22-02-2016, 23:14
The games keep on coming for Hibs with Morton the visitors to Easter Road on Wednesday night. This game is our game in hand over Rangers and again we find ourselves in a must-win situation. We should see some more of our first-choice players back for this one and we should be too much for Morton.
They were rolling along nicely up until mid-December when they were in 4th position following their 2-2 draw at Ibrox. Since then they have only gained 4 points from their last 7 games. However 4th place is still only 4 points above them, so they will have plenty to play for. I hope Hibs show a bit more urgency in some aspects of their play and I was a bit concerned about the number of players who lost their footing yesterday against Alloa.
I'd expect Cummings to return, perhaps in place of Dagnall, and McGinn to be on from the start. There could be a couple of places in the cup team up for grabs, so the fringe players should be hungry for places.
There are too many "should"s in there for my liking, but it's probably a sign of my anxiety. It should will still be a 2-goal win for Hibs, though.
GGTTH
They were rolling along nicely up until mid-December when they were in 4th position following their 2-2 draw at Ibrox. Since then they have only gained 4 points from their last 7 games. However 4th place is still only 4 points above them, so they will have plenty to play for. I hope Hibs show a bit more urgency in some aspects of their play and I was a bit concerned about the number of players who lost their footing yesterday against Alloa.
I'd expect Cummings to return, perhaps in place of Dagnall, and McGinn to be on from the start. There could be a couple of places in the cup team up for grabs, so the fringe players should be hungry for places.
There are too many "should"s in there for my liking, but it's probably a sign of my anxiety. It should will still be a 2-goal win for Hibs, though.
GGTTH
Cabbage is still good for you
Hibs 0 Morton 2. Johnstone tap-in from an Oxley flap.
IMO he could've dealt with the corner for the 1st Morton goal but was undecided and held back - no decisiveness and domination of Hibs goal area! He was mince for that flogged second goal but we've seen this negative side of the goalie before! Give the big Finnish goalie a chance? Also bring back Paul Hanlon asap and drop Stokes who has hardly done anything to impress since his loan spell started! Every Morton goal was from a mistake by Hibs players. Remember this is a team that has never beaten Hibs in their past dozen fixtures! IMO Stubbs judgement re team selection and tactics was badly wrong tonight and I hope he learns from it. Now we await the resultant impact of this poor result in upcoming matches v Dumbarton followed by QOS.