Well the "winter footie season" looks like it has finally arrived and the first December fixture is gonna be challenging for Hibs with Rangers new manager, Van Bronckhorst, attaining two opening victories in his first two fixtures. Hibs and Jack Ross have thankfully curtailed a horrible sequence of lost matches with a decent display/victory v Saint Johnstone. I'm hoping the "tide has turned" in that regard and I am a bit more optimistic re our chances on Wednesday night. Kevin Nisbet looks like he may well have found his "mojo" again in scoring terms and I'm happy to see Ryan Porteous back in his customary CB position alongside captain Paul Hanlon. I notice GVB has introduced a more possession based style to their way of playing as well as personally preferring a 4-3-3 line up. Something to note JR. I think this change of style might actually suit Hibs v a Rangers team that has found Hibs matches to be difficult to negotiate compared with other Scot Prem games. There's no doubt they'll be trying to avenge their well deserved defeat at the hands of Hibs in the recent PS cup semi-final. Hibs/JR must counter that with their own "edge" and tactics v opponents they don't particularly like for obvious reasons. As usual, I'll be interested in discovering who the assigned referee will be for this fixture and then I'll have a clearer picture of knowing if we have a decent chance, a sad situation TBH, but that is where we are in this Scot Prem set up. C'mon Hibs! Lets "get in their faces" again and give them a serious game of footie!!
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