Top of the league

[worcesterhibby]

we are top of the league after 3 games yet there are 5 different threads singling out Hibs players for criticism. People need to get a life ! I'm all for constructive criticism in a football forum, but no other club in the country would have such a negative attitude. Cheer up !

Despite a load of injuries and players out through illness we are unbeaten and have the best league record of any club in the top flight in Scotland!! Let's celebrate 🍾

[chrisski33]

If we had won today we would be two points clear. Good start but i wouldnt get ahead of ourselves with top of the league threads after 3 games

[worcesterhibby]

If we had won today we would be two points clear. Good start but i wouldnt get ahead of ourselves with top of the league threads after 3 games

Well I'm a positive guy, so if you don't mind I'll celebrate the good start we have had..whats wrong with a bit of positivity?

[SMAXXA]

I often feel like this and hi eaglet dread coming onto here and Twitter when we don’t win a game 🤦*♂️ Mind blowing man, when did we get a sense of entitlement, it’s football we won’t always win but will win more than we lose

[MWHIBBIES]

Come the end of the season, Dundee will probably be bottom of it. Should've beat them.

[worcesterhibby]

I often feel like this and hi eaglet dread coming onto here and Twitter when we don’t win a game 🤦*♂️ Mind blowing man, when did we get a sense of entitlement, it’s football we won’t always win but will win more than we lose

Spot on ! This is a great time to be a Hibbert, let's not waste it by bumping our guns because every player we have isn't Ronaldo!

[H18 SFR]

Solid enough point today all things considered.

Solid enough start to the season all things considered.

Very solid foundations to build upon in terms of the season. Stop a higher percentage of crosses into our box and aligned with that, defend our six yard box better, and we will have a very positive season.

We are onto something here, let’s not forget that, we have a good squad and team.

[EdinburghHibern]

we are top of the league after 3 games yet there are 5 different threads singling out Hibs players for criticism. People need to get a life ! I'm all for constructive criticism in a football forum, but no other club in the country would have such a negative attitude. Cheer up !

Despite a load of injuries and players out through illness we are unbeaten and have the best league record of any club in the top flight in Scotland!! Let's celebrate 🍾

Should have been 3 points today though and we have played the teams that are likely to finish bottom two in the first three games. Hardly an achievement for a club our size.

[worcesterhibby]

Come the end of the season, Dundee will probably be bottom of it. Should've beat them.
And Rangers should have beaten Dundee Utd and celtic should have best Hearts and Man City should have beat Spurs and Man Utd should hVe beat Southampton blah blah blah ITS FOOTBALL

[Billy Whizz]

Come the end of the season, Dundee will probably be bottom of it. Should've beat them.

Do you go to games

[worcesterhibby]

Should have been 3 points today though and we have played the teams that are likely to finish bottom two in the first three games. Hardly an achievement for a club our size.

If you consider Hibs starting the season unbeaten after 3 games to be "hardly an achievement " then you need to go and support PSG. You have no idea who is going to finish bottom two. We thumped one of those teams and drew away from home with a very depleted squad against the other. Cheer up and enjoy life

[Blaster]

Come the end of the season, Dundee will probably be bottom of it. Should've beat them.

Celtic or Rangers will be top. Should we just give them the points now?

[MWHIBBIES]

Do you go to gamesYes I do. 21 years I've been going. Not missed a home league match in 6 years. Get to about 60% of aways.
Why do you ask?

And Rangers should have beaten Dundee Utd and celtic should have best Hearts and Man City should have beat Spurs and Man Utd should hVe beat Southampton blah blah blah ITS FOOTBALL

Yeah, I know the odd poor result happens. You can't win every week. But 2-1 up, 10 to go vs a poor side. Disappointing not to win.

[MWHIBBIES]

Celtic or Rangers will be top. Should we just give them the points now?

Not at all. Today is a game we should've won. I'm not raging or wanting Ross out. We just shouldve won.

[Northernhibee]

I don’t think Dundee will go down. They impressed me today.

[lord bunberry]

Yes I do. 21 years I've been going. Not missed a home league match in 6 years. Get to about 60% of aways.
Why do you ask?


Yeah, I know the odd poor result happens. You can't win every week. But 2-1 up, 10 to go vs a poor side. Disappointing not to win.
Of course it’s disappointing not to win, but we didn’t lose, we’re still unbeaten and we’re still top of the league. Reading this forum you’d think we were in complete disarray, so many threads slating our players it’s mental.

[Blaster]

Not at all. Today is a game we should've won. I'm not raging or wanting Ross out. We just shouldve won.

Yeah we should have but all things considered it wasn’t the worst result. There will be slip ups throughout the season though. Onto next week and hopefully we’ll have 10/12 before the game international break 👍

[MWHIBBIES]

Of course it’s disappointing not to win, but we didn’t lose, we’re still unbeaten and we’re still top of the league. Reading this forum you’d think we were in complete disarray, so many threads slating our players it’s mental.

I agree. That's Hibs. Net these days. Players get slaughtered all the time.

[HFC93]

Come the end of the season, Dundee will probably be bottom of it. Should've beat them.

They won't be.

[Iain G]

They won't be.

It will be Livi, I hope!

[MWHIBBIES]

They won't be.

Maybe not. But I think RC, Livi and St Mirren have better squads.

[Lancs Harp]

Maybe not. But I think RC, Livi and St Mirren have better squads.

think we've just sorted the bottom four there though. Very early doors obviously but St Mirren have suitably unimpressed me the most so far.

[Smartie]

I think a good few of us are just frustrated with what appears to be some self-inflicted damage.

Unbeaten in the league - great - but we’ve not played anyone yet that I reckon will threaten finishing top 6 this season, and we’ve already dropped points and been eliminated from Europe.

We’ve got sterner tests to come, ones that will challenge us even if we get all our players back from injury, add to the squad, and don’t lose anyone.

So whilst I think some of the negativity is ott, I do think that we shouldn’t just gloss over our negatives right now when providing balance.

It’s possible to praise all that is good whilst highlighting the poor.

Overall - my glass is more than half full, but we’ve got a big couple of weeks to come before the transfer window shuts if we’re to continue our forward progression.

[CloudSquall]

but no other club in the country would have such a negative attitude.


Complete and utter Colin Nish.

It does my absolute ball sacks in when this pish is spouted,you really believe that Kickback or Aberdeen's forum would be ripping the top off it after a performance like today?

[Borderhibbie76]

Come the end of the season, Dundee will probably be bottom of it. Should've beat them.

Dundee won't be bottom IMHO had enough about them today to suggest they have a fighting chance of staying up

[EdinburghHibern]

If you consider Hibs starting the season unbeaten after 3 games to be "hardly an achievement " then you need to go and support PSG. You have no idea who is going to finish bottom two. We thumped one of those teams and drew away from home with a very depleted squad against the other. Cheer up and enjoy life

We dropped two points today.Defense is a shambles and we are conceding goals from crosses every game.

Celebrating being top after three games is just bizarre.

[MWHIBBIES]

think we've just sorted the bottom four there though. Very early doors obviously but St Mirren have suitably unimpressed me the most so far.

Agreed.

[steelendhibs]

7 points from 9 against 3 teams likely to be in bottom 6. Never safe to do so, but if we assume we finish top 6 then if we keep that return going on average that will result in 42 points which is the exact same points tally against bottom 6 teams as last season. we are doing pretty well really. There are always things to improve on, and losing a late goal when we really should have put the game to bed is a frustrating one. However, all things considered we have a had a pretty good start domestically.

[Since90+2]

Come the end of the season, Dundee will probably be bottom of it. Should've beat them.

Dundee won't be bottom. Ross County and Livingston will definitely finish below them.

[H18 SFR]

7 points from 9 against 3 teams likely to be in bottom 6. Never safe to do so, but if we assume we finish top 6 then if we keep that return going on average that will result in 42 points which is the exact same points tally against bottom 6 teams as last season. we are doing pretty well really. There are always things to improve on, and losing a late goal when we really should have put the game to bed is a frustrating one. However, all things considered we have a had a pretty good start domestically.

I tried to work this out earlier and came to the same conclusion. 3rd / 4th in the league ‘standard’.

[chrisski33]

We dropped two points today.Defense is a shambles and we are conceding goals from crosses every game.

Celebrating being top after three games is just bizarre.

Yup especially when you consider the teams we have played arent our closest challengers for top 4 finish

[Northernhibee]

Blobby Neilson claiming to be top of the league in his post match interview.

[Real Emerald]

we are top of the league after 3 games yet there are 5 different threads singling out Hibs players for criticism. People need to get a life ! I'm all for constructive criticism in a football forum, but no other club in the country would have such a negative attitude. Cheer up !

Despite a load of injuries and players out through illness we are unbeaten and have the best league record of any club in the top flight in Scotland!! Let's celebrate 🍾

FFS folk are just disappointed that we could and should have taken all three points. No one deliberately wants to slag the club, we all want the best.

[Billy Whizz]

Blobby Neilson claiming to be top of the league in his post match interview.

😂😂

[Since452]

Blobby Neilson claiming to be top of the league in his post match interview.

Awkward

[NAE NOOKIE]

I don't think anybody is 'celebrating' being top of the league, but we have 7 points after 3 games, two of them away from home, and that represents a decent start to the season.

That being said IMO there's nothing wrong with discussing things we can clearly see could be done better, after all surely that's what the manager and training staff will be doing, so why shouldn't we?

Our finishing could be better, it's an ongoing theme carried on from last season that we need 3 or 4 chances to score one goal, I've only seen the Sportscene highlights of today's game, but we passed up a number of pretty decent chances and one brilliant chance and that is something we have to improve on, it's the difference between being top on goal difference and being top by 2 points. It was the same last season, there's no doubt we could have mounted a serious challenge for second. but we dropped points in winnable games that could well have made the difference and there's no doubt not scoring when the pressure was on contributed to that.

Our defence is currently below par there's no doubt about it, highlighting our profligacy in front of goal is one thing, but if we were better at the back two goals should be enough to win any game. We don't prevent crosses into our box and at least once a game we seem to have a collective brain fart at the back ... when you have two centre halves and a 6' plus midfielder in the 6 yard box and a guy 5 inches off being a dwarf still gets a free header right in front of goal you have a problem.

Pointing these deficiencies out isn't moaning for the sake of it, they are things that are fixable and if we can fix them we will be a better team for it.

[Jones28]

Come the end of the season, Dundee will probably be bottom of it. Should've beat them.

Nothing I saw today suggested they’re favourites for the drop.

[CentreLine]

Nothing I saw today suggested they’re favourites for the drop.

Dundee we’re excellent second half of last season and would have won that league if they had turned up earlier. They gave us a decent match in the cup and have a good solid unit now. They will take points from a lot of teams this year and stay up in my opinion.
Personally I’m hoping Livi take the drop and none of the plastic pitch sides are promoted.

[Dashing Bob S]

Means nothing. We won’t stay there unless our defence improves.

[blackpoolhibs]

Means nothing. We won’t stay there unless our defence improves.

I will go out on a limb here and say even when we do improve our defence, we still wont stay there.:wink:

[GordonHFC]

I don’t think Dundee will go down. They impressed me today.

This. I think there are currently worse teams in the league than Dundee. I thought they played well yesterday.

[Since452]

It's an excellent start to the season considering we've had European games to play and a tricky game against Killie. Once we get the five injured guys back and a couple of new faces in we'll be looking very good.

[Key West]

Unfortunately the defensive frailties will be with us for a while, partly due to individual mistakes and also as a consequence of playing open attacking football which the majority of us want, we don’t want to watch results.
McGinn last season was steady and an improvement on what we had before him, he now looks shot of confidence, Doig has plenty of potential and going forward is promising but defending is not his biggest asset at the moment, McGregor, Hanlon and Porteous are a mixed bag within a game the latter the best we have but as I’ve said for a long time he needs guidance, Lewis is a steady pro and in my opinion a squad player.
This is the reality and there are no quick fixes, whilst we try to correct this problem which might begin with the basics, concentration and actually enjoying the challenge and art of defending we’ll need to be patient, I’m still confident of finishing in a decent position at the end of the season.

[Fuzzywuzzy]

Just reported on radio Scotland, that in fact, the rangers are top of the league ahead of there European game on Thursday......

[madhatter]

Just reported on radio Scotland, that in fact, the rangers are top of the league ahead of there European game on Thursday......

Surely not...that's just ridiculous.

[04Sauzee]

Just reported on radio Scotland, that in fact, the rangers are top of the league ahead of there European game on Thursday......

But Robbie said yesterday Hearts were top of the league

[GRA]

So far this season we've played eight games. Won five, drawn two and lost one. The two draws arguably could have been wins had we taken our chances and the one loss was a game in the balance until McGregor got sent off.

Considering some injuries we've had and we're still top (OK only 3 games in but if you can't enjoy it now when can you?...) I'm baffled as to how vociferous some of the criticism has been. Certainly room for improvement (Gogic is the one that sticks in my mind, his form has plummeted from last season) but certainly no need to be so OTT as it is on this page.

[hibeedonald]

Frustrating that the defence is letting us down after being so solid last season, with our attacking play much improved. If we were defending better this team could go far.

[hibee-boys]

It’s our position after the first round of games that’ll interest me more, not after playing 3 sides that will likely be struggling at the bottom end of the league come the end of the season.

[CentreLine]

It’s our position after the first round of games that’ll interest me more, not after playing 3 sides that will likely be struggling at the bottom end of the league come the end of the season.

Agreed. Although, these are the sides we traditionally drop too many pints to. Yesterday’s results was unfortunate as we need to pick up points when playing badly if we aim to emulate or improve on last season. For that reason alone, I think we’re making a good start.

[PatHead]

But who is top of the league? Jobby Neilson says its them, seemingly BBC saying it is Sevco.

Its not often we are top of the bundle and we aren't even getting the chance to enjoy it.

[EdinburghHibern]

It's an excellent start to the season considering we've had European games to play and a tricky game against Killie. Once we get the five injured guys back and a couple of new faces in we'll be looking very good.

Sorry, but I wouldn't say it's an excellent start to the season. It's been a good start to the season taking 7 points from 9 against teams we should really beat after the Motherwell away performance you could argue we haven't taken as many chances as we could or should have.

An excellent start would have been 9 points out of 9 and in the Europa Conference playoff round.

[PatHead]

Sorry, but I wouldn't say it's an excellent start to the season. It's been a good start to the season taking 7 points from 9 against teams we should really beat after the Motherwell away performance you could argue we haven't taken as many chances as we could or should have.

An excellent start would have been 9 points out of 9 and in the Europa Conference playoff round.

That would have been a perfect start. You can still have an excellent start without it being perfect.

I wonder how fans would have felt had we beaten Dundee and drawn with Motherwell. Still would have 7 points but I thought the Motherwell result was great at the time.

[EdinburghHibern]

We have the same amount of points as Hearts who have played Celtic and Aberdeen.

Don't understand JR comments saying 7 points from 9 so far shows the progress we have made given the defensive frailties we keep showing and the opposition.

[Hibernian Verse]

We have the same amount of points as Hearts who have played Celtic and Aberdeen.

Don't understand JR comments saying 7 points from 9 so far shows the progress we have made given the defensive frailties we keep showing and the opposition.

He didn't say that though.

He said that we are disappointed to only have 7 points from 9 shows the progress we have made as a club. i.e. we expect to do better now, and that's because of progress made.

[Springbank]

these kinds of stats are always a fun distraction - i remember we were top at this same stage in 1997 having beaten celtic , put 4 past Killie and drawn in Dundee (at Tannadice) and folk were banging in goals from the halfway line.

The squad of 2021 is night and day compared to then (much much better now) but the main reassurance for me is Jack Ross seems to have the measure that our current right back and centre backs are not top 4 standard (as a unit), our tall keeper loses headers from 6 yards out most weeks (because he doesn't come for cross balls) and we are light up top. I am encouraged by the fact Jack Ross is under no illusions there, and it's a big week ahead in the market (just my opinion)

[Hibernian Verse]

these kinds of stats are always a fun distraction - i remember we were top at this same stage in 1997 having beaten celtic , put 4 past Killie and drawn in Dundee (at Tannadice) and folk were banging in goals from the halfway line.

The squad of 2021 is night and day compared to then (much much better now) but the main reassurance for me is Jack Ross seems to have the measure that our current right back and centre backs are not top 4 standard (as a unit), our tall keeper loses headers from 6 yards out most weeks (because he doesn't come for cross balls) and we are light up top. I am encouraged by the fact Jack Ross is under no illusions there, and it's a big week ahead in the market (just my opinion)

Where do you get that impression from re: McGinn & Macey?

[cabbageandribs1875]

heartz are best of the rest

24992

[PatHead]

heartz are best of the rest

24992
Amazing that 5 teams haven't won a game yet.

[EdinburghHibern]

Where do you get that impression from re: McGinn & Macey?

The number of goals conceded from crosses so far this season,in particular the right back area.

[Keith_M]

We haven't played the OF, Hearts or Aberdn yet, but...

...we're Hibbies, we don't get much to celebrate, so let's just enjoy it while we can. 😏

[Hibernian Verse]

The number of goals conceded from crosses so far this season,in particular the right back area.

I meant the impression that Jack Ross has acknowledged that right back and GK are problem areas. I can't see where he would have done that.

[cabbageandribs1875]

Amazing that 5 teams haven't won a game yet.

especially double cup winners St Johnstone

[hibbysam]

Amazing that 5 teams haven't won a game yet.

Think that tells me that the top 5 are going to be miles clear of the rest this season. Hibs and hearts are both struggling numbers wise yet getting decent results, Aberdeen still in Europe and the top 2 will pull away eventually. The rest will be in a dog fight for 6th with the bottom 6 very tight.

[Is It On....]

we are top of the league after 3 games yet there are 5 different threads singling out Hibs players for criticism. People need to get a life ! I'm all for constructive criticism in a football forum, but no other club in the country would have such a negative attitude. Cheer up !

Despite a load of injuries and players out through illness we are unbeaten and have the best league record of any club in the top flight in Scotland!! Let's celebrate 🍾

There is huge pressure on The Ugly Sisters again this year as the winner of the league goes directly into the Champions League group stages. One (or preferably both) of them will hopefully slip up and mean another club can have a real run for a top 2 finish.

[Kato]

But Robbie said yesterday Hearts were top of the leagueEverybody is Top of The League except for Hibs, who are merely "table leaders".

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[Key West]

Dundee won't be bottom. Ross County and Livingston will definitely finish below them.

Definitely, where did you buy your crystal ball?

[worcesterhibby]

Means nothing. We won’t stay there unless our defence improves.

I doubt we could stay there all season even if our Defence, Midfield and Attack all improve. So all the more reason to actually enjoy it while we're top rather than have thread after thread pointlessly pointing out that our players aren't all World Class. IMHO :greengrin

[Tambo]

Despite some defensive issues and a poor start on Sunday in Dundee it has been a positive start.

Saturday will be a good test.