Well done Hibs, well done Nick Montgomery

[bordergreen]

Great performance, totally robbed. 50 50 header for their first penalty. Wtf for their second penalty. Monty made the changes. Good on him for that. Players gave it all. Totally robbed. Celtic should have been wearing masks tonight.

[Northernhibee]

Much improved.

[Hulk1875]

Few players back new guys looked decent onwards from here

[Unseen work]

Much better.

Need to play like that every game

Maolida needs to start ahead of Vente now

[HoboHarry]

If the players bring that attitude with them for the rest of the season we'll be just fine.

[hibIBZ]

Still a defeat… but Much much better.

Continue to play with that effort and level of performance and we will start to pick up points and hopefully make a go of the cup

[Vault Boy]

That second half has given me hope. We beat most of the teams in this league playing like that.

[Hibeesdaft16]

There should never be a well done to the team and manager after a loss in all honesty.

100x better than Saturday, but that wasn't hard. Let's hope we take a lot of positives out of tonight on to three tough away games.

[Maguire]

We needed this performance. Let's use this as a springboard to get behind Monty, Inverness next up!

[Vault Boy]

Also, glad to see this thread. It’s been negative as **** across Hibs related groups and socials recently, understandably so, but it’s heartening to see a majority of fans giving the side credit tonight. Didn’t expect it after such a painful, late loss.

[FastEddieFelson]

Sorry guys... we're patting ourselves on the back here after getting beat by a pish poor Celtic team. We had chances to win the game and still managed to grind out a defeat. Yes there were big improvements and yes Montgomery deserves credit but "well done"? No thanks.

[lyonhibs]

Cruel penalty but unfortunately him getting the shot away does not invalidate the foul that comes a millisecond later.

New boys and the energy of that game gave me hope though

[Hibernian Verse]

What a difference Miller made instead of playing kids.

[Cookiehibs]

Yep, I know it’s another defeat but feeling a bit better after watching that. Moriah-Welsh and Moalida stand outs. Good to have Boyle back too. Must build on this

[Just_Jimmy]

Great performance, totally robbed. 50 50 header for their first penalty. Wtf for their second penalty. Monty made the changes. Good on him for that. Players gave it all. Totally robbed. Celtic should have been wearing masks tonight.It's never a 50/50 header. He's a week late and lays the boy out.

It's crap but it was the right decision.


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[bordergreen]

We needed this performance. Let's use this as a springboard to get behind Monty, Inverness next up!

Agreed, we looked different gravy when Maolida came on. Laddie Moriah Welsh was class. Newell had a good game. Amos looked good when he came on. Fish was class. I could go on and on. The only player frustrating me was Levitt, but what a strike…

[LunasBoots]

Miller and Boyle make such a difference to the team as a whole, can we play like that every week?

[SeanWilson]

Sorry guys... we're patting ourselves on the back here after getting beat by a pish poor Celtic team. We had chances to win the game and still managed to grind out a defeat. Yes there were big improvements and yes Montgomery deserves credit but "well done"? No thanks.

I’ve slated hibs for months. That was a well done. It was actually good to watch. People can say all they want about a ***** Celtic team but Celtic games aren’t the points we’re after. Well done tonight hibs. 💚

[bordergreen]

Cruel penalty but unfortunately him getting the shot away does not invalidate the foul that comes a millisecond later.

New boys and the energy of that game gave me hope though

Would we have got that against anyone? Absolutely not…

[neil7908]

Needs more time.

He's shown flexibility in formation tonight and new players are still settling in.

Boyle and Miller have made a difference, as as Moriah-Welsh.

Marcondes, Maolida and Amos to come in for Saturday imo.

[Since452]

Wanted a better performance tonight. Got one. Go and beat Inverness now.

[Nicho87]

What a player Moriah Welsh is

What a difference with 3 in midfield

Everyone saying formations isn’t an issue

It is, end off

Stick with that and Monty might, I repeat might just come ok.


Baby steps ….

[Hibs4185]

Gives me hope for ICT which is the biggest game of the season

[He's here!]

Way better than I expected/feared. Credit to Hibs for showing some pride but it has to be maintained and it remains hard to shake off the disgust at last Saturday's showing.

[Heisenberg]

The return of Miller and Boyle made a huge difference, Miller especially. Moriah-Welsh looks a good signing too.

[lyonhibs]

Would we have got that against anyone? Absolutely not…

Doesn't make it the wrong call in isolation. Of course VAR is enacted or not almost purely for the benefit of 2 teams in Scotland and I think we all knew that was going to be the case when it was first confirmed it was coming up here.

Doesn't make that call in and of itself wrong though. Sadly.

[blackpoolhibs]

That second half has given me hope. We beat most of the teams in this league playing like that.

:agree:

[bordergreen]

Doesn't make it the wrong call in isolation. Of course VAR is enacted or not almost purely for the benefit of 2 teams in Scotland and I think we all knew that was going to be the case when it was first confirmed it was coming up here.

Doesn't make that call in and of itself wrong though. Sadly.

Does it frustrate you that we would never have got that decision? Not looking for an argument, just curious.

[Bostonhibby]

Credit where it's due, much improved performance, hopefully a turning point for Levitt.

Moriah-Welsh is a player for sure on that performance.

Onwards and upwards.

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[Mark05]

Much better performance,the first half an hour I was was saying here we go again.Just shows you what we can do when we attack teams.Ive not got a problem with keeping possession but it's got to be forward thinking. Hopefully this is a turning point because we all want the manager and team to succeed

[Greencore]

Thr energy of the team, the desire is exactly where I believe he wants us to be all the time. Didn't feel like a loss. I'm backing him, he will come good.

[lyonhibs]

Does it frustrate you that we would never have got that decision? Not looking for an argument, just curious.

Christ yes. But you knew looking at that replay that a) it was a penalty and b) Celtic would get it.

We should have been 2 or 3 ahead by that point anyway, only b have ourselves to blame for that moment being the decisive moment

[bordergreen]

Christ yes. But you knew looking at that replay that a) it was a penalty and b) Celtic would get it.

We should have been 2 or 3 ahead by that point anyway, only b have ourselves to blame for that moment being the decisive moment

Mate, we would never get that, especially against any of the Glasgow Paramilitary Funding Brothers. That pisses me right off.

[Swedish hibee]

Finally some fight. Excitement. More please.

Ps. I don't watch Celtic weekly, but how bad where they?!

[Jones28]

Finally some fight. Excitement. More please.

Ps. I don't watch Celtic weekly, but how bad where they?!

Someone on the match thread thinks they were brilliant 🤩

[buktapurple79]

Finally some fight. Excitement. More please.

Ps. I don't watch Celtic weekly, but how bad where they?!

I think we'll kick oan fae this, decent atmos the night and though its never nice to lose at leest it p's off the Diets and the Full Fats.

Reports of our demise a tad premature ya fandangos that look at fianace figures we are peoples team, persevere :cb:agree:

[buktapurple79]

Someone on the match thread thinks they were brilliant 🤩

They were pish, lucky as

[Jim44]

Sorry guys... we're patting ourselves on the back here after getting beat by a pish poor Celtic team. We had chances to win the game and still managed to grind out a defeat. Yes there were big improvements and yes Montgomery deserves credit but "well done"? No thanks.

‘Stay of execution’ in my book. We did enough to keep his coat on the peg but it’ll fall off completely at the weekend if we don’t take care of a lousy St Johnstone team.

[sauzeelegod]

Agreed. Much much better. Well done Monty. Please keep the 3 in the middle. Let’s get 4th place. Onwards

[Spike Mandela]

Much improved and extremely unlucky with decisions but losing is becoming a habit.

[Unseen work]

Agreed. Much much better. Well done Monty. Please keep the 3 in the middle. Let’s get 4th place. Onwards

Be interesting to see what he does when Marcondes is back

For me Levitt should drop out, despite it being a fantastic goal. Hopefully that’s a confidence boost and he kicks on

[sauzeelegod]

‘Stay of execution’ in my book. We did enough to keep his coat on the peg but it’ll fall off completely at the weekend if we don’t take care of a lousy St Johnstone team.

Scottish cup this weekend isn’t it?

[sauzeelegod]

Be interesting to see what he does when Marcondes is back

For me Levitt should drop out, despite it being a fantastic goal. Hopefully that’s a confidence boost and he kicks on

Agreed mate 👍🏼

[Pretty Boy]

It's far from the best Hibs team.

However that tonight is everything I want to see from a Hibs side. A manager who realised his mistakes and changed it up. Players scrapping for everything and playing for each other, a decent tempo about us and plenty intent going forward and a desire to get the ball down and play but do it with purpose and pace.

If we can maintain those effort levels every week and just add a bit more composure and quality when the confidence starts to come back then you will read no complaints from me.

We deserved better tonight and for the first time in a long while I came away feeling proud of a Hibs team.

[LewysGot2]

Finally some fight. Excitement. More please.

Ps. I don't watch Celtic weekly, but how bad where they?!

I think the smart money might be on the other Ugly Sister to win the league. They've a better defence than Brenda's Establishment FC.

We should have scored more. Youan's miss first half was criminal 😢

[stoneyburn hibs]

Better performance,rub off the green and it's 3 points tonight.
Hopefully we can get a run going, starting on Saturday.

[NC1875]

A change of shape and we look loads better. Who’d have thought!

[Greensunshine]

All we ask is for 100% effort. Give us that and you’ll get our backing!

Good performance tonight now let’s kick on! 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬👍👍👍

[Onion]

I feared a 4 or 5 goal thumping, so an unlucky, last minute 1-2 loss to a VAR/Ref loving Celtic is marked improvement on what we were served on Saturday. IMO, great performance is pushing it. Celtic were nothing special, lacked creativity, panicked when pressed and god a huge slice of luck at both ends of the park.

Going forward, tonight's effort, commitment and organisation is the very least we should expect.

[Greensunshine]

It's far from the best Hibs team.

However that tonight is everything I want to see from a Hibs side. A manager who realised his mistakes and changed it up. Players scrapping for everything and playing for each other, a decent tempo about us and plenty intent going forward and a desire to get the ball down and play but do it with purpose and pace.

If we can maintain those effort levels every week and just add a bit more composure and quality when the confidence starts to come back then you will read no complaints from me.

We deserved better tonight and for the first time in a long while I came away feeling proud of a Hibs team.

Couldn’t agree more. 👍

[VoltaireHibs]

I posted on the match thread it was so good to just see a Hibs team press the opponent and create chances. That set up was much better, and Moriah-Welsh helps the team so much. Amos looked tidy when he came on. I'd take Youan and Levitt out of the team, move Obita up and find a new LB then we'd be a completely different proposition. Obita's crossing into the box was excellent. There's a really good Hibs team hiding in there, tonight I think we saw that.

Also, mentions to Triantis who recovered very well and also Miller, who I'm not the biggest fan of, but fair play, he did a job tonight.

[Torto7]

Yes much much better. We really didn't deserve to lose tonight.

[Hibernia&Alba]

It was miles better and against a much better team than St Mirren. We needed a reaction and they gave us one. Very unlucky to lose the game.

[NAE NOOKIE]

In the second half we pushed about 10 yards further up the park and it made a huge difference. It was actually quite exciting the way we went at them and its been ages since I could say that about a Hibs performance, or been able to walk away from a game saying we didn't deserve to lose.

But ... we've been here before. It's nice to see a bit of effort and willingness to push forward, but we need to show that effort and quick play all the time, not just for a half against one of the uglies.

Saturday is massive. The cup is our whole season now and losing on Saturday would be disastrous.

[Tambo]

Very pleasing to hear, I only seen the first half so I couldn't comment on the second half.

A stepping stone now to push on in the last few months of the season.

[lyonhibs]

I never, ever understand why any Hibs team sets up against any team at home in any fashion *other* than what we saw in the 2nd half. Press high, full effort from everyone, get in the opposition faces etc.

Against the better teams you'll maybe get a skelping once in a while, but that happens anyway using the LJ "don't touch them until they're 30 yards out" policy.

Play like that for the rest of the season and we'll be OK. Top 5 and, who knows, maybe a trip to Hampden.

As others have said though, we've been here before.....

[Hibeesdaft16]

I never, ever understand why any Hibs team sets up against any team at home in any fashion *other* than what we saw in the 2nd half. Press high, full effort from everyone, get in the opposition faces etc.

Against the better teams you'll maybe get a skelping once in a while, but that happens anyway using the LJ "don't touch them until they're 30 yards out" policy.

Play like that for the rest of the season and we'll be OK. Top 5 and, who knows, maybe a trip to Hampden.

As others have said though, we've been here before.....

I truly think it's a confidence issue. We seen how we started against Motherwell before they scored, then went into a shell for absolutely ages. Last they scored and was like a training game, Levitt couldn't pass wind, nothing coming off then we scored and play like Brazil. Same at Killie last week, concede heads drop can't recover they score again then we get a goal out nothing and suddenly we looked a team.

[JimBHibees]

It's far from the best Hibs team.

However that tonight is everything I want to see from a Hibs side. A manager who realised his mistakes and changed it up. Players scrapping for everything and playing for each other, a decent tempo about us and plenty intent going forward and a desire to get the ball down and play but do it with purpose and pace.

If we can maintain those effort levels every week and just add a bit more composure and quality when the confidence starts to come back then you will read no complaints from me.

We deserved better tonight and for the first time in a long while I came away feeling proud of a Hibs team.

So did I was delighted with the second half performance. That needs to be the benchmark though.

[lyonhibs]

I truly think it's a confidence issue. We seen how we started against Motherwell before they scored, then went into a shell for absolutely ages. Last they scored and was like a training game, Levitt couldn't pass wind, nothing coming off then we scored and play like Brazil. Same at Killie last week, concede heads drop can't recover they score again then we get a goal out nothing and suddenly we looked a team.

It's kind of chicken and egg though. If you start off on the front foot and at the races etc, then you're (IMO) less likely to concede and more likely to score which then gives you more confidence and so on and so forth.

[DIXIHIBS]

Show the same effort and intensity against ICT on Saturday and we should be okay then try and move on from the very poor spell we're going through. It certainly show the players are more capable than they have showed recently. Boyle/Miller/Moriah made a difference.

[Hibeesdaft16]

It's kind of chicken and egg though. If you start off on the front foot and at the races etc, then you're (IMO) less likely to concede and more likely to score which then gives you more confidence and so on and so forth.

Agree mate, but it reminds me of butherisms so im out :greengrin

[Allant1981]

Hopefully the new guys start to kick us on but it needs to happen soon, all good and well playing well in parts last night but we still lost again(wasn't expecting a win anyway)