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I'm going up to Easter Road on Saturday to see if I can inspire Hibs' strikers to be more productive in front of goal. Last week Hibs had 20 goal attempts, which sounds excellent, but only 6 were on target, which sounds abysmal. I would have expected the shots on target to be anywhere between 10 and 15, so 6 is simply not good enough. The defence gets criticised for their occasional lapses but we have  conceded 28 goals in 30 games, which is only bettered by runaway winners Hearts. In my opinion the real problem is when we dominate large parts of games, we more often than not don't score enough to reward our play. This gives other teams belief that we can be vulnerable, and you know, they're right.

Queens have hit a sticky patch recently, scoring 8 points out of a possible 21 since the middle of February - we have scored 15 points in our last 7 games. Their fourth place in the table is definitely under threat following Falkirk's victory over Cowdenbeath tonight. Queens' manager James Fowler has agreed a contract extension until the end of next season. Nothing in that I hear you say, but Fowler's first win as caretaker manager was against Hibs, so he's not getting to celebrate his contract extension in the same fashion!

The top six play each other this weekend, so here's hoping Hibs will be moving onwards and upwards, leaving the others to take care of themselves. It's Falkirk v Raith Rovers on Saturday and Rangers v Hearts on Sunday. Everybody being available, my Hibs team would be:-

Oxley
Gray, Hanlon, Fontaine, Stevenson
Stanton, McGeouch, Robertson, Allan
Cummings, El Alagui

Subs - Watson, Fyvie, Dja Djedje