Are we long ball merchants?

[Tambo]

Rijeka boss Goran Tomic reckons Hibs are a long ball team.

But it’s not what his side are used to facing ahead of their Europa Conference league encounter this week.

The first leg takes place at Easter Road this Thursday before they meet again in Croatia the week after.

[Hiber-nation]

Rijeka boss Goran Tomic reckons Hibs are a long ball team.

But it’s not what his side are used to facing ahead of their Europa Conference league encounter this week.

The first leg takes place at Easter Road this Thursday before they meet again in Croatia the week after.

Just lazy nonsense....you get foreign coaches saying that before every Scotland game as well. Complete pish.

[J-C]

We did a fair bit last season but have changed tactic a lot and try to build from the back. Magennis and Doyle-Hayes give us far better options in the middle now.

[the_ginger_hibee]

The Rijeka fan on here thinks we will be a physical side because we're Scottish. It's just lazy stereotypes.

[JXM73]

**** em, we're gonna deep fry their peka

[GloryGlory]

Rijeka boss Goran Tomic reckons Hibs are a long ball team.

But it’s not what his side are used to facing ahead of their Europa Conference league encounter this week.

The first leg takes place at Easter Road this Thursday before they meet again in Croatia the week after.

I hope the coach's comments are indicative of a bit of complacency in their camp.

[jeffers]

And I think they will be cheating, diving cynical bar stewards. Just to add some balance to their stereotyping.

[Onion]

Rijeka boss Goran Tomic reckons Hibs are a long ball team.

But it’s not what his side are used to facing ahead of their Europa Conference league encounter this week.

The first leg takes place at Easter Road this Thursday before they meet again in Croatia the week after.

Mindgames :cb

[Skol]

More if a long ball team than they will be used to. Imagine if they saw the jambos

[Bostonhibby]

More if a long ball team than they will be used to. Imagine if they saw the jambosAre Hearts, in living memory, the Harlem Globetrotters or the Mick McManuses of Scottish football?

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[Skol]

Are Hearts, in living memory, the Harlem Globetrotters or the Mick McManuses of Scottish football?

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Remove mick mcm and you nailed it

[Bostonhibby]

Remove mick mcm and you nailed it[emoji16]

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[MWHIBBIES]

Hibs haven't favoured long ball football since 2008 under Mixu. Lazy thing to say. We're a good footballing side now, who can mix it up when required.

[Carheenlea]

Sounds like their analysis department is non existent, or maybe they are going to underestimate us and assume it’s a case of just turning up.

[badabing67]

Scott Allan hasn't started the last few games so they may not have seen much of him close up, hopefully Scottie can spring a few surprises for them on Thursday

[Hibee Mac]

Tbh I'm happy to hear their coach come out with that because it tells me they're not really taking us seriously.

Wouldn't take much effort at all to find out we're not a long ball/physical type of side right now. Either that or some kind of attempt at mind games.

In fairness to the Rijeka fan on here he said he watched the Motherwell game and changed his mind on us from the typical Scottish stereotype

[Hibees1973]

My take on a long ball team is one which has a huge CF and the main tactic is to punt the ball up to him and look for flick ons. The Yams have had plenty of huge CFs over the years...Ikpeezu, Zee***, Sow to name but a few. They seem to have changed tact this year, however the transfer window is not over yet.

We do use the long diagonal ball to Boyle a fair bit to use his pace. Suppose this can be deemed as long ball, but it is not really the percentage football that a long ball to a huge CF is. Remember Mowbray accusing Levein of percentage football many years back. Levein was not too happy with this comment, however repeated Yam purchases under Levein always included a huge CF.

Don't mind in any way the Rijeka manager sticking this long ball tag on us. Scottish teams do use this tactic more than continental sides. However, If we revert to a long hopeful ball in any game to our current CFs, it would probably mean we are struggling and lacking creativity. We do lack creativity if Allan is not in the side and the jury is still out just now on his fitness levels.

[Centre Hawf]

Wouldn't say we're a long ball team in the traditional sense of anti football etc.

But I'm not sure in the past 2 years we've done enough to call ourselves a good footballing side either. Probably a fair mix of both when each is required without being overly placed on one end of the scale.

[007]

Tbh I'm happy to hear their coach come out with that because it tells me they're not really taking us seriously.

Wouldn't take much effort at all to find out we're not a long ball/physical type of side right now. Either that or some kind of attempt at mind games.

In fairness to the Rijeka fan on here he said he watched the Motherwell game and changed his mind on us from the typical Scottish stereotype

Fan does better opposition research than their analysis team. 😂 Or like you say, an attempt at mind games.

[davhibby]

The Rijeka fan on here thinks we will be a physical side because we're Scottish. It's just lazy stereotypes.

As was pointed out on the other thread they may have gotten that idea from playing McIness’ Aberdeen twice in the last 5 years.

Hopefully they expect us to play like that because they’ll be in for a shock on Thursday

[Pagan Hibernia]

We’re not as attractive on the eye as I’d like, but we’re definitely not a long ball team

[NORTHERNHIBBY]

Couldn't care less about what he says. If we can put goals past them and they are all like St Mirren's opener against Dundee on Saturday then who cares.

[Since452]

Hoooooof

[Tricla]

Remove mick mcm and you nailed it

😂😂😂

[SHODAN]

Hibs haven't favoured long ball football since 2008 under Mixu. Lazy thing to say. We're a good footballing side now, who can mix it up when required.

Not quite. Calderwood and Fenlon were pretty fond of it too, and Butcher would have turned us into a team of hackers if he'd been given the chance.

[stu in nottingham]

Are Hearts, in living memory, the Harlem Globetrotters or the Mick McManuses of Scottish football?

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I don't know but their pitch was Giant Haystacks two or three years ago.

[JohnMcM]

Sounds like their analysis department is non existent, or maybe they are going to underestimate us and assume it’s a case of just turning up.

Or it’s the age old continental double bluff?

[Bostonhibby]

I don't know but their pitch was Giant Haystacks two or three years ago.If you spend a million of the givers donations on a pitch then have an owners vanity project concert on it, this is what they get for their money[emoji16]

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[007]

If you spend a million of the givers donations on a pitch then have an owners vanity project concert on it, this is what they get for their money[emoji16]

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Was the concert not a favour to James Anderson? The amount he's put into them has paid for the pitch several times over.

[Bostonhibby]

Was the concert not a favour to James Anderson? The amount he's put into them has paid for the pitch several times over.Very likely it was. If they never wasted that million the near mythical fan ownership might have been just a bit closer.

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