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A trip to the near north awaits Hibs after the international break. We definitely have a good chance to come home with all 3 points, despite an impressive Dundee win over St Mirren. There is a chance to stretch away from the teams below us as well as overtake some of those above us, a chance to be seized upon. I'd be happy with a draw though from a difficult game.
As we've found out already at Easter Road, Dundee will be a hard team to break down, they don't score many goals (up to 10 days ago, that is) and don't lose many either (except for 1 game against those who shall not be mentioned). So we must use the pace of Boyle and Youan and finish off the chances that will come our way.
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Keep another clean sheet and I reckon we will win.... Dundee were a much better team than I thought at Easter road though.
Let's do the business at the Albert Kidd arena.
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From the Hibs website -
Over 1,700 supporters travelled from Edinburgh to back the Hibees and went home happy as goals from Jair Tavares and Lewis Miller sealed all three points (despite a late goal from Dundee's Owen Beck).
From Nick Montgomery -
“I’m really pleased with the performance on the whole, it wasn’t perfect, but I thought some of the football in the first half was a great example of what we want to do. I was really happy for Jair to finish the first goal off because he’s been putting so much effort in, he has been improving week in, week out, and there couldn’t be anyone better to finish that move off. At 2-0 I thought we still had chances to kill off the game. When you’re then down to 10 men away from home, the crowd are going to get behind them, but our fans were there to push us on. They were fantastic today; you could really hear the noise and the boys really respect that. Towards the end, Dundee put the pressure on, we stood strong, put bodies on the line, and David Marshall was there when we needed him.
Anyone that’s watched us over the last 10 weeks will have seen that kind of build-up from goalkeeper to finishing with a shot or pass. When it finishes with a goal then everyone sees it, but there’s been so many times where we’ve lacked the final pass, finish or made the wrong decision in the final moment. I’d love to watch it back but seeing it live, it was a great team goal. It shows how we play, and we will continue to build on from that.”
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Last couple of games have been much more like it IMO. We have seen games out and shown better game management.
Saturday, i thought the sending off was a bit harsh and it ended up backs against the wall but before that we played some very good stuff and tavares had one of his best games capped off with a fine goal. Even Marshall looked good.
The blend isn't quite right in midfield yet, but keep building a winning mentality and it should all come together. Dundee have been tricky opponents this season so getting 3 points there is not to be sniffed at.
