Positives from today's game

[Donegal Hibby]

I thought Obita had a excellent game today and was my MotM . I was glad to see Alfie getting some game time too after his injury as well .

[Unseen work]

A draw away at Pittodrie is never a bad result.

It’s the fact our form in general is horrific that people, imo, are complaining more than they probably should based on this game alone.

Monty really needs to start putting wins together, last league win is now 2 months ago!!

[Hibeesdaft16]

Gained a point on St Mirren and one more ahead of Motherwell. Didn't lose.

[JohnM1875]

Boyle scored to wind the Dons up, Obita played well, Emi got his first Hibs goal, Moriah-Welsh still looks the part and I thought Amos looked good when he came on as well. Looking forward to him being able to start.

[Bakerman]

I thought Obita had a excellent game today and was my MotM . I was glad to see Alfie getting some game time too after his injury as well .

Obita, is an excellent player, intelligent, bombs forward, can put in an excellent cross, and puts in a shift. Makes the odd mistake, but even Pele, or Dalgliesh made mistakes. A really good player. Moriah Welsh also very good. A lot of spirit and doggedness to get us a comeback draw. Well done.

[Carheenlea]

I enjoyed the game today. A brief glance at the tone of the message board tonight suggests an air of gloom, but will soon find out!
Good open game of football. Maybe not high quality but still decent enough. Coming from behind to earn draw at Pittodrie isn’t a disastrous result.

The sight lines were certainly much improved with the removal of segregation fence!

Looking forward to next Saturday and feel confident we’ll see a win.

[marinello59]

I enjoyed the game today. A brief glance at the tone of the message board tonight suggests an air of gloom, but will soon find out!
Good open game of football. Maybe not high quality but still decent enough. Coming from behind to earn draw at Pittodrie isn’t a disastrous result.

The sight lines were certainly much improved with the removal of segregation fence!

Looking forward to next Saturday and feel confident we’ll see a win.

:agree:
I’m disappointed we didn’t get all three points but it was an enjoyable afternoon.

[Swedish hibee]

Always disappointing not getting 3 points, but happy to see us scoring again. Now just to sort out the goals going in.

[Jones28]

A point at a ground we always struggle at.

Jeez the sky isn’t falling in folks, we were shafted out of a penalty as well.

If you’d offered me a draw before kick off I’d have taken it 100%.

[Carheenlea]

Felt like a good Hibs crowd up as well. Fine voice throughout.

[GreenNWhiteArmy]

I listened to open all mics on the way down the road from Inverness and from what Willie Miller was saying it was a thoroughly entertaining match with 2 sides trying to play football, which is a continuation of the celtic and Inverness matches

So I'm a bit shocked at the tone of threads on here tonight. Dundee have brutal fixtures before the split and are easily catchable if we keep playing like we have in the last week or so

[GreenNWhiteArmy]

Felt like a good Hibs crowd up as well. Fine voice throughout.

Sounded amazing on OAM when the goal went in

[marinello59]

Felt like a good Hibs crowd up as well. Fine voice throughout.

I was going to post similar. I thought Block7 got it spot on today as well, chipped in with their newer songs when the mood dipped a bit and kept the older songs going when they were being sung.

[Donegal Hibby]

Obita, is an excellent player, intelligent, bombs forward, can put in an excellent cross, and puts in a shift. Makes the odd mistake, but even Pele, or Dalgliesh made mistakes. A really good player. Moriah Welsh also very good. A lot of spirit and doggedness to get us a comeback draw. Well done.

Moriah- Welsh looks like the type of player we've been needing. Agree we showed good spirit to comeback in what is normally a hard place to go as Celtic found out recently 👍

[Ronniekirk]

I enjoyed the game today. A brief glance at the tone of the message board tonight suggests an air of gloom, but will soon find out!
Good open game of football. Maybe not high quality but still decent enough. Coming from behind to earn draw at Pittodrie isn’t a disastrous result.

The sight lines were certainly much improved with the removal of segregation fence!

Looking forward to next Saturday and feel confident we’ll see a win.

The Air of gloom comes from the fact we haven’t won a league game since early december, I think
without going on a winning run fifth place becomes harder to attain
We are under more pressure to go on a winning run and Dundee have a decent points cushion so they would be happy with a draw v us
But let’s see how we go in next four games , and results of teams round about us

[LewysGot2]

It was an end to end game, a clash of football approaches. Us trying to play football, them hanging everything on being direct to Miovski.

We've won 4 points at that dump this season.

It was baltic and the perspective from that rotten corner of a stand that structurally belongs in the 1970s meant it wasn't easy seeing everything at the time of asking. There was the usual band of rogues off their faces on their substance of choice - I'm sure some of them thought that they were funny in their own heads 🤪🙈🤣

Positives? We steadied the ship after a period at the start of the 2nd half and didn't cave. Good outings from Obita, Amos and others. To be fair the subs all had an impact. Wollocot had an encouraging cameo.

The next 6 competitive games see us in Edinburgh for 5 of them so not much travel and the chance for the squad to work on things. The run of league games with Dundee, Ross Co x 2 and Livi will decide our fate. Maybe, just maybe, 6th at the split isn't out of the question...

[BS44]

Excellent travelling support

[CB Hibs 68]

It was an end to end game, a clash of football approaches. Us trying to play football, them hanging everything on being direct to Miovski.

We've won 4 points at that dump this season.

It was baltic and the perspective from that rotten corner of a stand that structurally belongs in the 1970s meant it wasn't easy seeing everything at the time of asking. There was the usual band of rogues off their faces on their substance of choice - I'm sure some of them thought that they were funny in their own heads 🤪🙈🤣

Positives? We steadied the ship after a period at the start of the 2nd half and didn't cave. Good outings from Obita, Amos and others. To be fair the subs all had an impact. Wollocot had an encouraging cameo.

The next 6 competitive games see us in Edinburgh for 5 of them so not much travel and the chance for the squad to work on things. The run of league games with Dundee, Ross Co x 2 and Livi will decide our fate. Maybe, just maybe, 6th at the split isn't out of the question...
Thank goodness for some perspective.Sadly lacking in general on this site.Will say we need to beat Dundee next week.Think we will .Also think the game against Rangers is one to look forward to.

[IberianHibernian]

Thought Wallocott did well when he came on in difficult circumstances . He looked good in our pre season games and it was a pity he got injured soon after , then struggled when he got his chance .

[Donegal Hibby]

Monty said that Marshall felt a tweak in his hamstring and they took him off as a precaution and hopefully he will be ok for our next game . Thought he done well today as Wollacott did when he came on at a difficult moment in the game .

[LewysGot2]

Monty said that Marshall felt a tweak in his hamstring and they took him off as a precaution and hopefully he will be ok for our next game . Thought he done well today as Wollacott did when he came on at a difficult moment in the game .

Thought he walked off looking like it might have been precaution- forced them into subbing Boyle at that point as they couldn't have made a 4th phase of subs later with Marsg going off.

[hibsbollah]

Thought Wallocott did well when he came on in difficult circumstances . He looked good in our pre season games and it was a pity he got injured soon after , then struggled when he got his chance .

Im not sure he really struggled, he missed one punch which cost us a goal in a terrible 2-2 draw with Ross county in October. His distribution in that game was absolutely faultless, played a lot higher up the pitch than Marshalldoes and looked good with the ball at his feet. His injury in Andorra was bad timing, I’m actually quietly confident he’s going to be a good player.

[Mikey_1875]

Thought Wallocott did well when he came on in difficult circumstances . He looked good in our pre season games and it was a pity he got injured soon after , then struggled when he got his chance .

Slower than a week in the jail to take free kicks/goal kicks when we should have been going for the game. May have been under instructions to do this to be fair. Don’t think he had much to do outside of a simple catch from a cross. It will be interesting to see how he gets on if Marshall isn’t fit.

Positives for me were the travelling support, Moriah-Welsh and our first half attacking display.

[Cabbage-Patch]

Wasn't there granted but struggling to see many

[CallumLaidlaw]

Wasn't there granted but struggling to see many

Was a good game to watch. We played some really nice stuff at times and pressed them really high in the first half which was effective. Moriah Welsh was decent, Marcondes got his first goal, Amos looking sharper too.


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[B.H.F.C]

I enjoyed the game today. A brief glance at the tone of the message board tonight suggests an air of gloom, but will soon find out!
Good open game of football. Maybe not high quality but still decent enough. Coming from behind to earn draw at Pittodrie isn’t a disastrous result.

The sight lines were certainly much improved with the removal of segregation fence!

Looking forward to next Saturday and feel confident we’ll see a win.

Because of the position we’re in and the run we’re on, games aren’t going to be judged in isolation now.

Said before the game today that a point wouldn’t be a disaster and I still don’t think it is. Next week is absolutely must win. We have a good run of games at home between now and the split that will decide whether the season is a total disaster or not, IMO.

[PHeffernan]

We needed a win but needed not to lose more.
Aberdeen are a rival for the top 6 and pre split they have zero games against the runaway top 3 of Celgers and Hearts.
Hibs still have away games at Tynecastle and Ibrox hence why we needed a win today so advantage Aberdeen.

So the positives,
a draw against a top 6 rival gives us a chance to head them at the split.
St Mirren dropped 3 points against a poor team moving us a point closer to them.
Today's draw sees us moving up a place to tied for 7th from tied 8th.

Moira-Stewart, Amos, Maolida, Triantis all put more match minutes in the legs
Marcondes has more minutes in the legs and scored his 1st Hibs goal
Wollacott finally played another game for Hibs and made a good save at the end.

I thought it was a good game and both teams played better than they have for most of this season. I thought we lost soft goals again but i'm encouraged that we have continued with an athlete added to the midfield. Inverness was just a bananaskin to avoid but that is two good league performances in a row and I think that will be the norm now.

Next week is a must win for Hibs to make top 6 and I am confident we will continue with our improved form and get that win.

[JohnM1875]

We needed a win but needed not to lose more.
Aberdeen are a rival for the top 6.
Pre split they ha no games against the runaway top 3 of Celgers and Hearts.
Hibs still have away games at Tynecastle and Ibrox hence why we needed a win today.

So the positives,
a draw against a top 6 rival gives us a chance to head them at the split
St Mirren dropped 3 points against a poor team moving us a point closer to them
Today's draw sees us moving up a place to tied for 7th from tied 8th.

Moira Stewart, Amos, Maolida, Triantis played all put more match minutes in the legs
Marcondes has more minutes in the legs and scored his 1st Hibs goal
Wollacott got a game for Hibs. First time in months and made a good save at the end.

I thought it was a good game and both teams played better than they have for most of this season. I thought we lost soft goals again but i'm encouraged that we have continued with an athlete added to the midfield. Inverness was just a bananaskin to avoid but that is two good league performances in a row and I think that will be the norm now.

Next week is a must win for Hibs to make top 6 and I am confident we will continue with our improved form and get that win.

Where's the chorus?

[greenlex]

We needed a win but needed not to lose more.
Aberdeen are a rival for the top 6.
Pre split they ha no games against the runaway top 3 of Celgers and Hearts.
Hibs still have away games at Tynecastle and Ibrox hence why we needed a win today.

So the positives,
a draw against a top 6 rival gives us a chance to head them at the split
St Mirren dropped 3 points against a poor team moving us a point closer to them
Today's draw sees us moving up a place to tied for 7th from tied 8th.

Moira Stewart, Amos, Maolida, Triantis played all put more match minutes in the legs
Marcondes has more minutes in the legs and scored his 1st Hibs goal
Wollacott got a game for Hibs. First time in months and made a good save at the end.

I thought it was a good game and both teams played better than they have for most of this season. I thought we lost soft goals again but i'm encouraged that we have continued with an athlete added to the midfield. Inverness was just a bananaskin to avoid but that is two good league performances in a row and I think that will be the norm now.

Next week is a must win for Hibs to make top 6 and I am confident we will continue with our improved form and get that win.
Moira Stewart must be kicking on a bit now but good to see she can still put a shift in.

[Bakerman]

Moira Stewart must be kicking on a bit now but good to see she can still put a shift in.

I agree with Pheffernan's post, but that was quite funny :greengrin

[sauzee1989]

Montgomery only said ‘I thought 11 times’ in his 3minute interview. Real progress

[PHeffernan]

Moira Stewart must be kicking on a bit now but good to see she can still put a shift in.

Mariah-Carey

[PHeffernan]

Montgomery only said ‘I thought 11 times’ in his 3minute interview. Real progress

:greengrin

[PHeffernan]

Where's the chorus?

It was supposed to be positive.

The usual chorus is

"We need better,
Never a player,
No good enough,
Snake oil suntan twat,
Second hand car salesman,
Petrie!"

[Donegal Hibby]

Montgomery only said ‘I thought 11 times’ in his 3minute interview. Real progress

Always good to hear the manager's thoughts after the game :aok:

[Bakerman]

Montgomery only said ‘I thought 11 times’ in his 3minute interview. Real progress

I didn't notice that, I did hear him say at one point, that it was a blatant penalty for us, especially given whats went against us previously.

He called it out very clearly in his interview. Came across well in my opinion.

[Musselbound]

A draw away at Pittodrie is never a bad result.

It’s the fact our form in general is horrific that people, imo, are complaining more than they probably should based on this game alone.

Monty really needs to start putting wins together, last league win is now 2 months ago!!

Agree with all that. If our league form hadn't been so poor for a couple of months it would surely be seen as a decent result and performance.

[ancient hibee]

This thread is a breath of fresh air with all the usual suspects missing. Another one next week please.

[sauzee1989]

I didn't notice that, I did hear him say at one point, that it was a blatant penalty for us, especially given whats went against us previously.

He called it out very clearly in his interview. Came across well in my opinion.

Considering after every match he says ‘ I thought’ 20 times it’s hard not to notice

[Baldy Foghorn]

Since Cetic we have been better. Making subs to change games, look a bit more pacier going forward, and certainly a bit of fight. Like Moriah-Welsh and what he brings, Moilada, and Marcondes all adding quality. Not ideal league placement, but beat Dundee and its game on again.

[Keith_M]

We didn't lose.

[JimBHibees]

Since Cetic we have been better. Making subs to change games, look a bit more pacier going forward, and certainly a bit of fight. Like Moriah-Welsh and what he brings, Moilada, and Marcondes all adding quality. Not ideal league placement, but beat Dundee and its game on again.

Yep we certainly have didn't understand Morais Welsh going off or Jair in particular coming in but a decent point particularly bearing in mind the ludicrous denial of an obvious penalty. Dundee a huge game and we willl need to defend better as they are good this season.

[Hibrandenburg]

If that display is anything to go by then we're reaching a turning point. We have some great individuals on the park and they're only just starting to gel. Once that happens we'll be very difficult to beat. There were some outstanding passages of play yesterday that fell apart due to passes that didn't find their intended target, once this team get used to playing with each other then someone is due a thumping. Hopefully as soon as next week but as far as I'm concerned, barring the cup the rest of this season is a training exercise so we can hit the ground running at the start of next.

[Donegal Hibby]

Great to have Boyle back , been a big miss . 2 goals in two games now .
https://twitter.com/HibernianFC/status/1759114650904297698?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcam p%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

[weecounty hibby]

If that display is anything to go by then we're reaching a turning point. We have some great individuals on the park and they're only just starting to gel. Once that happens we'll be very difficult to beat. There were some outstanding passages of play yesterday that fell apart due to passes that didn't find their intended target, once this team get used to playing with each other then someone is due a thumping. Hopefully as soon as next week but as far as I'm concerned, barring the cup the rest of this season is a training exercise so we can hit the ground running at the start of next.
I tend to agree with this. The players that are being brought in now are definitely a step up from what we had. They look capable of playing the way NM wants them to. If we can get them playing well, get the defence sorted then I think we can do something v the huns. I'd also agree about the league from now on in. Get into the top 6 and them see what happens. I can't believe folk are losing their shut about a decent oerformance and an away draw(robbed by var) at Pittodrie

[WeeRussell]

Despite all the hot air and multiple threads laying into players etc, I thought it was actually a decent performance. Usually we wouldn’t even have a thread like this searching for positives on the back of one like that. That’s not a dig at the OP and it’s refreshing to have such a thread today.

If we’d run out winners, which wouldn’t have been undeserved by any stretch, we’d all be pretty upbeat about yesterday.

Except those that refuse to be upbeat at any point of course.

Apart from not taking all 3, and the ongoing issue of shipping ****ty goals, I thought it was generally a positive day.

[BoomtownHibees]

Since Cetic we have been better. Making subs to change games, look a bit more pacier going forward, and certainly a bit of fight. Like Moriah-Welsh and what he brings, Moilada, and Marcondes all adding quality. Not ideal league placement, but beat Dundee and its game on again.

Wasn’t sure about some of his subs yesterday. Didn’t see the point in taking Moriah-Welsh off however his replacement did score. Levitt would have been the one to go off at that point for me. Jair coming on was stupid, like playing with a man short and would have been as well keeping Youan on. Wasn’t sure about taking Boyle off either however he looked like he was limping a bit when he came over to the fans after the game

Vente looks well down the pecking order nowadays

[LewysGot2]

Despite all the hot air and multiple threads laying into players etc, I thought it was actually a decent performance. Usually we wouldn’t even have a thread like this searching for positives on the back of one like that. That’s not a dig at the OP and it’s refreshing to have such a thread today.

If we’d run out winners, which wouldn’t have been undeserved by any stretch, we’d all be pretty upbeat about yesterday.

Except those that refuse to be upbeat at any point of course.

Apart from not taking all 3, and the ongoing issue of shipping ****ty goals, I thought it was generally a positive day.

I've been a bit weirded out by the threads on here and elsewhere full of negative stuff having come away from the game not too downhearted and actually feeling we've at least grounded a bit where we seemed to have been drifting aimlessly and rapidly in December and January in particular. I quite enjoyed the game yesterday.

[He's here!]

I've been a bit weirded out by the threads on here and elsewhere full of negative stuff having come away from the game not too downhearted and actually feeling we've at least grounded a bit where we seemed to have been drifting aimlessly and rapidly in December and January in particular. I quite enjoyed the game yesterday.

I'm never slow to voice criticism when it's due (and it's been due a lot in recent seasons) but I just don’t get why some are trying to paint yesterday as some sort of nadir. It was a decent point well earned. There have been positive signs in the wake of the St Mirren horror show and I think it's fair to acknowledge that.

[LewysGot2]

I'm never slow to voice criticism when it's due (and it's been due a lot in recent seasons) but I just don’t get why some are trying to paint yesterday as some sort of nadir. It was a decent point well earned. There have been positive signs in the wake of the St Mirren horror show and I think it's fair to acknowledge that.

Who's painting it as a nadir?

[He's here!]

Who's painting it as a nadir?

There just seems to be a pile-on (on other threads) about how awful yesterday's performance was, as though winning at Pittodrie should be a formality. It fidnt strike me as a performance which merits a sacking.

[LewysGot2]

There just seems to be a pile-on (on other threads) about how awful yesterday's performance was, as though winning at Pittodrie should be a formality. It fidnt strike me as a performance which merits a sacking.

Ah, gotcha now

[Donegal Hibby]

Boyle's goal celebration 😂. Love the reaction from Moriah Welsh as well .👏
https://twitter.com/HibernianFC/status/1759186001090773370?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcam p%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

[hibsbollah]

Maolida's assist for Boyle's goal was just a thing of simple beauty. Love the way he first used his body to shield the ball from the defender as the high ball comes in, then the wee volleyed nutmeg of the same defender as the ball drops, giving him the space, and the nice pass to Boyle. He's doing things regularly now that you can see you only get from players that have played at a high level. Really positive development.

[matty_f]

Two good goals, as hibsbollah said there, Maolida's pass was the sort of pass we routinely **** up but he delivered it perfectly, as did Obita for Newell (whose run and cutback were perfect as well) for the second goal.

Aberdeen were the home side so will feel that they needed to win that but didn't, so I think it's a better point for us.

The team is, IMHO, looking better with the new signings in it, there's competition for places and we can make (some) subs without really weakening the team.

[The Tubs]

Maolida's assist for Boyle's goal was just a thing of simple beauty. Love the way he first used his body to shield the ball from the defender as the high ball comes in, then the wee volleyed nutmeg of the same defender as the ball drops, giving him the space, and the nice pass to Boyle. He's doing things regularly now that you can see you only get from players that have played at a high level. Really positive development.

I'd love to see him stay for next season.

[B.H.F.C]

Maolida's assist for Boyle's goal was just a thing of simple beauty. Love the way he first used his body to shield the ball from the defender as the high ball comes in, then the wee volleyed nutmeg of the same defender as the ball drops, giving him the space, and the nice pass to Boyle. He's doing things regularly now that you can see you only get from players that have played at a high level. Really positive development.

I didn’t actually think Maolida was particularly good on Saturday, bit wasteful at times, butt he’s made a hell of a difference to us in the final third. More to come from him as well IMO.