Kevin Nisbet

[JimBHibees]

Thought some of his play was superb deserved and should have had a hat trick. Brilliantly taken goal and some brilliant play his set up for Murphy shot was brilliant. Such a good footballer when he is at it. Plays well when he had a striking partner.

[NC1875]

Think he was maybe trying to prove a point after being subbed the other night.

He needs to play like that every week.

[kaimendhibs]

Brilliant today

[Juice-Terry]

KN was very good this afternoon. Keep it up Kev!

[brianmc]

He played very well. Looked like a totally different player to some of his recent performances.
Fingers crossed he keeps it up.

[Dunfyhibee]

Last three performances have been much improved and looks to be approaching good form again. Can be put down to better service in open play but looks a different player to a month ago effort wise also to get in positions for said service.

[B.H.F.C]

He’s been better the last week. Even on Wednesday he was doing things he hasn’t been doing for much of the season (making runs and getting in to decent positions).

Think he’s working harder and if he keeps doing that his form will pick up further.

[Allant1981]

Looks a bit fitter in the last week or so, hopefully he kicks on now

[wookie70]

He played very well. Looked like a totally different player to some of his recent performances.
Fingers crossed he keeps it up.

He has been very good in his last three games. The break has done him good as has having a team mates within shouting distance

[Unseen work]

I was quite vocal about him prior to the break.

I’m willing to give him the benefit of the doubt that he was carrying a knock or had something else going on as the past 3 games he’s been much more like his old self.

Keep it up.

[greenlex]

Benefits from a partner up there and a willing runner in Campbell close in behind him

[007]

His previous poor form was possibly due to not having fully got back to normal after Covid. Happy to give him the benefit of the doubt that it was, if he continues to put in good performances.

[Mikey_1875]

Only fair to give him praise after I slated him pre-break. Applying himself a lot more and getting the rewards with a goal and assist in the last three.

[Alex Trager]

I wonder if the upturn in form is Doidge being back?

Whatever it is, keep it up

[Hiber-nation]

Brilliant today, man of the match. Worked his socks off, intelligent and skilful link up play and still sprinting at the end which is the polar opposite of a few weeks ago when he looked as if he didn't want to be on the pitch.

Keep it up Kev.

[hibbysam]

He has been very good in his last three games. The break has done him good as has having a team mates within shouting distance

Agree with that, even Wednesday first half I thought he was very good, just clearly lacked confidence in front of goal with some of his finishing. Tonight his finishing was top drawer and hopefully that allows him to go on a run.

[Hillsidehibby]

January window coming up?

I’ll get my coat

[dp00]

January window coming up?

I’ll get my coat

Said same thing … what you can say about him today tho is he kept going


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[JimBHibees]

Benefits from a partner up there and a willing runner in Campbell close in behind him

Yep much more support.

[BSEJVT]

An on-form Kevin Nisbet is one of the best footballing centre forward's I have seen in 50 years of watching Hibs and also one of the best finishers as well.

If he played to top form every week we would never have got him in the first place and he would also have been sold by now.

It is no secret that he has had attitude problems in the past, but we are quick to forget he lost his father and has also had a bout of Covid and I never saw him being cut much slack, but plenty of folk rushing to hang him out to dry.

You only need to look at the drop-off in Doyle-Hayes from the start of the season after he got Covid to understand its potential effect.

Thankfully both appear to be getting back to their best.

If we hadn't had such horrific injury issues this season I suspect we would have seen a lot less of both till they had recovered better, but they had no option but to play and were consequently, Kevin especially, vilified by some folk.

We had seasons of pish from the likes of Colllins, Heffernan, Vine and plenty others, none of whom showed one flash of the quality Kevin does regularly.

I am going to enjoy him for as long as here as I am sadly pretty certain his replacement wont be anything like as good.

[MWHIBBIES]

January window coming up?

I’ll get my coat


Said same thing … what you can say about him today tho is he kept going


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Do you guys think a club is more likely to sign a player who plays well every week, or one that only plays well before a transfer window? If he actually wanted away (which he doesn't), I don't think he'd just be trying now, do you?

[Brightside]

January window coming up?

I’ll get my coat

That’s a horrible take.

[MWHIBBIES]

An on-form Kevin Nisbet is one of the best footballing centre forward's I have seen in 50 years of watching Hibs and also one of the best finishers as well.

If he played to top form every week we would never have got him in the first place and he would also have been sold by now.

It is no secret that he has had attitude problems in the past, but we are quick to forget he lost his father and has also had a bout of Covid and I never saw him being cut much slack, but plenty of folk rushing to hang him out to dry.

You only need to look at the drop-off in Doyle-Hayes from the start of the season after he got Covid to understand its potential effect.

Thankfully both appear to be getting back to their best.

If we hadn't had such horrific injury issues this season I suspect we would have seen a lot less of both till they had recovered better, but they had no option but to play and were consequently, Kevin especially, vilified by some folk.

We had seasons of pish from the likes of Colllins, Heffernan, Vine and plenty others, none of whom showed one flash of the quality Kevin does regularly.

I am going to enjoy him for as long as here as I am sadly pretty certain his replacement wont be anything like as good.

That was actually just one very long season. Otherwise, Hibs have had brilliant strikers for years now.

[BSEJVT]

That was actually just one very long season. Otherwise, Hibs have had brilliant strikers for years now.

Was it really, it just felt longer!

I am sure I will have forgotten some but off the top of my head for all-round game, I would place him in a similar bracket (with a bit to go to get there) as

Alan Gordon

Steve Archibald

Darren Jackson

Mixu

and ahead of

Keith Wright

Garry O' Connor (who I thought was unplayable the season he went to Russia, but a less complete player than Kevin IMO)

I am not trying to be argumentative but I am honestly struggling to recall those brilliant other strikers of the last 50 years

For goalscorers, you could include

Arthur Duncan

Jimmy O'Rourke

Harper

Ally McLeod

Willie Irvine

Stevie Cowen

Stokes (first time)

Riordan

Killen

Fletcher

Cummings

Doidge

Griffiths (far more prolific scorer, but a less complete player than Kevin IMO)

Other than it has felt like extremely slim pickings most of the time, but I am sure to be proved wrong

[StockholmHibs]

An on-form Kevin Nisbet is one of the best footballing centre forward's I have seen in 50 years of watching Hibs and also one of the best finishers as well.

If he played to top form every week we would never have got him in the first place and he would also have been sold by now.

It is no secret that he has had attitude problems in the past, but we are quick to forget he lost his father and has also had a bout of Covid and I never saw him being cut much slack, but plenty of folk rushing to hang him out to dry.

You only need to look at the drop-off in Doyle-Hayes from the start of the season after he got Covid to understand its potential effect.

Thankfully both appear to be getting back to their best.

If we hadn't had such horrific injury issues this season I suspect we would have seen a lot less of both till they had recovered better, but they had no option but to play and were consequently, Kevin especially, vilified by some folk.

We had seasons of pish from the likes of Colllins, Heffernan, Vine and plenty others, none of whom showed one flash of the quality Kevin does regularly.

I am going to enjoy him for as long as here as I am sadly pretty certain his replacement wont be anything like as good.

Possibly agree. However he has missed bucket loads of chances!Until he starts scoring these chances Hibs will be his level.

[B.H.F.C]

Possibly agree. However he has missed bucket loads of chances!Until he starts scoring these chances Hibs will be his level.

He’s not been missing loads of chances lately (Wednesday aside). He’s not been in positions to miss them. He was today and it made a huge difference.

[StockholmHibs]

He’s not been missing loads of chances lately (Wednesday aside). He’s not been in positions to miss them. He was today and it made a huge difference.
A man of his caliber should have scored on Wednesday. In fact the guy has potential to score more than he does ...easily

[greenlex]

An on-form Kevin Nisbet is one of the best footballing centre forward's I have seen in 50 years of watching Hibs and also one of the best finishers as well.

If he played to top form every week we would never have got him in the first place and he would also have been sold by now.

It is no secret that he has had attitude problems in the past, but we are quick to forget he lost his father and has also had a bout of Covid and I never saw him being cut much slack, but plenty of folk rushing to hang him out to dry.

You only need to look at the drop-off in Doyle-Hayes from the start of the season after he got Covid to understand its potential effect.

Thankfully both appear to be getting back to their best.

If we hadn't had such horrific injury issues this season I suspect we would have seen a lot less of both till they had recovered better, but they had no option but to play and were consequently, Kevin especially, vilified by some folk.

We had seasons of pish from the likes of Colllins, Heffernan, Vine and plenty others, none of whom showed one flash of the quality Kevin does regularly.

I am going to enjoy him for as long as here as I am sadly pretty certain his replacement wont be anything like as good.
I was actually getting annoyed by him dropping too deep. Even in the second half and a man up. He. Needs to be playing on the last man and in and around the box. He’s a good player and can finish well but not if he’s out wide or dropping into midfield.

[CentreLine]

Turned up today and showed exactly what he can do. As did the rest of the team. Now we kick on. Starting Wednesday

[Brightside]

I was actually getting annoyed by him dropping too deep. Even in the second half and a man up. He. Needs to be playing on the last man and in and around the box. He’s a good player and can finish well but not if he’s out wide or dropping into midfield.

He doesn’t. Dropping deep is exactly what he needs to do in our system

[greenlex]

He doesn’t. Dropping deep is exactly what he needs to do in our system
Not when we’re a man up and desperate for a goal or two.

[B.H.F.C]

He doesn’t. Dropping deep is exactly what he needs to do in our system

Not in that system we played today. All the important stuff he did today was by being on the shoulder and/or in the box.

Offside goal (that didn’t look offside), disallowed header, goal, putting one on a plate for Murphy, being the highest up the park when he ended up playing Porteous in. Fine dropping in at times but your centre forward needs to be up the park and between the posts.

[Brightside]

Not in that system we played today. All the important stuff he did today was by being on the shoulder and/or in the box.

Offside goal (that didn’t look offside), disallowed header, goal, putting one on a plate for Murphy, being the highest up the park when he ended up playing Porteous in. Fine dropping in at times but your centre forward needs to be up the park and between the posts.

Not for me. He has to be all of that and more.

[BSEJVT]

I was actually getting annoyed by him dropping too deep. Even in the second half and a man up. He. Needs to be playing on the last man and in and around the box. He’s a good player and can finish well but not if he’s out wide or dropping into midfield.

I don’t agree

Kevin linking the play is absolutely central to what we do.

If he was a static stay up top striker he wouldn’t be nearly as effective as he doesn’t have sufficient physical presence like for example Doidge

Kevin won’t score the same type of goals as Doidge, he is far more dangerous from broken open play when he has a wee bit time to plan and execute his finish

I would concede that he has work to do on sharp instinctive finishing but for a goal like today his finishing is outstanding, absolutely top notch.

When he has the chance to lift his head and place it, is when he is at his best and he won’t have that with a static centre half right up against him

[StirlingHibee]

I have often been critical of him on this forum but his all round game today was excellent and took his goal superbly. If he can apply himself like that in every game he will have a real chance of being a success. Well done Kevin!

[Eyrie]

Nisbet played very well today, was a constant menace to the St Johnstone defence and was blatantly robbed of the opening goal.

Here's hoping that his second goal will be the start of a scoring run.

[Iggy Pope]

He was great at Hampden and great today. He looks to be getting back to form.
His performances come under scrutiny as he is such a tidy player that we all want to do well, but we want him to do well as we are fans ... but have no real qualification to scrutinise as much as we do. Apart from these platforms of course when our badges in such things are apparent.
I’d a fellah behind me at Hampden go on and on (and on) about how “lazy” he was ... If we are stuck with anyone lazy then I want that lazy player to be like Kevin Nisbet.

[Iggy Pope]

Nisbet played very well today, was a constant menace to the St Johnstone defence and was blatantly robbed of the opening goal.

Here's hoping that his second goal will be the start of a scoring run.

Third.

[HendoDelivered]

We will see a different KN in next couple weeks. That performance will do his confidence wonders. Fully expect the floodgates to open now!

[Glory Lurker]

We will see a different KN in next couple weeks. That performance will do his confidence wonders. Fully expect the floodgates to open now!

Deffo. Him and Boyler on Wednesday night. We're going to stuff them again!

[hibbysam]

Deffo. Him and Boyler on Wednesday night. We're going to stuff them again!

Was also impressed with Gullan today, sharp and contributed to a lot of our early decent play. Bit rusty or I’d have expected him to have burst the net when he got his shot blocked first half.

[B.H.F.C]

Not for me. He has to be all of that and more.

I’m not sure what you mean? Today was his best performance of the season for me.

[B.H.F.C]

He was great at Hampden and great today. He looks to be getting back to form.
His performances come under scrutiny as he is such a tidy player that we all want to do well, but we want him to do well as we are fans ... but have no real qualification to scrutinise as much as we do. Apart from these platforms of course when our badges in such things are apparent.
I’d a fellah behind me at Hampden go on and on (and on) about how “lazy” he was ... If we are stuck with anyone lazy then I want that lazy player to be like Kevin Nisbet.

His performances have been under scrutiny because he’s not been playing well. Today he did play well and most of the same fans notice that as well.

I think he’s worked harder this past week. Before the break he wasn’t and he wasn’t much good to us. No player at Hibs is ever good enough to be lazy. For me, there’s been a noticeable difference in his work rate and it’s no coincidence that he’s contributed more in the games as a result.

[hibbysam]

His performances have been under scrutiny because he’s not been playing well. Today he did play well and most of the same fans notice that as well.

I think he’s worked harder this past week. Before the break he wasn’t and he wasn’t much good to us. No player at Hibs is ever good enough to be lazy. For me, there’s been a noticeable difference in his work rate and it’s no coincidence that he’s contributed more in the games as a result.

I just think ‘lazy’ and ‘work rate’ are easy to Chuck at him when results don’t go our way. Wednesday he was fine, but because we inevitably lose and he misses chances he was back to being lazy. Our team haven’t been giving him any support so regardless how much he runs about - if he’s nobody to bounce off then he’s going to look useless. He’ll have poor games of that there is no doubt, he’ll be unplayable other times, he won’t be playing if he was lazy.

[B.H.F.C]

I just think ‘lazy’ and ‘work rate’ are easy to Chuck at him when results don’t go our way. Wednesday he was fine, but because we inevitably lose and he misses chances he was back to being lazy. Our team haven’t been giving him any support so regardless how much he runs about - if he’s nobody to bounce off then he’s going to look useless. He’ll have poor games of that there is no doubt, he’ll be unplayable other times, he won’t be playing if he was lazy.

I did say I thought it was working noticeably harder in the last week, that includes the defeat during the week so it’s not just something to chuck at him when we lose. He was making runs and getting in to good positions, I don’t think he was doing enough of that prior to the break.

[hibbysam]

I did say I thought it was working noticeably harder in the last week, that includes the defeat during the week so it’s not just something to chuck at him when we lose. He was making runs and getting in to good positions, I don’t think he was doing enough of that prior to the break.

It was all over social media Wednesday again though, hence why I feel chucking claims of him being lazy are unhelpful as it sticks even when it’s not necessarily true in games.

[B.H.F.C]

It was all over social media Wednesday again though, hence why I feel chucking claims of him being lazy are unhelpful as it sticks even when it’s not necessarily true in games.

Think it was deserved previously though. Aberdeen away when he spent 90 minutes pointing at other folk, trying to tell them what to do. Celtic game where he wandered about and couldn’t be bothered to put a proper challenge in. In the last week it’s not been merited, even if he missed a few chances during the week he was actually on the move and getting on the end of things. I hope he’s turned a corner form wise because he was good today.