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Hibs v Saint Johnstone, Sun 26 Sept, KO 3.00pm - 0762 - 24-09-2021
Hibs and St Johnstone "on a high" after progressing to the league cup semis. Hibs unbeaten this season. However, this match v THEM is definitely one of my big targets of the season mainly because they are a huge bogey team at ER Stadium that I was unaware of last season until perusing past results down the years - totally unacceptable and, no disrespect to Saint Johnstone, a footie club of Hibs standing should be beating this particular footie club far more than this amazing record of failure covering over a decade of matches - an absolute disgrace TBF!! I'd expect Jack Ross to motivate the whole team to "kill off" one of the most embarrassing bogeys I've ever seen as well as highlighting they played a big part in Hibs not winning a cup last season. We "buried" the Dons' bogey not so long ago. I wanna see this one buried as well. LETS LAY DOWN A MARKER ON THEM FOR THIS SEASON!! LETS DO IT HIBS!!
GGTTH
RE: Hibs v Saint Johnstone, Sun 26 Sept, KO 3.00pm - 0762 - 25-09-2021
I forgot to add that I'd certainly like to see Hibs LB position taken up by Lewis Stevenson again mainly because of my mistrust in Doig's defensive qualities. The threat coming from Rooney on the same flank must be countered by JR with the proper tactics. We've "read this book" often enough - TIME TO RE-WRITE IT WITH OUR OWN SCRIPT! I notice they've also lost McCann and Jason Kerr to August's transfer business although they've had to quickly balance up the loss with a couple of additions. Are they weaker than before? I'd like to think so! We'll find out soon enough and, as said previously, JR must ensure this Hibs team really "shows up" to take them on esp with Hibs looking to sustain their challenge at the top end of the Scot Prem.
RE: Hibs v Saint Johnstone, Sun 26 Sept, KO 3.00pm - HerefordBull - 26-09-2021
Think you may be right and Stevenson will play in place of Doig. The latter has much to learn about how to defend and as you point out we have to watch Rooney.
RE: Hibs v Saint Johnstone, Sun 26 Sept, KO 3.00pm - hibeejim21 - 26-09-2021
As 0762 points out, our record against that mob is embarrassing.
RE: Hibs v Saint Johnstone, Sun 26 Sept, KO 3.00pm - ritchiebaby - 26-09-2021
Bogey gone although it was hard work once again. We look to rely too much on Martin Boyle penalties, but through positive application we came through well.
RE: Hibs v Saint Johnstone, Sun 26 Sept, KO 3.00pm - 0762 - 26-09-2021
There's no doubt we deserved to win this match on another great day, weather-wise, to play a game of footie, one that was reasonable to watch as well right up to the last 5-10 mins when Hibs really should've finished them off. I didn't care how we won this match today as the result in "turning over" a bogey was more important. The pk award? Soft TBH! But I'll concur with JR's similar view that you get these pk awards sometime albeit soft. The ref, Beaton, had a rotten performance IMO and just looked like he rolled out of bed this morning in the wrong frame of mind. Some dreadful ref decisions materialised during this game!
Thankfully they didn't affect the final result. And the red card issued out to Mccart? When has St Johnstone last lost a player to a red card v Hibs eh!!!? The decision was the correct one all the same and Hibs were disappointing in not imposing themselves on a St J team that remained resilient until the end. Anyway, JOB DONE on a day when Celtic dropped another two pts v Dundee Utd after hitting the woodwork on 3-4 occasions.GGTTH
RE: Hibs v Saint Johnstone, Sun 26 Sept, KO 3.00pm - hibeejim21 - 27-09-2021
That was never a penalty c'mon
The sending off was ludicrous as well. Beaton is an arsehole. SJ would get football stopped with that style, but we got the job done in the end. Just think if we had a fuller squad, i'd be giving Nisbet some time out as he looks knackered. I'd have liked us to have been a bit more confident on the ball at times but that is still 2 really excellent results back to back. Great to get the SJ monkey off our back.
Aberdeen and sellick are both there for the taking at the moment, and i don't think sevco are anything special either.
Let's see how we go.
RE: Hibs v Saint Johnstone, Sun 26 Sept, KO 3.00pm - 0762 - 27-09-2021
I think the sending off was relative to the "pain" inflicted on McCart by Beaton's dodgy pk decision against him. As said before - I'll take this good fortune in finally "removing that monkey off our backs" after years of waiting even if Hibs were playing badly during this match - the added bonus is that we did OK. Agreed re Nisbet's form and looks like he needs a rest. Also noticeable he has stopped scoring the requisite goals although still occasionally setting up some decent attacking moves. And JR doesn't have any great alternative replacement due to Doidgy's unforeseen injury cropping up.