(12-04-2016, 13:22)hibeejim21 Wrote: Theres been games where nothing has come off for stokes but times i've seen him he is putting in a shift for the team,working out wide and closing down players. He has done more than cummings of late anyway.

it's all moot because stubbs has made it clear he is sticking with him and cummings up front.

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(12-04-2016, 13:22)hibeejim21 Wrote: Theres been games where nothing has come off for stokes but times i've seen him he is putting in a shift for the team,working out wide and closing down players. He has done more than cummings of late anyway.

it's all moot because stubbs has made it clear he is sticking with him and cummings up front.

Well Stokesy certainly put in a shift tonight and it would've been good if he'd passed Muirhead in the 1st half and got through on goal - a great run from the centre spot! And that cynical, dangerous foul to stop him was ludicrous and certainly not worthy of a yellow card! He also brilliantly chested in Jason in a two touch move - flagged offside by the bald East Stand AR but never offside and this guy was slaughtered by Hibs fans in the East Stand together with that numpty of a weak referee! Deja vu for lotsa Hibs fans!

(13-04-2016, 22:28)ritchiebaby Wrote: For my sins I was at Easter Road last night and only got home just before 1 am. Most of it's been said already (the shoddy defending late on), but I'll take a slightly different point of view on my favourite subjects.

Anthony Stokes - he was all right last night, he did run around a bit, but if he's not interested, he just isn't willing to try. I thought Hibs got him as a striker, but he's definitely not a striker. He almost broke through in the first half, but was cynically felled by the "last man", who got away with it.
Jason Cummings - see comments re Stokes not trying, but he did have quite a good game. The Falkirk keeper made 3 good saves from him right in front of me in the second half and brought him down in the box after the nonsensical "offside" decision. (Hanlon's successful penalty claim looked really soft to me, but the referee had a far better view to see if any contact was made.)
Alan Stubbs' substitutions - well, after all my previous comments, he finally made all 3 substitutions, but in the wrong match at the wrong time. He's not made them in matches we were losing and desperately needed to change the game. Now in a match we're winning 2-0 with less than 10 minutes to go and hanging on with a bit of midfield bite about us, he's brought on 2 subs into the midfield and changed the game.

Finally a wee bit about Falkirk - they were an extremely cynical team and clever with it. Hippolyte was very dangerous - he did his best to cheat his way into getting Hibs' players carded. Bartley was cautioned after an early tackle which was certainly a foul but not a bookable foul. And so it continued. On their positive side, Falkirk were quicker in thought and action than Hibs and will be difficult opponents in any play-off game, so much so, that they will be strong favourites to go up on last night's performance. A big plus mark too for the 1,300 Falkirk fans, who sounded like double that number, even when their team was 2 down.

(14-04-2016, 00:32)ritchiebaby Wrote: Fair points, TWG, but Falkirk are more than just robust.

(14-04-2016, 00:52)hibeejim21 Wrote: Falkirks record against us is so great they haven't beaten us once....not once.

We can beat them in the playoffs. But it won't be easy for sure.