Mind when we were all chatting about holding onto 4th?
Calm yourselves.
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Mind when we were all chatting about holding onto 4th?
Calm yourselves.
Think we need to go into the split with an absolute minimum 8 point gap, which is very much doable when you compare our run-ins. I think we will end up going in 11 points clear, have faith in this squad and Jack Ross. We have nothing to lose and players look up for it.
+10 better GD than aberdeen as well, hope sellick put a bucketload past the not-so-dandy dons....it could be worth a point
It's looking less and less likely that the Scottish Cup will be completed this season, so it would be third that'll get the Europa League qualifier instead.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magpie
Would it be remarkable? I’d rather we had won the league cup tbhQuote:
Originally Posted by neil7908
Not so long ago there were folk worried that Livi were going to go above us . Hibs have put themselves in pole position for third place but we are only 4 points ahead of Aberdeen.Let’s ensure we win the next two home games and take it from there.I feel confident we can clinch third but there is a long way to go and as a Hibs fan I take nothing for granted.
Did many folk really think that though?Quote:
Originally Posted by Diclonius
Even now, I still don’t think it’s a really good Hibs team. But I think it’s better than most of the league. I never thought we’d get caught in fourth. I now don’t think we’ll get caught in third.
Normally I'd agree that winning a cup takes president over a European spot but giving that we wouldn't be there to see the cup won but we MIGHT be there to experience games home and away in Europe then I think 3rd place and Europe could actually be better than winning the League Cup.Quote:
Originally Posted by S4uzee
Actually a valid point this.Quote:
Originally Posted by AFKA5814_Hibs
Hibs don’t win cups very often so the semi finals hurt. But Hibs winning a cup and nobody being there to see it and there being no real celebration is a strange thought.
Yeah that’s where I’m at now too tbh. If it was just the usual three or four qualifiers we had to play to even have a chance of the group stages I would prefer a cup absolutely. Now that we actually have a chance of watching Hibs play against clubs over Europe for several months with the financial benefit which comes with that I would prefer a 3rd place finish this season.Quote:
Originally Posted by AFKA5814_Hibs
Some folk seem to have an odd idea of how a countdown works...one game at a time for those missing the point [emoji1787]
Weirdly exciting times with a team that’s not exactly excited overly often.
Will be quite a turnaround if Aberdeen lose on Wed and are 4 behind with us having the game in hand...they always seem to be in front with extra games to be played.
That in itself is a warning though, things can change relatively quickly.
Anyway I’m looking forward to the count down being updated on Wed after Celtic pap Aberdeen by 3 or 4...
Bugger looking behind us, I'm wondering what needs to happen for us to catch Celtic.
55% of their remaining games are against Aberdeen, Rangers and us.
There are many pundits out there who would hate to see us finish 3rd.
Don’t need else. Just dinnae.Quote:
Originally Posted by wallpaperman
Would be our best league finish since 2005 and get us group stage European football for the first time ever (maybe?).Quote:
Originally Posted by S4uzee
In my eyes that's a lot better than a league cup, and also a lot more impressive considering we would have won it without playing Celtic rangers hearts or Aberdeen.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but if we win our remaining games before the split, even if the County game takes place after, are we not guaranteed at least 4th spot?
Correct, it doesn’t fit in with the Aberdeen love in on Radio jambo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magpie
Finishing 3rd should be realistic every season for Hibs. Going to the next level of splitting the OF will be tough but it is certainly possible if the fans and club share that ambition. Not sure we believe enough at present but with the right leadership the sky is the limit for Hibs.
it's weird how (assuming either the OF or us win the cup) 3rd place would probably give us a better hand next season in europe than coming 2nd, as assuming (reasonably) that we'd get papped out the champions league, we'd have two rounds of the Europa league to navigate before the groups - if we lost the first of these, we'd go into the playoff for the europa conference, so wouldn't be guaranteed group stage football.
Not quite I don't think.Quote:
Originally Posted by hibby rae
If we win all of our pre-split games (which will include Livingston) then we'll be on 64 points but Livingston could still get to 66 points assuming they win every other pre-split game except against us.
Realistically though if we win our next 5 games we'll finish 3rd, not just 4th.
If we finish third, do folk think that more clubs down south will be looking at our players and how much higher will be the price tag we are able to attach them be, than if we were a just scrapping top six team?
I’d say right now we have the best manager outwirh Gerrard this Season. Top for me would be SG, JR, JG, DM, CD, Lennon has had a nightmare as has McInnes
Wow did not realize that. That is massive.Quote:
Originally Posted by MWHIBBIES
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Originally Posted by MWHIBBIES
Do we not need to still get into a play off first?
Sure that will be against a tough side so maybe jumping ahead with that shout
I'm a bit more realistic.Quote:
Originally Posted by GreyJammies
There are some fortunately not many supporters who would hate this as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magpie
Its only a few weeks ago that around 40% of the participants wanted the manager sacked according to the "Should Jack Ross stay poll".
No. Its been explained already. We will at least be in the europa league 2 group stage.Quote:
Originally Posted by Robbo6-2
..and enjoy every minute at our collapse under the weight of expectation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magpie
Assuming the Scottish isn't played then 3rd in the league gets a shot at the europa league play off. Lose that and you're automatically in the group stages of the new, smaller European tournament.Quote:
Originally Posted by Robbo6-2
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We should end 3rd, but that could easily change in 2 games. We were on a terrible run prior to the last 3 games. Aberdeen will pick up at some point I’d imagine.
Thankfully Aberdeen have a tougher run in but at this stage of the season there won't be many easy games
Speaking of Aberdeen, that's FIVE games in a row without a goal now, horrific stat