballers with a great chance, if they do leave the club of wining a top honour on the way out. How wrong was I ! All that talk this week proved on the day their mind was not 100% on the game. Bottling out of tackles and to a man scared to take responsibility when they did eventually get the ball.
They honestly cant believe all the transfer talk in the paper, or they a more foolish than the manager
for sending that team out to think they could win.