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The last fixture for Hibs before the "split" and even though it prob suits Hibs, it's another away fixture!! Are Hibs ever gonna play another home game at all lol!!!? Anyway this is another match where I'd like to see Hibs dish out some payback for that previous dreadful loss v the "lions" at ER Stadium. My main concern is the usual one re playing on a shit artificial pitch which definitely gives them an advantage. I'm sure Jack Ross will play the guys who are best suited to play on this synthetic surface and hopefully Hibs will "show up" after that previous morale-lifting win v Ross Co. Their celebrations after the final whistle definitely indicated how they seriously regarded the significance of that welcome victory. C'mon Hibs!

GGTTH
I know it's a long time ago, but Livingston 1 Hibs 4, Kilmarnock 0 Hibs 1 and Hamilton 0 Hibs 4 this season, We should have no fears about plastic pitches. And we've been involved in 15 away wins this season, both for and against, so another one will be good. GGTTH
JR should retrieve the video highlights of these matches in which Hibs excelled on artificial pitches and give the players a "cinema session" after one of the training sessions this week - get them in the mood to play like that again!
Aye Ritchie, with our Easter Road form this season I don't mind the away fixtures. Wink

GGTTH
A win at Livingston will give us at least a 6 point lead over Aberdeen going into the last 5 games and a real chance of bringing European nights back to Easter Road. This season has shown us that we are capable of really good results BUT also some results and performances leaving us scratching our heads.
Depending on which Hibs team turns up we'll either be in heaven or hell tomorrow night.
GGTTH
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FT 1-1. Aberdeen lose again and Hibs are now 7 pts clear in 3rd place. Not a bad day's work and thankfully Doidgy scored a goal after months waiting! Kevin Nisbet almost scoring a great solo goal - really unlucky with the shot and I reckon the pitch surface foiled him. One last comment to make is that I wish Porteous would stop "flogging" goals. He has done this on a number of occasions and Hibs really must either drop him or start dealing with/rectifying this weakness on the training pitch.
See the state of Doidge at the goal Laugh To say he got lucky is an understatement, the keeper should have saved it. His movement is nowhere near that of a good striker but he worked hard the day.

Wasn't a memorable game to say the least but we are at least looking good for third now.

Starting to think Porty needs dropped - he's given away too many cheap ones of late !
I can't believe Doidgy missed that "sitter" in the second half about a foot off the Livy goal line but he has been doing this for a long time and I think most Hibs fans have just become accustomed to this really poor level of striking from him. Re the Porteous gaffes that have flogged so many crucial goals, just think how closer Hibs would be to Celtic in 2nd SP place because the pts lost due to his errors are not insignificant in that respect.