The local pub had the game on last night so I was able to see where Hibs had gone since I stopped going along to ER.
The answer , to me, is nowhere! When I saw the starting line up I couldn't believe that Hanlon and Stevenson were there. Don't get me wrong they have been great servants to the club but I was calling for them to be used in lesser roles pre covid.............great to have on the bench for cover if needed and doing their coaching badges to start that career if that is the direction they wish to go.
It says it all when they didn't look out of place in that side last night with Stevenson giving his usual 100% but at the end of the day Hibs should by now be at a much higher level that this.
As Jim and 0762 have stated most of this comes down to recruitment with many players drafted in who are not good enough. Are many of these players Lee Johnsons picks or are they Ian Gordons philosophy of getting young players in, bringing them on and then selling for a profit? By the way Ian, it's not working!
Are the Club short of defensive midfielders? I see Porteous played in that role till Hanlon was subbed and then he dropped back to play centrehalf. Whenever I have seen him he has never struck me as a midfielder so that seems a strange one from LJ. When Hanlon went he brought on Kenneh into his specialist defensive midfielder position........strange!
Pass marks for me went to Bushiri and Youhan .
I expect the fans are calling for the sacking of LJ but from what I saw the problems at the Club seem higher up with poor recruitment being at the core. It is no use just bringing in a new manager and then keeping the signing policy the same.......................it comes down to a lack of understanding of the Scottish game and the type of player needed.
It puts the problems that we have at Hereford at the moment into the shade. ( where the fans want Gowling out but the club cannot afford to do so) Anyway, good luck to all Hibees on here for 2023 and I hope somebody sorts your club out.