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01-11-2021, 23:47
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The latest negative news reveals Hibs down on 10 players - five injured plus five COVID affected. I think our hopes of attaining a positive result are remote. Therefore I'd expect JR to at least attempt to organise a decent "spine" of a scratch side - goalie, CB and CF with some form of experience and accountability. Build a reasonable team around that foundation and stick to a game plan that is simple for all the players to understand and deploy, bearing in mind this looks like it's gonna be a scratch side comprising players unfamiliar with playing together at this level of footie. Boyyy, Hibs have a "drawn a short draw" in a match where grabbing the 3 pts would be invaluable in gaining an upward position near the top of the Scot Prem.
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I'm more concerned with the limited "power to motivate" on the part of Jack Ross, an issue that I've highlighted time n time again in the past 12-18 months. We can say, "C'mon the kids" as much as we want, but that means nothing without a manager who has the attribute to naturally "lift" players in a very difficult situation like this one.
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02-11-2021, 18:57
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If that was the case, then I'm sure HFC would've officially informed Hibs fans of that prospect as well as the footie press/media doing likewise.
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Spot on, newhaven. Livingston game is off. Wonder what the punishment might be?
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Hibs apparently down to just seven youth players - they've been "hammered" by this COVID outbreak!! Mistakes definitely look like they have been made by certain parties if one scrutinises the strict measures to establish a "bubble" of protection as set out in the Scot govt/NHS Scotland guidelines. So our next competitive match will be in another semi-final at Hampden Park in 19 days time. I'll think twice about attending that match as we've been shat on "big-time"!!
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8 first team players, 7 reserves, several staff members all positive at hibs, plus some close contacts as well.
Something has gone badly, terribly wrong here.
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As we all know, it doesn't matter tuppence if there are robust measures and protocols in place, if the participants ignore them. No matter what else took place, there must have been a major error made by one or more of the staff/players, that then affected the rest. Hibs must not brush this under the carpet, like they would a "prank". It's much more serious than that.
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