"5 winnable games"

[Pagan Hibernia]

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If we win all of these I'm happy to bet that some on here will still be complaining.

nah. Win all 5 (hopefully a thumping win in the derby, not that that ever happens) and everything will be sunshine and roses

[Hibernian Verse]

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St Johnstone h
Motherwell a
Kilmarnock a
Hearts h
Kilmarnock a

I've read a few people saying that we've got 5 winnable games coming up and that after we play them, any doubts we may have could ease.

Obviously 12 points and progression in the league cup is what everyone hopes for, but what are people's expectations and secondly, what return do we need to confirm that Hecky is on the right track?

I'm not hard to please. For me, if we get home wins against St Johnstone and hearts, I'll be able to give our management team the benefit of the doubt. If we can get anything from the 3 away trips, all the better. Even 4 draws and a cup win might just about keep me curious, but any less and my current status of "unconvinced" will change to "totally convinced" and not in a good way.

Of course, 9 or more points and a semifinal will have me looking out my happy clapper gloves once again.

Really feel you've missed an opportunity to run a competition in conjunction with your thread.

[Lago]

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That'll confirm that Hecky is on the right track?

It will be the track back south then.

[One Day Soon]

I predict:

St Johnstone h - win
Motherwell a - lose
Kilmarnock a - draw
Hearts h - lose
Kilmarnock a - lose

Happy about progress would look like:

St Johnstone h - win
Motherwell a - draw
Kilmarnock a - draw
Hearts h - win
Kilmarnock a - win

So, 8 pts and cup progression would start to move me a little away from my current cautiously pessimistic ambivalent Bed Clapper position.

[sahpaton]

Over a month until 2 of these games so how anyone can confidently predict a derby hammering or cup exit already is beyond me. One game at a time, bring on St J.

[greenlex]

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It's an interesting question, that most people have ignored in favour of merely predicting results.

Taking the fact Killie is a cup game out of the equation, we have 3 games v teams we finished above last season and two vs a team we finished below.

For PH to be the right man, I'm looking for progression. That means beating St Johnstone, picking up a point at firhill, at least a point in the derby and picking up a point in Kilmarnock.

So overall, 6 points and taking killie to at least extra time.

But as is so often the case, it's hard to judge. If we were to win 4 games and get papped by hearts, I'd be calling for his head!

It could be regarded as progress but someone will be straight in saying it’s because the other teams have regressed.

[SquashedFrogg]

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It will be the track back south then.

Hilarious.

[Kavinho]

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I predict:

St Johnstone h - win
Motherwell a - lose
Kilmarnock a - draw
Hearts h - lose
Kilmarnock a - lose

Happy about progress would look like:

St Johnstone h - win
Motherwell a - draw
Kilmarnock a - draw
Hearts h - win
Kilmarnock a - win

So, 8 pts and cup progression would start to move me a little away from my current cautiously pessimistic ambivalent Bed Clapper position.

Got to love a bed clapper!
Not enough of them about in my opinion

[Kavinho]

I'd like to see 8 or 9 points in those League games to feel like we are starting to move forward.

6 or less is a concern.

[The 90+2]

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St Johnstone W - 3-1
Motherwell L - 1-2
Kilmarnock L - 0-2
Hearts L - 1-4
Kilmarnock L - 1-3

I can't see this team winning much away from home.
We will do better at home but not v Hearts this season, the way our team is set up couldn't suit a derby match less and we'll get steamrollered

Hearts are pap. Where on earth are they getting 4 goals from? 🙈🙈

[SquashedFrogg]

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I'd like to see 8 or 9 points in those League games to feel like we are starting to move forward.

6 or less is a concern.

Agree. 6 takes us back to where we were pre PH.

[MWHIBBIES]

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St Johnstone W - 3-1
Motherwell L - 1-2
Kilmarnock L - 0-2
Hearts L - 1-4
Kilmarnock L - 1-3

I can't see this team winning much away from home.
We will do better at home but not v Hearts this season, the way our team is set up couldn't suit a derby match less and we'll get steamrollered

4-1, are you serious?

[CMurdoch]

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It's an interesting question, that most people have ignored in favour of merely predicting results.

Taking the fact Killie is a cup game out of the equation, we have 3 games v teams we finished above last season and two vs a team we finished below.

For PH to be the right man, I'm looking for progression. That means beating St Johnstone, picking up a point at firhill, at least a point in the derby and picking up a point in Kilmarnock.

So overall, 6 points and taking killie to at least extra time.

But as is so often the case, it's hard to judge. If we were to win 4 games and get papped by hearts, I'd be calling for his head!

Enjoy yourself at Firhill

[Onceinawhile]

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Enjoy yourself at Firhill

It's a shame we aren't playing at firhill! Now amended!

[DTS]

i think they need to be taken on individual merit. 9 league points but losing to hearts and killie in the cup probably have people wanting him out whereas 6 league points coming from St J and hearts along with a cup win would have people happy.

I’m in the middle I want us to look good going forward(I think we do currently) and steady at the back again like we did when he first came in.

Obviously all the games are winnable but I doubt we’ll win them all but would be disappointed to lose any. Momentum is also huge if we get positives results in the first three games then I don’t think the next two will cause us problems.

St J win - they’re a poor side this season should comfortably see them off at home. 3-0
Motherwell draw - this could be a good game with two teams wanting to play good stuff but a bit suspect at the back 2-2.
Killie win - killie have just played hamilton twice and only scored 1 goals in 210 minutes of football Aberdeen Home and St J away for them before us I don’t see it picking up. 0-1
Hearts win. Them at home we need to win and I’ll always back it 1-0
Killie win on pens - momentum hopefully going but killie to stifle us 1-1 AET.

10 points and a cup semi

[danhibees1875]

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Got to love a bed clapper!
Not enough of them about in my opinion

They're less hassle than a happy wetter anyway.

[California-Hibs]

St Johnstone H - Win
Motherwell A - loss
Kilmarnock A - draw
Hearts H - win
Kilmarnock A (Cup) - Win

Almost certain that's how it'll play out. However I also lose a ton every week on betting 🤷*♂️

[Smartie]

I've always found Hibs unpredictable but at the moment I think they're more unpredictable than ever.

It wouldn't surprise me if we won them all, likewise it wouldn't surprise me if we went on a howling run and found ourselves in some pretty serious trouble after these games.

Some decent, targeted transfer business to deal with our obvious deficiencies would make me far more confident.

It's interesting though, that's for sure.

[Springbank]

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Hearts are pap. Where on earth are they getting 4 goals from? 🙈🙈

Morton got 3
Rangers got 6
Stirling Albion got one

If we use the remainder of the window well we can get a team capable of competing in a derby.

The Newell chap is not one for a derby
The sub goalie not one for a derby
Jackson I would worry about in a derby

We need a dm next to Vela & allan (mallan on bench)

[Hibbyradge]

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Sorry took your advice from the pun discussion on the transfer thread to skip past posts where when the content didn’t interest me so missed your question, thought folk were just giving predictions.

[calumhibee1]

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Morton got 3
Rangers got 6
Stirling Albion got one

If we use the remainder of the window well we can get a team capable of competing in a derby.

The Newell chap is not one for a derby
The sub goalie not one for a derby
Jackson I would worry about in a derby

We need a dm next to Vela & allan (mallan on bench)

We also scored 5 at the weekend and have the best attacking player out of both teams in Scott Allan. If people are using us conceding alot as a reason a honking Hearts team are going to stick 4 past us then surely they’ve got to use the fact we’re scoring as a reason for us getting a few as well? Nothing so far this season has pointed to Hearts beating us 4-1 at ER.

[ekhibee]

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If we win all of these I'm happy to bet that some on here will still be complaining.

And if we get beat in all of them you'll still be happy clapping.

[California-Hibs]

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St Johnstone W - 3-1
Motherwell L - 1-2
Kilmarnock L - 0-2
Hearts L - 1-4
Kilmarnock L - 1-3

I can't see this team winning much away from home.
We will do better at home but not v Hearts this season, the way our team is set up couldn't suit a derby match less and we'll get steamrollered

You know the Hearts games at Easter Road right??? 1-4 🤣🤣🤣 if you're willing to put on a wager that Hearts won't beat us by 3+ goals I'll happily do any amount of your choice 👍

[Dashing Bob S]

The problem is that all those winnable games are also much more losable than they were in the Stubbs-Lennon era. And this is because we have chosen a manager who has bought the players and the tactics that have taken us back to the Butcher-Fenton era.

I hope I’m wrong but I very much doubt we’ll be selling more than 10k ST’s next season with this guy at the wheel.

[bigwheel]

it is very rare that we win 5 games in a row....particularly as our team is yet to gel..

[DTS]

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The problem is that all those winnable games are also much more losable than they were in the Stubbs-Lennon era. And this is because we have chosen a manager who has bought the players and the tactics that have taken us back to the Butcher-Fenton era.

I hope I’m wrong but I very much doubt we’ll be selling more than 10k ST’s next season with this guy at the wheel.

Absolute nonsense. Literally utter garbage. Compare the weekends team to that of the season we went down and it’s night and day. As for Lennon, his last game was a disgrace against Motherwell, he struggled against hearts especially away from home as he persisted to change the team against them. We failed to beat St Johnstone under Lennon and lost both games against them at ER, and we won 1 of 3 games away to killie losing one and the one we lost was one of the worst team selections and performances for a long time.

Yes Heckingbottoms team might not be fully firing yet but let’s not write off a season a few games in and pretend that Neil lennon’s record in these fixtures was anything to write home about

[Captain Trips]

If we go about our business correctly and set up our team correctly for me all our games during season are winable of course we will lose but beating Celtic away would not shock me if we are savvy.

[Wakeyhibee]

They're all winnable but very rarely are in one run. I'm looking for a minimum of 4pts and one clean sheet in the next two games.

For me the next 2 games will tell us where we are, we've had 4 friendlies, 5 LC and 2 League games to get up to speed, gel etc...

I've not had a good feeling this season but really hope these games will show us turning a corner.

For the OPs question 7pts and Cup Semi, I'm staying positive for now

[Keith_M]

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Sorry but one game at a time😄

[hfc rd]

St Johnstone - W
Motherwell - L
Kilmarnock - L
Hearts - D
Kilmarnock - W