bigmacDFC Posted June 29, 2013 Author Share Posted June 29, 2013 (edited) http://www1.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/8798805/hibs-sign-former-hearts-player Both goals are shown at the end. Edited June 29, 2013 by bigmacDFC 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black and gold army Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Megginson is definitely not as useless as some Wasps would have you believe, had a good game today. Did well for the goal there. Nobody said he was useless, just failed to make an impact so was a bit meh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmacDFC Posted June 30, 2013 Author Share Posted June 30, 2013 Lots of positives from a Sons point of view: The result/performance, with that line-up, was very good. They were pretty much full strength, whereas we were playing almost a reserve team. Meggison, I thought, looked pretty good, fast and good at dribbling. I feel we have lacked a fast striker who can dribble well for a while. McKerracher looked very good, took his goal well, beat a few players and also put in a shift defensively. Looks a very good prospect, hopefully he kicks on this year and gets himself in the first team. Smith - Looked decent, holds the ball up well and looks like he knows where the goal is. I would be very happy for us to sign him. I saw Graham and Fleming in the stand, might be injured; if so I hope it isn't serious. No sign of McDougall or Gils. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sons superhero Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Was it the first showing of Murray's new formation a 433 at times then looking 4312. I thought all the players looked confident and up for it yesterday. All positive for the first pre season game. Went home happy with that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Back Paddy Flannery Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 I saw Graham and Fleming in the stand, might be injured; if so I hope it isn't serious. No sign of McDougall or Gils. Fleming was just back from holiday I believe, not sure about The Chase. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordo1872 Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Good performance from the Sons yesterday. I thought McKerracher looked like a good prospect. Simple finish for his goal but you have to get yourself into those positions in the first place. Smith and McNiff looked solid at centre back. Meggison looked lively throughout and Kevin Smith also did well. The most pleasing aspect for me was that we looked well organised and tight at the back. Hibs had the better of the possession without creating many clear cut chances in front of goal. Have we reduced the width of the pitch? I think Murray hinted at doing just that last season and it did look like it'd been brought in a yard or so. Finally, Ally McCoist spotted in the stand and by half-time we'd run out of steak pies. Coincidence?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zing. Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 (edited) Hibs had the better of the possession without creating many clear cut chances in front of goal. Well that sounds familiar. A f**k load of passing side to side and backwards but no cutting edge unless Harris gets the ball in space. We badly need some strikers. Pre season stuff though so not bothered by the result, I remember we played very well against Sunderland in a pre season game under Colin Calderwood, drew 0-0 and should've won, everyone got all excited and thought we were in for a brilliant season. Obviously didnt happen. I'll take a slight interest in the Dumbarton results like I did last season because of Murray (next Hibs manager btw ) so good luck for the season! Edited June 30, 2013 by Hibernian1875 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naught A Chance Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 The pitch has definitely been taken in a fair bit, Murray said last year our pitch was too big and was allowing the full time teams to come to the BBS and play their own game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Back Paddy Flannery Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Must admit our pitch looks awfy yellow these days, maybe the 'traveling people' have been walking their dogs on it. Hasn't looked all that great for a couple of seasons now, was really noticable in the play off game against Airdrie on Alba. Three or four years ago it was up there with the best. Looks like the dip at the away end has been fixed, anyone confirm? quite hard to tell from where I sit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C'mon_the_Sons Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 (edited) Looks like the dip at the away end has been fixed, anyone confirm? quite hard to tell from where I sit. Mentioned that yesterday. Definitely looks like its been fixed. Think the grass will 'green up' in the coming weeks. Edited June 30, 2013 by C'mon_the_Sons 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optimistic Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 apparently 4 yards taken off the length both ends and a yard off both sides. i thought it looked quite long. possibly yellow due to weed killer and long cos its being grown out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 apparently 4 yards taken off the length both ends and a yard off both sides. i thought it looked quite long. possibly yellow due to weed killer and long cos its being grown out. Hmm,I wondered whether they would take some off each side, or just move the standside touchline in, solving the frozen strip issue. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Kelly Isley III Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 apparently 4 yards taken off the length both ends and a yard off both sides. i thought it looked quite long. possibly yellow due to weed killer and long cos its being grown out. Apparently there have been problems recently with the mower and the grass became overly long, resulting in it becoming 'yellow' when it was finally cut. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Kelly Isley III Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 And tinkers ? and Gypsys ? Lot of un-pc folk in the Sons support it seems Indeed, but I'll tell you something mildly worse than name-calling, scamming my 84 year-old neighbour for money last week using the old 'we've noticed your wall needs attention' lark. They even 'offered' to take her to a cashpoint. Irish accents, unfinished 'work', demanding money, police involvement, exit of the travelling community last Friday - any connection I wonder ? But you are correct, henceforth we should know them as the salt of the earth. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Dowie's signed for Queens. I know we can't base much on Saturday's game but with Murray playing Smith at centre back along with McNiff, would he be thinking of playing Graham & Smith at centre half with Linton at left back, McGinn on the right and using McNiff as back up? I'd still prefer if we got another centre back in. Kevin Smith seems like he could be our next (last?) striker to come in and Nicky Phinn getting through 90 minutes is also encouraging. Seeing McKerracher have a good game on Saturday was also encouraging and I'd have no doubts about calling on him if required over the season. So if we sign Phinn and K. Smith, I'd say all we need is a centre back, thoughts? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Parr Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Phinn's far too injury prone and hasn't impressed when fit. I'd look for someone else. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Last season he wasn't ever fit and I understand the concerns from that side. I do think he could be a good player for us if he gets over his injuries and I'm sure Murray won't want him signed up if there's any danger of these injuries reoccurring. Perhaps a "Pay as you play" type deal (like we did for Gils when he first came I believe) would be the way to go. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revendarkness Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 What we need is a chissy type who can play anywhere what ever happened to ally graham or strling smith? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Don't know where Ally Graham is but Smith was/is at Morton I think. Linton seems to of the "chissy" mould in that he can play a few positions but by all accounts is a far superior player. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Pete Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 I'd rather we were using Scott Smith at left-back to be honest. He was decent enough at centre-half last season when required to play there, but I'd feel more comfortable having a natural central defender partnering Andy Graham and utilising Smith's abilities as a full-back. McNiff and Smith could then act as cover for the first choice centre-halves if necessary during the course of the season. We've got three players who can play left-back (Smith, Linton, McNiff), three who can play right-back (McGinn, Graham, Horne) and three who can play centre-back (Graham, Smith, McNiff), so a natural (right footed preferably as Smith and McNiff are lefties) central defender would complete the defence for me. Phinn's definitely for ability and if he comes through pre-season without anymore injuries then I'd be comfortable with him signing up for the season. In an ideal world I'd be looking at us to add another centre forward as well as another centre back, so hopefully we can get Kevin Smith signed up as well as a defender. We'll almost certainly run with a smallish squad again, so if we got those two plus Phinn signed I'd be happy with that squad going into the new campaign. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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