McInnes-ball

[LewysGot2]

Firstly a couple of positives. Kilmarnock catering remains excellent and their Belgian biscuit is an absolute triumph. Their family deal of £40 for 2 adults and 2 kids was great...

However!

That pitch is still an abomination
That stand is a shocker. Knees of the row behind you in your back, your own knees struggling to avoid the same for the person in front. Seats so rusted they don't move. Its pitiful.

But more than anything that football they play is just rotten.

Injury central tonight for Vente, Doidge and Youan after a match where one side thought Aussie Rules was the sport and it wasn't the team with Aussies.

I'm sorry folks but if McInnes ball was your answer to Johnson ball...my eyes were bleeding.

Never link him with our job ever again 🙈

[greenlex]

Firstly a couple of positives. Kilmarnock catering remains excellent and their Belgian biscuit is an absolute triumph. Their family deal of £40 for 2 adults and 2 kids was great...

However!

That pitch is still an abomination
That stand is a shocker. Knees of the row behind you in your back, your own knees struggling to avoid the same for the person in front. Seats so rusted they don't move. Its pitiful.

But more than anything that football they play is just rotten.

Injury central tonight for Vente, Doidge and Youan after a match where one side thought Aussie Rules was the sport and it wasn't the team with Aussies.

I'm sorry folks but if McInnes ball was your answer to Johnson ball...my eyes were bleeding.

Never link him with our job ever again 🙈
His side got a point that at an hour into the game looked highly unlikely. I’ve not seen many Hibs teams in more than 50 years of watching them do that. Say what you like but he’s a good manager. I wish our players and in defence in particular would show that kind of steel.

[Unseen work]

His side got a point that at an hour into the game looked highly unlikely. I’ve not seen many Hibs teams in more than 50 years of watching them do that. Say what you like but he’s a good manager. I wish our players and in defence in particular would show that kind of steel.

Exactly this.

That and he had to play to what he’s got.

The pitch won’t change and he knows that, he has a budget and needs to find a way to get the most out of it. His results so far this season are impressive.

But **** him and mom the Montgomery!

[Carheenlea]

I was one who had called for McInnes to be offered the job. The weariness of experiments probably had me clamouring for a safe pair of hands, but thankfully I wasn’t invited onto the recruitment panel to find the next manager.

Professional fouls should face a stiffer penalty than a yellow. They’re anti football, and if we want to improve the game as a spectacle then those types of fouls need to be upgraded to a red card offence. They purposely spoil what is good about football by deliberate foul play rather than clumsy challenge.

The pitch is also an embarrassment to Scottish football, and given that the surface offers a huge advantage to the home team and great games of football are almost impossible on them, if we’re serious about improving the game in Scotland then the plastic has to go at the top level.

If that’s a step too far, then the compromise could be that such surfaces are permissible, but clubs choosing to do so are sanctioned with a 12 point penalty at the start of any season they play their home games on a plastic pitch.

[LewysGot2]

I was one who had called for McInnes to be offered the job. The weariness of experiments probably had me clamouring for a safe pair of hands, but thankfully I wasn’t invited onto the recruitment panel to find the next manager.

Professional fouls should face a stiffer penalty than a yellow. They’re anti football, and if we want to improve the game as a spectacle then those types of fouls need to be upgraded to a red card offence. They purposely spoil what is good about football by deliberate foul play rather than clumsy challenge.

The pitch is also an embarrassment to Scottish football, and given that the surface offers a huge advantage to the home team and great games of football are almost impossible on them, if we’re serious about improving the game in Scotland then the plastic has to go at the top level.

If that’s a step too far, then the compromise could be that such surfaces are permissible, but clubs choosing to do so are sanctioned with a 12 point penalty at the start of any season they play their home games on a plastic pitch.

Some of their professional fouls were ridiculous. More tackles with their arms than Scotland rugby team - the one on Boyle second half 🙈

Spot on,it's anti-football. Our national game will never move forward if our top flight clubs can play on reconstituted tyres and have an "identity" like that.

We should demand more. Not just from Hibs.

[Pretty Boy]

The NFL players association are calling for artificial surfaces to be outlawed after another high profile injury at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium this week.

It's high time something like this happened in Scotland. No grass pitch, no entry to the Premiership.

[JammyDoidger]

It's the pitch for me, it's a national embarrassment, it's like a different sport altogether playing on that. Mciness teams will never change, they're dirty and a nightmare to play against, which is why a part of me wanted him to be our manager, sick of us being so soft. If we went 2-0 up under Mciness I'd expect us to hold onto that.

[Donegal Hibby]

Said a few times on here I didn't want Derek McInnes anywhere near ER is teams are normally horrible to watch like today ! Route one stuff . How the SFA are allowing pitches like Kilmarnock's and Livingston's in the top flight is beyond a joke , truly embarrassing tbh . Only a matter of time before there's a serious career threatening injury caused by one of them .

[malcolm]

His side got a point that at an hour into the game looked highly unlikely. I’ve not seen many Hibs teams in more than 50 years of watching them do that. Say what you like but he’s a good manager. I wish our players and in defence in particular would show that kind of steel.

Your 50 odd year memory is failing. 😉 I can remember for example a fight back from 1-3 down at home against st Mirren to win 4-3. Kicked off weirdly iirc by a Gordon Hunter volley. More recently, not sure i thought a point against the the rangers seemed likely.

Good on average he may be, if you define it simply by results, but I’m not sure it would have been a good watch. A manager who consistently only grinds out a reasonable level of results might not be what I would want to watch. I’m happier with the potential for more excitement even if it may come with a bit of an uncertain rollercoaster ride.

The last year or so has been fantastic 🫣 with the highs of new manager appointments and player signings. For others the same things seem to have brought the ostensible joys of railing against them often with hindsight developed within anything from a few weeks to a few months 😂

Today is a positive I judge this by actually coming on to .net which I’d never do after a poor performance to avoid the resulting misery and negativity.

[Keith_M]

Some of their professional fouls were ridiculous. More tackles with their arms than Scotland rugby team - the one on Boyle second half 🙈

Spot on,it's anti-football. Our national game will never move forward if our top flight clubs can play on reconstituted tyres and have an "identity" like that.

We should demand more. Not just from Hibs.


Funnily enough, one of our Australian guests on the matchday said his first impression of Scottish Football (from yesterday's game) was that the quality was about the same as in Australia, but with tackles and refereeing decisions that made it look more like rugby.

[Viva_Palmeiras]

Firstly a couple of positives. Kilmarnock catering remains excellent and their Belgian biscuit is an absolute triumph. Their family deal of £40 for 2 adults and 2 kids was great...

However!

That pitch is still an abomination
That stand is a shocker. Knees of the row behind you in your back, your own knees struggling to avoid the same for the person in front. Seats so rusted they don't move. Its pitiful.

But more than anything that football they play is just rotten.

Injury central tonight for Vente, Doidge and Youan after a match where one side thought Aussie Rules was the sport and it wasn't the team with Aussies.

I'm sorry folks but if McInnes ball was your answer to Johnson ball...my eyes were bleeding.

Never link him with our job ever again 🙈

I was astounded at the collective lobotomy for a section of the support when it came to “Del”. It would have started before he arrived and continued til he was out the door. Maybe I’m in the minority but I’ve no time for the perma-bitchfest that some seem to get off on.

[matty_f]

His side got a point that at an hour into the game looked highly unlikely. I’ve not seen many Hibs teams in more than 50 years of watching them do that. Say what you like but he’s a good manager. I wish our players and in defence in particular would show that kind of steel.

If that was with us though we’d focus on the fact his team never turned up until they were 0-2 down and had forced our striker off with a knee to the eye etc.

[JimBHibees]

Funnily enough, one of our Australian guests on the matchday said his first impression of Scottish Football (from yesterday's game) was that the quality was about the same as in Australia, but with tackles and refereeing decisions that made it look more like rugby.

He is spot on and we wonder why we struggle in Europe.

[erin go bragh]

His side got a point that at an hour into the game looked highly unlikely. I’ve not seen many Hibs teams in more than 50 years of watching them do that. Say what you like but he’s a good manager. I wish our players and in defence in particular would show that kind of steel.
Can remember a Hibs team coming back from 3-0 down ( Falkirk) and not too mention the 2-0 down at the PBS 2016.

[greenlex]

Can remember a Hibs team coming back from 3-0 down ( Falkirk) and not too mention the 2-0 down at the PBS 2016.

I remember a few too. Just not that many. More often than not we just roll over particularly when the opposition are perceived better resourced and even more gallingly sometimes when they’re not.,

[Since452]

Funnily enough, one of our Australian guests on the matchday said his first impression of Scottish Football (from yesterday's game) was that the quality was about the same as in Australia, but with tackles and refereeing decisions that made it look more like rugby.

I think your Australian guest would get a big wake up call if any team from the A League were to play Hibs. Jason Cummings was a goal machine over there.

[Not In The Know]

His side got a point that at an hour into the game looked highly unlikely. I’ve not seen many Hibs teams in more than 50 years of watching them do that. Say what you like but he’s a good manager. I wish our players and in defence in particular would show that kind of steel.

They got a point because one of our defenders made a twat of clearing the ball. I wanted him as manger but after 45 mins on sat you could clearly see we have a better one already.

[Musselbound]

I was one who had called for McInnes to be offered the job. The weariness of experiments probably had me clamouring for a safe pair of hands, but thankfully I wasn’t invited onto the recruitment panel to find the next manager.

Professional fouls should face a stiffer penalty than a yellow. They’re anti football, and if we want to improve the game as a spectacle then those types of fouls need to be upgraded to a red card offence. They purposely spoil what is good about football by deliberate foul play rather than clumsy challenge.

The pitch is also an embarrassment to Scottish football, and given that the surface offers a huge advantage to the home team and great games of football are almost impossible on them, if we’re serious about improving the game in Scotland then the plastic has to go at the top level.

If that’s a step too far, then the compromise could be that such surfaces are permissible, but clubs choosing to do so are sanctioned with a 12 point penalty at the start of any season they play their home games on a plastic pitch.

I didn't see much of the game so can't really comment on McInnes or Killie. But I tend to agree with you about the professional fouls. Really cynical but yet has somehow become known as 'taking one for the team'.

[erin go bragh]

I think your Australian guest would get a big wake up call if any team from the A League were to play Hibs. Jason Cummings was a goal machine over there.
Jason Cummings scored 20 plus goals for us in three consecutive seasons, so dont get your point.

[Since452]

Jason Cummings scored 20 plus goals for us in three consecutive seasons, so dont get your point.

In the championship

[superfurryhibby]

I think your Australian guest would get a big wake up call if any team from the A League were to play Hibs. Jason Cummings was a goal machine over there.

A bit like that big name Andorran team when we played them over there? Total wake up call :wink:

[jacomo]

In the championship


Against plenty of top flight teams too.

I think judging the relative strength of Scottish and Aussie football through the performance of Jason Cummings is a bit daft.

Our new coach was the coach who got him firing down under though.

[MWHIBBIES]

I remember a few too. Just not that many. More often than not we just roll over particularly when the opposition are perceived better resourced and even more gallingly sometimes when they’re not.,

Do we aye?

[Smartie]

I remember a few too. Just not that many. More often than not we just roll over particularly when the opposition are perceived better resourced and even more gallingly sometimes when they’re not.,

I’m inclined to agree with you.

McInnes deserves respect for managing to drag his team back from being well beaten with what he had at his disposal.

Montgomery can use any methods he likes should he find himself in a similar position.

I hate their pitch, but that’s another story. Seemingly they have plans in place to ditch it again anyway. I find it weird that football is so much worse to watch on an Astro pitch when I always preferred playing on them, certainly through the winter months when it wasn’t exactly easy to play football on a muddy grass pitch.