Winning Ugly…

[Dashing Bob S]

…let’s turn on the style next week.

[Since452]

Although we fully deserved that today we did a bit of a St Johnstone on St Johnstone. Can't remember Macey having to make a save. Very pleasing.

[Unseen work]

Something we’ve been needing to do.

Give me that over a play well but loss/draw from conceding a cheap goal any day.

I also don’t think it was that “ugly”. It wasn’t scintillating football but we done our job and worked hard. Controlled the game even after we scored which ssd
pleasing.

[Carheenlea]

I wouldn’t have described our performance as “ugly”.

Patient and disciplined with some tidy football at times in amongst it. An excellent three points.

[HibsGW]

A good win today, good to finally get a win against them. We still need to work out how we break them down though, aside from a bit of a contentious penalty, we didn’t create much. Boyle is becoming a very reliable penalty taker.

[Centre Hawf]

I'll gladly take three points no matter how they come. But I think a few players are looking like they're going off the boil at the same time which is never a good sign. Boyle (penalties aside), Nisbet, and Magennis aren't looking as threatening these last few games as they were at the start of the European run and into the league. If we can eek out games like this until it clicks again for them we should be in a good position.

[blackpoolhibs]

We won, things are good. :top marks

[Coco Bryce]

Gave St Johnstone a taste of their own medicine today.

GIRUY

[worcesterhibby]

Nobody seems to win with flair against St Johnstone they are set up to frustrate

[Since452]

Reminds me of a few seasons back when Aberdeen just kept on winning games by hook or crook. Was so frustrating and I was envious looking on. We are similar now. It's more than just luck, it's an art.

[Pagan Hibernia]

St J will be raging with the penalty decision. Good! :greengrin

no sympathy for them

[NORTHERNHIBBY]

St Johnstone are effective in what they do. If it takes 90 minutes of stodge to get a result then so be it.

[staunchhibby]

Clear penalty.Used his hand to divert flight of ball

[CmoantheHibs]

Was never going to be pretty but I thought we played well up until the goal. Showed patience and stuck to the task. I do think we need a lot more composure and to be braver when we have a lead though. Even although they didn’t really create anything with the extra man we should have been knocking the ball about a lot better. We sat in too much.

[Libby Hibby]

Great victory. Well done Hibs.

I wouldn’t say it was ugly but St Johnstone by their very style makes it a difficult watch at times.

Hard fought victory, bring on the Rangers next week

[GRA]

I'd take a scrappy 1-0 win against a team like St Johnstone any day of the week. Considering we hadn't beat them at ER for nearly a decade and struggled massively against them in key games last season. Psychologically that is huge, you saw how much the win meant by the reaction at full time!

[Torto7]

The encouraging thing for me is I think our form has dipped for the last 3 or 4 games but we're still winning/drawing. Last season when we where out of form we were dropping far more points especially at home. Combine this with the amount of players out injured and I'm beginning to get those Leicester vibes.

[Hibi]

The encouraging thing for me is I think our form has dipped for the last 3 or 4 games but we're still winning/drawing. Last season when we where out of form we were dropping far more points especially at home. Combine this with the amount of players out injured and I'm beginning to get those Leicester vibes.

I agree. Ross said that there are a number of players struggling at the minute as well but playing with niggles which might explain the dip. I think he said Boyle hadn’t trained all week, magennis was similar and came off injured at half time. Great result and was always going to be horrible against them.

[MunsterHibee]

Great 3 points today. Not pretty in the 1st half but way better in the 2nd. Thought we dug in well and frustrated St Johnstone and played them at their own game abit.


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[Lancs Harp]

Clear penalty.Used his hand to divert flight of ball

Not seen it back looked a bit iffy to me sat not too far away from the incident in the ff. I'll take it tho 😄

[Jdawg]

I thought we were terrible. St Johnstone played their part in that though.

So slow in possession, barely any good movement, little width. Nesbit needs Doidge next to him. We play a lot of long balls to Nesbit and Boyle up top. Can’t really get to the bye line as Doidge isn’t available.

That said, delighted to beat the set out to frustrate tractor clowns.

[Lancs Harp]

I thought we were terrible. St Johnstone played their part in that though.

So slow in possession, barely any good movement, little width. Nesbit needs Doidge next to him. We play a lot of long balls to Nesbit and Boyle up top. Can’t really get to the bye line as Doidge isn’t available.

That said, delighted to beat the set out to frustrate tractor clowns.

Id agree with that. Way too slow in our build up especially against a team like st Johnstone. A disputed penalty away from a very diffrent message board tonight i think. Jack still hasnt worked them out.

[Peevemor]

Id agree with that. Way too slow in our build up especially against a team like st Johnstone. A disputed penalty away from a very diffrent message board tonight i think. Jack still hasnt worked them out.

We had 3 penalty claims, so we were obviously getting into attacking positions.

[Jdawg]

Id agree with that. Way too slow in our build up especially against a team like st Johnstone. A disputed penalty away from a very diffrent message board tonight i think. Jack still hasnt worked them out.

Yeah. Headed for 0-0 all the way.

[Nakedmanoncrack]

I thought we were terrible. St Johnstone played their part in that though.

So slow in possession, barely any good movement, little width. Nesbit needs Doidge next to him. We play a lot of long balls to Nesbit and Boyle up top. Can’t really get to the bye line as Doidge isn’t available.

That said, delighted to beat the set out to frustrate tractor clowns.

Can't disagree with any of that.

[Blaster]

The manager says a few players running on empty due to recent illness etc. 3 points in the bag. Was never going to be pretty today.

[MunsterHibee]

The manager says a few players running on empty due to recent illness etc. 3 points in the bag. Was never going to be pretty today.

Agree 100%. ST Johnstone do that to teams. They wear you down and make the game tight and messy. Rather win like today than play well and get beat tbh. All about the 3 points.


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[blackpoolhibs]

I thought once we went in front, St Johnstone showed that they can actually play a bit. Even down to 10 men they kept trying to play passing football, and showed good pressure on the ball and a willingness to play.

I think they are decent, in fact there are a few decent teams this season, St Mirren another.

[GreenNWhiteArmy]

Winning

[Mikey_1875]

I thought we were terrible. St Johnstone played their part in that though.

So slow in possession, barely any good movement, little width. Nesbit needs Doidge next to him. We play a lot of long balls to Nesbit and Boyle up top. Can’t really get to the bye line as Doidge isn’t available.

That said, delighted to beat the set out to frustrate tractor clowns.

Terrible? I don’t need to relay the reputation of st johnstone but they are very good at restricting what teams can do. Despite that, we had our joint most attempts at goal this season outside if the Ross County game.

I can recall a few incidents of Doig skinning Rooney down the wing and although we didn’t force Clark into any wonder saves we found ourselves in good positions in the box quite often only to have shots blocked by some good defending.

We also limited St J to very little and stood up well to prevent crosses coming in and also defend any that did find there way in, which has been a sore point for us this season.

There was a spell in the second half probably until the penalty where the situation was looking like we were a bit short of ideas but once the goal was scored I think we were on the front foot and didn’t let them pile pressure on like St Mirren and Dundee have done previously in getting late goals (sending off would have helped granted).

It wasn’t a classic performance by any means but from where I was looking it was a far cry from terrible.

[Since452]

St Johnstone aren't a bad side. Think they'll stay up. Pricks.

[JohnM1875]

... I'd take Kane.

[Pretty Boy]

I think most of us want to win the 'Hibs way'. However sometimes you just need to win.

Would anyone remember if we were industrial and ugly in the SC final last year if we had won? The trophy was all that mattered.

Same today. We have a hard run of games coming up so a win today after dropping points in a couple of games recently was key. The team knuckled down, battled away and got the points. It's a special team that can look good against Davidsons gang.

I think it's safe to say the OP was so what tongue in cheek but I'm not sure some of the responses have been.

[Dashing Bob S]

It wasn’t pretty but I doubt it ever can be against teams like St Johnstone. But we finally did what we have to do to beat such outfits, namely match them in commitment, organization and discipline.

I wish to hell we had played like that in the LC semi and SC final last season instead of fannying around like a precious little blouses taking the strop because a bunch of thugs wouldn’t let us play football. We might have had some trophies in the cabinet.

I’d rather see football played the Hibs way, but sometimes you just have to do what it takes to win.

[RecobasCousin]

Wasnae pretty but I'm not gonna complain much if we actually win. There was some drama in the last few seconds at least so that was some value for money.

First half was pretty boring though. So many backward and sideways passes it was like we hadn't woken up yet. Main positive for me was Macey who was really confident and until the last few seconds had made no mistakes. Also, MOTM for me was McCart getting sent off for applauding the linesman like only a true numpty could.

[Jdawg]

Terrible? I don’t need to relay the reputation of st johnstone but they are very good at restricting what teams can do. Despite that, we had our joint most attempts at goal this season outside if the Ross County game.

I can recall a few incidents of Doig skinning Rooney down the wing and although we didn’t force Clark into any wonder saves we found ourselves in good positions in the box quite often only to have shots blocked by some good defending.

We also limited St J to very little and stood up well to prevent crosses coming in and also defend any that did find there way in, which has been a sore point for us this season.

There was a spell in the second half probably until the penalty where the situation was looking like we were a bit short of ideas but once the goal was scored I think we were on the front foot and didn’t let them pile pressure on like St Mirren and Dundee have done previously in getting late goals (sending off would have helped granted).

It wasn’t a classic performance by any means but from where I was looking it was a far cry from terrible.

Far from a classic. I’ve since read that Boyle, Nesbit, JDH, and JDH haven’t been training so perhaps that’s something to do with it.

I’d rather have 3 clear cut chances that random shots on goal. Boyle had 3 or 4 woeful efforts. We huffed and puffed. Not much quality on show today. Bored stiff watching that in the East. Penalty was the only way we were getting 3 points today. Glad we did though.

[Mikey_1875]

Far from a classic. I’ve since read that Boyle, Nesbit, JDH, and JDH haven’t been training so perhaps that’s something to do with it.

I’d rather have 3 clear cut chances that random shots on goal. Boyle had 3 or 4 woeful efforts. We huffed and puffed. Not much quality on show today. Bored stiff watching that in the East. Penalty was the only way we were getting 3 points today. Glad we did though.

Fair play if that’s how you seen it. To be honest my expectations for entertainment were rock bottom going into the game so I was pleasantly surprised to see any goalmouth action at all :greengrin Either way like yourself I’m just delighted to get the three points against that mob!

[Shrekko]

Id agree with that. Way too slow in our build up especially against a team like st Johnstone. A disputed penalty away from a very diffrent message board tonight i think. Jack still hasnt worked them out.

Can anyone give me an example of anyone who's "worked out" how to play against anti-football sides like St Johnstone?

We deserved the win and let's be honest this messageboard and how it (over)reacts when we don't win isn't really an accurate reflection on anything.

[HoboHarry]

... I'd take Kane.

Only if we get Son at the same time.....

[heretoday]

I thought once we went in front, St Johnstone showed that they can actually play a bit. Even down to 10 men they kept trying to play passing football, and showed good pressure on the ball and a willingness to play.

I think they are decent, in fact there are a few decent teams this season, St Mirren another.
They are well organised. Their manager could be a big success at a richer club.

[bigwheel]

Our consistency of performance levels has been growing over the last year or so. Sometimes we have to dig deep for results and I thought we did that. Saints had just come off the back of beating Aberdeen and Dundee , and a narrow loss at home to Rangers . That was a tough and well earned result yesterday. Players should be really pleased with it

[Keith_M]

I have to be honest, I'm not sure we deserved to win yesterday, especially in the manner we did (dodgy penalty), but it makes up for the many, many times I've seen us perform much better than the opposition and either draw or lose, so I'm just happy with the three points.