09-02-2017, 15:40
Great originality eh and you are right - they'd never play Sunshine on Leith at Tynecastle anyway! Hearts fans are normally too busy trying to 'drown out' the song to bother about singing it as we've observed often enough in past Derby matches.
Reflecting back to the match itself, I'm hoping 1. Gollum has a decent game and doesn't succumb to any controversial 'diving' shenanigans or potential red card 'game changing' incidents 2. Cathro plays his trusty lieutenant, Hughes, in the middle of their defence as this guy has no pace and can definitely be caught out by the appropriate pacy Hibs forward in a one touch/two touch movement
Re Hibs, my main concern is the presence of Fontaine who is not that impressive in our defence! I personally wouldn't start Boyly - leave him as an impact sub! I'd field Keatings mainly because he seems to play well at Tynecastle as does Jason. They have luckily drawn home advantage, have a chance of winning this cup tie and their manager is playing down the lack of Derby experience amongst this tranche of players that Levein has suddenly brought in during the Jan transfer period for obvious reasons. We'll see if that is the case for a fixture in which I don't think Hibs have lost for 7 or 8 Derby matches (?) and our cup record is pretty good as well. IMO if Hibs 'show up', particularly in the mid and forward areas, they will be difficult to beat! C'mon Hibs!
GGTTH
Reflecting back to the match itself, I'm hoping 1. Gollum has a decent game and doesn't succumb to any controversial 'diving' shenanigans or potential red card 'game changing' incidents 2. Cathro plays his trusty lieutenant, Hughes, in the middle of their defence as this guy has no pace and can definitely be caught out by the appropriate pacy Hibs forward in a one touch/two touch movement
Re Hibs, my main concern is the presence of Fontaine who is not that impressive in our defence! I personally wouldn't start Boyly - leave him as an impact sub! I'd field Keatings mainly because he seems to play well at Tynecastle as does Jason. They have luckily drawn home advantage, have a chance of winning this cup tie and their manager is playing down the lack of Derby experience amongst this tranche of players that Levein has suddenly brought in during the Jan transfer period for obvious reasons. We'll see if that is the case for a fixture in which I don't think Hibs have lost for 7 or 8 Derby matches (?) and our cup record is pretty good as well. IMO if Hibs 'show up', particularly in the mid and forward areas, they will be difficult to beat! C'mon Hibs!
GGTTH