Hibs vs Kilmarnock

[Lago]

Understand the yellow cards now, didn't realise Beaton was the ref, explains it.

[Hibernian Verse]

As long as we’re creating as many chances as we did I won’t worry. Nice to go back over the bridge today in a good mood with 3 points in the bag.

Wish Bojang had scored really feel for the lad he had 40 yards to think about what he was going to do with 15000 people watching and probably just panicked. He has all the right attributes and can be a success with the right coaching.

[Tambo]

3 points and a clean sheet.

Defence was hardly troubled but when call upon thought both Hanlon and Porteous done well in that department.

See what a difference when Joe Newell gets more involved and gets forward! More of the same of that again next week please.

Should really be walking away at least 3-0.

Great pace and touch from Bojang at the end but a very weak finish.

GGTTH

[Hibby Kay-Yay]

Also, bonjang isn’t the answer even off the bench. I do generally like our options of boyle youan mckirdy and melkersen.

And big Mike when he’s clear work permit wise and Nissy when he’s back from injury.

Begs the question, how many strikers to Hibs need to score a goal :wink:

[Unseen work]

Bojang
Youan x 2
Henderson x 2

All absolutely massive chances and should have made it so much more comfortable than it was.

I will take a 1-0 win against a Derek mcinnes side every day of the week.

[Lago]

Nah, there's only nine pages. Anything under 10 pages means we are winning and the hystericals aren't posting........
😂👍

[HendoDelivered]

I like Youan, but the jury is still very much out on him for me.

[SlickShoes]

Behave yourself. That laddie has shown his quality this season and last season.

Missed a good chance though, that seems to meet your criteria for launching folk from the club.

[Dmas]

Thought that was decent good 3 points, Newell was like a different man as well looked lively willing to get forward maybe the cushion of having Kenneh is good for him, Hanlon also looked good getting back to his old self some really good defending at times from him.

Think Lovell hit nail on the head with work rate need to be better on that also worry about youan looked well off it today, mckirdy looked lively looking forward to him settling in be interesting to see who plays through the middle of the Ukrainian guy gets clearance

[Callum_62]

I like Youan, but the jury is still very much out on him for me.I like him too but he needs to start making consistently better choices

I guess that's why he is where he is though

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[MagicSwirlingShip]

Nice of Barry to get on the mic just as Bojang was running through on goal. Shut it for 10 seconds mate lol

[Stuart93]

And big Mike when he’s clear work permit wise and Nissy when he’s back from injury.

Begs the question, how many strikers to Hibs need to score a goal :wink:

I forgot about big mike actually. Wonder how he’ll be

[Mick O'Rourke]

Hibs win hearts got beat that will do me. I'll leave the gum bumping for others. Mon the cabbage

Exactly :aok:
That old saying, eh "you can please some of the people.......but not the hen pecked :greengrin

[Moulin Yarns]

Also, bonjang isn’t the answer even off the bench. I do generally like our options of boyle youan mckirdy and melkersen.

He is 21, not played many games at a decent level. Give him a break

[CMac1988]

We dominated possession yet again. Another red helps with that mind and we really need to start putting away some of these chances.

We needed a win and got it so let's build from there.

Also Joe Newell is our best midfielder. Fight me! :D

GGTTH.

[Mick O'Rourke]

He is 21, not played many games at a decent level. Give him a break


indeed :aok:

[Pedantic_Hibee]

Missed a good chance though, that seems to meet your criteria for launching folk from the club.

He’s a headless chicken. Plenty pace but that’s it. Nowhere near good enough for Hibs and you can remind me of this post when we terminate his loan without fuss.

[Unseen work]

I like him too but he needs to start making consistently better choices

I guess that's why he is where he is though

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It’s 100% decision making that’s his issue.

1st half he was played through over the top of the left wing and took too long and they ended up winning a goal kick. 30 seconds later he was through against with a similar pass and he melted his cross first time into the stand, it’s like the previous was playing on his mind.

Imo he tries to do too much with the ball at times, he should just knock it past folk and run.

[One Day Soon]

Another game that doesn’t tell us much playing against ten men. Still, very important 3 points, Bojang is…interesting…and we desperately need a fit and in form Magennis or we will bleed points for not signing a CM playmaker.

[thebausburst]

I like Youan, but the jury is still very much out on him for me.

Feels like he’s getting desperate for that first goal and it’s affecting his choices during the game and overall performance.

[Since452]

Needs to settle down.

[thebausburst]

Boyle, Newell and Stevenson were all excellent today and main difference between the teams.

[Mark05]

Pleased with the 3 points, We could have scored 3 or 4 decision making could be better in the final third but its a new team it will take time for them to gel and we are only 2 points behind the mighty hearts and 3rd place so upwards and onwards come on the hibs :flag:

[tamig]

Lafferty gets a yellow for simulation so no idea why Porteous gets booked.

Porto probably booked for standing over him laughing.

[Brightside]

Porto probably booked for standing over him laughing.

Correct.

[tamig]

Said it for ages he's mince. Another sitter missed, shocking finishing

How much have you seen of the boy if you’ve been saying this for ages? 🙄

[Allant1981]

Very hard to open them up today until late on in the game, they were very happy to sit in and make it tight when they went down to 10, was never going to be easy. That being said we should have scored at least 4, will take the win but our forwards need to be a bit more clinical, that miss by bojang was bad when 1 on 1

[MikeyS]

Nice of Barry to get on the mic just as Bojang was running through on goal. Shut it for 10 seconds mate lol

Hang the dj!

[The Captain....]

Vital 3 points and that's all that matters ultimately.

Another win nearer safety.

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[Paulie Walnuts]

Good performance first half, decent enough second half but made a bit harder work of it than we should have.

Thought most played well but I thought Porteous wasn’t great again, Henderson was extremely poor and Campbell whilst not doing anything wrong was largely anonymous.

Big positives today were Newell and Hanlon for me.

[Potty78]

Vital 3 points and that's all that matters ultimately.

Another win nearer safety.

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You for real?

[hibsbollah]

How much have you seen of the boy if you’ve been saying this for ages? 🙄

I know for a fact Hibernian0762 has a Rainbow season ticket and has been watching him progress from a small child in The Gambia, and knows his game inside and out. If he says the boys not good enough that’s good enough for me :agree:

[Since452]

Vital 3 points and that's all that matters ultimately.

Another win nearer safety.

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Talk about a back handed compliment. Two points off 3rd.

[JamesHFC]

Finally a win. Should have won by at least 3 goals today but we take the 3 points and move on. Well done lads 👍

[shamo9]

It was Porteous' fantastic long ball to Boyle that resulted in the red card and goal. Also, he almost scored a wonderful headed goal in the second half after a great one two with Boyle.

Thought it was worth mentioning since I know some people like to moan about him.

[Dalianwanda]

He is 21, not played many games at a decent level. Give him a break

Exactly...He was brought on loan to see if he could make the grade..Let just give him a bit of a chance to see how he develops..If he doesnt then we gave it a go and no big loss..If he does then weve won a watch

[Hibernian Verse]

Exactly...He was brought on loan to see if he could make the grade..Let just give him a bit of a chance to see how he develops..If he doesnt then we gave it a go and no big loss..If he does then weve won a watch

I remember when we signed a Mr Ivan Sproule and the initial thoughts on him.

[jacomo]

Nah, there's only nine pages. Anything under 10 pages means we are winning and the hystericals aren't posting........



:greengrin

[Dalianwanda]

I remember when we signed a Mr Ivan Sproule and the initial thoughts on him.

Headless chicken..........:greengrin Its like folk seem to just forget or ignore the situation folk were brough in, we knew he was a punt and that he had potential...We know he isnt the finished article or that he's never played at this level...we know the management team think theres potential and hes being given a chance..Who knows if he will make it but the sort term expectations of some have written him off already...Delighted they all made the grade straight away in their chosen professions.

[Tyler Durden]

Tough to celebrate that win as we really made a meal of it. Hopefully just an off day for Youan but that’s a number of good chances he’s missed now, it’s getting difficult to justify him playing centrally.

Henderson also very poor and I thought Campbell did nowhere near enough to get on the ball. He seems to just stand “up front” in the hope he’ll get on the end of something.

Great from Marshall and Newell today though and glad to see Kenneh back in the team. Hopefully McKirdy starts next week

[Crunchie]

Tough to celebrate that win as we really made a meal of it. Hopefully just an off day for Youan but that’s a number of good chances he’s missed now, it’s getting difficult to justify him playing centrally.

Henderson also very poor and I thought Campbell did nowhere near enough to get on the ball. He seems to just stand “up front” in the hope he’ll get on the end of something.

Great from Marshall and Newell today though and glad to see Kenneh back in the team. Hopefully McKirdy starts next week
Can't argue with any of that, a valuable 3 points though and hopefully we kick on from here.

[A Hi-Bee]

Never seen the first half but second half ended up as a tough watch, still 3 points is the aim of the game, would be nice to score 5 but 1 is enough to win, better next time.
:thumbsup:

[Mr Grieves]

Porto probably booked for standing over him laughing.

https://twitter.com/Oldfirmfacts1/status/1566105554564653058?t=VNF1TKGvD0cRmZWG2vqdWw&s=19

Never a booking

[Mr Grieves]

Good performance first half, decent enough second half but made a bit harder work of it than we should have.

Thought most played well but I thought Porteous wasn’t great again, Henderson was extremely poor and Campbell whilst not doing anything wrong was largely anonymous.

Big positives today were Newell and Hanlon for me.

Agree with that.

Also thought Youan's movement was excellent but his decision making was terrible.

[Lago]

I know for a fact Hibernian0762 has a Rainbow season ticket and has been watching him progress from a small child in The Gambia, and knows his game inside and out. If he says the boys not good enough that’s good enough for me :agree:
Brilliant, love it. 👌

[tamig]

Agree with that.

Also thought Youan's movement was excellent but his decision making was terrible.

I don’t think it was just Youan. There were poor decisions being made all over the pitch today. Some of those in the final third cost us the additional goals we deserved which would have made things a bit more comfortable.

[Tambo]

A positive first ten minutes even when Killie had 11 men with some good play and looking to get forward at times.

The players and the staff now have to work on that this week and look to put a good run together in the next 4 games before we go to Celtic park which of course will be our hardest game of the season.

[poolman]

Moaning faced McInnes. bumpin his gums that the best team lost 😁

[cabbageandribs1875]

just out of curiosity thought i would do a little comparison for stats from the Livingston v Hibs/Heartz games

possession was exactly the same

36%/64%

Shots
v Hibs 12/23
v Heartz 12/6

Shots on target
v Hibs 6/5
v Heartz 6/0

Corners
v Hibs 3/14
v Heartz 3/3

[JimBHibees]

Moaning faced McInnes. bumpin his gums that the best team lost 😁

Surely not ffs

[Ronniekirk]

First Home game in over two seasons
Was delighted we won
Better team till we scored
But after that there were periods where were too slow and ponderous in our build up play that made it easy for them to defend
But they were creating very little
Second half they were trying to get forward more and it allowed us to create chances
But we are inept at taking them which for me remains a concern
One goal won this game but we really need to do better
Hanlon has been getting a lot of flak but thought he had a decent game Porto seemed to have lots of the ball and tried to set up the runners but for every one executed several went astray
Mckirdy was lively when he came on but was often ignored in acres of space out wide
But think he will get us goals
Youan had a lot of nice touches snd good movement but for me he isn’t a natural goal scorer Hopefully he csn work on that part of his game snd improve
Overall though I left feeling a bit flat and frustrated
I predicted a hibs win but there is a lot of work to be done to get us into top six and then challenging for fourth which is Ron’s aim and expectation
A fit on form Mcgennis would help in the midfield No question of that and Henderson for me isn’t in right position but isn’t bringing much to the team Was happy to see him subbed
Once the Ukrainian guy gets some game time L J needs to het a formation and front three that can add more goals
Things can only improve going forward

[loanheadhibby]

Surely not ffs
I heard the interview and he was really pleased with how his team had played especially after going down to 10 men early on.
At no time did he say the best team lost.

[Heisenberg]

I heard the interview and he was really pleased with how his team had played especially after going down to 10 men early on.
At no time did he say the best team lost.

You can’t have heard this interview

https://twitter.com/plzsoccer/status/1566411368051478530?s=21&t=WLijltWo80h97wqRSQpg2A

[007]

just out of curiosity thought i would do a little comparison for stats from the Livingston v Hibs/Heartz games

possession was exactly the same

36%/64%

Shots
v Hibs 12/23
v Heartz 12/6

Shots on target
v Hibs 6/5
v Heartz 6/0

Corners
v Hibs 3/14
v Heartz 3/3

They've had a total of 14 shots on target in their last 6 games, 6 of which were in their 3-2 win v St Johnstone and that run also takes in their much lauded performance v Zurich. (Suppose their 4 on target that night is good by their standard).

[007]

You can’t have heard this interview

https://twitter.com/plzsoccer/status/1566411368051478530?s=21&t=WLijltWo80h97wqRSQpg2A

He's a tw@.

[MWHIBBIES]

He's a tw@.

Tbf, I've read worse on here since then, such as Kilmarnock dominated the 2nd half and we were hanging on.

In reality it was one of the most one sided games you'll see. Should've been 4 or 5.

[Since452]

Been a long time since I've seen such a comfortable 1-0 victory. Think McInnes is trying to take the heat off his players.

[Crunchie]

Been a long time since I've seen such a comfortable 1-0 victory. Think McInnes is trying to take the heat off his players.

Quarter final at ER against the Jambos. John Collins men gave them a right doing, it was 1 going on 7.

[JimBHibees]

Been a long time since I've seen such a comfortable 1-0 victory. Think McInnes is trying to take the heat off his players.

He definitely was however his view should have been questioned by pundits and presenter as to whether they did deserve something from the game.

[DIXIHIBS]

Quarter final at ER against the Jambos. John Collins men gave them a right doing, it was 1 going on 7.

Did we not have something ridiculous like 80% possession that night?

[hibsbollah]

Did we not have something ridiculous like 80% possession that night?

There was a 81-19% derby game, dunno if it was that one. Its almost impossible to get more than that, i think the highest recorded is 85-15 or something.

Even though our derby record is generally abysmal, we quite iften have the most of the ball. No comfort in that obviously.

[SHODAN]

There was a 81-19% derby game, dunno if it was that one. Its almost impossible to get more than that, i think the highest recorded is 85-15 or something.

Even though our derby record is generally abysmal, we quite iften have the most of the ball. No comfort in that obviously.

Looking back that just makes me more angry than anything because we should have taken that opportunity to pay them back for some of the hammerings they'd given us over the years. Once again Gordon was almost inhuman, Jones' goal was practically unsaveable but he still somehow got a hand to it and almost stopped it going in.

[Paulie Walnuts]

There was a 81-19% derby game, dunno if it was that one. Its almost impossible to get more than that, i think the highest recorded is 85-15 or something.

Even though our derby record is generally abysmal, we quite iften have the most of the ball. No comfort in that obviously.

It was that one.

I’m sure Celtic had something like 11% possession when they beat Barcelona!

[hibsbollah]

It was that one.

I’m sure Celtic had something like 11% possession when they beat Barcelona!

You're right, see below.
Anything over 80% is fairly historic and unusual. (although with PSG/City/Bayern/Celtic increasing their domestic dominance i can see it happening again)

https://khelnow.com/football/top-five-instances-teams-ball-possession

[Kato]

Looking back that just makes me more angry than anything because we should have taken that opportunity to pay them back for some of the hammerings they'd given us over the years. Once again Gordon was almost inhuman, Jones' goal was practically unsaveable but he still somehow got a hand to it and almost stopped it going in.My memory of that game is all the offences committed by Hearts players in the box, grabbing, pushing and holding at every set-piece. Iirc I think Jones was being fouled when the goal he scored. No fouls or pens given obvs.

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[SHODAN]

My memory of that game is all the offences committed by Hearts players in the box, grabbing, pushing and holding at every set-piece. Iirc I think Jones was being fouled when the goal he scored. No fouls or pens given obvs.

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Same thing with the 0-1 at ER after we won the LC. It was a standard tactic by Ivanauskas & co.