Next up for Hibs, Dundee

[Sir David Gray]

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Good work
Are the seeded teams guaranteed home ties too?

From memory I think it's done alternately out of the hat, first tie is a home draw for the seed, second tie non-seed's at home and so on.

[Iggy Pope]

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Need to win in 90 minutes too to get seeded, a win on penalties would see us top the group but not as one of the top four group winners.

So if it goes to penalties we’d be better losing out as we are stuck anyway and hope we get them again in the draw rather than a biggie?

[JimBHibees]

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Just shows how important seeding is. Huge chance of a quarter final.

Yep massively important to be seeded

[Iggy Pope]

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Yep massively important to be seeded

If we were unseeded but out the hat at home to Livi, Ross Co, Dundee or Dunfermline would it be worse than being seeded but drawn away to St Johnstone or St Mirren or Dundee again? We could be at home to anyone it seems. I’m not seeing anything massive really.

[GRA]

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Good work
Are the seeded teams guaranteed home ties too?

I think 4 seeded are at home and 4 away?

So if Hibs win they will be seeded. Any other result unseeded.

[Sir David Gray]

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Last 16 line up almost complete;

Seeds

Aberdeen
Celtic
Dunfermline
Hearts
Livingston
Motherwell
Rangers
One from Hibs/Dundee/Ross County

Non-seeds

Alloa
Arbroath
Ayr Utd
Falkirk
St Johnstone
St Mirren
Two from Hibs/Dundee/Ross County

Permutations;

Hibs

Must beat Dundee in 90 minutes tomorrow in order to be seeded, any other outcome sees us unseeded.

Dundee

Any kind of win (either in 90 minutes or after penalties) will see them seeded. Any kind of loss will see them unseeded.

Ross County

Hibs must beat Dundee on penalties in order for Ross County to be seeded, any other outcome will see them unseeded.

[hibbysam]

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If we were unseeded but out the hat at home to Livi, Ross Co, Dundee or Dunfermline would it be worse than being seeded but drawn away to St Johnstone or St Mirren or Dundee again? We could be at home to anyone it seems. I’m not seeing anything massive really.

Being unseeded gives us a 50% chance of hitting rangers, Celtic, Aberdeen or hearts. In cup draws you want the easiest possible draw, to guarantee an easier draw than those four then we need to be seeded. That’s fairly massive avoiding those clubs and there’s only one way to guarantee that.

[RyeSloan]

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Being unseeded gives us a 50% chance of hitting rangers, Celtic, Aberdeen or hearts. In cup draws you want the easiest possible draw, to guarantee an easier draw than those four then we need to be seeded. That’s fairly massive avoiding those clubs and there’s only one way to guarantee that.

Absolutely this.

As for the seeded thing..it all helps to spice up what was a pretty mundane tournament in the early rounds before so I think the groups and seeded thing works quite well for the league cup.

[SteveHFC]

Forgot this was on tbh after what's happened in the past few days.

[JimBHibees]

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If we were unseeded but out the hat at home to Livi, Ross Co, Dundee or Dunfermline would it be worse than being seeded but drawn away to St Johnstone or St Mirren or Dundee again? We could be at home to anyone it seems. I’m not seeing anything massive really.

Yes we could we could also be away to Rangers or Celtic if unseeded.

[Jim44]

The seeding issue is important, but a just a win with a solid performance is needed to get back the potential and feel good factor we had till recently.

[JimBHibees]

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The seeding issue is important, but a just a win with a solid performance is needed to get back the potential and feel good factor we had till recently.

Agree totally time to get back on track.

[Iggy Pope]

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Yes we could we could also be away to Rangers or Celtic if unseeded.

Yes, we could.

[Key West]

An important game in terms of opportunities for fringe players to give the coach selection problems and for other individuals to reproduce the qualities that they have.
I would like to see the likes of Boyle, Murphy and Wright asking questions of defenders, being brave inviting fouls and then the team making the most of set piece deliveries from Mallan who in my opinion is a vital part of the team with potential assists and goals.
Every game should be treated as a big game and not wasted and a chance to develop and build on what has been a decent start.

[LancsHibs]

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Permutations;

Hibs

Must beat Dundee in 90 minutes tomorrow in order to be seeded, any other outcome sees us unseeded.

Dundee

Any kind of win (either in 90 minutes or after penalties) will see them seeded. Any kind of loss will see them unseeded.

Ross County

Hibs must beat Dundee on penalties in order for Ross County to be seeded, any other outcome will see them unseeded.

Thanks for that. Saves me trying to work it all out. Come on the Hibees, get this sorted in the 90!!

[Since452]

Hopefully Mallan has a Stormer today. There's a place for him in that midfield after the last couple of games

[Sammy7nil]

Has anyone added Premier Sport to their Virgin TV package?

Two questions did you have to phone Virgin and did the promotion code Sale get you a month for £5.99?

[Smartie]

The last couple of games have been poor, as were the performances in the League Cup earlier this season.

There should be first team places up for grabs - and absolutely none of the fringe players made any sort of case for themselves earlier this season.

This is actually quite a big game, for that reason. We need players to step up to the plate and make a solid case that they can’t be left out for the next game - Mallan, Wright, McGregor.

Even Stephen McGinn. He’s not all that old, was St Mirren captain relatively recently and has played very well against us in the not too distant past. His signing looks to have been a strange one, and I’m not saying I expect him to have a stormer but it would be nice if he did so at a time when we’re questioning either Newell, Gogic or both pretty much every week.

[Golden Bear]

Apathy reigns with me as far as this game goes I'm afraid. The drudgery of our "style" of play recently has dampened my enthusiasm altogether. No doubt I'll still be looking on with interest at kick off time though. 🙃

[PatHead]

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Good work
Are the seeded teams guaranteed home ties too?

I seem to remember them alternating the first ball of each tie to home/away.

Might be wrong though.

[Stuart93]

We should be winning this game with ease today no excuses with a performance to match.

[Sir David Gray]

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I seem to remember them alternating the first ball of each tie to home/away.

Might be wrong though.

That's correct.

[Smartie]

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We should be winning this game with ease today no excuses with a performance to match.

We’ve made hard work of games against crap lower league opposition like Brora, Cove, Forfar and Hearts lately.

I’d take any win, a decent performance would just be a bonus.

[Billy Whizz]

Is Dorrans away from them yet?
Read he had a move lined up to Australia

[B.H.F.C]

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We’ve made hard work of games against crap lower league opposition like Brora, Cove, Forfar and Hearts lately.

I’d take any win, a decent performance would just be a bonus.

We need to find some form again. Strongest available team and a dominant performance required for me. Restore some confidence, especially with Celtic next up. Particularly looking for the likes of Murphy to start contributing, good opportunity for him today I think.

[Sir David Gray]

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Is Dorrans away from them yet?
Read he had a move lined up to Australia

Yes he left them last week and has joined Western Sydney Wanderers.

[Stuart93]

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We’ve made hard work of games against crap lower league opposition like Brora, Cove, Forfar and Hearts lately.

I’d take any win, a decent performance would just be a bonus.

I think we’re due a performance, especially against a team hearts pumped 6-2. Anything other than a win today would be a disappointment. Think we can all agree on that

[Snedz]

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We’ve made hard work of games against crap lower league opposition like Brora, Cove, Forfar and Hearts lately.

I’d take any win, a decent performance would just be a bonus.

That in a nutshell has always been my philosophy. Win first and foremost, the performance is extremely important of course but a secondary aspect.

[Since452]

Strong starting 11

[Iggy Pope]

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Yep massively important to be seeded

Wasn’t too massive in the end though it made no odds really.