Les Cabbage

It really is mental to think that referees are against them. Tonight couldn’t have been any clearer, if the roles were reversed tonight, Boyle’s one would have been given and the other two wouldn’t have. And once again I am using this opportunity to say f**k Ben Kensell for voting for VAR to brought in, the man possibly may be worst thing that’s happened to Hibernian FC in the modern era.

The team McPake was in had players like O’Connor, Sproule, Stevenson, Griffiths, Stack, Hanlon & Murray in it (I know Hanlon and Stevenson are here currently but are hardly in the team), out of the current team other than the two that are still there only Martin Boyle is a player that has any real connection with the support which is my point, we’re not much worse in a football sense but there’s a shift in dynamic between player and supporter. And as for Dempster I wasn’t a fan but that was purely around how she treated supporters. And I’m so fed up of hearing about how we shouldn’t have sacked Jack Ross, it was a long time ago, get over it - some people liked him, some didn’t, the people that did like him want McInnes as our next manager, I’m not one of them, he was chased from Dundee Utd after losing a home match 9 goals to 0.

I was never a hater of Petrie, even at the time of the protests outside the west I was fully of the belief that he wasn’t the issue at Hibs, he wasn’t hated by myself and presumably yourself given your profile picture? Players may have been shite but to suggest the likes of McPake etc didn’t care is well wide of the mark. Have done that many a time over the years, usually lump before big games. At least under Farmer we were able to have periods where a manager did well enough to keep their job for >12 months at times. It all comes down to the fact now, more than ever before there are very few people or players that I actually like employed by the club, a club ran by arseholes, and a team full of arseholes.

To be fair Triantis gave away a penalty and was at fault for a goal, Maolida managed to tackle himself and then fall over and Marcondes hardly moved from the centre circle. Almost like bringing in lots of loan players at once that have 0 connection to the club doesn’t work.

In the Petrie/Farmer age we didn’t have a CEO that tan behaves like a snake oil salesman and swans around the Albion Bar telling fans information that he shouldn’t be every home game. We may have been utterly shite at points but we never had a team that all 11 players on the pitch didn’t give a single f**k, the only 2 that do are well into their 30’s and no longer good enough (and rarely play). Even in the days of Fenlon/Calderwood you had your McPakes, O’Connor’s, Sproule’s & Griffiths’ that you could relate to and you could tell cared, at full time not one single player showed a single sign of being bothered. My reaction to the result today wasn’t one of anger or frustration, it was simply one of almost amusement because it’s that bad and toxic right now that I feel if you don’t laugh then I’d simply just not go. We churn out manager after manager, each one worse than the last, there was a wee spell under Johnson that reignited my excitement, a man that was a complete fud however a far better manager than his successor and predecessors. The people in charge now just make mistake after mistake, we’ve been a failure ever since the change in ownership yet for some reason people don’t seem to think the issue lies with our strategy, it’s simply not working.

Under Petrie I never felt like this in honesty albeit I was a lot younger, I didn’t want us to sign Van Veen either. The discontent is due to the failure to win any games that matter, the tedious style of football, we’ve signed 7 players, yes but 5 are on loan, 3 of which are under the age of 21 and other than Marcondes I fail to be really excited about any of them. Surely rather than giving off the superiority complex that “I am a better supporter than you as I am happy” you’d be better to engage people rather than further alienate them if you want fellow supporters to get onside. Oh and we’re 7th in the league btw, 8th if Aberdeen win their game in hand, if you’re happy with that then fair play.

Trying to keep an open mind but to replace Doidge, a striker who was by no means perfect, but a threat and a handful with a literal child is absolutely wild. Totally and utterly fed up with the club, hope I’m wrong but signing 2 20 year old centre halves isn’t the solution to our problems either. When was the last loan player we signed from England with no connection to the club that went on to be a good player for us with the exception of CJ Egan Reilly? (Don’t say Will Fish, he costs us a goal every week).

Can’t help but agree. Obviously we won’t sack him after 19 games (albeit Maloney was sacked for the same record) but he’s looking like yet another diddy. I wanted Johnson gone by the end but not a single person can argue that his style of football wasn’t miles superior to this. Yet another failed appointment by Kensell it would appear, never mind lads we will finish 8th but he’ll go for a beer with a few supporters (paid for by his £325k per annum salary) and folk will tweet #BenKensellHibsSupportersClub again soon.

Genuinely sack him, at least Lee Johnson’s teams created chances in derbys, this is like Maloney on speed.

Not for one second suggesting “Monty out” or any of that but I’ve serious concerns of this style of play. Our window in the summer was truly appalling. Jordan Obita, Will Fish and Dylan Levitt truly are three utterly brutal footballers and I cannot believe there are supporters that think they are competent. We have Boyle, Youan and Vente, three players probably worth over £1m and we have created next to no chances away to Livingston and St Johnstone, that’s on the gaffer. I’m not for one second suggesting we should have kept Lee Johnson however his teams always created chances (albeit we conceded hundreds) under Montgomery we look utterly devoid of ideas and creativity. A few wins, yep but we’ve had more than the rub of the green in all of them.

No you’re absolutely right. Sangare was slightly off, by a whisker, we got burned with it with Boyle’s one in the semi final. Even the handball itself was a nonsense, the ball hit his hand, yes but issues like that where he can’t really do anything to stop the ball hitting his hand arent what the handball rule was created for, but that’s what we’re dealing with it now. Don’t care that we got a couple of VAR calls our way today, (and once against tbf) f**k VAR.

We weren’t great but we don’t usually win games when we play like that, probably an inditement of Livingstons luck at the moment. Good to see Hanlon back playing well, would have him and Rocky as my starting two centre halfs. I’m like a broken record but VAR is a fucking farce, I know both times they got to the correct decisions but I don’t understand how anyone in the world could say football is better for it. Anyone with half a brain warned us of this before it came in and it’s been just like it always was going to.

We should just start forfeiting away games at Parkhead and Ibrox and keeping players fresh for the games that matter. Utterly boring. Will Fish is absolutely brutal, must have cost us a good 7 or 8 goals this season through stupid individual mistakes, would rather have Paul Hanlon aged 95 in a wheelchair.

Heading off for this on Monday, can’t wait. Anyone been to Tbilisi before with any shouts for things to do/places to go? Got a few days before the game and it’s be good to do some touristy things. We spent the whole week in Cyprus in the bars with Scotland fans and we were all utterly fed up of hearing the McTominay song every 5 minutes by the 2nd day so it’d be good to hear of good places to go to get a bit of culture in.

Anyone else lump on Aberdeen to qualify at 11/10?

You realise the people operating it are the same people that are refereeing. People make mistakes and always will, a referee making a mistake in real time does not ruin football as a spectacle. VAR however does for 0 gain which is clearly shown by Thursdays injustice.

Not that I’m petty as I truly feel sorry for Aberdeen supporters tonight because they’ve been totally fucked over But from a look at the people who supported VAR according to this poll with affiliation to AFC. @Thenorthernlight @gudge1903 Hope you’re glad of the decision to ruin the old game of fitba. Watched the game tonight with an Aberdeen fan and I think it’s the most annoyed I’ve been at another team being fucked over that I’ve ever been to be honest, remember people earlier in this thread said it would help level the playing field against the bigger clubs .

Joe Newell absolutely selling the pies there, free pass as usual though because he sounds honest in interviews.

I always buy it cause it’s only £40, I usually only get a couple of nights per week where I’ve time to sit about and do f**k all and Football Manager is a great way of doing so, I don’t have an Xbox/PS4/5 or whatever it is now so it’s not a huge outlay. Set up a game with East Fife for the Beta because I’m probably quite ignorant about their team and small details being incorrect doesn’t bother me as much, e.g. if I started at Hibs I would notice they’ve got Le Fondre on £15k per week and Kanayo Megwa’s loan to Airdrie has been missed. Looks pretty decent so far, match engine you can see has improved, the targets feature seems quite decent, Brian Easton had been rotten until I told him he needed an average rating of 7.0 or he’s dropped and he’s stepped it up a level. Only 4 games in but seems good, will get a proper run at it on Sunday unless I’m too hungover to function. Will start my usual Hibs and Scotland long term saves once the full game is out and see what else takes my fancy.

Not SPFL related but I hope the 34.52% of us are happy with that result tonight.

On Saturday I went to FK Arsenal Tivat 1-1 FK Sutjeska Niksic in the Montenegrin First League. Arsenal Tivat are named after the city (Tivat) and Arsenal relates to Tivats 19th century naval arsenal. The standard wasn’t great however the views around the stadium were. Spent the week in Montenegro, based in Tivat, amazing country and Tivat is a good base to explore for anyone interested. Ground was pretty tinpot and I must admit, I have been to games in League 1 & 2 up here with far more quality, but that doesn’t make it any less special. Sutjeska were the better side especially in the first half, but a goalkeeping mistake for them at 1-1 just before half time cost them and the second half was a damp squib. Ticket was €3 though and for top flight football that is ridiculously good, no matter the standard.

Grant Holts performance that day . I would be fine with a similar game but with a Jojo Wollacott header in stoppage time to send us to extra time. In all honesty can we just agree that the winner of this one goes on to win the thing, that fair?

Missing the Raith game and tonight’s game but that is absolutely outstanding. And I also have to say a superb observation from me given how intoxicated I was during some of these fixtures.

Fair enjoyed that. I don’t think Vente has missed a shot at goal yet since he signed, don’t know if anyone that has Wyscout/Opta access can tell me differently but I don’t remember a single shot he’s taken that hasn’t gone in. Newell and Miller the stand outs, Joe Newell has totally proved me wrong and won me round, what a player he’s turned into, Miller clearly been lifted with the new manager, great performance tonight. Last minute goals when you’re 1 goal ahead and defending deep and score on the break just hit different, that’s our second like that in the last couple of months, if you could bottle up the feeling and drink it, it would be illegal. Fair play for St Mirrens first goal btw, what a move followed by an absolute beauty of a hit, nearly stood back and clapped it, but I’m not one of the wanks that do that.