Which of the teams above us would you say we'll eventually finish ahead of?

[G B Young]

A month ago we were sitting second, two points off top spot and being lauded by many in the media as the best footballing team in the league and being touted as genuine title contenders.

Today we're eighth, yet despite a run of just one point from 12 there are only eight points separating the top eight teams and as Aberdeen and St Johnstone have shown, a couple of wins can propel you up the table.

Based on what we've seen so far, are we simply part of an extremely tight league with everyone, bar Celtic and a couple of teams at the bottom, of a similar standard. Or do you think we will ultimately prove better than most and secure another top four finish?

[calumhibee1]

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A month ago we were sitting second, two points off top spot and being lauded by many in the media as the best footballing team in the league and being touted as genuine title contenders.

Today we're eighth, yet despite a run of just one point from 12 there are only eight points separating the top eight teams and as Aberdeen and St Johnstone have shown, a couple of wins can propel you up the table.

Based on what we've seen so far, are we simply part of an extremely tight league with everyone, bar Celtic and a couple of teams at the bottom, of a similar standard. Or do you think we will ultimately prove better than most and secure another top four finish?

With this squad I think realistically we’ll finish 6th. Killie look very good again and Hearts are clearly a decent side. My biggest hope for finishing higher would probably be finishing above Aberdeen who don’t look anything exciting or another outstanding January window.

[scoopyboy]

I would be disappointed if we didn't reel St.Johnstone and Livingston in, that would make 6th place the lowest I would expect.

Not sure about the others to be honest.

McGeouch, McGinn and Allan makes a helluva hole in any midfield and it was always going to take a bit of time to get back from losing them.

[Wilson]

Livingston and St. Johnstone.

[Sir David Gray]

Anywhere between 3rd and 5th should be our finishing position based on Celtic and Rangers finishing in the top 2 and our direct rivals being Hearts and Aberdeen. We should never be finishing behind any other team in the country.

[lucky]

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Anywhere between 3rd and 5th should be our finishing position based on Celtic and Rangers finishing in the top 2 and our direct rivals being Hearts and Aberdeen. We should never be finishing behind any other team in the country.

Spot on. Money talks and the 5 biggest clubs will be in the top 5 with Killie or the Saints in 6th

[danhibees1875]

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I would be disappointed if we didn't reel St.Johnstone and Livingston in, that would make 6th place the lowest I would expect.

Not sure about the others to be honest.

McGeouch, McGinn and Allan makes a helluva hole in any midfield and it was always going to take a bit of time to get back from losing them.

I think Rangers will pull away in 2nd, and then it'll just be about who can piece a bit of form together/sign well in January between the rest.

[One Day Soon]

Barring some kind of unexpected disaster - managerial change, long term injuries to key players etc - we should finish in the top four. We'll be ahead of Hearts.

[Crab apple]

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I think Rangers will pull away in 2nd, and then it'll just be about who can piece a bit of form together/sign well in January between the rest.

That's where I'm at. I think we'll finish fourth just behind the sheep. We will finish ahead of Hearts. The longer Naismith is out the longer they will go without scoring goals.

[One Day Soon]

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That's where I'm at. I think we'll finish fourth just behind the sheep. We will finish ahead of Hearts. The longer Naismith is out the longer they will go without scoring goals.

If we click I expect us to be ahead of Aberdeen. They're gash but physical and well drilled - poorer than last season I think.

[G B Young]

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With this squad I think realistically we’ll finish 6th. Killie look very good again and Hearts are clearly a decent side. My biggest hope for finishing higher would probably be finishing above Aberdeen who don’t look anything exciting or another outstanding January window.

I'd say that based on the games I've seen, Hearts and Aberdeen have probably impressed me least of the sides above us. Granted Naismith's injury has robbed them of their goal threat, but yams are on a similar run to us at present and I suspect the novelty value of launching a whole new squad at the start of the season has started to wear off.

[Captain Trips]

All bar Celtic.

[BFG]

I would expect us to finish no worse than 4th, a few bad results doesn’t make us a bad team, things will turn around there is quality in this team and it will shine thru

[Keith_M]

It's still early in the season but we don't currently look like a top four side.

Whether that's down to us being poorer or the opposition improving, I'll leave that for others to decide.

Currently I can see us struggling to make top six, but would love for Hibs to prove me wrong.

[jacomo]

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It's still early in the season but we aren't looking like a better side than the majority of teams, like we did last season.

Whether that's down to us being poorer or the opposition improving, I'll leave that for others to decide.

Currently I can see us struggling to make top six, but would love for Hibs to prove me wrong.

I’m not sure we were looking so hot at this stage last season tbh.

[chrisski33]

League doesnt lie and we are where we are. League will be very tight. We should finish higher than livi and st j but on evidence at this current time we wont. I expect us to finish higher than 7th. I feel the league is so tight a couple of wins will see us back up the league again

[The 90+2]

Ask again come new year.

[Here’s Lucy!]

For me, we'll finish 5th.

1. Celtic
2. Rangers
3. Hearts
4. Aberdeen
5. Hibs

[Since90+2]

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For me, we'll finish 5th.

1. Celtic
2. Rangers
3. Hearts
4. Aberdeen
5. Hibs

I'd tend to agree. Killie could well be above us aswell though.

[KDY Hibs]

All bar Celtic and The rangers

[greenlex]

Hard to say but I don’t think the last four games are going to shape our season to be honest. Celtic park was half expected. A point at Tyne isn’t the worst based on recent history. The defeat at Home to St Johnstone was the worst of the four but they are now 5 wins on the bounce and no mugs. Friday night the weather was the biggest factor as there was nothing except a defensive blunder between the two teams at a place we haven’t exactly got a great recent record either. Time to get back to winning ways for sure but I’m not suicudal quite yet.

[wookie70]

1. Celtic
2. Rangers
3. Aberdeen
4. Hearts
5. Killie
6. Hibs

Based on the season so far I think we will be 5th or 6th. I think we struggle to field a team with a shape that works at the moment and we have a soft centre and a manager that likes playing good football which will see you losing games that shouldn't be lost. The big unknown is the January window as we might get a couple of players in, like last season, that makes the shape and style of the team obvious. At the moment though Hearts, Killie and Aberdeen all play pragmatic football and due to the way games are refereed that tends to lead to decent results. I won't be too disappointed with 6th if we are playing with good style and banging in a few goals. Unfortunately, the last 3 games has seen us play a horrible brand of football and pick up a single point from 9.

[Here’s Lucy!]

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Ask again come new year.

But that changes the original question!

[The 90+2]

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But that changes the original question!

True in that case I’ll take all your teams and add in Killie.

Celtic
Huns
Hearts
Killie
Sheep
Us (or saints tough call)
Livi
Motherwell
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****fest battle to the end.

We need to pick up points in our next 4 games otherwise it could be bottom 6. Win 3 out of 4 at least and we go into the next set of games with confidence and you never know. Then a good proportion of the first team go away for about a month (covered partly by the winter break).

[calumhibee1]

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Ask again come new year.

That's no how it works. You need to submit a prediction in writing right now

[The 90+2]

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That's no how it works. You need to submit a prediction in writing right now

Done chief 😆 👍

[Here’s Lucy!]

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That's no how it works. You need to submit a prediction in writing right now

Folk trying to move the goalposts eh??

[Steve20]

We’ll get above Livi and St Johnstone and finish 6th. Don’t see us finishing higher than the other five.

[EH54]

If we finish outside the top 4 it's a shocking season. We always seem to be just behind the big boys rather than infront. Even last season was an anti climax and a shocker that we never finished higher than 4th. Shows how good a job Levein and Clarke have done/are doing considering the foundations we had in place when stubbs walked out the door. Should have been enough to create a gap between us and hearts for a couple of years at least. Lennon's responsibility for me and questioning his signings now tbh, and tactically the last few games. Maybe we just got lucky in January..

[One Day Soon]

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If we finish outside the top 4 it's a shocking season. We always seem to be just behind the big boys rather than infront. Even last season was an anti climax and a shocker that we never finished higher than 4th. Shows how good a job Levein and Clarke have done/are doing considering the foundations we had in place when stubbs walked out the door. Should have been enough to create a gap between us and hearts for a couple of years at least. Lennon's responsibility for me and questioning his signings now tbh, and tactically the last few games. Maybe we just got lucky in January..

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