Positives after tonight

**Torto7062** · 24-02-2016 08:28 PM

Being realistic before tonight's game, second in the league was the least we expected. Stubbs was interviewed before the game and said Falkirk were too far behind us,which made me think Ooops that's setting us up for a fall.
OK tonight is a very bad night at the office BUT it will be a wake up call to the players and might just might help us focus on the final.

On another note...****** the Hertz

Ggtth

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**Michael** · 24-02-2016 08:30 PM

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Being realistic before tonight's game, second in the league was the least we expected. Stubbs was interviewed before the game and said Falkirk were too far behind us,which made me think Ooops that's setting us up for a fall.
OK tonight is a very bad night at the office BUT it will be a wake up call to the players and might just might help us focus on the final.

On another note...****** the Hertz

Ggtth

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He said that??? Helloooo third place.

***Jones28*** · 24-02-2016 08:30 PM

It's a right kick in the balls. We shouldn't be loosing at home to Morton under any circumstances.

**Torto7062** · 24-02-2016 08:32 PM

Yeh mate...I thought wait a minute we have a massive budget compared to Falkirk so we should be miles ahead of them.....still think o the extra doh the club will get by us winning the play offs

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**Waxy** · 24-02-2016 08:33 PM

2 defeats in 29 games. Would anyone have taken that?

**Joe6-2** · 24-02-2016 08:34 PM

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2 defeats in 29 games. Would anyone have taken that?

Of course, we all would

***essexhibee*** · 24-02-2016 08:38 PM

If we had won tonight and the remaining games until we met Rangers beating them would have meant the gap would have been just two.

Getting out of this league is far more important for the long term future of the club than getting to the league cup final so struggle to see any positives tonight. Don't agree at all with the idea that the focus should be on a Final over the league.

***Jim44*** · 24-02-2016 08:38 PM

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Being realistic before tonight's game, second in the league was the least we expected. Stubbs was interviewed before the game and said Falkirk were too far behind us,which made me think Ooops that's setting us up for a fall.
OK tonight is a very bad night at the office BUT it will be a wake up call to the players and might just might help us focus on the final.

On another note...****** the Hertz

Ggtth

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If he actually said that, he's a fool.

**derekduval** · 24-02-2016 08:38 PM

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2 defeats in 29 games. Would anyone have taken that?

Spin it anyway you like that's the beauty of statistics but I don't except that tonight.

Positives are hopefully less demand first thing tomorrow for final tickets although this will also have a knock on effect on other matches.

**Torto7062** · 24-02-2016 08:40 PM

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2 defeats in 29 games. Would anyone have taken that?

Yeh course we would

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**~~My_Wife_Camille~~** · 24-02-2016 08:43 PM

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2 defeats in 29 games. Would anyone have taken that?

Sugar coated pish. 4 defeats in 25 league games and 8 points off top. Nobody would have taken that.

**greenpaper55** · 24-02-2016 08:43 PM

Had a bad feeling about tonight, to many games, a freezing cold night and umpteen team changes was a recipe for disaster, realistically we were always going to fight out a play off place with Falkirk and nothing has changed after tonight.

***Bostonhibby*** · 24-02-2016 08:43 PM

At least that's got Morton on a Wednesday night at Easter Road out of the way for another year and hopefully longer.

***Viva_Palmeiras*** · 24-02-2016 08:46 PM

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He said that??? Helloooo third place.

Let the wed betting commence!

**Torto7062** · 24-02-2016 08:48 PM

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Had a bad feeling about tonight, to many games, a freezing cold night and umpteen team changes was a recipe for disaster, realistically we were always going to fight out a play off place with Falkirk and nothing has changed after tonight.

That's how I'm looking at it....just stay ahead of Houston's men

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**WeeRussell** · 24-02-2016 08:48 PM

Celtic go elsewhere for Ronnie's replacement and we fire up through the playoffs with 2 cups

Very sore one tonight, and no excuses. Our hopes of winning the league have just got a whole lot fainter. But, our main objective this season is still alive and to be played for, alongside our cup bids.

Bad night, very bad night at the office. We don't give up here though.

Oh and an actual positive for me is I was ill and never went and watched that.

Together.

**mcfly** · 24-02-2016 08:49 PM

Positives are Hanlon and Bartley are Certs for final.

I also think gray needs to be careful as he gets caught out of position too often.

Oxley - words fail me

**Pretty Boy** · 24-02-2016 08:50 PM

I suppose a positive is we can now play with a bit more freedom knowing we are almost certainly playing to consolidate 2nd as opposed to chasing Rangers.

That might allow us to relax a bit and get back to playing good football regularly in the league.

**Craig_in_Prague** · 24-02-2016 08:52 PM

I learnt what the hell periscope is about.

***et_hibby*** · 24-02-2016 08:53 PM

Positives: play-offs will generate big money: gates & TV (all funded by us, of course...)

**jabis** · 24-02-2016 08:55 PM

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If he actually said that, he's a fool.

Really.

**oconnors_strip** · 24-02-2016 08:56 PM

Least that's the poor result out of the way and we can concentrate on the league cup final, league and quarter final matches

***neil7908*** · 24-02-2016 08:56 PM

The 3 goals were very poor and we looked horribly exposed every time they attacked. The frustrating thing is if we had got the first goal I'm confident we'd have won easily. As the game went on we looked less and less likely to score and Morton should even have got a 4th. I worry that with Dom gone if Stokes and Cummings aren't on song we really struggle. Trying not to be too despondent but hard after freezing my backside off watching that

***Jim44*** · 24-02-2016 08:57 PM

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Really.

Yup!

**rcarter1** · 24-02-2016 08:58 PM

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Being realistic before tonight's game, second in the league was the least we expected. Stubbs was interviewed before the game and said Falkirk were too far behind us,which made me think Ooops that's setting us up for a fall.
OK tonight is a very bad night at the office BUT it will be a wake up call to the players and might just might help us focus on the final.

On another note...****** the Hertz

Ggtth

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I like Stubbs, and he has hauled the club back to being a football club again. He will learn, just like virtually every manager out there, it all turns on a penny.

**Borderhibbie76** · 24-02-2016 08:58 PM

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If we had won tonight and the remaining games until we met Rangers beating them would have meant the gap would have been just two.

Getting out of this league is far more important for the long term future of the club than getting to the league cup final so struggle to see any positives tonight. Don't agree at all with the idea that the focus should be on a Final over the league.

Me neither...I always try and see positives but that was a joke tonight!! Cummings and Stokes as a pair don't work and I really hope stubbs has realised that tonight. So far imo Stokes has been a massive let down. 3 nil at home to morton is just not acceptable under any circumstances and the performance 2nd half was frankly pathetic

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***givescotlandfreedom*** · 24-02-2016 09:04 PM

Positives - El Alagui worked his rear end off when he came on and will be an asset to us if he keeps fit.
Hanlon and Bartley shouldn't be left out again, let that be a lesson.

**truehibernian** · 24-02-2016 09:05 PM

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The 3 goals were very poor and we looked horribly exposed every time they attacked. The frustrating thing is if we had got the first goal I'm confident we'd have won easily. As the game went on we looked less and less likely to score and Morton should even have got a 4th. I worry that with Dom gone if Stokes and Cummings aren't on song we really struggle. Trying not to be too despondent but hard after freezing my backside off watching that

Alloa exposed us, straight away after Boyle's first, and three times at 2-0 first 15 minutes second half.

Livingston had us pinned back first 45 seconds first half.......

Simple fact is Hibs need to beat teams every game in the league at the business end if they want the title - we lost the league title tonight and it's the play offs - no way will The Rangers lose it now.

They need to fully focus on the league - cups are not crucial, promotion is.

**~~My_Wife_Camille~~** · 24-02-2016 09:07 PM

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Me neither...I always try and see positives but that was a joke tonight!! Cummings and Stokes as a pair don't work and I really hope stubbs has realised that tonight. So far imo Stokes has been a massive let down. 3 nil at home to morton is just not acceptable under any circumstances and the performance 2nd half was frankly pathetic

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Agree with this. If you want to win titles at any level you can't drop as many points as we do. Simple as that.

5 wins in our last 10 league matches isn't title winning form and it was always a worry for me with Stubbs and his team.

The only slight positive I can take from today is that I never seriously felt we would win this league. I still think we'll go up in the play offs.