Hibs 18's and Development

[Vault Boy]

Good to see Rocky and Devlin getting game time.

[HIBS NUTS]

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Clearly new DoF's fault

McDermott out!

Absolutely crazy, hibs play a mainly experienced team instead of usual youngsters and they get beat by a under 23 team. 😳

[Brightside]

Does anyone have the Newcastle side. On the face of it that's a pretty poor result with so many " first team" squad players.

[JohnM1875]

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Does anyone have the Newcastle side. On the face of it that's a pretty poor result with so many " first team" squad players.

The majority of the first team players involved have barely kicked a ball competitively lately though?

[Mick O'Rourke]

Looking like a reverse of last months fixture against "The Wee Magpies "!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYZD4ppLqnQ

Positive is that recently "out injured" players are coming back and getting some competitive football.

[Brightside]

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The majority of the first team players involved have barely kicked a ball competitively lately though?

Yeh id be interested to see the level of the Newcastle squad.

[Mick O'Rourke]

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Yeh id be interested to see the level of the Newcastle squad.

Aye, could be a stronger squad than they brought last month to HTC
In general,it appears our Dev. squad have been doing well.

[ElginHibbie]

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Absolutely crazy, hibs play a mainly experienced team instead of usual youngsters and they get beat by a under 23 team. 😳

An experienced team full of players lacking match sharpness, many of which have never played together, instead of a team that would be match fit and know each other very well

[JimBHibees]

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The majority of the first team players involved have barely kicked a ball competitively lately though?

Definitely needs to be taken into account. Useful to get some miles in the legs

[Gmack7]

I was hoping big cookie might have been playing

[GreenCastle]

From - NUFC.COM

United's U21 side were victorious at Little Benton on Wednesday afternoon, defeating their Hibs counterparts in a kickabout.

The black and whites grabbed an early lead when Michael Ndiweni capitalised on a defensive error and walked the ball round Murray Johnson and into the net with just four minutes on the clock.

The visitors levelled on 27 minutes, when Ewan Henderson saw his shot from the edge of the box rattle the crossbar and fall into the path of Matthew Hoppe, who side-footed home.

Hibs threatened a second goal in the closing moments of the first half with a couple of long-distance efforts that were narrowly off target.

With the rain beginning to fall, trialist Emmanuel Owusu (see below) then tried his luck from fully 30 yards out, Johnson tipping over his effort.

Into the second half and the hosts regained the lead on 64 minutes when Amadou Diallo netted his fourth goal in as many games, cutting in from the left, beating two men and curling a right footer into the far corner.

The Magpies then opened up a 3-1 advantage nine minutes later when recently-arrived substitute Isaac Westendorf took James Huntley's pass and fired in.

This was the second meeting of the two sides in as many months, Hibs running out 3-1 winners on their own training ground at Ormston last time.

Team: M.Thompson, Wiggett, Bondswell, A.Murphy, Savage, Carlyon, Owusu (Hackett 73), J.Miley (Vilca 69), M.Ndiweni (Westendorf 69), Huntley, Diallo.
Subs n/u: Brown, Donaldson, Mavididi, C.Thompson.

HFC: Johnson, Miller, Cabraja, Devlin, Rocky, McAllister, Henderson, J.MacIntyre, Hoppe, Molotnikov, Jair.
Subs (usage tbc): O'Connor, Owens, Delferriere, McClelland, Aiken, Megwa.

Referee: Adam Herzceg

Crowd: around 30 including former mackem boss Lee Johnson, now first Hibs first team manager.

[Brooster]

Just spoke to someone who was at the match, good runout for a number of players who haven't played much recently. He also said Devlin looked miles off it.

[hibee-boys]

Looks like we were holding our own well into 2nd half. Most of that outfield team have played a handful of mins each recently, maybe explains the conceding of goal’s second half. We really don’t have much strength in depth past the first XI and a couple of subs.

[andrew70]

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Just spoke to someone who was at the match, good runout for a number of players who haven't played much recently. He also said Devlin looked miles off it.

Made captain. I wonder if that was a sign that he’ll be staying at the club?

[Alex Trager]

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Just spoke to someone who was at the match, good runout for a number of players who haven't played much recently. He also said Devlin looked miles off it.

That’ll be why he’s not getting on then.

Best way to get him ‘there’ is by playing so the more of these games the better.

[cameronw-hfc]

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Made captain. I wonder if that was a sign that he’ll be staying at the club?

He confirmed on the podcast with Grado he was brought in for 6 months with a view to get fit and earn another deal rather than play a lot of games.

[Gmack7]

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He confirmed on the podcast with Grado he was brought in for 6 months with a view to get fit and earn another deal rather than play a lot of games.

Strange that he is on the bench for couch an important game on Saturday particularly with Rocky available, hopefully has a great preseason and kicks on next season

[HendoDelivered]

Anyone know how Tavares played?

[green day]

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Anyone know how Tavares played?

Only One Step Away apparently.......

[big-mo]

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Only One Step Away apparently.......

He played for about 70 mins before being subbed off, but that looked like it was always planned.
It was easy to see that this squad had never really played together as a team.
Ruben McAllister, Jacob Macintyre and Rudi Molotinkov were left out of Friday night's Under18 against Celtic so that they could be included in yesterday's squad. The Under18's paid the price for that as the lost the game, maining because they missed their midfield.
The Newcastle team were much the same side that had played at HTC, (only three changes). MacA and David were in charge for yesterday's match with Steve Kean not involved with the actual match, LJ and Brian McDermott were also there watching on. As was Jack Ross (now with Toon Acedamy).

[cameronw-hfc]

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Strange that he is on the bench for couch an important game on Saturday particularly with Rocky available, hopefully has a great preseason and kicks on next season

Think it was more just to get an experienced body on the bench. As good as Blaney etc are, i don't think any are ready to step in at CB yet, so a half fit Devlin on the bench as a stop gap was probably the plan, with a view to maybe giving him last 5/10 if we can go a few goals up.

All in all, I like the move from Hibs. It's not something we've done recently but given he's a proven good PL player up here, it makes sense to give him 6 months to prove fitness before committing to anything over the summer.

[tbfhibs2]

18’s match away to Hearts off tonight.
Moved to Tuesday 16th .

[Billy Whizz]

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18’s match away to Hearts off tonight.
Moved to Tuesday 16th .

Did they not play each other last Friday night or Oriam

[tbfhibs2]

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Did they not play each other last Friday night or Oriam

Yeah, still one away match to play.
Think Hearts postponed one earlier in the season?

[Brooster]

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Yeah, still one away match to play.
Think Hearts postponed one earlier in the season?

I think they cancelled it because they couldn't get a pitch at the sports centre they use. Amateurs.

The Development team have one more game to play, against Halifax next week.

[Ronniekirk]

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Just spoke to someone who was at the match, good runout for a number of players who haven't played much recently. He also said Devlin looked miles off it.

Yet he has been on the bench for weeks now

[Greencore]

Aitken and O'connor sign new deals and will be loaned to airdrie

[Gmack7]

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Aitken and O'connor sign new deals and will be loaned to airdrie

Great news

[Pretty Boy]

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Aitken and O'connor sign new deals and will be loaned to airdrie

Could be a good move for Josh.

Airdrie couldn't defend to save themselves this season but they scored a lot of goals. He should get plenty chances there.

[overdrive]

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Aitken and O'connor sign new deals and will be loaned to airdrie

Sounds like Laidlaw will definitely be away then.