This will be a tough fixture for Hibs v a team that has been unbeaten at home for a long time. Indeed, a draw would be a good result TBH. It looks like we've lost Rocky and Doidgy to injury, annoying mainly because of the timing and the fact that the Govan footie club has not been greatly affected by injuries to key players, or by COVID implications, since the start of the season. So how does JR tackle this match? Well I think he will play "one up top" in a tight 5-4-1 formation but the "trick" is to break out with pace to counter them at every opportunity. Also lets not defend in front of our pen box. I've watched the antics of other sides doing this at Ibronx and it doesn't work - we need to hold possession further forward and break up their domination of these kinda matches. I wanna see Hibs have a real go at them and try to use the pace of Boyly randomly supporting Nisbet as much as he can. Also focus on Tavernier's defensive position as I still don't rate him as a defender plus we need to stop his movement to provide an attacking goal threat. Same goes for Barisic and I think a calculated physical confrontation of certain Rangers positions wouldn't go amiss as I observed re Rangers histrionics after the previous bruising encounter at ER Stadium in the 2-2 draw in which I observed the normally calm Rangers CH, Goldson (and others) being shifted "out of his comfort zone" to a point where Hibs could well have won this match. C'mon Hibs! Lets shift them "out of their comfort zone" again and threaten them on their own ground in an empty stadium with none of their fans there to support them.
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