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02-01-2021 10:03 PM #331
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02-01-2021 10:10 PM #332
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This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteA very balanced assessment from someone that's not keen on Ross. Not sure I agree with your assessment of Ross though - I think I can see what he's trying to do and think he deserves a bit of patience. And definitely disagree with the bit in bold - a cup win - ANY cup win will cut ****loads of slack with the vast majority of the support I reckon. And deservedly so - you can only beat the teams in front of you and as this season's competition has shown, none of them are likely to make it an easy ride.
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02-01-2021 10:10 PM #333
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02-01-2021 10:12 PM #334
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02-01-2021 10:13 PM #335
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02-01-2021 10:23 PM #336
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Obviously he’s trying to build a team to win games, that’s his job. I’m just not sure how he’s looking to go about it. I don’t think we have an obvious way of playing. Magennis is the one that confuses me most. Forgetting his injuries, when he has been fit, he’s predominantly been stuck out on the left and there is no danger that is his position.
I think it’s good to have a bit of flexibility but we seem to chop and change and try to accommodate players. I think we’ve got results, and will continue to get results, because we have more money and better players than most teams in the league. But, back to the original point, I’m just no sure what kind of team he’s trying to build.
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02-01-2021 10:35 PM #337
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At least its not Yogi.
His post match comments today were child like and embarrassing.
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02-01-2021 10:43 PM #338This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Yet he schooled Ross tactics wise midweek
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02-01-2021 10:51 PM #339This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
nut i'm not havin it, i've never even heard of these teams, i think you've just made them up
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02-01-2021 10:58 PM #340
My views on us this season is that we’re an ok squad that are doing and have performed well to date. When you look at it on paper there are a lot of average players Imo who have got us to this point.
Imo our squad is quite a bit behind Aberdeen’s and there’s not too much difference between us and some others.
What we had especially earlier in the season was a way to win and it was built on the back of a solid defence.
No we’re seeing other teams picking up results and putting a run together. Let’s not forget that up until last week we were in a very good position and the majority were happy. Although we lost to rangers we were decent and unlucky not to get something.
2 truly awful results and performances later and people are waning the manager sacked? It shows how quickly football and fans opinions can change.
Im not putting the last 2 performances and results down to Ross though, for me that’s the players. They need to take responsibly as the quality, or lack of, they’ve shown has been embarrassing and the goals conceded amateur. Ross hasn’t suddenly changed things, told them to perform differently or completely changed the squad. For whatever reason there has been a huge dip in form.
What I will criticise Ross for is if he can’t or fails to rectify it. Either by tactics, change of personnel or signing new players in January.
We need quality this month, real quality. Not players that were trying to convince ourselves, ones that come in and instantly show they’re good players.
Im also concerned at where our points will come from in the next month or so
Celtic (A)
Kilmarnock (H)
Rangers (H)
St Mirren (A)
Aberdeen (H)
Dundee United (A)
That is a very tough set and 6 points off County and Livingston going into it would have made things a lot more comfortable.
Within 3 weeks we could easily find ourselves 5/6th depending on results.
Kilmarnock, St Mirren Aberdeen and United are must wins imo although it will be very difficult and probably unrealistic to gain maximum points. Anything off the old firm will be a bonus - despite people thinking we should take something from them.Last edited by Unseen work; 02-01-2021 at 11:03 PM.
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02-01-2021 11:18 PM #341
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NB - I reckon Magennis has been played wide left simply because he can, and absent of Murphy, we haven't got many options for that position in a 4-4-2 context. When he eventually gets fit I bet we'll see him playing a central role more often.Last edited by basehibby; 02-01-2021 at 11:33 PM.
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02-01-2021 11:30 PM #342
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A lot of our success early in the season was breaking on teams quickly. Ross actually spoke about giving up a bit in midfield to go with the front two but I think we’re seeing now you can’t sustain playing that way.
Still think midfield is our biggest issue. We have plenty midfielders but not a midfield if that makes sense.
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02-01-2021 11:31 PM #343This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Given all of that we always have the hope that we can be a consistent top 4 club and win a cup once every 4 or 5 years. The truth is that we never get anywhere near the level everything about this club says we should be capable of reaching, in fact there's just as much chance of us being relegated than winning anything. That's why it's so hard to follow at times.
As for our current situation: Is Jack Ross in danger of the boot? not in my opinion, at least not yet. But what we have seen in the last two games has been an absolute mess, two performances at home that wouldn't have looked out of place in any of the seasons we have been relegated in my time watching the club. The Celtic game won't be a factor unless we get absolutely humped, but if we do lose it and then perform against Killie the way we have in the last two games and lose that as well, then IMO his whole future could hinge on the League cup semi final.
I for one will be absolutely happy with 4th, hell even 5th, if we can win the League cup. Do that and it's been a successful season ... anybody who doesn't agree needs to remember that this club has only won a major trophy once in every 14.5 years of its 145 year existence. Winning that cup will keep him in a job until the summer IMO and I'll be ok with that. But lose to St Johnstone and he had better find a way to turn around our form and quick or he will be getting the dreaded vote of confidence before Easter.
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I don't have a lot of sympathy for players complaining about the pitch, but it did look a bit crap today and considering it has barely had 20 competitive games played on it in 5 months you have to be asking why a full time ground staff can't come up with a better effort than that.Last edited by NAE NOOKIE; 02-01-2021 at 11:50 PM.
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02-01-2021 11:55 PM #344This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Excellent post. It's the under performance relative to our comparative strength over others that is so galling. That and the long standing feeling that there is not the kind of hard-******* mentality at Easter Road from the very top downwards that says losing is not acceptable, anyone who wants points is going top have claw them from our hands and any player not giving 100% is liable to end up in a fight on the training ground with everyone else who won't tolerate phoning it in. The boy band expression is overdone but there's a reason it was used in the first place and then repeated. You need a winning mentality to succeed in football as in all other sports and you don't get it by being anything other than utterly committed, all of the time.
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03-01-2021 12:45 AM #345This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Not just that but we see players getting subbed after 70 minutes because their race is run, that's after 22 games of a bog standard league campaign, why the **** is Kevin Nesbit in need of a rest as the commentators kept saying today, the guy is a 23 year old professional athlete FFS other players should be struggling to match his energy, that's not a dig at him BTW he clearly cares and I could never say I've seen him not trying.
Which brings us to the fans. Its amazing the number of times in threads like this over the years, including this one, where you get fans saying 'why are folk so surprised that we are playing so badly or that we can't sustain a run of form, Hibs have been like that since I started watching them' in whatever year you care to choose from the drop down menu .... It's almost got to the stage where that's our comfort blanket, there's no point in moaning about it because this is just what Hibs do, what we have always done. The whole point of taking this club to the next level is for the folk involved with the club from the owner to the fans to the tea lady to finally grasp that 'it's aye been' has to become 'this cant be'
What we have seen in the last two games is totally unacceptable and can't be swept under the carpet. I seem to recall Alan Stubbs, probably one of the most affable arm round the shoulder type managers we have had absolutely publicly slating his team after a defeat by Raith Rovers. There has to come a time when Jack Ross starts throwing the cups and saucers around as well and I mean publicly.Last edited by NAE NOOKIE; 03-01-2021 at 12:49 AM.
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03-01-2021 01:57 AM #346This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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03-01-2021 06:43 AM #347
You can't sack the manager after two defeats! Honestly, the boredom threshold of some fans is infantile.
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03-01-2021 07:23 AM #348This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The ‘athleticisim’ of our squad is chronic.
Other than McGinn and possibly Boyle I’d say the rest of the squads ‘athleticism’ is poor-average.
It’s no wonder we get so easily over-runLast edited by calumhibee1; 03-01-2021 at 07:45 AM.
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03-01-2021 07:56 AM #349This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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03-01-2021 08:01 AM #350
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I was really impressed by Livi and their current run speaks for itself. But we made life far, far too easy foe them.
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03-01-2021 08:03 AM #351This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I don't think we have a fitness coach now, Paul Green was released due to Covid, so who is doing the fitness side of things?
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03-01-2021 08:04 AM #352This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Gray
McGregor
Porteous
Hanlon
Stevenson
Hallberg
Mallan
Newell
Gogic
Doidge
Nisbet
Off the top of my head are particularly unathletic. Guys that you wouldn’t expect to out run/catch anyone, wouldn’t be massively confident of them overpowering anyone or covering more ground than most others over the course of a game. There’s far too many in our squad and our midfield in particular needs some athleticism in there.
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03-01-2021 08:13 AM #353
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03-01-2021 08:15 AM #354This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The worst posts for me on this forum are the ones that type..
I’ve been following Hibs for 30/40/50 years etc. It’s what Hibs do ...etc.
The problem I have with this is there is a different generation / type of fan who simply don’t accept the just because it used to be like that..means it will always be like that.
That mindset is weak and won’t see Hibs pushing for 3rd in Scotland when it really should be over time. I don’t mean 3rd this season I say 3rd like Aberdeen have been constantly doing with a cup win thrown into the mix every so often.
Some fans maybe started following Hibs when they were up and down and training in a public park. But now the club has the infrastructure to be 3rd / 4th minimum every year.
Fans expectations have rightly risen and that’s a good thing. Accepting derby defeats and results like week won’t grow us as a club - it will lose fans so we have to make sure it doesn’t happen regularly. That’s why fans have every right to question the absolute shambles that has happened this week. We best Livi 4-1 earlier in the season and then suddenly lose 3-0 going on 5 or more - the players and management / staff should rightly be put under pressure as it’s not good enough for the £ we spend to support the club.
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03-01-2021 08:29 AM #355This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
X2 derby loses - one of those performances absolutely awful.
Aberdeen loses this season and not scoring against them.
Aberdeen 3-1 end of last season
Dundee Utd late goal this season
St Johnstone home draw this season
Celtic late goal this season
Ross County - bottom of the league - 1 point from 6
Livi - 3-0 going on more ( worst ever home defeat to Livi)
Livi 1-1 end of last season at home
Alloa performance in cup
League Cup group stages performances were woeful.
That’s off the top of my head...
Yes we have won some games obviously and credit where it’s due for those away wins but we are still a massive work in progress but you would think results like this would happen at the start when a new manager comes in - not after a season and a half !
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03-01-2021 08:55 AM #356This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I’m in no way advocating sacking him, but to look upon this reaction as being solely down to 2 defeats is a nonsense and I’d suggest the people saying that’s what it is know it.
We’ve had some utterly dreadful results under Jack Ross, some of them some of the worst we’ve had since before we got relegated.
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03-01-2021 09:19 AM #357
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I hope he has the players in at East Mains today for a double session and to watch that car crash over again. Any player who doesn't want to be at the training ground today trying to put that horror show right can **** off.
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03-01-2021 10:11 AM #358
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The brand of football is atrocious. The lack of victories against Celtic, Rangers, Aberdeen & ****bos is another concern. The constant signing of injured players. Filling the staff with ex St Mirren players/staff. The signing of Stephen McGinn.
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03-01-2021 10:12 AM #359
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03-01-2021 10:13 AM #360
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