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His substitution was desperate and slightly crazy due to the chance of him becoming injured again.
He brought on Murray yesterday instead of Slivka last week who actually came on and changed the game.
It was the worst 40 minutes I’ve seen for a long time from a Hibs team get battered. We got a lifeline at 2-1 but didn’t make the changes needed at half time.
Sadly the Celtic are the Huns are in their own mini league this season to see who wins the league - we are playing for 3rd against the other 10.
But it would be nice to not cave in like old times at least against them both as even though with their resources they should beat us every time we have proven an upset is possible with the right game plan and attitude.
Hecky says we have better balance - well we don’t have a defensive midfielder - Vela isn’t that role.
Hecky said pre-match the Huns were the same as last season shape wise etc - maybe similar but they have added better players and if it wasn’t for our keeper it would have been 10.
High press - can’t do it when you have a slow back 4 (well 2 out of 4). The midfield don’t have the energy and Newell definitely doesn’t have the energy to press from the front. We left holes all over the place and looked like a team (individuals) who had been put together 10 minutes before kick off.
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12-08-2019 08:45 AM #61
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12-08-2019 11:22 PM #62
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There wasn't much right about Sunday. Starting two creative midfielders not known for their defensive qualities along with two winger types just resulted in the huns running riot in midfield and down the flanks. Even if the lot of them were on good form this would have been a doubtful formation for a visit to Ibrox, but with Newell and Vela both struggling to find their feet it was quite predictable to see our pace free defence being run ragged from the off with little protection in front of them.
I think I would have rested both Mallan and Newell for this one while giving Murray and Slivka a start. Murray especially has looked the business whenever called upon this season and is deserving of a start. I would still have started Horgan though - he's been one of the few players who's been firing on all cylinders from the start of the season - a certain starter at the moment.
Starting Doidge ahead of Kamberi up front was also a head scratcher. Kamberi has looked increasingly in the mood this season while Doidge missed two sitters only last week. Strikers are unlikely to get many opportunities at places like Ibrox so it's imperative they make the most of their chances.
Counter intuitive selections - it's not as if Lennon was not capable of producing some bamboozling team sheets - but I cannot recall he or Stubbs before him putting out a side so comprehensively outplayed in any competition regardless of formation.
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You do get players who are kids who thrive off it, porteous recently, however some players who are older but have played for bull**** teams with 0 expectations suddenly appear in Scotland and bottle it.
Yes, some of our senior players were posted missing, I won't defend that, as I also believe the coaching staff set the tone.
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13-08-2019 12:16 AM #64
It’s depressing because it’s taken us years to get to the level we did with record ST sales, 18k average attendances, completes stadium and training ground. Rather than push on and use this momentum and extra income we’ve somehow managed to go back to Fenlon type signings and an uninspiring boring manager. It will be a sin if we tumble back into mediocrity after the hard slog to get to where we were. I can’t even bring myself to watch the highlights and as a ST holder for many years I’m giving the Morton game a miss as I’m bored and angry that we’ve managed to turn this around so poorly in such a short time 😕
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13-08-2019 01:58 AM #65
Rotherham averaged 10,000
Yeovil town is 2,900
Forest Green Rovers have 4,836 as their highest EVER attendance.
Put players from those teams in front of 18,000 at home to 50,000 away at Ibrox with the expectation to win...
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13-08-2019 02:07 AM #66
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Thanks John , another excellent and honest report which I always look forward to reading. It gives me a real pulse on things. Being in Canada and watching on HibsTV I know it's not the same as being live at a game , but you were very respectful and kind in your reporting. I agree with everything you said but I am a little more critical. I went through the emotions like most of us.... I am now in that camp that is very concerned about what I see. We've seen a lot us Hibby's but that was awful...I hope it truly is a case of allowing a few weeks for the new guys to gel etc...but I already have my doubts
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13-08-2019 05:26 AM #67
Just watched the "highlights", were we wearing lead boots ? The one thing which I noticed time after time was how our players had a yard start and were beaten to the ball time after time, and sad to say but there were many times when the Hibs player simply gave up.
We were out muscled, out fought, out thought, over ran and out played. There is always an over the top reaction to losses by some on Hibs.Net but this performance looked absolutely awful.We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence,therefore, is not an act but a habit.
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13-08-2019 01:19 PM #71
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I don’t want an indoor training pitch I want better players
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