Les Cabbage

I didn’t, nor have I seen them play to be fair. Just basing it on their recent results and their squad on paper, as you say some teams have a fair few decent individuals but don’t really work as a team and they may well be in that category, here’s hoping.

Georgia definitely in the nae mugs category at least in terms of individuals. Valencias number 1, one of Napolis best players, a guy that’s scored 25 goals in Ligue 2 & regular starters from Shakhtar Donetsk, Red Star Belgrade, Sturm Graz, Lech Poznan & Slovan Bratislava among others. Would bite your hand off for a 1-0 shitfest, we win this and a win in Cyprus (who are firmly in the mugs category) will do it. Really hope we get a couple of goals early ish and it turns into an absolute party. Saying all of that there’s no one in the world I trust to get a result more than Sir Steve.

How was McGrath for you last season overall? Hibs are being linked to him in the media, my impression of him was that he was good at St Mirren, flattered to deceive at Utd but was very good at penalties in both places. Pretty underwhelmed by it overall however I think Wigan tried to sign Ewan Henderson in January so I would take a swap as that would be an upgrade for sure.

Hopefully MacIntyre gets a chance to be back up to Stevenson and eventually overtakes him, would rather that than waste money on another one of these guys (with obvious exceptions). https://twitter.com/hibernianstats/status/1668952941980442624?s=46&t=l5atMOg3FFkHdJ0HJIYlYQ

Brilliant bit of news this morning. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-transfer-news/fish-nears-hibs-transfer-man-30228838 Can we find out if he has a Scottish granny somewhere? Or if he doesn’t forge some documentation? Would be a smashing player to get involved in the National set up, only 20 aswell.

Williams is a funny one, decent career in the championship and lower level English premier league while also racking up a lot of caps and then bizarrely dropped to league 2, seems to have done well there but that’s below the level of the Scottish Premiership. Would have been okay if we’d signed him but hopefully it’s a sign that McDermott has his eyes on a few gems that are at a higher level.

I’ve got a ticket going for the Friday for under face value, don’t fancy it anymore due to the set times. If you’re going the Friday and yet to buy a ticket yet let me know cause I’ll give you mine for under FV, E-Ticket so can send it over.

We were getting absolutely battered for 90 minutes and scored from a corner and 3 counter attacks, very different to a game where we absolutely battered the best team in the country, there were a couple of fringe players in (Bain, Iwata, Ralston) but the rest had played a lot for them. Ross managed to get us up 1 league place in that time and the 3rd season wasn’t enjoyable in any sense whatsoever, I honestly don’t remember enjoying any games during the whole season, it was mind numbing. No one is saying 5th is great either, I’m just happier with the style of play and the direction the club is going in. And Brora and Darvel aren’t comparable either, different manager, pretty different personnel aswell after the January window. And come on mate, you can’t seriously suggest to me the league was stronger in 2020/21 when everyone was skint and working from smaller budgets due to covid compared to now where teams get more European money and are spending pretty heavily. No one is saying Johnson is tremendous either he’s just a better manager than Jack Ross, his record shows it over time, he’s had success everywhere he’s went, that can’t be said about Ross. You can make a list of shite signings by any manager, Ross signed Drey Wright, Jamie Murphy, Chris Mueller, Marc McNulty, Stephen McGinn, Matt Macey and spunked about half a million on Dan MacKay & Dylan Tait, not every signing will be a hit. Jackson Irvine missed a sitter in the cup final and wasn’t really that good for us was he?

Personally enjoyed the game against Celtic recently a lot more, secured us a European trip and we actually battered them, against Rangers it was a win, but they were allover us, the result was enjoyable but the match wasn’t, 71% possession for Rangers and 18 shots at goal, of course I enjoyed myself afterwards but the game was very much a steal, we had 3 shots on target ffs. We were 8th when Jack Ross took over and we finished 7th so you’re wrong on that one once again, he then lost to them in a cup semi final not long before they were beaten by the mighty Brora Rangers. In terms of the league being stronger, a competent Hearts team was in it for one, Aberdeen also didn’t go 8 games without scoring a goal this season, they had a poor run in the winter but then won about 10 games in a row, they’ve got a striker who’s being touted for £7m and another international regular for a team that beat Italy last year. Can’t disagree on Hoppe but you don’t get every signing right, we have brought in some muck but we’ve also seen the likes of Egan-Reilly, Youan, Fish, Khukareyvch which are an upgrade on probably all of Ross’ signings other than Nisbet and maybe Greg Docherty.

There were even some defeats/draws last season that were more exciting than the majority of Ross’ football, Johnson has a clear style, I’m not for one second suggesting that he’s perfect but he’s a tenfold improvement on Ross. Ross failed to finish in the top 6 in his first season, getting pumped at home to a Hearts team that couldn’t buy a win, secured 3rd via default in a season that doesn’t really count anyway before more dismal boring football without results. The league is clearly a lot stronger last season than it was the year before, we had some truly shite spells, no getting away with that but overall it was a lot more fun to watch, there were some decent results and we secured Europe (in the exact same round as we did in 2020/21 btw.) If you’ve actually watched Matthew Hoppe you’d probably realise why we chucked a centre half up front and if you’ve actually seen Rocky since the summer you’d know that he’s a different player to last season. If he’d stayed fit there’s a fair chance he would have been our PoTY. Jeezo mate, your takes on here are suspect at the best of times but that’s a shocker of a post.

Would rather have Lee Johnson every day of the week than that boring b*****d. Would argue that last seasons team would beat Jack Ross’ team that finished 3rd, better style of football, actual tactics rather than just hoping that Boyle/Nisbet do something.

2 years ago he was crying about us sacking Jack Ross, a man who has gone on to sensational things since he was sacked. Would rather we bought 15 Momodou Bojangs than paid his wages working at HibsTV (albeit I’m aware he was punted, thank you Ben Kensell).

Does he really have the affinity to the club though? The guy played for us, yeah but he was mediocre at best and he’s not an Edinburgh lad or a Hibs supporter really. I could probably write a list of about 40 or 50 ex-Hibs players that I would rather hear from on a regular basis, unfortunately however we need our social media feeds and internet algorithms clogged with his nonsense, if it was up to him Malky Mackay would have just led us to a 10th place finish.

Tam McManus constantly comes out with horrendous take after horrendous take, I have no idea why papers keep paying him for his utterly nonsensical opinions.

Need more Yogi Hughes imo.

Gonna be some laugh when Dan MacKay scores to knock Hibs out of Europe.

Now that the dust has settled I’m okay with that. Result? Shite. Performance? Shite. Opportunity missed. However 5th place means we’ll go into Europe seeded a round before Hearts do assuming Celtic win the cup, this likely means we’ll get 1 more European tie than they do which is superb. Possibly more importantly it means Naismith will likely end up getting the job permanently, this is terrific news, have seen Hearts three times under his management and they have been truly awful. Think in the long run this will turn out well for us.

Would be amazed if we get deducted 47 points. I know we’ve made a loss the past couple of years but we’re nowhere near administration concerns.

Like a broken clock is right twice a day here are myself and yourself agreeing about something.

It’s a free hit because Hearts have been above us all season and it would be hilarious if they fucked it, absolutely 0 Hibernian supporters expected us to finish above Hearts this season, the fact we have a chance to do so is funny in itself. With the assumption that Celtic win the cup, it really makes very little difference who 4th and who gets 5th, a hundred grand or something extra. However Steven Naismith will know that if he loses this he doesn’t get the job, the Hearts supporters are clearly shit scared of finishing below us considering how bad Hibs fans think they are and how good Hearts fans have been saying that they are. Of course on the day I’ll be right up for it however it’s the most relaxed I’ve gone into a derby in years.

This is an absolute free hit, win and it’s utterly hilarious considering how good Hearts have been telling us all that they are, draw or lose and we probably get europe anyway. Pressure is all on Hearts as like is said above there is no chance in hell he gets the job if he loses against us twice.

Deary dear I was not expecting that. Thats probably the most I’ve enjoyed a game of football since before covid and probably even the Lennon days at that as Ross and Heckingbottom never really gave us that much to shout about, it was reminiscent of the Mowbray/Collins days where we’d pummel a team at the famous five end of a second half. Few things to note: If Lewis Miller is that good why have we not played him this season? Jimmy Jeggo has to be no more next season, we improved loads after he went off. Elie Youan has finally scored a goal when I’m not on holiday and seen it in the flesh. What a contribution Scott Bain has made to Hibernian FC over the years, that man is Hibs as f**k. Hearts game is a free hit now, win and it’s hilarious, lose and we’re probably in Europe anyway. Can people please stop shouting for Lee Johnson out every time we lose now? He’s not perfect but there’s clearly and improvement isn’t there?

I’m pretty ambivalent on Johnson either way, so many people love him one minute then hate him the next. Continuity into next season may actually help us and I feel more confident with McDermott in the building. Regardless though games against the old firm are fucking pointless and boring, sooner they both f**k off to England/A Super League/A separate league where they just play eachother every week and growl at eachother constantly, the better. FWIW I think we’ll lose tomorrow and Saturday and possibly finish 6th, that said, I probably still wouldn’t sack Johnson, not that I’m a huge fan bit sacking managers constantly doesn’t achieve anything and I really cannot be arsed with another summer of transition.

2 goal rule here, 0-2 and I’m away, my prediction is the 39th minute.

Appreciate the info anyway