For me, the ease with which St Johnstone were able to see the game out today after getting their noses in front was the biggest gripe I have with Jack Ross and his players. It's been a common theme this season that when we go a goal behind we rarely look like taking anything from a game.
I like Jack Ross. Statistically his record at Hibs is very good and where I think he's earned his corn is when we've hit a couple of mini-slumps he's been able to turn things around quickly and get us back to winning ways. That's not been the case with a number of recent managers. However, what he seems to lack is the ability to change his gameplan when we go behind. Even if the tactics don't noticeably change, you'd expect a team chasing the game to show some urgency and dig but in the majority of games where we've lost the first goal the players seem to lack anything like the collective passion required to do anything about it. It's a maddening trait, especially in a game like today with so much at stake.
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22-05-2021 05:56 PM #1
Why, when we go a goal behind, is it more often than not game over?
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22-05-2021 05:57 PM #2
I think it’s because we play counter attacking football.
When the onus is on us to play on the front foot we struggle.
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22-05-2021 06:01 PM #3
Because we're not technically good enough to break down teams that are solid defensively. Today was always going to be about the first goal for that reason. It wouldn't have suited St Johnstone to have had to come out and attack, but they never needed to.
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22-05-2021 06:19 PM #4
Our players and manager aren't clever enough to break teams who can actually defend down.
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22-05-2021 06:21 PM #5
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Lack of options also hinders us when we lose the first goal.
Attackers contributed nothing today. Nobody to bring on though.
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22-05-2021 06:27 PM #6This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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22-05-2021 06:36 PM #7
From a lack of quality to a lack of real leadership we just lacked everything today in a cup final of all games, Ross has to take the blame we go a goal behind and not often you think ah no worries we will batter them second half, real quality costs more than we can spend, so we need to be smarter, we need a manager who is smarter as well, one who can change thinking during a game, I dont see this from the present man.
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22-05-2021 06:47 PM #8
We have a distinct lack of flair and guile to break a packed defence down.
Murphy actually played very well when he went on imo, he’s one of few players we have who has “got it”.
Our team is rammed with dull plodders though who have little more to offer than long diagonals and fighting for scraps.
Our squad is thin, and whilst I am being critical it is also worth acknowledging the circumstances under which we put this squad together and started this season.
In due course I’d expect to see greater squad depth and more players who can make an impact in the final third.
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22-05-2021 06:51 PM #9
Statistically, most games in this league are won by the team that scores first. It’s not a unique issue to Hibs.
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22-05-2021 06:57 PM #10This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
For a supposedly good team (3rd in the league after all) you just feel we’re done whenever we concede first.
This team feels as unlikely as any we’ve had to get back into a game after losing the first goal.
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22-05-2021 07:02 PM #11This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Disgusted with that performance today...it was absolutely *****. Players should be ashamed.
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22-05-2021 07:23 PM #12
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We hardly ever score when we go behind, never mind come back to get a result.
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22-05-2021 07:36 PM #14
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If we get in front we’re a good team. If we don’t, we’re not.
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22-05-2021 08:07 PM #15
When we appointed Jack Ross, an ex-colleague and season ticket holder at Sunderland, told me ‘Jack Loss’ had no Plan B.
Tonight we exchanged messages, he to is angry at their play-off defeat and his message was ‘Replay the Sunderland v Charlton Play-off Final...no Plan B as i told you and freezes when he is most needed...’
It seems Jack hasn’t learned from past failings and to be honest, I can’t disagree with my mates assessment...we just have no Plan B.
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22-05-2021 08:14 PM #17
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We also won from behind against the mighty Cove Rangers and Alloa.
Most games we’ve went behind, we couldn’t muster a goal. Our record when going behind is shocking, I don’t see how it can be debated to be honest. Did you ever think we’d get back in to it after we went behind today? It was identical to the game three weeks ago.
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