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Sorry, that was rotten. usual rules apply, I was in a wind and rain swept gazebo in Alloa, and don't have the benefit of reruns, differing camera angles and heat! Too may Hibs players did not try hard enough, disrespected a decent 5th Division club and looked half arsed. Stevie Mallan sat in amongst us, he would not have bene impressed and I am sure will be telling a few of his team mates what us fans think of them.
The back three first half looked to be struggling, I felt BSC utilised the wind better than Hibs the whole game, which is dreadful. We were a bit bitter second half when Whitts joined the back three, but it was poor viewing. The constant roll out from Rocky to Paul Paul Lewis and laterly Whitts didnae work, as all four of them struggle to do anything with it, first half Steph Omeonga tidied up their mess regularly, Indeed only Steph and Sparky looked like they could be arsed first half, Docherty picked up second half and the introduction of Fraser Murray, Melker Hallberg and Jamie Gullan improved the otherwise dire Hibs performance.
I blame the tactics and shape, its clear Jack Ross is a conservative manager, we should been thumping BSC, we never once looked like we would, were set up to do so or worst of all, wanted to. We let them score, Lewis having to mark three of them at the set peice that they scored from?
Summary was that was a half arsed effort, although the 4-1 win suggests otherwise, and must Hibs fans in attendance left feeling disgruntled, wet and cold.
The team...
Rocky must have been told to roll it to the backies, as he kept doing it all game, it was boring and led to very little.
Paul McGInn was given a torrid time by their wide left player, Tam the Postman, don't think he enjoyed playing as a third centre half first half.
Paul struggled with their big striker, Boab the Brickie, all game, the pissing about between Paul, Paul, Lewis and latterly Whitts drove me crackers.
Lewis is not and will never be a centre back.
Whitts played centre mid first half and centre half second half. He may just have been our best player, which says it all.
Greg Docherty seen plenty of the ball for the first hour but offered very little, other than his two assists. He sparked into life last twently and looked much more like himself, playing a good part in his his goal which came from excellent football by Gullan, Sparky and Docherty. He really enjoyed scoring his goal, which is great to see.
Steph Omeonga was the only midfielder who really wanted it, so we took him off after 70 minutes.
Daryll Horgan would have been as well sitting in the gazebo with Stevie Mallan and the Hibs fans, he couldnae beat Jimmy the Jiner.
Boyler too was a waste of a starting place, he offered very little and their left back, Davie the Doorman had an easy day of it. Another one who should have been sitting beside Stevie and us.
Chris Doidge was honking, missed a sitter and could nae get a goal against their keeper, Shagger the PE Teacher. Imagine rounding the goalie and hitting the side netting. He should have a riddy after that performance. Rank rotten, another one for the stand no the pitch today.
The Subs
Fraser came on for Horgan after an hour, when out left he offered very little, however when he was moved right with ten to go he was very good and got himself involved.
Melker replaced Steph with 20 to go and again influenced an improved performance as it encouraged Docherty to get further forward.
Jamie Gullan replaced Boyler for the last ten and gave more than Boyler had in 80 minutes for me.
The Management
I get why we started with a three, conditions, injuries, pitch etc, I get why we kept the ball on the ground and try to pass our way up the pitch. I dinnae get why the second half four kept doing the same thing, it was eye bleeding, boring pish to watch.
BSC gave us a game, and done very well given their limitations. I hope the enjoy bumper pay day. Interesting one of the defnders felt it appropriate to call the Hibs fans spoon burners. More interesting the linesman did nothing about it. Smart wee programme too!
The referee was hopeless, error strewn all game.
Around 1800 Hibs fans there, decent turn out for a terrible day, live on cooncil telly game in a shite hole. I was glad to get home.
Man of the match for a poor game was either Sparky McNulty for his hattrick or Roger Whittaker for his all round good performance. Its Whitts for me but I am glad that is over, it was rotten.
Next up, Ross County on Wednesday night at Easter Road, I hope we play better than we did today?
Hibernian Forever!
The back three first half looked to be struggling, I felt BSC utilised the wind better than Hibs the whole game, which is dreadful. We were a bit bitter second half when Whitts joined the back three, but it was poor viewing. The constant roll out from Rocky to Paul Paul Lewis and laterly Whitts didnae work, as all four of them struggle to do anything with it, first half Steph Omeonga tidied up their mess regularly, Indeed only Steph and Sparky looked like they could be arsed first half, Docherty picked up second half and the introduction of Fraser Murray, Melker Hallberg and Jamie Gullan improved the otherwise dire Hibs performance.
I blame the tactics and shape, its clear Jack Ross is a conservative manager, we should been thumping BSC, we never once looked like we would, were set up to do so or worst of all, wanted to. We let them score, Lewis having to mark three of them at the set peice that they scored from?
Summary was that was a half arsed effort, although the 4-1 win suggests otherwise, and must Hibs fans in attendance left feeling disgruntled, wet and cold.
The team...
Rocky must have been told to roll it to the backies, as he kept doing it all game, it was boring and led to very little.
Paul McGInn was given a torrid time by their wide left player, Tam the Postman, don't think he enjoyed playing as a third centre half first half.
Paul struggled with their big striker, Boab the Brickie, all game, the pissing about between Paul, Paul, Lewis and latterly Whitts drove me crackers.
Lewis is not and will never be a centre back.
Whitts played centre mid first half and centre half second half. He may just have been our best player, which says it all.
Greg Docherty seen plenty of the ball for the first hour but offered very little, other than his two assists. He sparked into life last twently and looked much more like himself, playing a good part in his his goal which came from excellent football by Gullan, Sparky and Docherty. He really enjoyed scoring his goal, which is great to see.
Steph Omeonga was the only midfielder who really wanted it, so we took him off after 70 minutes.
Daryll Horgan would have been as well sitting in the gazebo with Stevie Mallan and the Hibs fans, he couldnae beat Jimmy the Jiner.
Boyler too was a waste of a starting place, he offered very little and their left back, Davie the Doorman had an easy day of it. Another one who should have been sitting beside Stevie and us.
Chris Doidge was honking, missed a sitter and could nae get a goal against their keeper, Shagger the PE Teacher. Imagine rounding the goalie and hitting the side netting. He should have a riddy after that performance. Rank rotten, another one for the stand no the pitch today.
The Subs
Fraser came on for Horgan after an hour, when out left he offered very little, however when he was moved right with ten to go he was very good and got himself involved.
Melker replaced Steph with 20 to go and again influenced an improved performance as it encouraged Docherty to get further forward.
Jamie Gullan replaced Boyler for the last ten and gave more than Boyler had in 80 minutes for me.
The Management
I get why we started with a three, conditions, injuries, pitch etc, I get why we kept the ball on the ground and try to pass our way up the pitch. I dinnae get why the second half four kept doing the same thing, it was eye bleeding, boring pish to watch.
BSC gave us a game, and done very well given their limitations. I hope the enjoy bumper pay day. Interesting one of the defnders felt it appropriate to call the Hibs fans spoon burners. More interesting the linesman did nothing about it. Smart wee programme too!
The referee was hopeless, error strewn all game.
Around 1800 Hibs fans there, decent turn out for a terrible day, live on cooncil telly game in a shite hole. I was glad to get home.
Man of the match for a poor game was either Sparky McNulty for his hattrick or Roger Whittaker for his all round good performance. Its Whitts for me but I am glad that is over, it was rotten.
Next up, Ross County on Wednesday night at Easter Road, I hope we play better than we did today?
Hibernian Forever!
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