FT and a 1-1 draw - a great opportunity gone and a fair result on a lovely sunny afternoon for a game of footie and after reflecting back on the events at ER this afternoon. A nightmare performance from Jason and it surprised me that Lenny took so long to 'hook' him and try something different - eg a superb James Keatings playing alongside Brian Graham. What a great opening goal by Keatings from an exquisite 'weighted pass' through both DU centre backs by Andrew Shinnie - that was a top quality set up and strike! 
A pivotal moment in this match was Gray coming off at HT - his overlapping runs gave the United defence some real probs in the 1st half! Eardsley looks like a solid enough defender but Gray's absence made our game plan so narrow in the second half and what a transformation to our defence inside 7 days due to injuries and suspension! 
As for United's goal? Totally avoidable and should that really have been a United corner? I thought the Hibs clearance bounced off the coloured lad, Odembayie(?). However, giving the DU scorer a free header from about 10 yards was defensive suicide and reeked of uncertainty and disorganisation from a simple corner. Lenny would not be happy at losing that kinda goal! We had some decent attacking moves in the second half with Dylan 'ghosting in' late to attack the edge of United's pen box and why did various Hibs players opt to chip a high pass to a small mid player rather than just 'pass him in on an open goal'??? No awareness or guile to finish off United at a late stage of the game and they were there to be 'finished off' with the right incisive move!!
Still, we didn't lose this match and as for United? Their manager, McKinnon, made a number of positive substitutions to try and 'turn the game' and this ploy was partially successful! However, after watching United's exertions during this game IMO he doesn't have a balanced blend/choice of players and I don't regard this team as a threat to our aspirations for our season but I'm hoping they do some damage to the other teams around us in their future fixtures.
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A pivotal moment in this match was Gray coming off at HT - his overlapping runs gave the United defence some real probs in the 1st half! Eardsley looks like a solid enough defender but Gray's absence made our game plan so narrow in the second half and what a transformation to our defence inside 7 days due to injuries and suspension! As for United's goal? Totally avoidable and should that really have been a United corner? I thought the Hibs clearance bounced off the coloured lad, Odembayie(?). However, giving the DU scorer a free header from about 10 yards was defensive suicide and reeked of uncertainty and disorganisation from a simple corner. Lenny would not be happy at losing that kinda goal! We had some decent attacking moves in the second half with Dylan 'ghosting in' late to attack the edge of United's pen box and why did various Hibs players opt to chip a high pass to a small mid player rather than just 'pass him in on an open goal'??? No awareness or guile to finish off United at a late stage of the game and they were there to be 'finished off' with the right incisive move!! Still, we didn't lose this match and as for United? Their manager, McKinnon, made a number of positive substitutions to try and 'turn the game' and this ploy was partially successful! However, after watching United's exertions during this game IMO he doesn't have a balanced blend/choice of players and I don't regard this team as a threat to our aspirations for our season but I'm hoping they do some damage to the other teams around us in their future fixtures.
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