Just read Anthony Brown's views on Hibs Midfield in the Evening News and thought it was worth sharing.
Seems to have the same viewpoint as quite a few Fans.
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22-08-2019 06:35 PM #1
Interesting Article on Hibs Midfield
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22-08-2019 06:42 PM #2
We have talented midfielders, but not a great mixture/balance. Think there is a lot more to come from Josh Vela though.
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22-08-2019 07:08 PM #4
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22-08-2019 09:21 PM #5
It’s an interesting article rendered near unreadable by that awful website, and it raises a few points:
1) If Slivka is being ear marked for the deeper lying role he plays for his country then that can only be a good thing. But he has to seize his chance (something he has failed to do so far) and Hecky has to show faith in him
2) Newell is also a midfielder, not the left sided winger we needed.
3) At the moment, letting Milligan go looks like a slightly reckless move. I don’t think he was amazing for us but he could do a job, and I can well believe he was a very good influence on the dressing room.
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22-08-2019 11:04 PM #6
Could be wrong, but think the decision to release Milligan was because Club expected Ojo to sign up.
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23-08-2019 08:26 AM #12
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I honestly don't see this need for a hard-man DM type of player who does the dirty work.
I have watched a lot of games in my time at a variety of different levels. Some good teams have a DM, some good team's don't. Some crap teams have a DM, others don't.
It's all to do with playing to strengths of the players you have and picking a formation which works. If you don't have a DM then there are plenty of ways set up so that your centre backs don't get exposed against teams that play on the break.
If we had strikers that couldn't score, defenders that couldn't header or a keeper which couldn't catch a ball - then yes, let's be concerned. But a team without a DM? It doesn't bother me. From looking at the style of play Hecky wants which is high energy, retaining the ball, high press, it sounds like he doesn't think we need one.
And for those who say that Vela is right for the role. Vela is not a DM, he's the box-to-box athletic type. Same with Slivka.Last edited by joe_hfc; 23-08-2019 at 10:23 AM.
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23-08-2019 08:29 AM #13This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I think the problem with not having a DM is that we are also trying to shoe horn in two AMs. You could maybe get away without a DM if you had two traditional centre mids in there with one AM. But we're going two AMs and a CM and it's just not got enough in there to protect the defence. If we dropped one of Allan or Mallan and played two proper CMs then we'd maybe look a bit more solid but if we want to play both then I think we need a Bartley type player who's no interest in going forward.
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23-08-2019 11:35 AM #16
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23-08-2019 11:47 AM #17
I agree that we are missing a bit of balance in midfield but I don't get the love in for Milligan.
I don't think he was good enough and for me, seemed to risk giving away a penalty at a lot of corners and his poor marking/tracking at set pieces cost us a few goals and I would have expected better from someone with his experience.
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Do you think your security can keep you in purity, you will not shake us off above or below. Scottish friction, Scottish fiction
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Do you think your security can keep you in purity, you will not shake us off above or below. Scottish friction, Scottish fiction
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23-08-2019 01:17 PM #21
I think the journo just got his ‘story’ from coming on here…as many of them probably do!
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