Team for Birmingham City Game

[Bishop Hibee]

There will be a second string line up for this after Thursday's exertions. Run outs for Forster, Keatings, Stanton, Harris and more from the start. Looking forward to see if anyone stakes a claim for the starting XI.

[Billy Whizz]

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There will be a second string line up for this after Thursday's exertions. Run outs for Forster, Keatings, Stanton, Harris and more from the start. Looking forward to see if anyone stakes a claim for the starting XI.

Heard Lennon say it would be a 2nd string team, but would be surprised if some of Thursday nights team aren't involved or on the bench

[NAE NOOKIE]

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Heard Lennon say it would be a 2nd string team, but would be surprised if some of Thursday nights team aren't involved or on the bench

Just posted this on the Birmingham 'Smallheath alliance' site.

I wouldn't be in the least surprised if most of the players involved on Thursday either miss out altogether or play a half at most. We have plenty of guys who could do with 90 minutes:

Boyle, Carmichael ( if fit ) Forster, Harris, Stanton, Handling, Keatings, Fyvie ( if fit ) to name just a few.

[HibeeMackenzie]

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Just posted this on the Birmingham 'Smallheath alliance' site.

I wouldn't be in the least surprised if most of the players involved on Thursday either miss out altogether or play a half at most. We have plenty of guys who could do with 90 minutes:

Boyle, Carmichael ( if fit ) Forster, Harris, Stanton, Handling, Keatings, Fyvie ( if fit ) to name just a few.

Handling's out till September apparently

[Enough said]

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Handling's out till September apparently

Was up with handling now?

[AZhibee]

Laidlaw, crane, dunsmore, fonts, forster, boyle, bartley, stanton, harris, keats, insall

Charmichael, handling, shaw, mcgregor, l allen, otso, cummings

[Brightside]

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Handling's out till September apparently

you sure??

[erin go bragh]

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Laidlaw, crane, dunsmore, fonts, forster, boyle, bartley, stanton, harris, keats, insall

Charmichael, handling, shaw, mcgregor, l allen, otso, cummings

If we start with that team , I'll be lumping on Birmingham.

[Brightside]

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If we start with that team , I'll be lumping on Birmingham.

i expect us to get humped tbh. Lennon is putting out a 2nd team for this.

[NORTHERNHIBBY]

When the season is started for cup games and CL games it goes Wednesday and Saturday or Thursday and Sunday. Aren't the first team picks needing games just now rather than rest? Holt for example looks like he has the best part of a stone in weight to lose and yard in pace to find.

[bayhibs]

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When the season is started for cup games and CL games it goes Wednesday and Saturday or Thursday and Sunday. Aren't the first team picks needing games just now rather than rest? Holt for example looks like he has the best part of a stone in weight to lose and yard in pace to find.

But played 120 minutes on Thursday and 90 in the first leg.

[B.H.F.C]

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When the season is started for cup games and CL games it goes Wednesday and Saturday or Thursday and Sunday. Aren't the first team picks needing games just now rather than rest? Holt for example looks like he has the best part of a stone in weight to lose and yard in pace to find.

Aye but the they also need to try and prevent injury.

Holt at 35 played 120 minutes less than 72 hours before this game so I can't see him taking much part. Same goes for the likes of McGeough with his record. Only reason for some of the team that played on Thursday to be playing will be to make up the numbers.

[FromTheCapital]

(GK) Laidlaw

(RB) Forster
(CB) McGregor
(CB) Fontaine
(LB) Crane

(RM) Boyle
(CM) Stanton
(CM) Bartley
(LM) Harris

(ST) Keatings
(ST) Cummings


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[GreenNWhiteArmy]

Save our strongest line up for next weekend ahead of the season starting. The players that played on Thurs night deserve the day off (keep a couple to retain balance I'd go as follows)

GK Laidlaw to get him match time
RB Forster
CB McGregor
CB Hanlon
LB Crane
CM Bartley
CM Stanton
CM Stevenson
RW Harris
LW Carmichael
S Keatings

Retain the spine from middle to back then experiment in a few other positions. Give players freedom to go out and attack. We know what our strongest line up will do to teams so let's mix it up a bit I say try and get the confidence up on the fringe players to show they can make an impact this season

[Ronniekirk]

Bartley was knackered so he may not start
If we still have Palmer on
trial he may get some more game time


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[Frazerbob]

Think I'll wait until the team's announced but Birmingham at 5/4 is looking awfy good value.

[NikGunnarsson]

Will be good to see some of the other players again, think Stanton, Harris and Carmichael could all have a role this season. Hopefully see Keatings play as the main Striker aswell fantastic player to watch.

[Keith_M]

If Birmingham put out their first team, it could be a cricket score.

[hfc rd]

Would like to see Insall & Carmichael given a chance today. Fyvie could do with some game time as well, if he's fit.

[Brightside]

Shaw, Martin, Carmichael should all get plenty game time today hopefully.

[Brightside]

Insall in the squad.

[we are hibs]

Laidlaw, Crane, Forster, Fontaine, Dunsmore, Harris, Stanton, Martin, Carmichael, Insall, Keatings.

[skyehibee]

Is it on Hibs Tv?

[HH81]

Any team yet?

[Behar]

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Is it on Hibs Tv?

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[KdyHby]

The post match barrier is here, along with the mounties.

[Sergey]

Confirmed:

Virtanen
Dunsmore
Crane
Forster
Fontaine
Martin
Harris
Stanton
Keatings
Carmichael
Boyle

[Scouse Hibee]

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If Birmingham put out their first team, it could be a cricket score.

Really :-)

[Keith_M]

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If Birmingham put out their first team, it could be a cricket score.

Really :-)

Shows how much I know about Fitbaw

[NAE NOOKIE]

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If Birmingham put out their first team, it could be a cricket score.

This was my reaction before the game as well. There are a few folk on Facebook etc having a go now, saying that we are going over the top 'celebrating a friendly win' .... they are missing the point. Its not the fact that we beat Birmingham, its the fact that we dealt with them so easily with the team we put out.

I would never set any great store in a friendly result, be that a win or a loss. But nobody who was at the game on Sunday would be wrong in thinking that the performance as a team by our makeshift line up was very pleasing and showed that we are perhaps stronger squad wise than we thought.

In the case of Birmingham, they cant exactly point to Hibs being a better prepared team given that most of our players hadn't played in the Motherwell or Malmo games and I would have thought that the alleged 'quality' of the players they should have compared to ours would have told against us. In that context their performance was surely sub standard for a team two weeks away from kick off, and friendly or not I would be concerned if I was a City fan. If they had put in that effort against the best team we can put out they would be looking at a lot worse than 1 - 0