Based on that "performance", what is your team for Motherwell?

[MyJo]

_______________Smith

spoony_____hogg_____hanlon_____murray

Zemmama___thicot___miller____Galbraith

__________stokes____riordan

Subs: stack, bamba, benji, gow, cregg, stevenson

[HibbyKeith]

Smith
Wotherspoon hogg Bamba Murray

Thicot
Zemamma Miller Gow

Stokes Benji




subs

Stack
Riordan
Rankin
Hanlon
Stevenson

[Cocaine&Caviar]

_____________Smith
______Hogg___Bamba___Hanlon

Wotherspoon_____________Murray

__________Miller___Rankin

_____________Zemmama

___________Stokes___Riordan

Worked 2nd half vs Utd, and Zemmama tore M'well apart at Fir Park last time we were there.

[Ray_]

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[CENTER]"Based on that performance" "What is your team for Motherwell"

I'd go for any team other than Hibs, well not exactly everyone, hearts are certainly a no no.

[Westie1875]

-----------------Smith------------------

Spoony------Hogg-----Hanlon-----Murray

Zemmama----Miller----Rankin-----Gow/Galbraith

---------------Stokes----Deek--------------

If McBride was fit I'd have him in somewhere but I think there is no chance.

[CallumHibs07]

Who is actually going to Motherwell after last night's game?

[the happy hibee]

smith

dee hogg hanlon stevenson

bamba murray

miller

zemamma deek

stokes

that would be my team for the well game bamba and murray in the midfield would give us more bite and would let miller play were he is at his best further forward!

[essexhibee]

- - - - - - - - - - -Smith - - - - - - - - - - - -

Wotherspoon - - - - -Hogg - - - - -Hanlon - - - - - Murray


Zemmama - - - - - Miller - - - - -Rankin - - - - - Gow/ Galbraith

- - - - - - Stokes - - - Benji - - - - - -


Riordan - Dropped for laziness, maybe coming on as an impact player?
Bamba - Dropped for poor displays recently of defending aswell as some shocking passing.

[essexhibee]

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Smith

Wotherspoon Hogg Hanlon Murray
Zemmama Miller Cregg Galbraith
Stokes Benji

Wotherspoon back to give us more width and him and Zemmama are great together
Cregg for some steel in midfield
Riordan dropped as he is a lazy bugger who needs a kick up the erchy
Galbraith as he looks very promising and IMHO deserves his chance to start and to prove himself
Nish will he be suspended? Plus he's p*sh

Dont think he is cut out for this level, so wouldnt put him in. You say steel, and he is very small? At least rankin has a bit of muscle on him, he had a hench six pack from pre-season training photos!

[The Harp Awakes]

Smith

Wotherspoon Hogg Hanlon Murray

Bamba (or McBride if fit)

Miller Cregg Galbraith

Stokes Riordan

(Bring on Zouma for Galbraith and Benji for one of the front 2 after 60 - depending on performance)

[Sylar]

What are Hibeernian up to on Saturday?

[500miles]

I would like us to try and put the team back together as similarly as it was at it's most successful. I see Thicot as the player best equipped to take over for McBride, although Stevenson may be in with a shout. I think we also need some sort of physical presence to be the outball - although I'm not sure if Nish is suspended straight away. Bamba is off form, and the worst thing, I think, is to let him keep making mistakes and dragging himself down. Hanlon and Hogg could have the edge.



..........................Smith
...Wotherspoon.Hogg.Hanlon.Murray
...................Thicot....Rankin
..........................Miller
..............Zemmama.......Nish(or Benji/Gow/Galbraith if Nish is out.)
..........................Stokes


Riordan drops out, because the system that has produced our best results doesn't seem to suit him. He is not the goalscorer that Stokes is, and is performing poorly at left mid - despite, may i add, having some good showings there early on, suggesting to me that his problems are in his own mind.

[jws1875]

Smith

spoon thicot hogg murray

zemmama mcbride(if fit) rankin riordan

Stokes gow

[Mark_K]

like to see us try a 3-4-3 formation, so this is how i would do it

smith
hogg murray hanlon
wotherspoon zouma miller galbraith
riordan
benji stokes

[Franck is God]

My Team - based on McBride being injured and Nish suspended.

Smith

Spoony---Hogg---Bamba---Murray

Cregg
Miller--------Rankin

Benji------
------------------------Zemmama
Stokes

Subs

Brown
Hanlon
Thicot
Stevenson
Galbraith
Deek
Gow

[IWasThere2016]

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Who is actually going to Motherwell after last night's game?

I'm going tae Dens

[scoopyboy]

I think Yogi will revert to a back four of Wotherspoon, Hogg, Bamba and Murray. Paul Hanlon doesn't deserve to be dropped but he is the easy option for Yogi.

I don't want to see either of the Morrocans starting as I thought both were terrible on Wednesday and it didn't suit them. Others were terrible but at least they put effort in.

I would personally put Bamba into midfield to help out and play a back four of Wotherspoon, Hanlon, Hogg and Murray.

[Tyler Durden]

Stack

Spoony Hogg Bamba Murray

Thicot
Miller Rankin
Zemmama
Deek
Stokes


I think we need to get Miller back playing that inside right role that suited him so well during Zouma's recent lay off. Zemmama in the hole and Thicot in the McBride role.

[down the slope]

Stack
Mcann Hogg Bamba Hanlon
Mcormack Thicot Miller Gow
Wotherspoon Stokes.
Let's put up an "iron Wall" and not get beaten .

[Tollhouse Hibee]

Somehow we need to get width to our game to give the strikers a chance, zouman managed it first half at ibrox, but second half we went too narrow.

Smith
Spoons Hogg Hanlon Murray

Zouma Miller Rankin Gow

Stokes Deeks

Subs
Brown
Benji
Stevenson
Bamba
Galbraith
Cregg

[Septimus]

The patience which many supporters have shown towards Deeks astounds me. Week after week he does not perform. Prima Donnas are for operas.
Time to give one of the youngsters (Galbraith) a decent chance to stake their place in the team.

After Wednesday night's showing perhaps JH should ask Smith to choose the back four. Nobody is better placed than him to say who let the team down in Perth. Personally I would have Stevenson back in the team at LB and move Murray into midfield. Murray has more guts in him than half the team put together and it is high time that we established that our powder puff midfield is not there for anybody to roll over.

The plethora of forwards that we were boasting about a couple of weeks ago seems suddenly to have evaporated. Stokes, we know, will work all day but he needs the ball, preferably from the wing and cut back rather than aimlessly punted forward.

This is not knee jerk reaction after one bad game. The St.Johnstone game seemed like at least four games rolled into one. Watch the highlights again and contemplate what Cliff Pike has to say about the team that he obviously loves.

As for JH. The last thing we need is a manager in the stand. We saw enough of that last season with MP and all the shouting and gesturing did nothing than to cover up our inadequacies. You are paid to organise. Do it.

[mim]

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_____________Smith
______Hogg___Bamba___Hanlon

Wotherspoon_____________Murray

__________Miller___Rankin

_____________Zemmama

___________Stokes___Riordan

Worked 2nd half vs Utd, and Zemmama tore M'well apart at Fir Park last time we were there.

I like your thinking.

[Sean1875]

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Damm thats a shame! A put lots o' ma ain time and effort (mare than the present Hibs team) inta ma posts

i can genuinely say you are one of the most anti-hibs hibs fans ive ever seen post on here

[Hibees07]

I can't quite fathom out the logic of playing with a midget midfield. Surely the last few games have shown that we need a bit more physicality in that area.

What about Murray, Miller, Thicot & Bamba across the middle.

i.e.

Smith

Wotherspoon Hogg Hanlon Stevenson

Miller Bamba Thicot Murray

Stokes Gow

[noseyhibby]

Confidence is everything and right now it is the lowest it has been all season. Two shocking results, not necessarily performance in Rangers case, will have affected morale big time. Our goal difference has been hammered in the process and Yogi is guilty of unsettling a relatively solid back line by reintroducing Bamba, who quite simply has been poor by his own standards since returning from Africa with his morale low anyway after his nations hopes were dashed.His mind appears to be elsewhere. Hibs need to arrest the negative results immediately and in the process gain some confidence. A point will suffice. Motherwell are a form team and will feel they have a good chance of making it 3 straight defeats for our boys. I would go with a 4-5-1 for this game. Yogi lost the tactical mind game midweek, big time. It was galling reading the Saints manager gloating at how he predicted how Yogi would line up his side and prepared accordingly. Brown is a shrewd manager who will be rubbing his hands with glee at the prospect of catching Hibs at the right time. I say swamp the midfield and catch them on the break. As for personnel: I agree its not a time for lightweights like Zemmama. We need strong, physical presence and a burning desire to stop the rot and make life as difficult for Motherwell as possible. No pretty football, just sweat and guts. the pitch will not in any case allow for the pretty stuff. I expect a slog for both sides and a war of attrition. I don't envisage a Hibs win, nor do I see Motherwell scoring many and predict a draw. While I'm here, I fancy Dundee United beating the Hoops this weekend. They will fancy their chances of overtaking Hibs in the table. Oh the ups and downs of watching Hibs.

[Dashing Bob S]

If Yogi wants to give Hanlon a run in central defence, I'd stick Bamba in defensive midfield. He doesn't have the organisational/linking skills of McBride but he tackles well and gives a physical edge in a department we're lightweight in.

Hogg should be restored as a central defender with D-Spoon reinstated at full-back with Murray.

I'd have Deeks up front with Stokesy and Galbraith wide midfield.

Probably our two best performances of the season have come against Motherwell. We really need to prove our bounce backability or we could tailspin badly at the business end of the season. Make no mistake, an SC exit to Ross County, bad derby defeat at the PBS and sliding out of the Euro slots are all possibilities on this form. However, I think we have too much talent and self belief to endure that triple nightmare.

The winning all the time was getting boring. Let's enjoy this slump while it lasts.