Aston Villa v Hibernian (David v Goliath) Part 2

[Hiber-nation]

That pass from Campbell sums up his season

Horrendous. How can he start in this team. It's beyond me.

[Northernhibee]

Great challenge Rocky.

[Donegal Hibby]

True, but it doesn't exactly balance out the three goals he's given away

Yeah totally agree mate . Marshall looks finished tbh has for some time now .

[SeanWilson]

Horrendous. How can he start in this team. It's beyond me.

Because what other options have we got? We’ve been lightweight in the middle for years now.

[Torto7]

Brilliant from Rocky. Great block.

[SHODAN]

Pain

[hibee_girl]

Now Boyle is down injured

[7Hero]

Hope Boyle isn't injured , there really was no need to risk him..

[J-C]

****, checking Boyle's knee

[GreenNWhiteArmy]

Boyle down. Holding his knee. Utterly pointless bringing him on tonight

[Since452]

Boyle OK

[Unseen work]

Boyles knee 🤦🏼*♂️

[Vault Boy]

Hibs post-Lee Johnson have managed as many shots on target away to Aston Villa as they managed away to Motherwell under Lee Johnson.

[NC1875]

Absolutely no point in risking Boyle tonight. The games done.

[BILLYHIBS]

Horrendous. How can he start in this team. It's beyond me.

Up there with his fresh air swipe and his no show versus St Mirren

[Vault Boy]

Boyle down. Holding his knee. Utterly pointless bringing him on tonight

Hindsight is 20/20, he needs minutes to reach peak fitness.

[Keith_M]

I wish the ref would just blow the final whistle now, before we have any more disasters.

[Since452]

Miller has played well tonight

[Jim44]

Boyle could have come a cropper there …… don’t know why he was brought on, keeping our more important games in mind.

[Vault Boy]

Miller has played well tonight

Yep

[badabing67]

Absolutely no point in risking Boyle tonight. The games done.

Boyle would of wanted on, not to let him would be harsh


Sheep down 3-1 btw

[SaulGoodman]

Boyle could have come a cropper there …… don’t know why he was brought on, keeping our more important games in mind.

He needs fitness and he’ll have wanted to play down there tonight. He’s earned the chance I think

[Unseen work]

Even though Vente is probably being saved for Sunday.

You’d imagine he’d be annoyed.

One of the reasons he signed was probably to play in grounds like this

[Vault Boy]

Beautiful touch from Delf to skin two Villa players, then his pass finds the ball boy

[JohnM1875]

Beautiful touch from Delf to skin two Villa players, then his pass finds the dugout

Was brilliant 😂

[Onceinawhile]

Given vente has said he needs fitness, if be fuming if I was him and saw a 36 year old journeyman getting on ahead of me.

[CapitalGreen]

Boyle would of wanted on, not to let him would be harsh


Sheep down 3-1 btw

It’s the managers job to make difficult decisions even if certain players wouldn’t be pleased.

[JohnM1875]

Even though Vente is probably being saved for Sunday.

You’d imagine he’d be annoyed.

One of the reasons he signed was probably to play in grounds like this

Then score goals and get us guaranteed group stages next season.

[Stuart93]

Boyle ok?

[DH1875]

Pleasingly we’ve looked far better at defending down our right hand side.

I think Miller is half decent and will come good. If LJ had played him more, maybe still be in a job.

[silverhibee]

Even though Vente is probably being saved for Sunday.

You’d imagine he’d be annoyed.

One of the reasons he signed was probably to play in grounds like this

:agree:

[hibee_girl]

Boyle ok?

Seems to be.

[supermcginn]

Horrendous. How can he start in this team. It's beyond me.

He's probably the poorest player we have technique wise. Dreadful

[e2los]

This seems like the longest game I've ever watched.

[Stuart93]

Seems to be.

I agree it’s silly to put him on at this point

[badabing67]

I think Miller is half decent and will come good. If LJ had played him more, maybe still be in a job.

Don't think he would

[dp00]

Can only hear the hibs fans


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[FitbaFolkKen]

Quite enjoyed it, great hearing the fans go for the duration. Well don to all that travelled.

A credit to the club.


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[e2los]

Can only hear the hibs fans


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They have been fantastic.

[easty]

He's probably the poorest player we have technique wise. Dreadful

I cant actually think of any other midfielder we've had, who's played so regularly, that has been as technically poor as Campbell is. His ability on the ball is so poor.

[cabbageandribs1875]

come on david gray give vente some minutes man

[Stuart93]

come on david gray give vente some minutes man

Pointless keep him for Sunday

[Fuzzywuzzy]

Boyle leg bleeidng

[Northernhibee]

I think Miller is half decent and will come good. If LJ had played him more, maybe still be in a job.

I think we’ve worked far more on defensive shape for this game, we seem much better drilled. I don’t think it comes down to personnel alone.

Rocky, Lewie, Hanlon, Jeggo, Youan all much improved.

[H18 SFR]

Jeggo has been brilliant tonight intercepting passes. Really showing his worth in a defensive sense which is what his strength is.

[Unseen work]

Jeggo has been brilliant tonight intercepting passes. Really showing his worth in a defensive sense which is what his strength is.

Yep, Jeggo has been excellent on and off the ball.

[flash]

Given vente has said he needs fitness, if be fuming if I was him and saw a 36 year old journeyman getting on ahead of me.

Not sure someone with ALF's career can be described as a journeyman but I am bewildered by our under use of Vente since he signed.

[SeanWilson]

I think we’ve worked far more on defensive shape for this game, we seem much better drilled. I don’t think it comes down to personnel alone.

Rocky, Lewie, Hanlon, Jeggo, Youan all much improved.

We’re losing 3-0 to a team that haven’t come out of neutral.

[cabbageandribs1875]

villa playing for time

[Joe6-2]

I think we’ve worked far more on defensive shape for this game, we seem much better drilled. I don’t think it comes down to personnel alone.

Rocky, Lewie, Hanlon, Jeggo, Youan all much improved.

Maybe the players did down tools to get rid of LJ

[Northernhibee]

We’re losing 3-0 to a team that haven’t come out of neutral.

At least two of those have come from poor goalkeeping. 3-0 flatters them.

[Northernhibee]

Maybe the players did down tools to get rid of LJ

Maybe LJ had no idea how to set a team up or prepare them for a game. Who knows.

[DH1875]

I think we’ve worked far more on defensive shape for this game, we seem much better drilled. I don’t think it comes down to personnel alone.

Rocky, Lewie, Hanlon, Jeggo, Youan all much improved.

Think how many games we've played without a RB playing RB when Miller was available. Its just baffling.

[Since452]

At least two of those have come from poor goalkeeping. 3-0 flatters them.

Absolutely

[dp00]

Fans have been incredible , all you can hear on the tv


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[H18 SFR]

Yep, Jeggo has been excellent on and off the ball.

Jeggo would be my man of the match.

[flash]

We’re losing 3-0 to a team that haven’t come out of neutral.

So what? His point still stands.

[DaveF]

We’re losing 3-0 to a team that haven’t come out of neutral.

We have given away 2 of those goals very easily thanks to crap goalkeeping.

I think we have done ok. Nothing more, but it's been a good effort from the players (and the management team)

[Hiber-nation]

We’re losing 3-0 to a team that haven’t come out of neutral.

Who cares what they've done or not done? Apart from that clown in goals we've done well, better than anyone could have expected.

[JohnM1875]

Fans have been incredible , all you can hear on the tv


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Agree. Nothing short of phenomenal! SoL belting out now 💚

[Joe6-2]

Maybe LJ had no idea how to set a team up or prepare them for a game. Who knows.

I’d like to think that’s the case

[The Tubs]

We’re losing 3-0 to a team that haven’t come out of neutral.

A team that in neutral is at least twenty times better than livi.

[Northernhibee]

Fans in great voice.

[Vault Boy]

My god I adore this football club and its wonderful fans.

[SeanWilson]

So what? His point still stands.

That we’ve worked on defensive shape for this game? Yeah, sure.

[DH1875]

Wish Villa TV would show the fans singing.

[Donegal Hibby]

Hibs fans have been absolutely amazing ! So proud of them :not worth

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Quality Sunshine on Leith rendition 👏

[Since452]

Well that was emotional

[sleeping giant]

Well done Hibs fans

[HendoDelivered]

Best away support ever?

[flash]

Jeez that has given me goosebumps. What a fantastic support.

[Onceinawhile]

Molotnikov on for Campbell.

[Thegreenside]

David Marshall v hibs

[JammyDoidger]

SOL, outstanding.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Hibs MOTM - The Fans!

[Unseen work]

Rudi on.

Vente must be injured

[Hibby Bairn]

I cant actually think of any other midfielder we've had, who's played so regularly, that has been as technically poor as Campbell is. His ability on the ball is so poor.

Scores goals though

[itslegaltender]

commentator saying hibees bounce is making the stand vibrate!

[One Day Soon]

That was stunning. And unaccompanied too. Just outstanding.

[yonder1875]

That was amazing! Can’t ever remember that sung during a game.

[Sgt. Hartman]

Superb stuff from all who made the trip!

[lugz]

Class from our support and great to hear the villa commentator acknowledging our cup final win.

[SHODAN]

8 minutes and our pain is over.

[Northernhibee]

If we can find six or seven quick goals this may be a bit of squeaky bum time with so much time added on :hyper

[JohnM1875]

Villa TV waxing lyrical about our fans. Love it.

[gazzag70]

Getting emotional listening to the fans, well done each and every one of you👏👏👏👏👏

[Ronniekirk]

Rudi on.

Vente must be injured
Is he not on the bench surelybwouldnt be there if injured ?

[Murphys Touch]

Touch of class for SDG sticking on a youth player for final 2 mins - go and get an experience of a lifetime.

Compare that to last week’s sub on 85 mins

[Donegal Hibby]

8 minutes added on , you'd think a wee bit of common sense would be used when the games done !

[badabing67]

Hope that SJM goes across at the end to give them some recognition

[SHODAN]

Another great save from Marshall lol

[Onion]

We have given away 2 of those goals very easily thanks to crap goalkeeping.

I think we have done ok. Nothing more, but it's been a good effort from the players (and the management team)

Pleased for David Gray. He was handed an horrible challenge by the club and come out of it well. Sooner we get the new man in to sort this lot out the better.

[Northernhibee]

Pleased for David Gray. He was handed an horrible challenge by the club and come out of it well. Sooner we get the new man in to sort this lot out the better.

Tbf as ugly as it was his plan for the League Cup final nearly worked too. Irks me that Celtic fans were allowed to make a smokescreen with smoke bombs and score into it a minute later (and then THAT free kick)

[MelbourneHibees]

Hope that SJM goes across at the end to give them some recognition

I'd bet mine and your mortgage on it.

[SHODAN]

Did we just injure McGinn

[MelbourneHibees]

8 minutes added on , you'd think a wee bit of common sense would be used when the games done !

Where do you draw the line? 2 goal lead 3? 4?

[SHODAN]

Well, that was thoroughly unpleasant.

[BSEJVT]

Where do you draw the line? 2 goal lead 3? 4?

8?

[BILLYHIBS]

Young Rudi looking useful

[matty_f]

We can hold our heads high after that performance.

[DaveF]

Couple of good touches from Molotnikov going forward.

[Joe6-2]

Well, that was thoroughly unpleasant.

What was?

[CapitalGreen]

Young Rudi looking useful

Certainly physically ready for senior football.

[Northernhibee]

That was respectable tonight. Villa are amongst the favourites to win the competition and given we had two goalkeeping howlers tonight we created some good chances and gave a far more cohesive performance.

And not leaking goals from crosses from the right back position either.

[J-C]

No disgrace tonight, couple of goals that should've been avoided but we showed more fight and determination in that game to show why LJ had to go, bring on the new guy whoever he is.

[MrRobot]

Marshall horrific for all the goals and made one really good save.

Hibs shape looked better, although against a weakened team. Still not easy away from home.

[Since452]

Well played Hibs. Gave everything. Two keeper errors in made it look worse than it was.

[badabing67]

I hope Villa do win this competition. McGinn deserves to win something for them

[MelbourneHibees]

8?

As if that would ever happen.

[One Day Soon]

I'm already liking us a million times more.

[Donegal Hibby]

Where do you draw the line? 2 goal lead 3? 4?

Get what your saying though a game like that were there's a 8 goal difference don't think there's any real need to prolong it by 8 minutes tbh .

[J-C]

Almost forgot, a huge shout out to the travelling fans, they did the whole club proud tonight, great rendition of SOL and also Flower of Scotland. :hibees

[JammyDoidger]

Poor goals to lose but can't fault the effort, created chances, that was no disgrace, that's all we ask. On to Sunday.

[Donegal Hibby]

We can hold our heads high after that performance.

There's many a premier league team that will go there and get beat by more than 3 imo . Team give it there all and fans were amazing.

[hibee1875]

Marshall horrific for all the goals and made one really good save.

Hibs shape looked better, although against a weakened team. Still not easy away from home.

A weakened team that brought on McGinn and Cash at HT, Watkins later in the game and at 11 starters miles better than anyone we’ll face for the rest of the season

[Stuart93]

Aggregate score line may have looked more respectable if

[Gatecrasher]

Glad it's over and we can get back to the domestic games and getting a new manager.


well done to all those who travelled you did the club proud.

[Hiber-nation]

Well, that was thoroughly unpleasant.

Seriously? We got a bit of pride back tonight. To hear that support was anything but unpleasant.

[SHODAN]

Seriously? We got a bit of pride back tonight. To hear that support was anything but unpleasant.

I had the sound off lol

[007]

Get what your saying though a game like that were there's a 8 goal difference don't think there's any real need to prolong it by 8 minutes tbh .

If 8 minutes is the correct amount then that's what should be played. What about folk who had a bet on 4-0? Have to give them a fair chance.

[NAE NOOKIE]

We’re losing 3-0 to a team that haven’t come out of neutral.

That's right up there with the guy behind me who shouted "this is embarrassing" as a club with £300,000,000 plus worth of talent on the park went 0 - 3 up last Thursday. Gonna just find something nice to say, ken like praise our support, or that somebody has played well or something.

[JohnM1875]

Mental, but I'm honestly feeling so much better about us after tonight. Crazy what getting rid of a manager can do to a squad.

Already buzzing for Sunday.

[The Tubs]

I dunno if it's Davie Gray or the sacking of a manager, but the players' concentration seems to improve when he takes over. (Excluding Murphy in the cup final)

[flash]

If 8 minutes is the correct amount then that's what should be played. What about folk who had a bet on 4-0? Have to give them a fair chance.

Or 3-1......

[Vault Boy]

Mental, but I'm honestly feeling so much better about us after tonight. Crazy what getting rid of a manager can do to a squad.

Already buzzing for Sunday.

Hear hear

[Moulin Yarns]

Almost forgot, a huge shout out to the travelling fans, they did the whole club proud tonight, great rendition of SOL and also Flower of Scotland. :hibees

https://twitter.com/Dysgu_Cymraeg/status/1697352210663805095?t=kwjwEADHDx2U-zEZwS7D5g&s=19

[21sMay]

Mental, but I'm honestly feeling so much better about us after tonight. Crazy what getting rid of a manager can do to a squad.

Already buzzing for Sunday.

I fell the same and I honestly hope it's not the usual with European games . We where good tonight overall , take this into the game on Sunday and we win .

[Joe6-2]

Did SJM applaud the Hibees?

[NAE NOOKIE]

Glad it's over and we can get back to the domestic games and getting a new manager.


well done to all those who travelled you did the club proud.

Yeh. me as well mate. This game was always going to be a big step out of our league and so it proved, it is not and was never going to be a game to judge our team on, though you can always look at individual performances and dish out praise or criticism depending on the individual effort ..... Marshall seems, once again, to be the big talking point unfortunately.

Absolutely relieved the whole thing is over and we can get back to praising or slagging the team based on games against clubs we should be able to compete with, not clubs from another universe.

[Broken Gnome]

How's the BBC report and match stats only giving us one shot on target?

Obita, Campbell and Youan? What am I missing?

[hibeerealist]

I dunno if it's Davie Gray or the sacking of a manager, but the players' concentration seems to improve when he takes over. (Excluding Murphy in the cup final)


The players wanted rid of LJ hence the improvement tonight.

[Northernhibee]

The players wanted rid of LJ hence the improvement tonight.

I honestly think it comes from set up and individual instruction. Look at Jeggo - very clear what he was there to do, wasn’t asked to do anything that’s not to his strengths, and did well.

[Joe6-2]

How's the BBC report and match stats only giving us one shot on target?

Obita, Campbell and Youan? What am I missing?

It’s the BBC

[21sMay]

I honestly think it comes from set up and individual instruction. Look at Jeggo - very clear what he was there to do, wasn’t asked to do anything that’s not to his strengths, and did well.

Outstanding tonight

[Daily Hibs]

I think we file away the two games against Villa and move on. Completely blown away and by Villa players wearing NFL squad numbers tonight.

Time to move on and start picking up points in the league.

[Pete70]

How's the BBC report and match stats only giving us one shot on target?

Obita, Campbell and Youan? What am I missing?

Also showing no corners. I think we had 3 in the first half.

Can’t make up my mind if it’s bias or incompetence on their behalf.

[uwxm07]

Also showing no corners. I think we had 3 in the first half.

Can’t make up my mind if it’s bias or incompetence on their behalf.

It’s written in Glasgow…. Pretty much explains it always has an agenda!

[heretoday]

These days European competition is a distraction for Hibs. Now it's over let's get sorted out. They're not a bad bunch of players and should prosper with a decent man in charge.

[Blaster]

These days European competition is a distraction for Hibs. Now it's over let's get sorted out. They're not a bad bunch of players and should prosper with a decent man in charge.

It’s not a financial distraction though. Overall more income than we’ll get from league prize money this season

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Puts things into perspective a tad. 😀

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/football/weekly-wages-how-much-are-aston-villa-s-10-highest-earners-paid/ar-AA1gtibt?ocid=AMZN

[grunt]

Puts things into perspective a tad. 😀

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/football/weekly-wages-how-much-are-aston-villa-s-10-highest-earners-paid/ar-AA1gtibt?ocid=AMZN
£120,000. A week. Wow. £6.24m per year.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

£120,000. A week. Wow. £6.24m per year.

Worth every penny! 😀

[Since452]

Puts things into perspective a tad. 😀

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/football/weekly-wages-how-much-are-aston-villa-s-10-highest-earners-paid/ar-AA1gtibt?ocid=AMZN

Sure does

[CockneyRebel]

Puts things into perspective a tad. 😀

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/football/weekly-wages-how-much-are-aston-villa-s-10-highest-earners-paid/ar-AA1gtibt?ocid=AMZN
Even the lower (sic) wage of £100k would cover most/all of the Hibs first team squad wages, one wage v one squad...jeezo.