Heckingbottom

[AugustaHibs]

Genius. Set the team up perfectly. Strong defensively but also got in their face and imo done enough to win it

[calumhibee1]

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Genius. Set the team up perfectly. Strong defensively but also got in their face and imo done enough to win it

I’m not sure I’d say we deserved to win but we played very well. Game plan was executed to perfection.

[Hibeesmad]

Still undefeated in the league, brilliant!

[AugustaHibs]

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I’m not sure I’d say we deserved to win but we played very well. Game plan was executed to perfection.

Aye I probably miss worded it. I more meant that we had enough chances to win. Celtic probably had more but we definitely went forward enough

[Since452]

You can't fluke 9 undefeated league games at this stage of the season. Very impressive.

[ozwoody]

To beat a 71 year old managerial record and overtaking the great Hugh Shaw is no mean feat with the team he walked into.
He deserves all the plaudits on what he has achieved so far.

[hibbydad]

Brilliant manager in comparison to Lennon

[dmc1875]

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Brilliant manager in comparison to Lennon

Have a word - that’s a stupid statement to make. He’s had a brilliant start but people have short memories - last season was some of the best football we have seen - the European games were great and he won us the championship on his first attempt.

[ozwoody]

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Brilliant manager in comparison to Lennon

I would suggest he bossed our previous manager today and schooled him tactical wise

[Diclonius]

A much better performance than the Scottish Cup game. Set up to go at them and for a good while had Lennon reeling. Imagine if we'd scored!

[Since452]

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Have a word - that’s a stupid statement to make. He’s had a brilliant start but people have short memories - last season was some of the best football we have seen - the European games were great and he won us the championship on his first attempt.

First half of last season was bang average until Kamberi, Maclaren and Allan came in January. The Championship season was turgid for the vast majority and it was a far weaker league than in Stubbs time. He was brought in to win it and he did to be fair and like you say i really enjoyed the second half of last season. Don't miss the circus that comes with Lennon.

[ozwoody]

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Have a word - that’s a stupid statement to make. He’s had a brilliant start but people have short memories - last season was some of the best football we have seen - the European games were great and he won us the championship on his first attempt.

I'm not sure it is a stupid statement and you are correct in people having short memories...this was a guy that got us out of the championship and into Europe correct, he also threatened to resign after a game at tynie, allegedly argued with our chairman and had us in 8th place with 2 wins in 14.
PH has got 21 points out of 27, 5th place and a chance of 4th.
I know who I would want for the rest of season

[makaveli1875]

looks like he learned from the cup defeat . Great performance and unlucky not to have scored with Shaw .

[Brightside]

Lennon is miles behind him tactically. That much talent and a very one dimensional performance from Celtic.

[hibbydad]

Well DMC77 look at Lennon's performance this year very poor and shocking man management particularily with Flo not to mention the totally bizarre team selections. Not a stupid comment try speaking to some of the players about Hecky they have totally bought into him

[dmc1875]

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Well DMC77 look at Lennon's performance this year very poor and shocking man management particularily with Flo not to mention the totally bizarre team selections. Not a stupid comment try speaking to some of the players about Hecky they have totally bought into him

This year he lost the plot - but the championship season we got out the division which Stubbs couldn’t do and last season, yes mostly the second half was a complete joy to watch.

If you had said heck beat him tactically today I would obviously agree.

[Hibs4185]

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I would suggest he bossed our previous manager today and schooled him tactical wise

Listened to radio Scotland after the game and they said Lennon’s tactics were to deploy wingers and get crosses into the box. The same as he did here with Boyle. I think Lennon is a bit of a dinosaur in that he has beliefs and sticks to them. Heckingbottom seems to adapt to suit every game and changes it during he games. I’d def agree that Heckingbottom schooled Lennon today

[hibbydad]

dmc 1875 I agree about the second half of last season but in truth Hecky is miles ahead of him both tactically and also in management skills

[ozwoody]

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Listened to radio Scotland after the game and they said Lennon’s tactics were to deploy wingers and get crosses into the box. The same as he did here with Boyle. I think Lennon is a bit of a dinosaur in that he has beliefs and sticks to them. Heckingbottom seems to adapt to suit every game and changes it during he games. I’d def agree that Heckingbottom schooled Lennon today

I believe the big difference is that PH is keen to study and improve, both himself and the players, our previous boss thinks he knows it all.
The players are buying into the philosophy that PH is bringing in and you can see that on the pitch.
our previous boss tried to bully and criticise them , and no one will respond positively to that.

[we are hibs]

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Have a word - that’s a stupid statement to make. He’s had a brilliant start but people have short memories - last season was some of the best football we have seen - the European games were great and he won us the championship on his first attempt.

Lennon is a wee arse. Having a go at Mallan when he won the ball against lustig. Any hibs fans still with their tounges up his arse need to get a grip.

[Tug Wilson]

The great thing is that since Hecky came in every game has been a pressure game. To start with it was to win to stop us sliding further down the league. Then it was to ensure top 6. Then overhaul Hearts. And now to chased down Kilmarnock and a potential European spot. He has coped with it all.

The team seems to be set up more professionally and more tactically aware. In a short space of time he has improved the team quite dramatically. I think part of that is that the squad was better than Lennon had us playing so Heckingbottom just tapped into that. But also he seems to be a better fit for Hibs. We will never be able to buy in ready made quality players. It will be about bringing some players through the youth set up, picking up potential quality from lower league or reserve teams and occasionally signing the odd top class older player who is stepping down a level.

I suspect Heckingbottom will be better at promoting youth, we have a good recruitment set up for picking up the rough diamonds and PH can polish them into class players. And I even think that he will be able to handle the older players without making it a personality thing.

[HibbiesandtheBaddies]

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Listened to radio Scotland after the game and they said Lennon’s tactics were to deploy wingers and get crosses into the box. The same as he did here with Boyle. I think Lennon is a bit of a dinosaur in that he has beliefs and sticks to them. Heckingbottom seems to adapt to suit every game and changes it during he games. I’d def agree that Heckingbottom schooled Lennon today

Looks to me that the team is more organised under Hecky. And when he gets wee Tam and Boyler back he'll have even more options.

And then Scotty in next season. Feeling positive!

[Moulin Yarns]

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Have a word - that’s a stupid statement to make. He’s had a brilliant start but people have short memories - last season was some of the best football we have seen - the European games were great and he won us the championship on his first attempt.

Then he F ucked itup

[Since452]

I can see a shed load of season tickets being sold again. Leeann has unearthed a gem.

[heretoday]

Heck means business all right.

[CMac1988]

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I can see a shed load of season tickets being sold again. Leeann has unearthed a gem.

Should get her involved in recruiting players also!

[Hibs90]

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Should get her involved in recruiting players also!

[Marvellous]

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Lennon is a wee arse. Having a go at Mallan when he won the ball against lustig. Any hibs fans still with their tounges up his arse need to get a grip.

Oh no. I hope Mallan was OK and that no swearing was used.

[CapitalGreen]

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Have a word - that’s a stupid statement to make. He’s had a brilliant start but people have short memories - last season was some of the best football we have seen - the European games were great and he won us the championship on his first attempt.

Lennon has a good run of 13 games last season. Prior to that was pretty dire requiring us to bring in Allan, McLaren and Kamberi.

[wookie70]

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Have a word - that’s a stupid statement to make. He’s had a brilliant start but people have short memories - last season was some of the best football we have seen - the European games were great and he won us the championship on his first attempt.

Heckingbottom is managing to get as many points with the unbalanced, out of form and mismanaged squad he walked into as Lennon has since he joined a team miles ahead in the league, playing lovely football to that point and having won the last 7 domestic trophies on the bounce. Heckingbottom is a good bit ahead of Lennon when it comes to setting a team up and getting them playing for each other from the evidence so far and the success Lennon had towards the end of last season came from happening across a formula and managing to avoid messing with it for a while. When he did tinker at Tynecastle he made things worse. Heck has us solid and organised and hopefully he can expand on that when he gets players in over the summer. He has done incredibly well in his short tenure so far and I suspect he won't be here for longer than a couple of seasons as he will move on to bigger things down south.