**Match updates** Hibernian - Ross County

[Stuart93]

Be our luck to now lose O’Hora as well

He had a bad injury before joining us though eh? Not as if we shouldn’t have expected it

[Bostonhibby]

Striker, Winger.

This is a must win.[emoji106]

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[Hibees1973]

That ball isn't going to be very well after the match.

[Unseen work]

Kwon coming on

For the love of god follow your midfield runner

[Pretty Boy]

Nicky Cadden MOTM? Slim pickings admittedly but not for me.

[Up-the-slope]

8 mins ET :rolleyes:

[Pretty Boy]

8 minutes!!

[Hibees1973]

Ross Co upping their game here.

Strikes the fear into all of us that.

Sums up how desperate things are.

[HibbyKeith]

6mins injury time,(according to bet365)

[Paul1642]

8 mins ET :rolleyes:

Probably fair for once. Not what I wanted to see though.

[HIBERNIAN-0762]

How bad is Campbell 🙄

[SHODAN]

Triantis now playing in defence.

Oh no...

[Joe6-2]

Triantis now playing in defence.

Oh no...

🫣

[HH81]

We'll be lucky to hold on for 8 mins.

[Ronniekirk]

O’Hora looks done here

Do we have another centre half to play v the sheep in next game if he is out ffs

[SaulGoodman]

8 mins ET :rolleyes:

3 points may seem a bit alien to this squad

[scm70nyd1973]

3 points may seem a bit alien to this squad

🤭😂

[Joe6-2]

3 points may seem a bit alien to this squad

And to the fans

[SHODAN]

How are we DETERMINED to give them a goal

[Iain G]

3 points may seem a bit alien to this squad

Cheer up! We might actually win this 🤣

[wookie70]

N Cadden gets MOTM despite missing a penalty :greengrin He was the only candidate

[Hibs90]

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasssssss

[HibbyKeith]

Get in!

[SHODAN]

This will be disallowed for a foul

[Up-the-slope]

How bad is Campbell 🙄
that aged well

[OtleyHibs]

3, and breathe

[Pretty Boy]

Another couple and I'll relax.

[SteveHFC]

He’ll save the day mate.

:hyper

[HH81]

Get in never in doubt haha.

[cabbageandribs1875]

jc


freakin goal machine am tellin yi

[SHODAN]

:hyper

I knew it all along serious guv

[Since452]

Campbell is a goal machine

[Northernhibee]

Might get a draw here :hyper

[Hibees1973]

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSS!!!!!!!!

Holy *****.

3 points.

[OtleyHibs]

Huge 3 points this

Horrible first 45, better second

7 points out of last 12, don't think many predicted that

[cabbageandribs1875]

var checking

ref going over :rolleyes:



given :greengrin

[SHODAN]

Knew it

[Pretty Boy]

Here we go.

Did look a push tbf but never a foul even 5 years ago.

[Unseen work]

Surely won’t chop that off for a foul

It’s never a foul

Also not a clear and obvious error if they deem it is

[Up-the-slope]

beeb saying never a push

[tonyrougier123]

How bad is Campbell 🙄

🤡🤡🤡

[HIBERNIAN-0762]

Love him 😄

[hibee_girl]

It was never a foul

[SaulGoodman]

**** var

[Colr]

How bad is Campbell 🙄

Do tell!

[Lago]

How bad is Campbell 🙄
That didn't wear well:greengrin

[jeffers]

I’d be wanting a foul if that happened to one of our players.

[Pretty Boy]

No foul. Right decision even if there was contact.

[Hibs90]

Nah it's not a foul surely

[Joe6-2]

Fat bot McLaughlin delighted

[H18 SFR]

2-1 or 3-1?

[OtleyHibs]

Stream died after our third, did it get ruled out?

[Paul1642]

Not a foul for me. Hard to complain too much when we got 2 slightly soft penalties however think that’s a poor call.

[wookie70]

Campbell has been very good since coming on. Good from Elie too who despite being absolutely honking has contributed well.

[SaulGoodman]

**** var

Love VAR

[SHODAN]

This has been a very fun game tbf.

[Moulin Yarns]

St Johnstone 2 St Mirren 3, penalty, saved then retaken, by a different player!?!?!

[Lendo]

2-1 or 3-1?

3-1

[Hibs90]

Please

[SaulGoodman]

Not a foul for me. Hard to complain too much when we got 2 slightly soft penalties however think that’s a poor call.

It’s a goal though?

[SHODAN]

Stream died after our third, did it get ruled out?

No. 3-1

[Unseen work]

The ref can see it clear as day when it was live and never saw anything wrong it it

Never a clear and obvious error

Fair play to the ref he awards the goal

[cabbageandribs1875]

give campbell the captaincy :agree:













:cb

[GloryGlory]

So is it 2-1 or 3-1?

[oldbiker]

yippee a real lead :flag:

[Stuart93]

Thank ****

I really wish we’d stop making it so hard for ourselves all the time

I don’t think Grays the answer but you can’t be anything but happy with those 3 points and getting off the bottom

[OtleyHibs]

No. 3-1

👍 cheers

[Unseen work]

How has Triantis lasted the game?

Jesus Christ

[Scorrie]

So is it 2-1 or 3-1?

3-1

[SaulGoodman]

1-1, Gayle right on half time, good finish.

[Stairway 2 7]

Love VAR

Why tried to use a tap to cancel a goal when the ref was 10 foot away

[AdidasHibernian]

Triantis is honking


Been terrible but score is all that matters.. Need to be back to the Motherwell performance minimum for the next 2 games.


GGTTH

[Hibernian Verse]

Fantastic refereeing.

Well done.

[J-C]

This is why Campbell needs to play higher up the park, he's not great playing deeper but does chip in with loads of goals for a midfielder.

Triantis again panicking for nothing, get him away from our club ASAP, he'll lose us games.

[Smartie]

I know we started this game on Saturday but anyone know what day it is now?

Last time I had this feeling I was in Vegas, many years ago.

[Donegal Hibby]

Well done Josh .. :flag: :thumbsup:

[Lago]

Thank ****

I really wish we’d stop making it so hard for ourselves all the time

I don’t think Grays the answer but you can’t be anything but happy with those 3 points and getting off the bottom
Correct

[GloryGlory]

Triantis is honking


Been terrible but score is all that matters.. Need to be back to the Motherwell performance minimum for the next 2 games.


GGTTH

Need to up performance all round. SDG just bought himself some more time?

[Hibs90]

Fantastic refereeing.

Well done.

Yup fair play.

VAR were obviously looking to try screw us over.

[cabbageandribs1875]

i think VAR dude was wanting it chalked off



ref shook his head a few times

[cabbageandribs1875]

FT 100 mins of sheer excitement :greengrin


lol dude on radio just said st johnstone 2 hibs 3 :greengrin so that's six point today

[we are hibs]

3 points was needed today. Hardly an inspiring performance though. Need to buck up our ideas massively in the next couple of games cause we won't get away with a performance like that again

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[AdidasHibernian]

Thank ****... Massive win!

[Hibees1973]

17:07 and still going.

WTF.

Things must be a bit downbeat on Sportsound.

[Up-the-slope]

we needed to find a way - anyway to win and we have. we have had more than our share of misfortune so the fact that 3-1 flatters us who cares

the bottom 6 this season are terrible - the fact we are only 4 points of 6th shows that

[Baader]

i think VAR dude was wanting it chalked off



ref shook his head a few times

No doubt. Anything to make it harder for Hibs with that lot...

[Coco Bryce]

And breathe...

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Take the points and move on.

[GloryGlory]

It's now 90+11 on BBC live text - is the game over yet?

[pollution]

And breathe again...

[expresso]

Why was there so much injury time?

[Hibs90]

FT 3-1


Good. Lets erase the first 45 minutes from memory immediately.

[Silky]

What a fk joke outfit

Wasn't that bad.

[Ronniekirk]

Well my first correct score today 3 1 hibs woowhoo

[SHODAN]

That was the most nerve-wracking 3-1 win I've ever seen.

[GloryGlory]

FT 3-1


Good. Lets erase the first 45 minutes from memory immediately.

The thing is there's far too many halves like that - against better teams the game would be done and dusted by half time. Still huge improvements needed across the board.

[wookie70]

It was an absolutely vital win, well done SDG and the team. Not pretty but maters little in a season like this

[Up-the-slope]

Glad we have spoiled Mikey Stewarts Saturday evening - hes spewing

[Heisenberg]

Thank ****. Was sure we were in for another depressing result after the first missed penalty

[Tricla]

3 points was needed today. Hardly an inspiring performance though. Need to buck up our ideas massively in the next couple of games cause we won't get away with a performance like that again

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If we dig in and scrap like we did today than maybe we will. The team of the last month are way, and I mean way, harder and more streetwise. Just what is needed for where we are. GGTTH.

[Unseen work]

Well done Youan

Got dogs abuse for a while, some deserved - a lot well over the mark

Showed a set of ***** by stepping up to score the pen, and what a pen it was

Good assist too as that’s one I normally wouldn’t expect one to pass or get the right weight of pass

[tonyrougier123]

This is why Campbell needs to play higher up the park, he's not great playing deeper but does chip in with loads of goals for a midfielder.

Triantis again panicking for nothing, get him away from our club ASAP, he'll lose us games.

All these goals he scores let’s get rid of him🤡🤡🤡

Our support is toxic, be tragic if we let him leave hibs. More prolific than last ten strikers we’ve signed. Crazy!

[SHODAN]

https://youtube.com/shorts/jeGTt08xdWA?feature=shared

[Greenio]

Every ball on Smith he looks clueless

He's the reason we won this game

[GRA]

1st half up till we scored was honking... After the missed pen thought 'here we go again'. Squeaky bum time till it was 3-1. Well done for getting the win despite losing. Needed those points. Up to 8th!

[stokesmessiah]

https://youtube.com/shorts/jeGTt08xdWA?feature=shared

That seems about right 😂😂😂

[Joe6-2]

3 points was needed today. Hardly an inspiring performance though. Need to buck up our ideas massively in the next couple of games cause we won't get away with a performance like that again

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Just makes a nice change, we needed three points and actually got them

[CentreLine]

Can’t believe I’m sitting in the Albion Bar angry after a 3-1 win. We were that bad

[Northernhibee]

That was bad, but we’d be mad to sack SDG right now IMO. Results are turning and until we can overhaul this squad, points are all that count.

[Hibernian Verse]

Has anyone checked on Hibees1973?

[wookie70]

A wee draw tomorrow to stay 8th would be nice

[Silky]

How bad is Campbell 🙄

How bad is that post? 🙄

[Jones28]

Has anyone checked on Hibees1973?

They’ll be back next time we get beat.

[Hibees1973]

Nobody kidding themselves about that.

3 points, yeah.

Shaking my head. What an effin shambles.

[Greenio]

Results matter.

8th place

Ready for Hearts to fall over tomorrow!

[Jim Herriot]

Now four places above Hearts. 3 pts in score prediction thread. *opens bubbly* :cheers:

[Pagan Hibernia]

Crap performance really, but you know what the way we've thrown away points this season, it's long overdue that we've somehow sneaked a win from a poor afternoon

[Hibees1973]

Has anyone checked on Hibees1973?

Hallo, hallo verse.

I'm here.

How yah doing.

[EdinMike]

I said tongue in cheek Campbell will come on. And he has shut me up. Fair doos !

[SHODAN]

Sportsound are absolutely gutted we won that.

[wookie70]

He's the reason we won this game Made one really good save.looks fine at stopping shots but terrified when the ball is on top of him. The shot he saved to his left probably sums him up. All over the place with the cross and miles out of position but got back well and made a decent save. He at least saves shots so that is an improvement

[Moulin Yarns]

So, last 4 games, since the humping from Dundee, 9 for 7 against, 7 points.

It might not be pretty but it is at least a step in the right direction. Only defeat is away to celtc, although it was probably the best performance.


What a team to support!?

[Unseen work]

That was bad, but we’d be mad to sack SDG right now IMO. Results are turning and until we can overhaul this squad, points are all that count.

There’s no way we’ll sack him

You can’t have 1 win in 13 and not sack but but then sack him when he gets 2 wins in 4, a draw to the 3rd place team and defeat to the champions

[Gatecrasher]

Brilliant result, not a good performance though. Second half much better than the first.

Im.so glad we're starting to pick up points!

[Baader]

Sportsound are absolutely gutted we won that.

We've played much better and lost but they don't talk about that when it happens...

[truehibernian]

Sportsound are absolutely gutted we won that.

Absolutely disgraceful coverage, in depth discussion of a Hibs win and lambasting us. Plenty and I mean plenty of teams have played poorly and win games of football. They’ve been an utter disgrace today. Club needs to respond to it.

[Sheffhibee]

Sportsound are absolutely gutted we won that.

Yep they love us don't they 😂😂😂

[Bostonhibby]

Sportsound are absolutely gutted we won that.Heartsound will be even worse[emoji6]

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[J-C]

Not a great performance but 3 points and a confidence booster, still too many players not up to it, hopefully this new guy Stewart can bring in some real proper players.

[Baader]

Absolutely disgraceful coverage, in depth discussion of a Hibs win and lambasting us. Plenty and I mean plenty of teams have played poorly and win games of football. They’ve been an utter disgrace today. Club needs to respond to it.

There clearly is an anti-Hibs agenda there. If Hearts did that today the take would be very different. How playing badly and winning is a good thing, showed good character etc.

[Green_one]

Absolutely disgraceful coverage, in depth discussion of a Hibs win and lambasting us. Plenty and I mean plenty of teams have played poorly and win games of football. They’ve been an utter disgrace today. Club needs to respond to it.

Let them suck it up. Great result and that's all that matters at present. PLUS Hearts are bottom

[Joe6-2]

Absolutely disgraceful coverage, in depth discussion of a Hibs win and lambasting us. Plenty and I mean plenty of teams have played poorly and win games of football. They’ve been an utter disgrace today. Club needs to respond to it.

It will be the devastation of their beloved jumbos bottom of the league, I repeat bottom of the league

[Keith_M]

I'm feeling a bit dizzy now that we've moved up to the heady heights of 8th place...

:dizzy:

[J-C]

I thought Gayle could only last 30 mins according to a poster earlier this week, not today though.

[GRA]

Sportsound are absolutely gutted we won that.

BBC Heartsound devistated their team are bottom again and we actually won despite losing and not playing great. GIRFUY

[Dashing Bob S]

There clearly is an anti-Hibs agenda there. If Hearts did that today the take would be very different. How playing badly and winning is a good thing, showed good character etc.

To be fair, there's an anti-Hibs agenda here too. And sadly, it's largely deserved.

[Northernhibee]

Absolutely disgraceful coverage, in depth discussion of a Hibs win and lambasting us. Plenty and I mean plenty of teams have played poorly and win games of football. They’ve been an utter disgrace today. Club needs to respond to it.

Just wait until you read the thread on here.

We were terrible, but we won. We’ve been the opposite way around so many times in the past, but the first half performance justifies a slating.

[Joe6-2]

To be fair, there's an anti-Hibs agenda here too. And sadly, it's largely deserved.

We are the fans of the club, we are entitled to our agenda, they are not

[Northernhibee]

We are the fans of the club, we are entitled to our agenda, they are not

Everyone’s entitled to an opinion.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

If we dig in and scrap like we did today than maybe we will. The team of the last month are way, and I mean way, harder and more streetwise. Just what is needed for where we are. GGTTH.

Not sure what was hard or streetwise about that performance, take the 3 PTS though.

[Joe6-2]

Everyone’s entitled to an opinion.

Not one that is so blatantly anti Hibs

[hibbydog]

BBC Heartsound devistated their team are bottom again and we actually won despite losing and not playing great. GIRFUY

Was just going to post something on this.

Hibs get a long awaited, richly deserved victory where we were the better team.

But they just can’t help themselves.

I hope David Gray and the players find out all about this. A siege mentality might do us some good.

[AdidasHibernian]

Need to up performance all round. SDG just bought himself some more time?

Have to agree GG. Buys him time but right now winning is more important than anything and if we play rubbish but win it like you say keeps keeps SDG in the hot seat.


Massive games coming up now away, be interesting if he loses both especially Hearts if he still stays. Would think so as he should have probably went after St Mirren.

Anyways it's a Hibs win and Newcastle won as well so I'm a happy camper for now!!

[Wilson]

There’s no way we’ll sack him

You can’t have 1 win in 13 and not sack but but then sack him when he gets 2 wins in 4, a draw to the 3rd place team and defeat to the champions

Correct.

[Northernhibee]

Not one that is so blatantly anti Hibs

…they are entitled to it. We regularly give them fuel for it too.

I really find the obsession with the likes of Michael Stewart on co here when worse is regularly posted during a game.

[Davy Mac]

Prick face Stewart should be pulled for his scathing comments and his attitude towards Hibs's performance.

Completely over the top and in fact it was bordering on provocation, as it's not balanced.

He should be embarrassed as he's not event trying to hide his distaste for Hibs. GIRUY

[Baader]

To be fair, there's an anti-Hibs agenda here too. And sadly, it's largely deserved.

Fans of the club with an opinion. Sometimes overly harsh. Not the same as a publicly funded broadcast corporation with a clear bias when they should be neutral and impartial.

[Since452]

Is Stewart and co's criticism any worse than what's been said on this thread? They're seeing what we did. We were shocking today.

[easty]

Prick face Stewart should be pulled for his scathing comments and his attitude towards Hibs's performance.

Completely over the top and in fact it was bordering on provocation, as it's not balanced.

He should be embarrassed as he's not event trying to hide his distaste for Hibs. GIRUY

Pulled by who?

[hibbydog]

Fans of the club with an opinion. Sometimes overly harsh. Not the same as a publicly funded broadcast corporation with a clear bias when they should be neutral and impartial.

This in spades

[WhileTheChief..]

Why so much greeting over what folk say about us?

[worcesterhibby]

We’ve played pretty decent in a number of games and got nothing.. or just a point. Today we scored 3 .. they scored one.. get in ! Well done SDG.. have a glass of wine tonight

[Since452]

Why so much greeting over what folk say about us?

Absolutely bizarre. Especially when its correct.

[NC1875]

Just wait until you read the thread on here.

We were terrible, but we won. We’ve been the opposite way around so many times in the past, but the first half performance justifies a slating.

Agree. That was a long cold 100 minutes, with loads of it absolutely crap. We won though and that’s all that matters

[500miles]

Going a goal down in a high pressure game and finding a way to win comfortably in the end. Happy with that.

[Jim44]

Absolutely disgraceful coverage, in depth discussion of a Hibs win and lambasting us. Plenty and I mean plenty of teams have played poorly and win games of football. They’ve been an utter disgrace today. Club needs to respond to it.

Nah. That’s putting us lower down the ‘twat’ chain than them. My late father in law, a very wise, practical man, used to always say that when you’re confronted by fools spouting nonsense, don’t challenge them because, in the end, they’ll end up losing face with nowhere to hide. He had the patience of a saint and was invariably proved right.

[Northernhibee]

Why so much greeting over what folk say about us?

Legit the sort of thing you read on Old Firm forums.

[Davy Mac]

Pulled by who?

Somebody needs to have a word with him from higher up, i don't mind feedback or criticism but MS and that other tube were whipping it up unnecessarily, did you hear all of them, embarrassing.

Hibs are ganton I get that, but he doesn't talk about other clubs like that including the shxte across the road, who are equally pxsh.

[BS44]

Why so much greeting over what folk say about us?

Exactly, let's enjoy the win rather than get annoyed by pundits opinions on the game.

One of the top contributors on this forum was just on Sportsound as a guest and said the performance was poor and he's right

[Hibees1973]

Where has Hibernian Verse gone?

Seems he was wanting to have a go at me.

Maybe he's gone away to edit out the V from his username.

[Hibiza]

Most people on here know we're pretty rubbish with an anonymous captain . Don't be mislead byna narrow win and a very poor ( again ) performance.

[richard_pitts]

Just wait until you read the thread on here.

We were terrible, but we won. We’ve been the opposite way around so many times in the past, but the first half performance justifies a slating.

Partially agree: much better second half. Keeper kept us in it first 15 minutes, which is arguably a positive

[Since452]

Strangely enough, on JKB they're saying Stewart cheered up after we went ahead...

[Paul1642]

We played crap and won. We have played plenty games this season where we played something ranging between good and okay and got nothing from the game. For 3 points to raise us from 12th to 8th after 17 games is quite mental.

Every game is still critical and we are in a weird position where both European football and relegation are equally as likely. A good January could mean the former.

[givescotlandfreedom]

I like it when Sportsound and all are spewing. Long may it last.
I was at the game so didn't hear it but I usually find Stewart brutally honest but fair.

[Jim44]

Strangely enough, on JKB they're saying Stewart cheered up after we went ahead...

Yes, I saw that. I didn’t hear the clown on Sportsound but it’s interesting to hear polar views on his contribution to the post match report.

[Heisenberg]

Is that Triantis out of the Derby now due to accumulation of yellow cards? Actually might be Aberdeen but not sure of the timescales for it to kick in if he is due to miss a game

[Victor]

Prick face Stewart should be pulled for his scathing comments and his attitude towards Hibs's performance.

Completely over the top and in fact it was bordering on provocation, as it's not balanced.

He should be embarrassed as he's not event trying to hide his distaste for Hibs. GIRUY

I have no idea what he said, because I only listen to Sportsound as a last resort, but the bottom line is we won, we didn’t play well, but Ross County were worse and only started to play, for a period, when they were 2-1 down. Were the Sportsound crew as disparaging about them? If not then they clearly have an agenda.

[wookie70]

Is that Triantis out of the Derby now due to accumulation of yellow cards? Actually might be Aberdeen but not sure of the timescales for it to kick in if he is due to miss a game Usually a week's lag is there not. I'm not sure it is much of a worry to be honest either way

[weecounty hibby]

**** sportsound, **** the daily record, **** the sun. We won today while playing poorly, we've lost this season while playing ok. We won, we move up the table, hearts are bottom. I hope that everyone involved at Hibs is using the press as motivation.
Ps, not there today and was worried when behind. Cmon the Hibees 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬

[SHODAN]

Is that Triantis out of the Derby now due to accumulation of yellow cards? Actually might be Aberdeen but not sure of the timescales for it to kick in if he is due to miss a game

Not a big loss if we're honest.

[Onion]

From club's point of view, this is a huge 3 points from a must-win game.And builds on the better results / performances over the last few games.

Saying that, can't ignore just how bad we were first 45 and how the game could have been beyond us had RC taken more of their chances - or Smith not made some key saves. So, still serious question marks around David Gray and the rest of the season. We can't afford to live on the edge like this.

[Hibees1973]

Stewart gets a hard time.

He speaks his mind and doesn't say what Hibs & Hearts fans want to hear.

He says it how it is.

[Victor]

Kinda saying the Hibs, with the budget we have, should be miles better.
Can't also say that about Ross County

Which makes no sense, big budgets don’t equate to great performances, just look at Man Utd, Newcastle, Rangers and…….Hearts. They sound like a bunch of bitter clueless fuds.

[Heisenberg]

Not a big loss if we're honest.

He definitely deserves to sit out. Gray will never drop him though so hopefully the suspension rules do it for him

[Cabbage-Patch]

Most people on here know we're pretty rubbish with an anonymous captain . Don't be mislead byna narrow win and a very poor ( again ) performance.


Spot on. Fortunate we were playing worst team in the league today otherwise we would have been put to the sword a few times over. So many basic mistakes and individual errors. Things you would expect a captain to be getting a grip of players about. Newell is an absolute snowflake of a player and never a captain in a million years.

[sleeping giant]

One step closer to getting a couple of decent players in during the window.

[Davy Mac]

I have no idea what he said, because I only listen to Sportsound as a last resort, but the bottom line is we won, we didn’t play well, but Ross County were worse and only started to play, for a period, when they were 2-1 down. Were the Sportsound crew as disparaging about them? If not then they clearly have an agenda.

Its not what he said, it's how he said it and the drama he was whipping up no matter we did, he actively encouraged and was encouraged by his fellow presenters to scathe everything about Hibs. His personal vendetta against Youan is bordering on weird and he took numerous swipes at him as usual. Although I agree with him Hibs should have bit the hand off for £2m in the close season, he just doesn't see the bigger picture, Hibs are desperate for the window, with a new recruiter at the helm we just need to get over the line the best we can. So fxckin obvious but not for drama boy.

[HoboHarry]

Stewart gets a hard time.

He speaks his mind and doesn't say what Hibs & Hearts fans want to hear.

He says it how it is.
That's just not true, did you hear his commentary on Hearts Euro tie? If you believed what he was saying they were like prime time Barcelona, the reality was they were garbage but saying that is off the agenda. Nothing more than another BBC sycophant which is a shame because he's bright enough to be better than that.

[weecounty hibby]

Stewart gets a hard time.

He speaks his mind and doesn't say what Hibs & Hearts fans want to hear.

He says it how it is.

He now panders the the jambo morons. A mile away from where he was when Craig Levine was the manager. Hearts are great, tynecastle is magnificent, atmosphere is amazing, 20,000 sel out yadda yadda. He's a jambo prick

[JohnM1875]

Stewart gets a hard time.

He speaks his mind and doesn't say what Hibs & Hearts fans want to hear.

He says it how it is.

He used to.

Now he talks complete ***** on a weekly basis.

[K-Zazu]

Stuart Lovell said during the match that Hibs got 2 soft pens.. in fact on Lovell he is the worst commentator I’ve ever heard in my life. I feel sorry for Cliff Pike having to sit through that.

[Trinity Hibee]

Needed a win today and the team dug in and delivered despite setback of going behind early and missing a pen. Let’s kick on over next few weeks please

[RyeSloan]

That's just not true, did you hear his commentary on Hearts Euro tie? If you believed what he was saying they were like prime time Barcelona, the reality was they were garbage but saying that is off the agenda. Nothing more than another BBC sycophant which is a shame because he's bright enough to be better than that.

I watched their second half during the week and he was nothing of the sort.

He was rather disparaging of their performance and while not quite at Hibs level of ‘no identity’ was ripping them for their formation and lack of effort from their wide men.

I don’t always agree with him but at least he says what he thinks he sees. And let’s be honest he’s been down on Hibs for a while and for good reason.

If and when we are actually a half decent football side again we’ll see what he says then. Until then it’s pretty hard to argue with anyone saying we are guff, because in general we are!

8th in the table though and 3 points today…badly needed no matter the negatives. Let’s hope we up our level for the next few…

[jakedance]

Great to win today and the team showed a lot of character. Not too many positives to take other than the three points but I thought the keeper did fine. That first half though. Brutal.

[eastmainsmsh]

Josh Nisbet is a good wee player

[JohnM1875]

Josh Nisbet is a good wee player

Emphasis on wee.

[Donegal Hibby]

Stewart gets a hard time.

He speaks his mind and doesn't say what Hibs & Hearts fans want to hear.

He says it how it is.

Stewart has regularly boasted about hertz and how wonderful they are with this new identity they have under Critchley while trying to have a go at Hibs whenever he can … he’s a biased jumbo and a terrible pundit because he is biased and talks a lot of **** , can’t stand him ! .

[Unseen work]

Josh Nisbet is a good wee player

He’s never really stood out to me for county, when he played for CCM he stood out a mile

The one player for me that county have that stands out and would do well in a better squad is the lad Chilvers

[Jim44]

He now panders the the jambo morons. A mile away from where he was when Craig Levine was the manager. Hearts are great, tynecastle is magnificent, atmosphere is amazing, 20,000 sel out yadda yadda. He's a jambo prick

Correct. He has never been anti Hearts or pro Hibs. His viewpoint was always influenced by his openly personal hatred of Levein. Appearing to side, at times, with Hibs was not a show of support for us but a snide, twisted dig at Levein. I personally think he is a trumped up, self-centred nonentity and wouldn’t give him the time of day.

[tamig]

Stuart Lovell said during the match that Hibs got 2 soft pens.. in fact on Lovell he is the worst commentator I’ve ever heard in my life. I feel sorry for Cliff Pike having to sit through that.

I feel sorry for whoever the summariser is having to sit next to Cliff. Seems a nice guy but not a good commentator.

[tamig]

Correct. He has never been anti Hearts or pro Hibs. His viewpoint was always influenced by his openly personal hatred of Levein. Appearing to side, at times, with Hibs was not a show of support for us but a snide, twisted dig at Levein. I personally think he is a trumped up, self-centred nonentity and wouldn’t give him the time of day.

Agreed. I said the same after listening to his pish on Thursday cow-towing to them and singing their praises. He’s totally flipped since his nemesis Levein left the building. No impartiality. Pro-hertz in everything he says now.

[Unseen work]

I find Stewart pretty much unbearable no matter what game he’s speaking about

He’s never ever in the wrong

[Crab apple]

3 points was the most important thing today. First half we were poor but we dug in and got the points. The other big positive for me is that County looked really poor. I was at the 0-0 in Dingwall and they are a much weaker team on the road.

[hibsbollah]

I find Stewart pretty much unbearable no matter what game he’s speaking about

He’s never ever in the wrong

Theres no subtlety or nuance, thats his problem. He has a point to make, and he makes it fifty times just in case you havent heard the first time. The problem is, events can make you look daft when you have entrenched unbending views, because football changes in a heartbeat. Only an idiot doesnt realise that.

[Malthibby]

Is that Triantis out of the Derby now due to accumulation of yellow cards? Actually might be Aberdeen but not sure of the timescales for it to kick in if he is due to miss a game

On today's performance I hope it's both.....he looked absolutely running scared in the second half.

[WeAreHibs]

Stuart Lovell said during the match that Hibs got 2 soft pens.. in fact on Lovell he is the worst commentator I’ve ever heard in my life. I feel sorry for Cliff Pike having to sit through that.

I'd rather listen to Stuart Lovell than Joelle's whine!

[JohnM1875]

I'd rather listen to Stuart Lovell than Joelle's whine!

I like Joelle. Clearly a Hibs fan and cares about it. Lovell seems to think he's a tactical mastermind and knows better than everyone else.

[Paul1642]

I like Joelle. Clearly a Hibs fan and cares about it. Lovell seems to think he's a tactical mastermind and knows better than everyone else.

Lovell is clearly a slaver but I actually think he’s quite insightful at times and most of what he says (once he finally gets to the point) is quite accurate.

[PatHead]

Campbell on for some reason

Aged well

[RyeSloan]

3 points was the most important thing today. First half we were poor but we dug in and got the points. The other big positive for me is that County looked really poor. I was at the 0-0 in Dingwall and they are a much weaker team on the road.

Fair point re County…they were very poor. We were horrible first half yet they lacked any real quality to take advantage.

Can’t see them getting much of anything away from home.

[SHODAN]

Aged well

You know what, I'll own it.

[500miles]

I don't know where Google pulls it's stats from, but it had us down as having 8 big chances to 1 for Ross County. We were well worth our win.

[ChuckNor]

I think people on here are struggling to look past the dreadful first half performance. We were much better second half. Created some nice chances and played a decent bit of football at times. We deserved the win in the end.

[Donegal Hibby]

I think people on here are struggling to look past the dreadful first half performance. We were much better second half. Created some nice chances and played a decent bit of football at times. We deserved the win in the end.

Posted on another thread we had 58% possession , shots 19/7 to their 13/ 4 .

Reactions post match on here are a bit mad IMO … end of the day we won and moved up the table :greengrin

[Northernhibee]

The more that time passes, the more I’m happy with today. No questioning we started badly but that’s a great three points to win.

[B.H.F.C]

The more that time passes, the more I’m happy with today. No questioning we started badly but that’s a great three points to win.

Dreadful as we started, I thought we deserved to win. They started well but did little after the first 20 minutes or so until after we went 2-1 up.

Happy to win today, we have better players than them and we should be winning these games. Resigned to the fact that we’ll just continue to be pish at the back with what we have. At least we’re now a threat going the other way.

[Hibrandenburg]

3 goals, 3 points and gutsy performance after going 1 down. I'll take that every week. Don't know what was said in the changing room at half time but credit to the team and manager for turning things around.

[B.H.F.C]

3 goals, 3 points and gutsy performance after going 1 down. I'll take that every week. Don't know what was said in the changing room at half time but credit to the team and manager for turning things around.

Even going by what Gray said in his interview, I’m no convinced too much was said at half time. I think the goal right before totally changed things.

[Keepthefaith]

On today's performance I hope it's both.....he looked absolutely running scared in the second half.

did you see how well he did for our equaliser though? nipped the ball off a county player on the edge of our area, played a superb ball out wide to Youan , continued his run to take a return pass and fed hoilett to cross for Gayle.

I'm not saying he was great today (he had a great game v Motherwell btw) but folk are slating him non stop and not seeing any positives in his play at all. he was a big part in us winning 3-0 v Motherwell he just not consistent enough in his performances.

[Keepthefaith]

Even going by what Gray said in his interview, I’m no convinced too much was said at half time. I think the goal right before totally changed things.

so you think he just sent them out saying same again lads? come on...his post match chat clearly says he wasn't happy with the performance in the first half and we did come out sharper at there start of the second half - should have scored with chances for both youan and newell. why you would say you're not convinced he said anything of note is blatant just putting the boot in. I've no problem with folk being objective in criticising set up / subs etc but to say you don't believe he managed the team over half time is just mind boggling.

criticise all you like but jees use some evidence for your views eh?

[B.H.F.C]

so you think he just sent them out saying same again lads? come on...his post match chat clearly says he wasn't happy with the performance in the first half and we did come out sharper at there start of the second half - should have scored with chances for both youan and newell. why you would say you're not convinced he said anything of note is blatant just putting the boot in. I've no problem with folk being objective in criticising set up / subs etc but to say you don't believe he managed the team over half time is just mind boggling.

criticise all you like but jees use some evidence for your views eh?

The goal totally changed the momentum. Do I think he asked them to do the same again, naw. But nothing really changed for me, not at half time. If you were going to talk about him influencing the game making the subs at 1-1 would probably be a better example IMO.

Can anyone evidence what happened at half time?

[500miles]

Even going by what Gray said in his interview, I’m no convinced too much was said at half time. I think the goal right before totally changed things.

I think he probably wanted more from the centre half's on the ball. They were much more decisive in the second half, when they allowed Ross County to get tight to Newell and Triantis before finding a pass in the first half.

I think Campbell helped with that as well, Hoilett was probably too static hoping for the ball to come to him.

[Tambo]

I couldn't comment on the full game, just watched the highlights, absolutely delighted with the result.

Happy for both Youan and Smith.

[Nicho87]

The quality of the game itself was poor

Yet 3 points

I don’t give a hoot

[Smartie]

I think people on here are struggling to look past the dreadful first half performance. We were much better second half. Created some nice chances and played a decent bit of football at times. We deserved the win in the end.

Conversely, I think that to emerge from a half as bad as the first one today on level terms is the achievement of the season so far.

We’ve slaughtered these players for losing leads and dropping points from good positions. Yes, we rode our luck a bit but the combination of decent goalkeeping and neatly taking the chance that came our way meant that we escaped from a potentially abominable position able to fight another day.

Big 3 points. It was labelled must win and we won. We can argue all day about the negatives from the performance, and there were plenty, but I think there’s a bit of pluck on show there that many of us doubted they had in them.

[Silky]

Aged well

Just the usual :clown: posturing and looking for likes. Nobody laughed. How sad.

[matty_f]

I think people on here are struggling to look past the dreadful first half performance. We were much better second half. Created some nice chances and played a decent bit of football at times. We deserved the win in the end.

We deserved the win but we were brutal for a large part of that second half as well. The third goal came completely against the run of play and everyone around us in the stand were waiting on what looked like another inevitable late collapse from us. There was almost no quality on the ball from us in the last ten minutes of the game.

[Donegal Hibby]

We deserved the win but we were brutal for a large part of that second half as well. The third goal came completely against the run of play and everyone around us in the stand were waiting on what looked like another inevitable late collapse from us. There was almost no quality on the ball from us in the last ten minutes of the game.

Not having a go at you Matty though on the point you make about another inevitable collapse and our third goal against the run of play , could it be said we defended well and our third goal was a good counter attacking move though?

[Criswell]

We deserved the win but we were brutal for a large part of that second half as well. The third goal came completely against the run of play and everyone around us in the stand were waiting on what looked like another inevitable late collapse from us. There was almost no quality on the ball from us in the last ten minutes of the game.

I agree. We had no composure in the final period of that game and it could have cost us. game management has to improve.

[tonyrougier123]

Three players under scrutiny all integral yesterday going by highlights.
Goal no.1 Triantis superb along with youan, Triantis wins ball back clever pass, then jaunts forward and plays a threaded ball thru for the clever hoilett cross in same attack.

Goal no.2 great pen by youan, won by Campbell

Goal no.3 excellent work by youan making a nuisance of himself before laying it on for the midfield juggernaut Josh Campbell.

Wasn’t at game working but based on highlights I’m more than happy with the contribution of the three amigos.

Maybe as a fan base we need to praise as well as we critique.

[McGruber]

Not having a go at you Matty though on the point you make about another inevitable collapse and our third goal against the run of play , could it be said we defended well and our third goal was a good counter attacking move though?

No I don't think so. We did defend fairly well in limiting them to chances and throwing bodies at the ball like when Rocky got the deflection to put the ball over the bar. The other side of the aspect of defending where you take care of the ball and keep possession was non existent. It was kick and rush, shell it long stuff. There was no composure. It wasn't a good counter attack no. It was panic merchant stuff launching it anywhere to the extent Gray turned round exasperated with them - though right at that point their player Brown shanked his clearance which we picked up on. Goal came from that error.

That said, you have to credit Youan and Cambell for making the most of the opportunity. Great assist from Ellie and Josh doing what he does best supporting the attack. For all his faults he has the engine to get up and down the pitch and the composure to finish.

Hibs were lucky yesterday. The performance was largely brutal but yesterday's remit was 3 points by hook or by crook and mission accomplished. That deserves credit. Also, as has been covered, we've suffered the flip enough times when performing pretty well but getting no reward.

Just glad to have won really

[McGruber]

Three players under scrutiny all integral yesterday going by highlights.
Goal no.1 Triantis superb along with youan, Triantis wins ball back clever pass, then jaunts forward and plays a threaded ball thru for the clever hoilett cross in same attack.

Goal no.2 great pen by youan, won by Campbell

Goal no.3 excellent work by youan making a nuisance of himself before laying it on for the midfield juggernaut Josh Campbell.

Wasn’t at game working but based on highlights I’m more than happy with the contribution of the three amigos.

Maybe as a fan base we need to praise as well as we critique.

Triantis does well for goal 1. He does well for putting Myko through at Celtic. He goes on an absolute class mazy v Killie and hits the bar.... however.....
He is playing as our 6, his job is to protect the defence. He's not doing his job. It costs us goals regularly. He doesn't know how to play the position and his positioning is all over the shop. Always getting booked for that reason. He ball watches and loses runners far too frequently. He does do some good things on the ball and these are bonuses but we need that player in the 6 doing the job they are meant to do far far better

[DaveF]

Triantis does well for goal 1. He does well for putting Myko through at Celtic. He goes on an absolute class mazy v Killie and hits the bar.... however.....
He is playing as our 6, his job is to protect the defence. He's not doing his job. It costs us goals regularly. He doesn't know how to play the position and his positioning is all over the shop. Always getting booked for that reason. He ball watches and loses runners far too frequently. He does do some good things on the ball and these are bonuses but we need that player in the 6 doing the job they are meant to do far far better

I totally agree. He is caught on the ball around our own box far too often, he turns into trouble regularly and he simply isn't good enough for that role.

I didn't realise it was him who setup our 1st sonpsme credit there but his overall play yesterday was absolutely terrible.

[Paulie Walnuts]

Didn’t see the game but it appears the general consensus is that we were dreadful but managed to somehow win?

Points are all that matters at this stage, but it all becomes a bit of a cluster **** when we can’t seem to tie everything together (with the exception of Motherwell). Win when we’re dreadful, lose or draw when we’re decent. Still has a feeling of things being on a total knife edge if that’s what’s going on.

[B.H.F.C]

We deserved the win but we were brutal for a large part of that second half as well. The third goal came completely against the run of play and everyone around us in the stand were waiting on what looked like another inevitable late collapse from us. There was almost no quality on the ball from us in the last ten minutes of the game.

We actually defended our box really well, for a change, when they were launching balls in from all angles in the last 10 or 15 minutes.

They had barely been up the park in the second half until we scored although we hadn’t exactly been doing much ourselves. We still suffer for thinking Luke McCowan was the only creative midfield player we could sign in the whole world.

[matty_f]

Not having a go at you Matty though on the point you make about another inevitable collapse and our third goal against the run of play , could it be said we defended well and our third goal was a good counter attacking move though?

It wasn't a good counter attacking move, Ross County fluffed their clearance which we hit straight back at the defender, Youan makes it good by using his body to turn the boy, helped by his ridiculous dive to try and win the free kick, and after that it's good play, but it was opportunistic rather than good play imho, albeit you have to give credit to Youan for the assist and to Campbell for the run and finish.

A semi-competent defender deals with that situation though, it wasn't a great pass to Youan to set us on the attack.

I get the point about defending the box well that BHFC makes,but we've done that plenty this season only to see that one time we didn't win the header etc result in a fossil against, for me the amount of pressure we invited and the comically bad lack of quality and composure during that spell was asking for trouble and it was far more luck than design that got the outcome we did.

[Bostonhibby]

Not one that is so blatantly anti Hibs[emoji106]

Wee excerpt from BBC's charter.

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[blackpoolhibs]

The things that got me about us yesterday was how bad we were on the ball all over the park, and how we had no composure on the ball and just panicked when under a bit of pressure.

Launching it long back to county, when a decent touch and a pass to a hibs man to releave the pressure is the proper way to play.

At times it was like watching schoolkids play.:rolleyes:

[SHODAN]

I'm not entirely convinced we were THAT dreadful. They certainly had long spells of dominance but so did we, and could and should have scored more than three goals.

We've put in far, far worse performances this season.

[TrumpIsAPeado]

It was a scrappy performance with a lot of huff and puff about it. But who cares? County are not the sort of team you play one touch triangles around and expect to get a result. It was always going to be a physical battle and we did what we needed to do to secure the 3 points.

[BoomtownHibees]

I'm not entirely convinced we were THAT dreadful. They certainly had long spells of dominance but so did we, and could and should have scored more than three goals.

We've put in far, far worse performances this season.

You’d struggle to find a worse performance this season than what we saw in the first half yesterday

[easty]

It was a scrappy performance with a lot of huff and puff about it. But who cares? County are not the sort of team you play one touch triangles around and expect to get a result. It was always going to be a physical battle and we did what we needed to do to secure the 3 points.

I’d take points over performances every week. Problem being we’ve had neither the majority of the season so cannae rely on winning poorly.

[Heisenberg]

First half yesterday was probably just as bad as St Mirren, luckily we didn’t gift County a second and managed to sneak in an equaliser just before half time to flip the game around.

[TrumpIsAPeado]

I’d take points over performances every week. Problem being we’ve had neither the majority of the season so cannae rely on winning poorly.

I get what you're saying, but a team can get better at winning poorly. We were relatively poor yesterday but still found a way to score 3 goals. We were nothing special against Motherwell either, but still found a way to put 3 past them. As long as we keep finding a way to score goals while conceding as few as possible, we will be ok.

[BoomtownHibees]

You should have been in Dingwall last month.Fortunately that night Ross County played as badly as Hibs did.

I was. And I still don’t think we played as bad as we did in the first half yesterday

[andrew70]

I was. And I still don’t think we played as bad as we did in the first half yesterday

Yesterday’s first half was the worst it’s been all season.

[B.H.F.C]

It wasn’t really how bad we were in the first half that concerned me. It was the total lack of organisation, plan and the fact we just looked totally lost for much of it. I still think we deserved to win the game in the end but we need to be so much better defensively.

[JimBHibees]

He definitely deserves to sit out. Gray will never drop him though so hopefully the suspension rules do it for him


On today's performance I hope it's both.....he looked absolutely running scared in the second half.

Hope he isn’t out the derby and Aberdeen away suits him more than yesterday’s game. He was very good at Motherwell

[matty_f]

It wasn’t really how bad we were in the first half that concerned me. It was the total lack of organisation, plan and the fact we just looked totally lost for much of it. I still think we deserved to win the game in the end but we need to be so much better defensively.

I agree that we deserved the win overall, but at the same time I don't think I'd have felt that we were robbed if Ross County had equalised in that last period of the game when we effectively gave up on trying to play football in favour of just booting the ball in whatever direction they were facing.

We were better than Ross County over the 90 minutes though, we were pish but they were next level pish despite us doing our best to make them look good in the first half.

[jakedance]

We were all over the shop. Ross County were taking two over to take corners and leaving one man on the corner of the box unmarked. Our solution to that, one player trotting over. The individual errors and dreadful passing is one thing, not even being set up properly to defend set pieces is the basics.

Our passing in midfield is so poor. There were times I applauded us launching it long because it did more to relieve the pressure on us than losing it cheaply in our final third.

It was great to win and the team showed good character and defended our box well (also thought Youan got pass marks) but I saw nothing to convince me that this isn’t the worst Hibs team I’ve seen. I just don’t see players in that squad that are capable of doing much more than they’re doing. I’m hoping we’ve got enough about us to pick up enough points here and there to avoid relegation but that’s a pretty depressing ambition. If we finish below that Ross County team it will be criminal. Maybe Bowie coming back and a couple of signings in January will make a difference.

Please prove me wrong Hibs.

[tamig]

It was great to win and the team showed good character and defended our box well (also thought Youan got pass marks) but I saw nothing to convince me that this isn’t the worst Hibs team I’ve seen.

Please prove me wrong Hibs.

I’m not sure how old you are, but there have been plenty worse Hibs teams than this. I also thought your comment about Youan’s performance was straight from the Mikey Stewart playbook. A guy that’s been much maligned on here worked his socks off yesterday, showed passion and was a huge part of our three points. He did much more than earn just “pass marks” imo.

[A Hi-Bee]

It were a cold day at Easter Road with the start having a min silence for the magical Alex Edwards, only spoiled by some moron from the highland clubs supporters, shouting near the end of it.
The first half was perhaps one of the worst displays from a Hibs team that I can remember and I have seen a great many games.
2nd half a wee bit better, the end result was all that mattered, just hope we can get better, but I aint gonna hold my breath. A huge rebuild needs doing once again, so perhaps we have another 5 year plan that begins 2025.

[Spike Mandela]

Folk agonising over the first half performance. :rolleyes: Aye it ws crap but at this point of our season the importnt thing is points on the board and I personally don’t give a **** how they do it. Just keep them coming.

[A Hi-Bee]

Folk agonising over the first half performance. :rolleyes: Aye it ws crap but at this point of our season the importnt thing is points on the board and I personally don’t give a **** how they do it. Just keep them coming.

Aye, I will sit there in the freezing cauld just as long as they stay above the relegation zone. Terrible situation for Hibs to even be in.
Play as bad again and we will not get any points, as that RC team were the worst I have seen this season.

[007]

It's hard to keep up with the rules these days but I'd have thought although no.19 that scores was onside, the guy in front of Smith is interfering with play because he's blocking his line of sight. If Smith had a proper view of it he might have got to the ball and tipped it round for a corner instead of it coming back of the post and no.19 heading it in.

https://i.ibb.co/mTpR1jv/Screenshot-20241215-225541-You-Tube.jpg (https://ibb.co/qj6DXS0)

[Wilson]

Aye, I will sit there in the freezing cauld just as long as they stay above the relegation zone. Terrible situation for Hibs to even be in.
Play as bad again and we will not get any points, as that RC team were the worst I have seen this season.

It would be a worry if we hadn't played better against better. But we have. So we take the points and march on.

Cancel the angst.

[shetlandhibee]

It would be a worry if we hadn't played better against better. But we have. So we take the points and march on.

Cancel the angst.:top marksyou would have thought we lost yesterday

[Gatecrasher]

It's hard to keep up with the rules these days but I'd have thought although no.19 that scores was onside, the guy in front of Smith is interfering with play because he's blocking his line of sight. If Smith had a proper view of it he might have got to the ball and tipped it round for a corner instead of it coming back of the post and no.19 heading it in.

https://i.ibb.co/mTpR1jv/Screenshot-20241215-225541-You-Tube.jpg (https://ibb.co/qj6DXS0)

To me that was as offside as you can get, VAR allowed it. I have no idea what the rules are anymore :rolleyes:

[JimBHibees]

To me that was as offside as you can get, VAR allowed it. I have no idea what the rules are anymore :rolleyes:

Seems odd that wasn't deemed offside he is right in the keepers eyeline it looks like. Seems odd that was ignored then long inquests into our two blatant penalties and third goal 🤔 Seems like something not right with that