A touch of deja vu for David Gray and Eddie May as they go to Paisley and play the Buddies again under similar circumstances with no Hibs first team manager in place - a helluvah coincidence! Lets hope they attain a similar positive result as the last time they did it although I think it will be a testy encounter esp with players who make goal scoring look very difficult - a failure that was a big factor (not the only one!) in them not playing in the "top six" of the Scot Prem. I hope SDG opts for a hi-press formation and just pray that somebody up front has the guile/skill to convert some of the goal scoring opps that will be created. C'mon Hibs!

GGTTH

So ETH confirmed to be leaving Ajax and take on the biggest challenge of his footie career. I hope he insists on bringing in his choice of player and relegates Man U's corporate policy of not doing that. Chuck that method in the bin as it doesn't work! I can see a mass clear-out by him if he's "worth his salt" as a fully-focused, tough manager who demands commitment and results. It wouldn't surprise me if he tries to impose a "boot-room culture" with past Man Utd stalwarts brought back in to engender the requisite standards of a Man Utd player. It will prob be a long haul of recovery, but United definitely have the money to possibly cut down the time - all down to persuading and bringing in top players who have the desired qualities to excel at OT. Interesting times ahead and a small "ray of light" on the quest to return to higher standards and success.

THE MATCH

SATURDAY 23RD APRIL KO 3:00 PM

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LAST MATCH



Well as usual, we made hard work of getting past poor opposition, but eventually found a way. We started on the front foot and had a number of chances, but either very poor finishing or the keeper making a few saves kept the score at 0-0. The chances started to dissipate as the half went on and we went in level. Onto the second and we continued to huff and puff but then NML was brought down in the area and Gregory put the spot kick away. We had a few more chances to put the game away but didn't take them but we held on for 3 more valuable points

THE MATCH



The biggest match of the season as we travel down south to take on fellow playoff pursuers Wycombe. Wycombe currently lie in 6th place on goal difference from Sunderland who have a game in hand so will be looking for 3 points to keep there playoff push alive. They are managed by Gareth Ainsworth who has been in charge for a decade and has a 39% win rate. There top goal-scorer is Sam Vokes who has 15 goals and 7 assists. A win for us would keep hopes of an unlikely automatic promotion spot

CURRENT FORM

OWLS                -                                             

WYCO               -                                              

EFL STOOGES

DOES IT MATTER THERE ALL CORRUPT  

ANDY DAVIES
James Wilson and Robert Merchant
Fourth Official : Declan Bourne

THE TEAM

Peacock-Farrell
Storey Dunkley Palmer
NML Byers Bannan FDB Johnson
Berahino Gregory

SCORE & SCORER (HOME TEAM SCORE FIRST)

1-1 Gregory

ATTENDANCE

N/A

BML STANDINGS

Pei 17
SCO 14
Kev 12
Wereham 11
Maddix 9
Imre 9
Wash 7
SS 5

OTHER GAMES OF MILD INTEREST

Milton Keynes Dons v Morecambe
Portsmouth v Gillingham
Rotherham United v Oxford United
Sunderland v Cambridge United
Wigan Athletic v Plymouth Argyle

HHAHH

THE MUPPETT LEAGUE




KATE BECKINSALE TRIBUTE PIC

Not many matches remaining for the Hoops after the "split" and this one needs to be treated as seriously as no other one mainly because no slip-ups are allowed to give the Huns even a "sniff" of any chance to retain their title. It's a tricky fixture on a tight little ground in Dingwall and the players will need to be fully focused on the job at hand v a side managed by a guy, an ex Celtic player, with fairly close Celtic connections. No doubt, this ground will be "filled up" with lotsa Celtic fans to maximise the support provided to Ange and his troops on the final run-in towards the Scot Prem title.

Well, that’s the Jambos in European football until Xmas at least. Great achievement with the added benefit of £3 million guaranteed cash right in the sky rocket, not to mention gate receipts and TV money. Some turn around in fortunes for the Edinburgh clubs- Hibs flying high with a third placed finish last season and the Hearts only coming up to Premiership after romping the championship again. Who would’ve thought such a turn around could actually happen? Well, tbh, most Jambos. Signed some decent quality players, combined with retaining some decent quality players- end result- 3rd place and European football. Happy days.

This is something that nobody associated with HFC really wanted to see happening for a long time, but it is what it is. SDG currently in interim charge of the 1st team ops and I'm sure he'll try to do a decent job under difficult circumstances with Eddie May alongside him. Eddie's wife, Gayle, a staunch Hibee, will be cheering him on to "do the biz" with SDG!
More importantly, who will be the likely target(s) for Hibs? A lotta names being bandied about already - Derek McInnes, Kevin Thomson, Calum Davidson. I must say these names don't particularly impress me. As said in a previous thread, Malky Mackay is an interesting possibility mainly because he has worked wonders with limited resources at Ross County. However, was he just jammy in finding a couple of strikers who made it happen for them in this particular season? Also there is a lotta "loose baggage" attached to him from his days with Cardiff City. Then, of course, Neil Lennon's name crops up again. We know what to expect from Neil if he returned to ER Stadium, but he'd demand some kinda financial commitment to support the team revamp in the summer. And he also has some "loose baggage" attached to him. It's a "hard call", esp when trying to read how Hibs board and Ron Gordon perceive this appointment. One thing is certain - it's imperative that they make a good judgement call this time around. Choose wisely please!!!

GGTTH

This year's Seniors championships are being held in Centre Sportif de Sous-Moulin, Geneva, Switzerland from 23rd to 30th April and are run in conjunction with the Mixed Doubles.

Men's Teams: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Scotland, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United States. These 21 teams have been split into 3 Groups -
Group A - Australia, Canada, Finland, Italy, Slovakia, Turkey and United States
Group B - Czech Republic, England, Hungary, Ireland, Norway, Switzerland and Sweden
Group C - Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Latvia, Nigeria, New Zealand and Scotland

England are represented by John Brown (Skip), Steve Amann (Vice-Skip), Martin Gregory (Second) and Andrew Robbins (Lead), with Thomas Campbell as Alternate.
Ireland's team consists of Johnjo Kenny (Skip), Bill Gray (Vice-Skip), David Whyte (Second) and Neil Fyfe (Lead) plus Alternate Ross Barr. John Jo Kenny, Bill Gray and David Whyte won Gold in 2012.
Scotland have Keith Prentice (Skip), John Davie (Vice-Skip), John Dowell (Second), Michael Ferguson (Lead) and Alternate Robert Anderson. Keith is from my local ice rink and he skipped the Scots to Gold in 2007 with a different team.

Women's Teams: Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland and United States. These 13 teams have been split into 2 Groups as follows -
Group A - Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Sweden
Group B - England, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Switzerland and United States

England's team for this year (4 of them are from my local ice rink) are Judith Dixon (Skip), Angela Wilcox (Vice-Skip), Helen Forbes (Second) and Deborah Higgins (Lead) with Alternate Joan Reed.
Ireland's representatives are Dale Sinclair (Skip), Louise Kerr (Vice-Skip), Bernie Gillett (Second) and Clare McCormick (Lead)
Scotland's players are Mairi Milne (Vice-Skip, playing 4th), Edith Hazard (Skip, playing 3rd), Wendy Johnston (Second), Katie Loudon (Lead) and Alternate Jackie Lockhart.

Gamball:
Swansea - Middlesbrough

Others:
Arsenal - Man Utd
Brentford - Spurs
Birmingham - Millwall
Bournemouth - Fulham
Stoke - QPR
WBA - Coventry
Wycombe - Sheff Wed
Walsall - Port Vale
Burnley - Wolves

This year's competition will be held in Sous-Moulin Sports Center, Geneva, Switzerland from 23rd to 30th April and runs at the same time as the World Seniors.

The participating teams are from Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United States. These teams are split into the following groups -
GROUP A - Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Italy, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.
GROUP B - Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, England, Germany, Hungary, Scotland, Spain, Turkey and United States.
The teams ranked 1st in each group get a bye to the semi-finals. The teams ranked 2nd and 3rd in each group play in qualification games (A2 v B3 and B2 v A3). The winners of those qualification games advance to the semi-finals. In the semi-final games, A1 will play the winner of B2 v A3; B1 will play the winner of A2 v B3. The winners of the semi-finals play in the gold medal game, the losers of the semi-final play in the bronze medal game.

England are represented by Anna Fowler and Ben Fowler, playing in their 5th World Mixed Doubles for their country


Scotland's team are Eve Muirhead and Bobby Lammie, Gold Medallist and Silver Medallist at the recent Winter Olympics