I'm one of the 5%

[bingo70]

Got to admit that in most things life there's not an arrogant bone in my body, however after tonight i'm happy to admit that if the crowd and the people on here are a reflection on the people that watch hibs i know far more than most about football.

That team tonight were a far better team than us, nothing to do with formations, team selections, colin nish or john hughes, i actually really enjoyed watching them in spells, they're number 9 was a class act, not sure how old he is but if he's young then i can see him going to a really big club pretty soon.

Overall, not the result we were looking for but absolutely terrific preperation for the season ahead and hopefully european appearances won't be so rare in the future

[The Voice Of Reason]

[houston1875]

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Got to admit that in most things life there's not an arrogant bone in my body, however after tonight i'm happy to admit that if the crowd and the people on here are a reflection on the people that watch hibs i know far more than most about football.

That team tonight were a far better team than us, nothing to do with formations, team selections, colin nish or john hughes, i actually really enjoyed watching them in spells, they're number 9 was a class act, not sure how old he is but if he's young then i can see him going to a really big club pretty soon.

Overall, not the result we were looking for but absolutely terrific preperation for the season ahead and hopefully european appearances won't be so rare in the future

no 8 and no 9 i thought where exceptional,all there players were comfortable with the ball,saw some tidy bits of skills the night..

we dinae see that kind of stuff up in scotland,why?

[Sioux]

Can't believe someone has posted an opinion based on some semblance of reality . It won't catch on.

That team would be changelling for 3rd in SLP all the time.

[madabouthibs]

i think its known as teamwork. No player is bigger or better than any other. Technical ability and fitness also plays a part. But for me, the most heart-warming thing for a player must be looking up, and seeing you have options and outballs. Their one touch stuff and triangle play out of defence and midfield was superb tonight. They understood each other, and trusted each other. We lack this severely.

[bingo70]

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no 8 and no 9 i thought where exceptional,all there players were comfortable with the ball,saw some tidy bits of skills the night..

we dinae see that kind of stuff up in scotland,why?

Thats what i was saying tonight, IMO the big difference between us and them was theyre movement off the ball but thats not a hibs issue it's a whole scottish football problem, we're living in a different world if we think we can turn up to games play a 442, play at a high tempo and lump high balls up front all night long, against good teams it simply just won't work!

What the answer is i just don't know, i'd like to see the season start earlier to give us a better chance but IMO regardless of what time of the year we played them they'd have given any scottish team a hiding, rangers and celtic included in that bye the way.

[bingo70]

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i think its known as teamwork. No player is bigger or better than any other. Technical ability and fitness also plays a part. But for me, the most heart-warming thing for a player must be looking up, and seeing you have options and outballs. Their one touch stuff and triangle play out of defence and midfield was superb tonight. They understood each other, and trusted each other. We lack this severely.

completely agree, i'd love Yogi to draw a line in the sand, not get annoyed at the players but just show them a video of how teams should play together, if the players learn anything from them tonight it could be a terrific education for them.

[Sammy7nil]

They a

int a class act. They are better than Hibs far better organised maybe no manager would have helped Hibs beat them

BUT

I bet even old PA Broon could have cut the deficet from 6 - 2 Yogi aint a class act
Maybe I am in the 95%

[Barney McGrew]

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That team would be changelling for 3rd in SLP all the time.

If Maribor were playing in the SPL, they'd walk the championship.

They're head and shoulders above anything in this country.

[bingo70]

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They a

int a class act. They are better than Hibs far better organised maybe no manager would have helped Hibs beat them

BUT

I bet even old PA Broon could have cut the deficet from 6 - 2 Yogi aint a class act
Maybe I am in the 95%

Pa broon might have got us beat 1 nil over both legs but we'd still have got beat and i'd rather we opened up at one point trying to go for it.

we were undone by a better team, poor defending and some clinical finishing, i can live with that, it's getting beat off the ***** like st mirren, kilmarnock and hearts that really winds me up but they were miles better than what we'll come up against this season so i think we'll do alright

[YetholmHibee]

They were a good team!

I totally enjoyed them take the piss out of the Hibs players each & every time they had a throw-in at the West stand side.

Men against boys!

Everytime the Hibs players were suckered in & they made the killer pass out to start an attack.

It was unbelieveable to witness.

From this part of the game tonight, I can honestly say the Hibs players are not good enough & lack intelligence if they can get out foxed each & everytime at a throw-in.

I wish them luck.

[Sammy7nil]

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Pa broon might have got us beat 1 nil over both legs but we'd still have got beat and i'd rather we opened up at one point trying to go for it.

we were undone by a better team, poor defending and some clinical finishing, i can live with that, it's getting beat off the ***** like st mirren, kilmarnock and hearts that really winds me up but they were miles better than what we'll come up against this season so i think we'll do alright

Well be be prepared 2 wins in 20 games and regular humpings amongst them. The away games willl be no fun this season

[bingo70]

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They were a good team!

I totally enjoyed them take the piss out of the Hibs players each & every time they had a throw-in at the West stand side.

Men against boys!

Everytime the Hibs players were suckered in & they made the killer pass out to start an attack.

It was unbelieveable to witness.

From this part of the game tonight, I can honestly say the Hibs players are not good enough & lack intelligence if they can get out foxed each & everytime at a throw-in.

I wish them luck.

apologies if i picked you up wrong but you sound quite bitter about it but do you not just think that tonight was an indication of how bad scottish football is?

As you say, we were caught out by really basic stuff but i think all SPL teams would have had the same problem plus i think the national team would have the same team against other national teams of the same ilk

[bob12345]

To say they'd win the SPL isn't correct. They'd come 3rd. Rangers smashed them in the only meeting and teams of that calibre have always beaten them in Europe. However their style of football is something we were so unprepared for.

[Barney McGrew]

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To say they'd win the SPL isn't correct. They'd come 3rd. Rangers smashed them in the only meeting and teams of that calibre have always beaten them in Europe. However their style of football is something we were so unprepared for.

Rangers 'smashed' them nine years ago. Their team isn't a shadow of what it was then.

Maribor played in second gear tonight and still wiped the floor with us. That's the best team we'll come up against all season by a stretch.

[jgl07]

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If Maribor were playing in the SPL, they'd walk the championship.

They're head and shoulders above anything in this country.

Reality check needed.

Hibs made them look good through their own ineptness.

Se what happens to them in the Challenge Round.

They are not a easy time to like despite their technical competence. Their players went down far too easily and stayed down far too long after powderpuff challenges. They were wasting time throughout and even continued doing so with meaningless substitutions in injury time.

Their coach is an arrogant douchbag full of his own importance. His crass insensitivity for his comments blaming Hibs for the traffic jams and gas explosions warrant a formal complaint to UEFA for bringing the game into disrepute.

They have the most pathetic away support I have come across in years. 24 present and 40 tickets sold says it all.

[matty_f]

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Well be be prepared 2 wins in 20 games and regular humpings amongst them. The away games willl be no fun this season

What are the 20 games?

[broonie27]

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Got to admit that in most things life there's not an arrogant bone in my body, however after tonight i'm happy to admit that if the crowd and the people on here are a reflection on the people that watch hibs i know far more than most about football.

That team tonight were a far better team than us, nothing to do with formations, team selections, colin nish or john hughes, i actually really enjoyed watching them in spells, they're number 9 was a class act, not sure how old he is but if he's young then i can see him going to a really big club pretty soon.

Overall, not the result we were looking for but absolutely terrific preperation for the season ahead and hopefully european appearances won't be so rare in the future

If the crowd physically at the game aren't a reflection of the people that watch Hibs I'm damned if I know what would be?

[Barney McGrew]

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They are not a easy time to like despite their technical competence. Their players went down far too easily and stayed down far too long after powderpuff challenges. They were wasting time throughout and even continued doing so with meaningless substitutions in injury time.

Their coach is an arrogant douchbag full of his own importance. His crass insensitivity for his comments blaming Hibs for the traffic jams and gas explosions warrant a formal complaint to UEFA for bringing the game into disrepute.

They have the most pathetic away support I have come across in years. 24 present and 40 tickets sold says it all.

None of which gets away from from the fact they were far, far better than us

[bingo70]

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Reality check needed.

Hibs made them look good through their own ineptness.

Se what happens to them in the Challenge Round.

They are not a easy time to like despite their technical competence. Their players went down far too easily and stayed down far too long after powderpuff challenges. They were wasting time throughout and even continued doing so with meaningless substitutions in injury time.

Their coach is an arrogant douchbag full of his own importance. His crass insensitivity for his comments blaming Hibs for the traffic jams and gas explosions warrant a formal complaint to UEFA for bringing the game into disrepute.

They have the most pathetic away support I have come across in years. 24 present and 40 tickets sold says it all.

dnipro didn't bring any fans across but thats completely irrelevent anyway, this whole conversation sounds like a jambo arguing about whos the bigger club when the reality is the other team was just better, plain and simple.

As frustrating as it was, time wasting was exactly the right thing to do, it stopped us building up any momentum.

[jonny]

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Reality check needed.

Hibs made them look good through their own ineptness.

Se what happens to them in the Challenge Round.

They are not a easy time to like despite their technical competence. Their players went down far too easily and stayed down far too long after powderpuff challenges. They were wasting time throughout and even continued doing so with meaningless substitutions in injury time.

Their coach is an arrogant douchbag full of his own importance. His crass insensitivity for his comments blaming Hibs for the traffic jams and gas explosions warrant a formal complaint to UEFA for bringing the game into disrepute.

They have the most pathetic away support I have come across in years. 24 present and 40 tickets sold says it all.

and their strips make them look like gayboys in a hivery.

however.... i'll post my opinion on tonights game tomorrow when ive time to ingest the injustice of it all

[bingo70]

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If the crowd physically at the game aren't a reflection of the people that watch Hibs I'm damned if I know what would be?

Thats my point, after tonight i'm pretty sure i know far more about football than the majority of hibs fans.

Huge amount of idiots in the crowd tonight

[YetholmHibee]

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apologies if i picked you up wrong but you sound quite bitter about it but do you not just think that tonight was an indication of how bad scottish football is?

As you say, we were caught out by really basic stuff but i think all SPL teams would have had the same problem plus i think the national team would have the same team against other national teams of the same ilk

Bitter - no not at all.

I like good football & Maribor had plenty of it . . . . there was a time when Hibs played good football many moons ago. But it is now a distant memory.

Dis-illusioned . . . yes, by Yogi, Hibs & incompetent football players & managers, Scottish football & SFA.

I agree the national team is just a carbon copy of scottish clubs\football.

[SRHibs]

I think you're giving them FAR too much credit tbh. Slovenia are a piss poor Footballing nation, and the Maribor team is hardly littered with Internationals, is it?
We had Scottish, ROI and Ivory Coast internationals in our team tonight. I think man for man we definitely match them at the very least in terms of quality.
We absolutely should not be shipping 6 goals against a team like that. If Yogi had set us up properly for the 1st leg, we might've gone in to the game at ER with a chance, thus giving the players a bit of motivation and something to play for.

[erskine-hibby]

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I think you're giving them FAR too much credit tbh. Slovenia are a piss poor Footballing nation, and the Maribor team is hardly littered with Internationals, is it?
We had Scottish, ROI and Ivory Coast internationals in our team tonight. I think man for man we definitely match them at the very least in terms of quality.
We absolutely should not be shipping 6 goals against a team like that. If Yogi had set us up properly for the 1st leg, we might've gone in to the game at ER with a chance, thus giving the players a bit of motivation and something to play for.

[lucky]

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I think you're giving them FAR too much credit tbh. Slovenia are a piss poor Footballing nation, and the Maribor team is hardly littered with Internationals, is it?
We had Scottish, ROI and Ivory Coast internationals in our team tonight. I think man for man we definitely match them at the very least in terms of quality.
We absolutely should not be shipping 6 goals against a team like that. If Yogi had set us up properly for the 1st leg, we might've gone in to the game at ER with a chance, thus giving the players a bit of motivation and something to play for.

sorry mate but did you watch the two games. Their ball control, passing movement and general football intelligence was far better than Hibs. What internationals are you taking about in the Hibs team? None are close to being starters for their country other than Bamba.

Slovenia qualified for the last world cup and were previously part of Yugoslavia who also had a decent record in European and world football.

Scottish football is dire but its what we have got. I actually enjoyed last nights game. Hibs tried but were short of class . Maribor played some great footbal and score a cracking third goal which I appalled. I been following Hibs for 30 years home and away and this nowhere near the worst team I have seen Hibs lose to.

[New Corrie]

And what about the tonkings we took off Hamilton, St Johnstone etc etc in the last 7 months, what's that down to? Funny how plenty other teams seem to plod away quite the thing with little resources, yet Hibs, with a board who back managers to the hilt, tremendous facilities and a lot of players that other clubs would kill for, just seem to fail miserably. That would suggest to me that the manager is at fault.

[Spike Mandela]

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Got to admit that in most things life there's not an arrogant bone in my body, however after tonight i'm happy to admit that if the crowd and the people on here are a reflection on the people that watch hibs i know far more than most about football.

That team tonight were a far better team than us, nothing to do with formations, team selections, colin nish or john hughes, i actually really enjoyed watching them in spells, they're number 9 was a class act, not sure how old he is but if he's young then i can see him going to a really big club pretty soon.

Overall, not the result we were looking for but absolutely terrific preperation for the season ahead and hopefully european appearances won't be so rare in the future

Better teams than them have come to ER over the years but none have had as easy a ride as that lot last night.

Yes, that team were good but we made the likes of Ross County and St Johnstone look that good last season.

To merely accentuate the strength of the opposition papers over the cracks that are the limitations of our team I am afraid.

[haagsehibby]

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I think you're giving them FAR too much credit tbh. Slovenia are a piss poor Footballing nation, and the Maribor team is hardly littered with Internationals, is it?
We had Scottish, ROI and Ivory Coast internationals in our team tonight. I think man for man we definitely match them at the very least in terms of quality.
We absolutely should not be shipping 6 goals against a team like that. If Yogi had set us up properly for the 1st leg, we might've gone in to the game at ER with a chance, thus giving the players a bit of motivation and something to play for.

This will the Slovenia that were at this year's World Cup

[bingo70]

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And what about the tonkings we took off Hamilton, St Johnstone etc etc in the last 7 months, what's that down to? Funny how plenty other teams seem to plod away quite the thing with little resources, yet Hibs, with a board who back managers to the hilt, tremendous facilities and a lot of players that other clubs would kill for, just seem to fail miserably. That would suggest to me that the manager is at fault.

What about them?

I was annoyed as anybody after these games as they are both pretty poor sides and we shouldn't get beat like that off them, however thats no relevance to last nights game as Maribor are a good side so i don't really see your point

Only 3 teams 'plodded along' better than us last season and 2 of them have far better backing from there board and the other have built a better team than us over a longer period of time.