Fair play Neil Lennon

[Northernhibee]

I've slated him in the past and the start today was unacceptable but the spirit we've shown since his change has been fantastic, fluke deflection or not. Well done Neil.

[blaikie]

We will do well next year under Lennon!

[corby hibee]

Yes great season, done what we set out for which was promotion. We will be at hampden again next season.

[Greenwich_Hibby]

I'm not really a Lennon fan but fair play to him for admitting the initial team selection was wrong with no goal threat and he changed it. Well done to Grant Holt too - played well when he come on - we really should never be playing with one-up, it just doesn't work for us.

[Pretty Boy]

Hopefully he learns we need to start on the front foot against teams next year. The difference with 2 up front was unreal.

[ShinyFantastic]

This was his fault today, what was he thinking starting with that team.

Great season? Nah, done what was expected unspectacularly and shot ourselves in the foot at our real shot of getting glory and retaining our cup.

[Allant1981]

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This was his fault today, what was he thinking starting with that team.

Great season? Nah, done what was expected unspectacularly and shot ourselves in the foot at our real shot of getting glory and retaining our cup.

i agree it was the wrong team but that first goal had nothing to do with the team lineup

[007 Mickey Weir]

Hopefully he comes out and defends Fyvie. That is a confidence killer and was a tactical fault and he took one for the team.

[ShinyFantastic]

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Fanny

Good one, please explain why this is your opinion.

[easty]

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Good one, please explain why this is your opinion.

Nah. But I stand by it.

[Tricla]

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Good one, please explain why this is your opinion.

Cos your post was fannyish.

[High-On-Hibs]

The goals we conceded had nothing to do with the starting line up. They were individual errors from players that you don't expect to make those kind of mistakes. Lennon was right in his interview when he said that you cannot legislate for things like that as a manager. A couple of moments of individual madness cost us 2 goals. The 3rd was just sheer luck.

I've been hard on the team in the past for piss poor performances at Hampden, but the way they fought their way back in to the game and took control before that 3rd goal gives me plenty of hope for next season.

[houstonhibbee]

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Hopefully he comes out and defends Fyvie. That is a confidence killer and was a tactical fault and he took one for the team.

Agree it needed changed but Fyvie had to go as he was on a yellow and Beaton was looking for any excuse to give him a second yellow

[chrisski33]

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Good one, please explain why this is your opinion.

Ur post was aload of rubbish thats why!

[Robinho08]

The substitution was the right decision, but Holt should have been on from the start.

[Pretty Boy]

Love his interview as well.

No gallant loser stuff from him, he's raging at the players for that start.

[houstonhibbee]

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Love his interview as well.

No gallant loser stuff from him, he's raging at the players for that start.

anyone post the interview?

[007 Mickey Weir]

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The substitution was the right decision, but Holt should have been on from the start.

I agree. Fyvie and Bartley together was the wrong decision and until we changed that we were tactically poor.

[hibee_girl]

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The substitution was the right decision, but Holt should have been on from the start.

It was obvious to anyone at the game last weekend that Jason cannot play upfront on his own

[ooh2G]

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Cos your post was fannyish.

I have to disagree. A sobering bolt of reality. No-one deserves to be called names for having an opinion different to the happy clappers.

The championship has seen us settle for draws that should have been wins, and today ended up being a brave rescue mission of our own making.

I'm proud of the team today, they really dug deep, and I'm extremely proud of the fans' conduct today. Don't ruin it by slinging mud at fellow fans.




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[stantonhibby]

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This was his fault today, what was he thinking starting with that team.

Great season? Nah, done what was expected unspectacularly and shot ourselves in the foot at our real shot of getting glory and retaining our cup.

When you lose a goal after 12 secs then everything goes out the window so hard to say it was the wrong tactics

[California-Hibs]

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This was his fault today, what was he thinking starting with that team.

Great season? Nah, done what was expected unspectacularly and shot ourselves in the foot at our real shot of getting glory and retaining our cup.

Away and stop talking rubbish!

[Oscar T Grouch]

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anyone post the interview?

https://mobile.twitter.com/mixudave/status/855779427661250561

[lord bunberry]

The main reason we're out the cup is because Lennon got it wrong today. He'll get away with it this season, but he'd be getting dogs abuse in any other season.
I don't want to sound anti Lennon as I'm not, but he got it really badly wrong. On a more positive note he had the tactical nous to change things when it obviously wasn't working.
It's job done this season, but it didn't need to end today.

[ekhibee]

It was a strange game in many respects. For the first half hour I thought we were really poor, but from the second we scored the first goal I thought we were by far the better team. I'm looking forward to playing Aberdeen when we go up, as far as I'm concerned after we scored they looked scared, and it was a flukey deflection that won it. Hayes is a cheating little diver as well. The McGeouch goal was brilliant.

[Northernhibee]

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The main reason we're out the cup is because Lennon got it wrong today. He'll get away with it this season, but he'd be getting dogs abuse in any other season.
I don't want to sound anti Lennon as I'm not, but he got it really badly wrong. On a more positive note he had the tactical nous to change things when it obviously wasn't working.
It's job done this season, but it didn't need to end today.

Kind of feel a little this way too but not to the same extent, he got it wrong to begin with, the change was required and we showed great spirit to fight back.

A little disappointed that he's not taken more responsibility for starting with the wrong team but grateful that he made the right change which got us back in it.

[Billy Whizz]

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The main reason we're out the cup is because Lennon got it wrong today. He'll get away with it this season, but he'd be getting dogs abuse in any other season.
I don't want to sound anti Lennon as I'm not, but he got it really badly wrong. On a more positive note he had the tactical nous to change things when it obviously wasn't working.
It's job done this season, but it didn't need to end today.

Bollocks! Maybe tactics weren't spot on, but you can only blame the players for the 1st 2 Aberdeen goals, nothing to do with tactics!

[lord bunberry]

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Bollocks! Maybe tactics weren't spot on, but you can only blame the players for the 1st 2 Aberdeen goals, nothing to do with tactics!

I'm not blaming tactics or formation for the first two goals, I'm blaming them for not being in the game until he changed it. The difference was as clear as anything I've ever seen at a football match. How anyone could've watched that and not thought the same is beyond me.

[snooky]

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The main reason we're out the cup is because Lennon got it wrong today. He'll get away with it this season, but he'd be getting dogs abuse in any other season.
I don't want to sound anti Lennon as I'm not, but he got it really badly wrong. On a more positive note he had the tactical nous to change things when it obviously wasn't working.
It's job done this season, but it didn't need to end today.

While I would never play with one up in a cup semi, I think NL's tactics were build around that. Losing the early goal blew his tactical game out the water.
He had the courage to change his game plan in time to make a comeback. (How many times have we screamed for changes during a game while previous managers stared into space?) Mickey Stewart pointed out the change was in motion five or more minutes before it actually happened with Holt being told to warm up.

My only gripe was that we sat back a bit and let them settle after Shinnie came on following our 2nd goal. We should have been on top of them in their own half instead of letting them knock it about and build from there.

[cleanyman]

Too negative from the off for me. Next time we will play like champions