It would be a real shame if, in the event that we don't improve our league position, people finish the season feeling disappointed.
I said weeks ago that 2nd place was highly unlikely because of away fixtures at Aberdeen, Hearts and The Rangers. The task became slightly easier when the SPFL correctly gave us the Rangers game at home, but it's still very difficult.
I hope we can do it, but wherever we end up, it's been a great effort and we should be delighted and I hope Easter Road is one big party before, during and after the game next weekend, regardless of the result.
We'll have a new crop of players next season and I'm looking forward to see what Neil Lennon can do from (almost) scratch.
GGTTH.
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06-05-2018 08:27 AM #1
Failing to get 2nd shouldn't spoil an excellent season
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06-05-2018 08:36 AM #2
Agree 100%. Some rival fans are already trying to paint a picture that Hibs finishing 4th would be them bottling it again. I’ve tried (in vain) to point out that in a league that contained Celtic and Aberdeen as well as hearts and rangers who are well settled since their promotion as well as the likes of st Johnstone who have been top 6 mainstays, a top 6 finish was always the first target. To seal 4th with 3 games to go was superb. If we finish higher than 4th it will be outstanding considering rangers money and Aberdeen’s consistency over the last few seasons. Even if we drew our last 2 games and finished 4th, we’ll have remained unbeaten since January and enjoyed victories over all of the other top 6 teams during the season. We’ve seen some brilliant football and goals and have a set up and manager that many others are now envious of. The future is green and white
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06-05-2018 08:39 AM #4
If Celtic win the Scottish Cup, we're guaranteed European football next season, regardless of what happens in our last two games.
You can't argue with that after where we've been over the previous 3 seasons.
I really fancy us to beat Sevco though.
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06-05-2018 08:39 AM #5
Failing to get 2nd shouldn't spoil an excellent season
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Magnificent Achievement so far
To then beat Hearts on their own patch ( something we don't do enough ) and head to that Final game v The Zombies and then finish second would be Poetic Justice Those two teams having won trophies while living well out with their means But both now struggling as a result of that
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06-05-2018 08:42 AM #6This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Incredible season whatever happens. Fancy us for 2 wins though
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06-05-2018 08:52 AM #8
No matter how the season ends, the word failure shouldn't be part of the summary.
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06-05-2018 08:59 AM #9
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We already have more points than Hearts got the season they came up and finished 3rd and have had some great results and performances. We have already matched or beaten the position that we should be in terms of our budget so a very good season all round. Our home form has been brilliant in the last few months which will guarantee lots of renewals. So many positives in the league.
I just hope the season doesn't fizzle out as that would take the gloss off an excellent campaign. Let's see two more gutsy performances like yesterday and even if that doesn't mean we finish 2nd or 3rd we will have went down fighting. It's been a long time since a league derby meant this much and the final game of the season has the potential to be our biggest league game(at least in positive terms) since I started watching 40 odd years ago.
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06-05-2018 09:01 AM #10
Great first season back. Done better than I thought we would, dominated the derby at ER, great run of home form and hard to beat away. If only we hadn’t dropped so many points at the start of the season when we were so powderpuff in attack. Safe to say Lennon fixed that issue in January though.
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06-05-2018 09:07 AM #11
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06-05-2018 09:13 AM #12
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keep the positivity going
We should stop the negative talk of its ok to finish fourth. That is old Hibs pre Lennon. The players will feel these vibes. Let's go for two more wins with the aim of finishing second. No excuses before the event.
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06-05-2018 09:14 AM #13
Considering we were going to be involved in the relegation battle... according to our 'famous' neebs, and would be a guaranteed 9 points for them, it would be churlish to be anything less than immensely satisfied with our clubs performance.
MIND THE GAP
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06-05-2018 09:18 AM #14
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Have to be honest I'd be disappointed not to get 2nd but only because the opportunity is there.
Have to remind myself that in 25 years of following Hibs this is the first time that we've actually had that opportunity!
With Celtic always going to be runaway winners, Aberdeen with a settled squad finishing 2nd two years in a row, and with Rangers budget, we've done tremendously well to still be in amongst it at this stage in our first season back.
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06-05-2018 10:10 AM #15This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Agree.
If we finish 4th I will be disappointed.
The disappointment will be fleeting and outweighed by admiration of the clear progress we have made this season but still... we’ve put ourselves in a great position to finish 2nd or 3rd and it would be a shame to miss out.
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06-05-2018 10:42 AM #16
If anything it shows how good a season we've had if anyone is dissapointed we finish less than second.
FWIW I will be dissapointed because this team deserves it more than anything else.
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Even if we lose the next two games it will still be one of the strongest finishes to a top flight season I can remember. Europe will still be on the table.
Like someone else said, the term “failure” should never be used to describe any part of this season.
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I don't know why anyone's talking about failure.
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06-05-2018 10:50 AM #19
There will be disappointment but it won’t be aimed at anyone at the club.
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06-05-2018 11:02 AM #20
I would be disappointed, because we are so close and there is excitement around our fixtures and the huns and dons results. It is great to be involved in something right to the end. That said in the cool light of day if we end up 4th I could look back on the season and think it has been decent. 4th is decent, but 2nd would give us hope of more to come.
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06-05-2018 11:16 AM #23
I will be disappointed because (even taking off the green tinted glasses) we are the 2nd best team in the league and the football this season has been excellent. This team should be 2nd.
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Good point though.
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06-05-2018 12:52 PM #26
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Imagine 3 or 4 seasons ago being in a position to discuss such stuff. Fantastic job done at the club.
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Exactly the fact that we're actually vying for that 2nd spot shows how far we've come, being comfortable top 4 is in itself an achievement.
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06-05-2018 02:42 PM #28
Regardless of what happens in the next two games we have had a brilliant first season back. We deserve to finish 2nd because we have actually been a team who have tried to win by playing attacking entertaining football, it would be ironic if we couldn't make it to the final game still in with a chance of that because of failing to beat the most anti football team in the league on Wednesday night .... unfortunately that's a possibility.
I hope we can at least finish 3rd so that I don't have to want Celtic to win the cup final.
We have continued our upward trajectory and that's hugely important, with likely 14,000 season ticket holders next season lets hope the club can successfully overcome the possible loss of McGinn, McGeouch, Kamberi, Barker and McLaren .... on the face of it that's one hell of an ask for any club, practically half a team.
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07-05-2018 07:03 AM #30
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Absolutely. Even if we lose the next two games and Motherwell somehow beat Celtic it will still be a successful season for us given where we were as a club a fee years ago.
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