St Johnstone

[Scouse Hibee]

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2nd most successful Scottish club in the last decade. All the so called big Scottish clubs, like ourselves, should be utterly embarrassed by that.

What a bizarre take on it.

[hhibs]

Anyhoo,we better score first when we play them as it would seem with our record in general and St Johnstone record in particular we will drop three points and give Aberdeen more hope.

Sadly, I live in hope rather than confidence ,a state of mind I suppose most of us do regarding Hibs.

[MWHIBBIES]

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Anyhoo,we better score first when we play them as it would seem with our record in general and St Johnstone record in particular we will drop three points and give Aberdeen more hope.

Sadly, I live in hope rather than confidence ,a state of mind I suppose most of us do regarding Hibs.

We've won our last 3 in Perth and last lost there in March 2014.

[hhibs]

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We've won our last 3 in Perth and last lost there in March 2014.

Did we score first ?

[MWHIBBIES]

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Did we score first ?

Only in 2 of them

[hhibs]

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Only in 2 of them

We seem fated to fail this season if we do not score first ,that has to say something about the team but I sure as hell cannot work it out.

Any opinions out there ?

[Northernhibee]

I think you have to applaud them for punching above their weight, when you look at clubs like ourselves, Dundee United and the like who have had spells in the lower tier they've consistently found themselves in the top flight. They stuck by Tommy Wright for quite some time and the new manager seems to have a good foundation to build off of as well. Even in the squad, the likes of Wotherspoon, Booth, Craig have been there for some time and although they've lost some key players over the years there's always been someone to replace them.

Rather than be "embarrased" by St. Johnstone, I admire them for long term thinking, consistency, loyalty to staff and that they're well run. They earn their successes.

[MWHIBBIES]

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We seem fated to fail this season if we do not score first ,that has to say something about the team but I sure as hell cannot work it out.

Any opinions out there ?

I think it is more a playstyle thing. Our team suits counter attacking much better than it does breaking down a team defending a lead. Ross needs to figure out how to break down low blocks.

[brog]

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We seem fated to fail this season if we do not score first ,that has to say something about the team but I sure as hell cannot work it out.

Any opinions out there ?

It's true but for years we were told we couldn't hold on to a lead! This season (all games) we haven't lost when taking the lead. League games only, we haven't won when conceding 1st!

[Mick O'Rourke]

[QUOTE=brog;6481870]It's true but for years we were told we couldn't hold on to a lead! This season (all games) we haven't lost when taking the lead. League games only, we haven't won when conceding 1st![/QUOTE


Not winning when conceding first.
A familiar occurrance under Alex Miller ,some might say !!

[Since452]

Only club other than ourselves and the ugly sisters I can recall winning both Scottish and League cups. I know others have done it but was too young to remember Aberdeen and St Mirren win their cups in late 80's early 90"s.

*Actually remember Killie winning both

[Keith_M]

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That is clearly not what I was saying.

FWIW, I didn't think you were saying that either.


I think people are being a bit overly defensive here, in that Hibs have had opportunities handed to them on a plate and just not taken them.

[Aldo]

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2nd most successful Scottish club in the last decade. All the so called big Scottish clubs, like ourselves, should be utterly embarrassed by that.

Well done St Johnstone.

As for being embarrassed, I take it you are from your post?

I’m disappointed but not embarrassed.


Btw... According to my hearts associates we are the wee team and they are the big team. BeLIEve what you want. (Them being in the championship and all that)

So what are we??? Asking for a friend!


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[brog]

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Well done St Johnstone.

As for being embarrassed, I take it you are from your post?

I’m disappointed but not embarrassed.


Btw... According to my hearts associates we are the wee team and they are the big team. BeLIEve what you want. (Them being in the championship and all that)

So what are we??? Asking for a friend!


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[scoopyboy]

Fair play to St.Johnstone for winning both Cups within the space of 7 years.

Funnily enough I don't think they are anywhere near as strong a club as they were in the late 60s and 70s when I started going to away matches.

Always loved going to Muirton Park and there was always a great atmosphere when we played them there. One game especially when we won 3-1 there in a Scottish Cup tie, Jimmy O'Rourke hat trick if I recall correctly. Game highlights were on Scotsport the next day and the ground was heaving.

Never been the same for me after they left Muirton Park and they have suffered from moving to an out of town stadium. They have now won two cups and their average attendance still won't rise next season. Shame really.

[OstKurve Hibs]

Worth noting also that st johnstone have the third highest amount of points accumulated in the spl over the last decade aswell, celtic, aberdeen then st johnstone.

God knows how they do it on such a small budget compared to others but they're doin summit right.

[Viva_Palmeiras]

When they made a move to an all paid for all-seater stadium I did suspect that it would stand them in good stead in the long run. With a low cost base and living within their means and shrewd managerial a acquisitions they’ve done stunningly well. They must market the club (Perthshire will be decent draw from Grimsby) well to the recruits.

[Dashing Bob S]

St Johnstone are an average SPL side and vastly inferior to us as a team. That said cup wins are usually about bottle rather than skill and they have more of that than us. Those two semi defeats will annoy me for a long time.

Anyway, let’s not denigrate St Johnstone, let’s castigate ourselves for allowing us to lose two semis against poor opposition who just wanted it more.

[SMAXXA]

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As much as I was raging we got beat, and would’ve loved us to win them, what’s the point this year? Can’t be there, can’t celebrate other than in the house on your own, would be a total shadow of previous cup wins.

Looking at this post at the start of the thread no idea why there were so many arsey comments about it, it’s clear what he meant and I agree this year wouldn’t have been the same and pretty ***** to be fair. No ***** enough that wouldn’t want to win it just ***** that you couldn’t be there to Witness it and maximise the experience as a fan for what is the odd occasion we win a cup.

[CB Hibs 68]

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Fair play to St.Johnstone for winning both Cups within the space of 7 years.

Funnily enough I don't think they are anywhere near as strong a club as they were in the late 60s and 70s when I started going to away matches.

Always loved going to Muirton Park and there was always a great atmosphere when we played them there. One game especially when we won 3-1 there in a Scottish Cup tie, Jimmy O'Rourke hat trick if I recall correctly. Game highlights were on Scotsport the next day and the ground was heaving.

Never been the same for me after they left Muirton Park and they have suffered from moving to an out of town stadium. They have now won two cups and their average attendance still won't rise next season. Shame really.

Remember that day well and Hibs took up to Perth a big crowd.If my memory serves me right we heard the draw for the next round on the bus back to Edinburgh.Hibs were drawn at home to either Rangers or Dundee who were playing for some reason on the Sunday.Met Dundee who were a good team in those days and went out following a replay.

[Allez Hibs]

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/hibs-huge-club-one-trophy-23505851

Tam McManus weighing in too.

[MWHIBBIES]

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https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/hibs-huge-club-one-trophy-23505851

Tam McManus weighing in too.

What does he think we are trying to do? Finishing 3rd and getting into the European group stages would be ****ing HUGE for this club.

[houstonhibbee]

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Remember that day well and Hibs took up to Perth a big crowd.If my memory serves me right we heard the draw for the next round on the bus back to Edinburgh.Hibs were drawn at home to either Rangers or Dundee who were playing for some reason on the Sunday.Met Dundee who were a good team in those days and went out following a replay.

Dundee beat rangers 3-0 at ibrox on that Sunday in front of a crowd of 60,000 iirc which was double their average attendance. The score, being played on a Sunday and the crowd all stuck in my head as they were all unusual to say the least.
Dundee then beat hibs in a replay at dens 3-0 and the crowd that night was over 30,000 after a 3-3 draw at Easter road. I might be wrong but did Alan Gordon and John Duncan both get hatvtricks?

[Billy Whizz]

Anyway on to Saturday, we’ll need to sharpen up on defending against Saints corners/ set plays
The winner against Livvi in the final was a header from another dead ball move

[PatHead]

I notice Rooney went off injured. Hopefully just serious enough to keep him out on Saturday

[Iggy Pope]

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https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/hibs-huge-club-one-trophy-23505851

Tam McManus weighing in too.

He has a cheek, he’s won **** all and failed absolutely everywhere including Hibs.
But I suppose he will have me down as a Hibs.net ‘roaster’ for having that opinion while he gets paid to ghost write ***** in the papers and I’m subjected to listening to him talk guff and fib like the chavvy wideo he is about Dougray Scott live on Hibs TV for my £k....
Balloon.

[JimBHibees]

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He has a cheek, he’s won **** all and failed absolutely everywhere including Hibs.
But I suppose he will have me down as a Hibs.net ‘roaster’ for having that opinion while he gets paid to ghost write ***** in the papers and I’m subjected to listening to him talk guff and fib like the chavvy wideo he is about Dougray Scott live on Hibs TV for my £k....
Balloon.

Personally quite like him comes over as genuine and to me pretty decent analysis of games and a wee bit of humour thrown in. This is just a puff piece but regards expectations from fans he is probably close to the truth.

[Peevemor]

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Personally quite like him comes over as genuine and to me pretty decent analysis of games and a wee bit of humour thrown in. This is just a puff piece but regards expectations from fans he is probably close to the truth.

He's pretty self depreciating there with his "jinx" talk.

The only criticisms I have of him are that he can sometimes be too negative - if a match isn't going our way and it's Tam & Cliff on the mics it can be pretty soul destroying.

The other thing is that he expects players to do stuff regularly that he never did. There's a difference between "he maybe could have done better" and "he has to do better there".

[Brightside]

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https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/hibs-huge-club-one-trophy-23505851

Tam McManus weighing in too.

Tam isn’t the brightest.

[MWHIBBIES]

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Personally quite like him comes over as genuine and to me pretty decent analysis of games and a wee bit of humour thrown in. This is just a puff piece but regards expectations from fans he is probably close to the truth.

Really? I've not heard him provide one decent bit of analysis this season. Literally says the most obvious thing every time.