I 'd just add that I think Nisbet's scoring form has sadly disappeared for quite a while. He was on the vanguard of Hibs "push" to possibly take the 3rd spot in the Scot Prem and the expected goals, to add to his decent total of 11 so far, have not materialised. That is poss due to opponents making sure he is well marked because it does appear that he is almost the only source of Hibs goals. Even his "touch" of the ball in the last few games is bloody awful TBF. In comparison, Doidgy will sadly never be a prolific goal scorer - it is "hit n miss" with him and he may score the odd goal now n again. But I can't fault him re his work ethic on the pitch - he certainly tries hard to help the team. Also in order to score I perceive the service to these strikers needs to be better than of late. I was interested in Boyly's intro to this game in the 2nd half and his expected miserable contribution just confirmed to me what a mistake that sub decision by JR actually was!!
I personally would never have played Boyle at all mainly because of his unacceptably poor form and attitude on the pitch. I don't know if Ross has spoken to him privately to try and get out of the malaise that he is in but he should be doing that! Is it a COVID mental thing??? After all, these players are human things as much as lotsa other people in our society who are suffering. I think we need a victory asap to effectively settle the team and instill some kinda confidence to lift the players. I just hope it happens in the next match but in order to do that certain players need to "step up to the plate" and score the requisite goals. Also I'd like to see Newell's return asap as I certainly think his midfield contribution and urgency has been badly missed.
I personally would never have played Boyle at all mainly because of his unacceptably poor form and attitude on the pitch. I don't know if Ross has spoken to him privately to try and get out of the malaise that he is in but he should be doing that! Is it a COVID mental thing??? After all, these players are human things as much as lotsa other people in our society who are suffering. I think we need a victory asap to effectively settle the team and instill some kinda confidence to lift the players. I just hope it happens in the next match but in order to do that certain players need to "step up to the plate" and score the requisite goals. Also I'd like to see Newell's return asap as I certainly think his midfield contribution and urgency has been badly missed.