Where Will We Finish?

[Key West]

Based on the 24 fixtures played so far in the league and bringing in additional players where do you think we will finish?

[Smartie]

Based on the 24 fixtures played so far in the league and bringing in additional players where do you think we will finish?

Hard to tell.

I don’t see where our goals are going to come from.

Hearts should get 3rd but nobody else is any more impressive than us.

5th probably.

[WeeRussell]

4th.

I’d like to naively still aim for 3rd but it would need Hearts to slow down as well as us showing a drastic improvement in form.

Settle for a fairly comfortable 4th…. And the cup 💪🏻

[Waxy]

Anywhere between 3rd and 6th. There really isnt anything between us all just now.

[B.H.F.C]

4th which would be all right all things considered.

[Key West]

I agree scoring goals seems to be a problem, I do think we'll get better as the season evolves and if we can enjoy the moments that we have in the final third instead of getting overly excited then that problem might become a thing of the past.

[Paul1642]

3rd is a very big ask and will require a car crash from Hearts that I don’t see coming. 4th is ours for the taking and is really the minimum we should be achieving. I would be very disappointed with 5th or lower.

[Key West]

3rd is a very big ask and will require a car crash from Hearts that I don’t see coming. 4th is ours for the taking and is really the minimum we should be achieving. I would be very disappointed with 5th or lower.

3rd is a big ask but 4th is probably more realistic in my opinion.

[Broken Gnome]

Hearts should be home and hoses in third, they've got more depth that the others which should mean they'll avoid losing the games we need to catch them.

I'm not sure we're magically going to click just yet, we were massively short of quality by the end of the game on Tuesday. That said, not sure why Dundee United, Motherwell or Aberdeen should be better than us so if were finishing behind any of them, certainly lower than 5th, then we're not up to scratch.

[JohnM1875]

Think we'll finish fourth. The dip in form towards the end of Ross's run was always going to be hard to come back from where third is concerned.

[OldEast]

Goalscoring a huge problem. If it doesn't improve 5th or 6th

[Hibees1973]

5th

[Brightside]

4th

[Keith_M]

Most likely 5th, but maybe 4th, if we can start scoring goals again.

I realise we've had some tough competition in January but two goals in four league games (three games without scoring) is quite worrying.

[Key West]

With decent width on both sides I can see Nisbet and Doidge getting back amongst the goals, we look a better threat at set pieces with Porteous and Bushiri and I've been quietly impressed with Josh Campbell getting into good scoring positions in the absence of Magennis.

[Coco Bryce]

5th

[Leitherhibs]

Best case 4th
Worst case 7th

[DIXIHIBS]

4th. Sitting 5th just now even after a bad run of form and having recently sacked our manager so surely 4th is our target. We needed to beat hertz on tuesday to gave any realistic chance of 3rd. Cup final again would do nicely😀

[GreenCastle]

Hearts will finish 3rd

4th - 7th is going to be tight.

We need to start scoring more - producing more middle to final 3rd or we will keep drawing.

Looking at the 9 remaining fixtures before the split.

We really need to be winning our home games against St Mirren, Ross County, Dundee Utd and St Johnstone.

We also have a home game against Celtic which will be tough.

Rangers, Dundee and Aberdeen plus Hearts away just before split.

Post split we would probably have to play Celtic and Dundee Utd / Motherwell away, Hearts, Aberdeen and Rangers at home. 3 full houses at home if that was the fixtures. Someone else may know ?

[The 90+2]

6th.

[Fergus52]

4th.

be interesting to see a poll on this

[Paul1642]

There is nothing great about any of the teams we are competing with for 4th. If we find form it’s ours. If we don’t then we only have ourself to blame.

[OldEast]

There is nothing great about any of the teams we are competing with for 4th. If we find form it’s ours. If we don’t then we only have ourself to blame.

That's been the problem up to now hasn't it? Our inability to put chances away.

[Jim44]

5th or 6th but 4th if SM can get us up to speed in the way he wants us to play.

[Greencore]

5th

[SMAXXA]

4th

[Squealing pig]

4th I think

[Onceinawhile]

Easter road I reckon, vs Aberdeen.

[jacomo]

3rd is a very big ask and will require a car crash from Hearts that I don’t see coming. 4th is ours for the taking and is really the minimum we should be achieving. I would be very disappointed with 5th or lower.


Agree with this. 12 point gap to 3rd is brutal.

[jacomo]

That's been the problem up to now hasn't it? Our inability to put chances away.


We need to create more chances first.

[Sir David Gray]

We've absolutely no chance of finishing 3rd sadly - our 2 points from a possible 12 since returning from the winter has ended that possibility.

Although we're currently 5th, finishing 4th should definitely be possible and I'll be disappointed if we don't do it.

[Since90+2]

Aberdeen are our biggest threat for 4th I'd say, not Motherwell.

[JammyDoidger]

We've got by far the 3rd or 4th strongest squad in Scotland so anything less would be very poor. I'll say 4th.

[Hibs90]

4th, when you take it into context considering the summer window, manager change, change of style, new signings etc I think would be pretty good. The key will be building on that next year.

[SlickShoes]

I hope we finish 4th by a good distance, I would be fairly happy with that based on how this season has panned out.

I think there is a chance we end up 5th or 6th still if anyone below us puts a string of wins together and we remain as inconsistent as we have been most of the season.

[Mike Berry]

4th, unless Hearts blow up, which I don't think they will.

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[zitelli62]

3rd hearts will do there usual bottle job we will players up to speed for a great end to the season.

[Since452]

4th

[Tambo]

Would take 4th right now. Motherwell having a bit of a bad spell and Aberdeen are even worse than us but we definitely have to start getting 3points most weekends and that hopefully starts Saturday.

[Sir David Gray]

3rd hearts will do there usual bottle job we will players up to speed for a great end to the season.

I don't see that happening at all I'm afraid.

We are 12 points behind them with just 14 games left. Considering 4 of those 14 games are against Celtic and Rangers, realistically it means we have 10 games to make up 12 points.

Even if we manage to win the 2 remaining derbies, which is a pretty long shot in itself, we will still need to get at least 6 more points than them in our other 8 games.

In order to have a chance of 3rd place we are probably looking at needing to win 10 or 11 of our last 14 games and we're just not capable of that sort of consistency unfortunately.

[Tambo]

I don't see that happening at all I'm afraid.

We are 12 points behind them with just 14 games left. Considering 4 of those 14 games are against Celtic and Rangers, realistically it means we have 10 games to make up 12 points.

Even if we manage to win the 2 remaining derbies, which is a pretty long shot in itself, we will still need to get at least 6 more points than them in our other 8 games.

In order to have a chance of 3rd place we are probably looking at needing to win 10 or 11 of our last 14 games and we're just not capable of that sort of consistency unfortunately.

Yep we need to take our chances the last 3 games with a minimum of 9 points required and we never.

[GreenCastle]

I don't see that happening at all I'm afraid.

We are 12 points behind them with just 14 games left. Considering 4 of those 14 games are against Celtic and Rangers, realistically it means we have 10 games to make up 12 points.

Even if we manage to win the 2 remaining derbies, which is a pretty long shot in itself, we will still need to get at least 6 more points than them in our other 8 games.

In order to have a chance of 3rd place we are probably looking at needing to win 10 or 11 of our last 14 games and we're just not capable of that sort of consistency unfortunately.

Yup.

I’m more concerned about us finishing 4th and staying in top 6.

Does 4th get into Europe ?

[PeeJay]

3rd and I'd like to think the club and its squad are aiming for 3rd as well, as long as it is theoretically possible, if this isn't the case for some reason, why bother at all?

[Billy Whizz]

Yup.

I’m more concerned about us finishing 4th and staying in top 6.

Does 4th get into Europe ?

We get 5 places for Europe, depending on who wins the cup, 5th could get a Conference league qualifying spot

[Sir David Gray]

Yup.

I’m more concerned about us finishing 4th and staying in top 6.

Does 4th get into Europe ?

4th gets into the Europa Conference League - either the second or third qualifying round, depending on who wins the Scottish Cup.

[Nakedmanoncrack]

Anything less than 4th will be a disappointment, as it should be any season.

[Auckland Hibs]

5th

Can't see us scoring many goals but don't think we'll lose too many either.

Aberdeen will finish above us IMO

[Since452]

5th

Can't see us scoring many goals but don't think we'll lose too many either.

Aberdeen will finish above us IMO

Entitled to your opinion but what have you seen from Aberdeen to make you think they'll finish about us?

[Eyrie]

I think we can forget third unless Hearts jambottle it (which can never be ruled out).

I also can't see more than two of Aberdeen, Motherwell, Dundee United etc finishing ahead of us, so we will be in the top six.

I'll be optimistic and say fourth, although fifth is more likely.

[Keith_M]

3rd and I'd like to think the club and its squad are aiming for 3rd as well, as long as it is theoretically possible, if this isn't the case for some reason, why bother at all?


Aiming for 3rd and asking the fans, realistically, where they think we might finish are two different things entirely.

I think we have no chance of catching Hearts, going by what I've seen so far, but it doesn't mean I'm not ambitious or happy to accept a low league placing.

[PeeJay]

Aiming for 3rd and asking the fans, realistically, where they think we might finish are two different things entirely.

I think we have no chance of catching Hearts, going by what I've seen so far, but it doesn't mean I'm not ambitious or happy to accept a low league placing.

Well, I'm a fan too and I'm going for, I think it's still "possible" - if the club and team apply themselves properly - :greengrin

[H18 SFR]

Good enough for fourth in my opinion.

[bigwheel]

Think it’s too early to tell..although today will give us an indicator . Can we play at Tuesdays levels ..or will it be more like previous games . If we can keep a decent standard fourth is doable. If we go like games just before , we may struggle for top six . Fingers crossed it’s fourth !

[Keith_M]

Well, I'm a fan too and I'm going for, I think it's still "possible" - if the club and team apply themselves properly - :greengrin


You didn't get that level of optimism by living in Berlin... which makes me wonder what you've been drinking!

[PeeJay]

You didn't get that level of optimism by living in Berlin... which makes me wonder what you've been drinking!

Optimism and Berlin's go hand-in-hand - it's a truly wonderful place - although our football team is not doing so well at the moment, I'll grant you that :greengrin

[Key West]

Predictions are interesting even encouraging considering we were regarded as hopeless by many after the Livingston game.🙂

[lord bunberry]

I hope we can finish in the top 6 but I’m not convinced we will, I suspect we’ll be pretty inconsistent between now and the end of the season. It already looks like we’re building towards next season.

[GreenCastle]

Hearts will finish 3rd

4th - 7th is going to be tight.

We need to start scoring more - producing more middle to final 3rd or we will keep drawing.

Looking at the 9 remaining fixtures before the split.

We really need to be winning our home games against St Mirren, Ross County, Dundee Utd and St Johnstone.

We also have a home game against Celtic which will be tough.

Rangers, Dundee and Aberdeen plus Hearts away just before split.

Post split we would probably have to play Celtic and Dundee Utd / Motherwell away, Hearts, Aberdeen and Rangers at home. 3 full houses at home if that was the fixtures. Someone else may know ?

Made it clear we need to win home games - losing at home isn’t going to get us top 6.

[AgentDaleCooper]

lower than we would have if Ross was still here.

i expect somewhere between 7th and 9th at the moment. relegation fight next season wouldn't surprise me.


i hope i am spectacularly wrong.

[MrSmith]

In the relegation zone.

[ThisIsTheYear]

Should never have got rid of Ross…. Will struggle to even get a European spot and really worried about Arbroath now…

[Keith_M]

Starting to look like I was being overly optimistic with my prediction of finishing fifth.

Dreading Wednesday now

[leith lynx]

Should never have got rid of Ross…. Will struggle to even get a European spot and really worried about Arbroath now…

Feel the same.

[Nicho87]

8th

[Jim44]

I’ll continue to support Maloney, but to be honest, I’d rather be losing games under JR as I think he would keep our heads above water eventually. It could go any way with SM.

[GreenCastle]

Didn’t realise St Mirren win their game in hand and they are above us !

We could easily be 9th in a few weeks.

[Sir David Gray]

I think bottom six is a real possibility now.

I'll say 7th.

[S4uzee]

8th

[IberianHibernian]

When this thread started yesterday I was going to put 8th or 9th but was a coward when I saw almost everyone putting 4th so didn`t post . After today I still feel 8th or 9th is where we`ll probably finish though as league table shows there`s little between 4th and 10th . 5th will still probably mean European Conference as one of top 4 is likely to win cup so still a chance of Europe . Big financial difference between 4th and 9th too .
By the way , I`m not in favour of managerial change even if coming results are bad . Shaun has inherited a poor squad mid season ( mid season managerial changes are always hard ) and despite disappointing results in last week I think team is at least trying to play more entertaining football than before . Most and maybe even all of our winter signings look good and I`m already looking forward to next season .

[AgentDaleCooper]

When this thread started yesterday I was going to put 8th or 9th but was a coward when I saw almost everyone putting 4th so didn`t post . After today I still feel 8th or 9th is where we`ll probably finish though as league table shows there`s little between 4th and 10th . 5th will still probably mean European Conference as one of top 4 is likely to win cup so still a chance of Europe . Big financial difference between 4th and 9th too .
By the way , I`m not in favour of managerial change even if coming results are bad . Shaun has inherited a poor squad mid season ( mid season managerial changes are always hard ) and despite disappointing results in last week I think team is at least trying to play more entertaining football than before . Most and maybe even all of our winter signings look good and I`m already looking forward to next season .
I agree - sacking Ross was a mistake IMO, but sacking maloney would be too, unless it looks like we're getting relegated, or if he completely loses the dressing room.

[AFKA5814_Hibs]

I'm sure we'll be fine for bottom 2. Dundee and St Johnstone look really poor, but really anywhere from 4th to 10th is possible. This month could be huge, 2 out of next 3 game are against the Huns and Celtc. If we can lose to Livi and St Mirren at home, no guarantees we will beat Ross County. I really think the rest of our season could be defined by the cup game in Arbroath. A defeat there and we could hit the rocks.

[Chuck Rhoades]

5-6th

[matty_f]

5-6th

Agreed.

[Smartie]

I had said 5th but I just see too many fatal flaws in this team to have any confidence that it should finish in the top 6.

The centre of midfield and the tactical decision to play 2 in there (who will be weak and dominated every week) will not win enough points to finish top 6. Not having a striker who can play up front on their own will continue to be a fatal flaw. There are no goals in this team and in spite of having several players who look like they should be potentially dangerous I just don’t know how we start scoring.

We’ve got a few points on the board and there are some rank teams in this league. If the league was starting now I’d expect to be relegated but I think we’ll probably settle in about 8th place.

There is plenty of quality in the squad and loads of players I could see being part of a good side under different circumstances.

[silverhibee]

3rd.

[ekhibee]

6th or 7th.

[Libby Hibby]

Based on the 24 fixtures played so far in the league and bringing in additional players where do you think we will finish?

5th surely if it’s based on the previous 24 games…….

[Sir David Gray]

5th surely if it’s based on the previous 24 games…….

Yeah, based on the last 20 we'll be 10th so not sure we can use that as a measurement.

[Libby Hibby]

Yeah, based on the last 20 we'll be 10th so not sure we can use that as a measurement.

But that wasn’t the question.

[Sir David Gray]

But that wasn’t the question.

I'm confused. I was agreeing with you.

[Gmack7]

I think we'll be bottom 6 in a few weeks, although ultimately I think we'll recover and finish 6th

[Sir David Gray]

I think we'll be bottom 6 in a few weeks, although ultimately I think we'll recover and finish 6th

We could easily be bottom 6 by 9:30pm on Wednesday.

If we lose at Ibrox, which is more than likely to happen, and two out of Dundee Utd, Aberdeen, Livingston and St Mirren win then we'll drop to at least 7th.

We are still within touching distance of 4th but I'm personally looking down rather than up at the moment.

[Springbank]

I'd accept tenth right now
Just avoid the play offs as we'd get Butchered

[heid the baw]

7th at the split, safe from relegation with hee haw to play for. Going through the motions in front of four figure attendances

[The Captain....]

I think we'll finish bottom 6 somewhere..that's the true quality of our squad of players imo.

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[The Modfather]

5th or 6th. Resulting in a circular hypothetical debate about where Jack Ross would have finished.

[Heckys Wheel]

I think we'll finish bottom 6 somewhere..that's the true quality of our squad of players imo.

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Form aside, who are the 6 clubs with a better squad of players?

[He's here!]

On current evidence it's about scraping enough points to stay clear of the bottom two. Hopefully no worse thsn 10th but there's still time for a Butcher-esque freefall.

[where'stheslope]

Form aside, who are the 6 clubs with a better squad of players?
Have St Mirren got better players - NO.
But they play better as a team!!!

[The 90+2]

Form aside, who are the 6 clubs with a better squad of players?

Three clubs have better players, more than that have better teams.

[JamesHFC]

I didn’t realise that 4th-9th is as close as it is, with teams having games in hand on us too. Beating Ross County, Dundee and St Johnstone is a must if we want top six. Then it’s about taking points off the likes of Aberdeen, Dundee Utd and Hearts to build that gap on them. Really can’t see us beating The Rangers or Celtic.

I think we will manage to squeeze into the top six. We could then potentially be favoured as we would be due to play Hearts, Motherwell and Aberdeen at home.

[Jones28]

We’re getting relegated, I read it on Hibs.net

[A Hi-Bee]

We will finish wherever our points total dictates. Not having no crystal ball tells me no point in guessing otherwise.
:greengrin