16-09-2015, 22:17
Hibs travel to Almondvale on Saturday, trying to build on a very good display and a very good result against Alloa last weekend.
Livingston have only had moderate success so far in the Championship, finishing 6th and 8th in the last two seasons. This year looks like being just as difficult, as they sit at the bottom of the table with only 1 point from 6 games and a goal difference of -10. They've lost 7 goals already this month and I hope that Hibs will get that statistic into double figures by Saturday night. The Lions feel they gave a decent performance at Ibrox last week and Darren Jamieson had a good game in goals. This has the potential to be a banana-skin game and who could forget Hippolyte's stunning volley against us last season.
We need to be really up for this game and dominate their defence to give ourselves plenty of chances. Another performance like last week's should be good enough to get an early grip on the game and there should also be a massive away support for this one. Now that the team have found their scoring boots, they will want to carry on. Given the start we've made, I'd be loathe to tinker with the defence, leaving Forster and perhaps Eckersley on the bench. The midfield virtually picks itself and we have plenty of options in attack. Feruz has already managed to get his Hibs career off to a bad start, making the news for all the wrong reasons, but I'd give him a place in the starting line-up to redeem himself. Presumably Keatings will miss this game as a precaution and he should rightly be allowed to fully recover for the Aberdeen match next week. Now that Alan Stubbs has finally managed to master putting all 3 subs on with more than 15 minutes to go, I'm more than happy to give him the following selection.
Oxley,
Gray, Hanlon, Fontaine, Stevenson,
Fyvie, McGinn, McGeouch, Henderson,
Cummings, Feruz.
Subs - Bartley, Boyle, Malonga (for another mazy run and goal!)
Livingston have only had moderate success so far in the Championship, finishing 6th and 8th in the last two seasons. This year looks like being just as difficult, as they sit at the bottom of the table with only 1 point from 6 games and a goal difference of -10. They've lost 7 goals already this month and I hope that Hibs will get that statistic into double figures by Saturday night. The Lions feel they gave a decent performance at Ibrox last week and Darren Jamieson had a good game in goals. This has the potential to be a banana-skin game and who could forget Hippolyte's stunning volley against us last season.
We need to be really up for this game and dominate their defence to give ourselves plenty of chances. Another performance like last week's should be good enough to get an early grip on the game and there should also be a massive away support for this one. Now that the team have found their scoring boots, they will want to carry on. Given the start we've made, I'd be loathe to tinker with the defence, leaving Forster and perhaps Eckersley on the bench. The midfield virtually picks itself and we have plenty of options in attack. Feruz has already managed to get his Hibs career off to a bad start, making the news for all the wrong reasons, but I'd give him a place in the starting line-up to redeem himself. Presumably Keatings will miss this game as a precaution and he should rightly be allowed to fully recover for the Aberdeen match next week. Now that Alan Stubbs has finally managed to master putting all 3 subs on with more than 15 minutes to go, I'm more than happy to give him the following selection.
Oxley,
Gray, Hanlon, Fontaine, Stevenson,
Fyvie, McGinn, McGeouch, Henderson,
Cummings, Feruz.
Subs - Bartley, Boyle, Malonga (for another mazy run and goal!)
Cabbage is still good for you