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Hibernian v Motherwell 05/10/2025


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2 hours ago, Yabba's Turd said:

Highlights were pleasing, I like Ox's bravery but luckily miller was there to bail out his error.

Yes, he did get caught out with that one. Deserves a bit of good luck to go with his great performances so far. 

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Just now, texanwellfan said:

I thought they gave offside as the commentator mentioned the flag going up sparing Robinsons blushes. 

The flag would go up for a goal kick too, I haven’t heard a  commentary, I will have a look at Sportscene

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Quality reporting in The Rancid

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The manager had warned ahead of the game about the “mayhem” of Kofi Balmer’s long throws. But Well’s winner came from the Englishman’s launch to the back post

 

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3 hours ago, joewarkfanclub said:

Thought we were poor in possession first half. Robinson was totally anonymous. I get that he and Stama were isolated but at least Stama was holding the ball up and trying to bring others into play. Robinson seems to take so long to get the ball under control and out of his feet that any chance that comes his way is gone. Id like to have some patience with him, but its difficult when other players come on and instantly offer more.

Out of possession I thought we looked pretty solid. On the few occasikns Hibs did open is up Big Ox was immense. He seems to be growing in confidence and totally bossed his area. Quite refreshing!

Second half was much better. I really like Sparrow. He gives us much more drive and athleticism in midfield. I feel like he has earned his chance to start as he offers something differen to Halliday and Davor. One of them has to go.

The biggest difference though was when Watt and Ebiye came on. They offered more in their first 5 mins than Robinson did all game and for me both of them and Stama have to now be ahead of Robinson. Watt in particular is starting to look a lot fitter. Hopefully the staff will work him hard during the break and get him ready to start.

Pleased for Stama to get his goal. He played well and deserved it. Wise of SK to take him off though and protect him when he is just back from injury. We dont want to risk him breaking down again.

Overall, a great 3 points. Not sure we totally deserved it, but we took our chances and our keeper and defence did the rest.

As always, there was plenty to pick holes in if you choose. McGinn and SODs both gave the ball away needlessly at times. SOD paid the penalty for his mistake. But they both otherwise had decent games. Particularly McGinn whose passing was incisive in the second half at least.

Much for SK to mull over during the break. Not too many opportunities to tweak things prior to the semi final. He needs to get team selection right for that as its now looking like an eminently winnable game.

Perfect summary of the game, player performances and the way it all panned out.

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14 hours ago, stv said:

Polis using batons , not the bread type batons iether

With the nature of the news and media these days, and changes to the way our Police operate, its very, very difficult to get an informed and objective report on events, be they international, national or local. In such cases as this, its a known unknown. Most of us know very little, if anything, about what actually  took place.

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6 minutes ago, witchfindergeneral said:

Imagine how good we'd be if we started the first half of games the way we started the second half yesterday.

I get why we play the way we do by setting up not to lose and then take the shackles off later in the game, and it is effective clearly, but my god it can be frustrating sometimes

I can see Watt and Sparrow coming in for the Dundee game which could make a big difference. 

Kaleta has to be close to a start as well now. 

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15 minutes ago, steelboy said:

I can see Watt and Sparrow coming in for the Dundee game which could make a big difference. 

Kaleta has to be close to a start as well now. 

There is no way SK is dropping SOD if he is fit.

You just need to listen to how he speaks about him to know he is a trusted lieutenant on the pitch.

I do like Kaleta though. He is a seriously good prospect. Unfortunately he isnt our player, so I think his game time will remain limited.

Whether thats the best thing for the team or not is another matter.

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5 minutes ago, joewarkfanclub said:

There is no way SK is dropping SOD if he is fit.

You just need to listen to how he speaks about him to know he is a trusted lieutenant on the pitch.

I do like Kaleta though. He is a seriously good prospect. Unfortunately he isnt our player, so I think his game time will remain limited.

Whether thats the best thing for the team or not is another matter.

He dropped him for Max Johnston. No one in the squad should be untouchable and if you look at the last two goals we've conceded he's been shocking plus he lost his man for the penalty last week. 

He's also offering nothing in attack. In the first half Miller made a break and ended up losing it because SOD made no effort at all to support him.  

Kaleta looks a better player and we will need to be at our best for the week with Celtic (h), Dundee Utd (a) and the Rangers semi.

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4 hours ago, Kmcalpin said:

With the nature of the news and media these days, and changes to the way our Police operate, its very, very difficult to get an informed and objective report on events, be they international, national or local. In such cases as this, its a known unknown. Most of us know very little, if anything, about what actually  took place.

Something concerning must have happened judging by the number of police on show.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c243g11q7r6o

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1 hour ago, joewarkfanclub said:

There is no way SK is dropping SOD if he is fit.

You just need to listen to how he speaks about him to know he is a trusted lieutenant on the pitch.

I do like Kaleta though. He is a seriously good prospect. Unfortunately he isnt our player, so I think his game time will remain limited.

Whether thats the best thing for the team or not is another matter.

Kettlebell used to be the same with Kelly, but look how much better we are without him.

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2 hours ago, steelboy said:

He dropped him for Max Johnston. No one in the squad should be untouchable and if you look at the last two goals we've conceded he's been shocking plus he lost his man for the penalty last week. 

He's also offering nothing in attack. In the first half Miller made a break and ended up losing it because SOD made no effort at all to support him.  

Kaleta looks a better player and we will need to be at our best for the week with Celtic (h), Dundee Utd (a) and the Rangers semi.

I agree that no one should be untouchable. Having competition for your place is what drives standards and keeps a squad honest.

Johnston was our player though and we had a vested interest in developing him. Its not quite the same with Kaleta, albeit I think his quality is plain to see.

FWIW, I think SOD has been very good this season. He looks fitter, quicker and his overall game has improved as a result. So I dont agree with you that he offers nothing in attack.

He did make a monumental howler yesterday though, so its a fair enough debate to be having.

I just think you are going to be disappointed if you think SK will drop him for that when we won the game.

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1 hour ago, well_said said:

Kettlebell used to be the same with Kelly, but look how much better we are without him.

Not arguing whether we would be a better team with Kaleta in instead of SOD. There is enough evidence to suggest thats possible.

Im just saying SK isnt dropping his Vice Captain unless he absolutely has to.

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I would also like to point out that no one seems to be having a go at McGinn after yesterday.

Whilst I thought he had a good game generally and some of his passing was really incisive, he coughed the ball up to Hibs numerous times and certainly way more than SOD did. He was very fortunate that none of his mistakes cost us a goal.

Yet SOD seems to be the punchbag yet again.

Why is that?

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34 minutes ago, texanwellfan said:

Tough run of games coming up so I’m sure it will be a squad effort. 2 Dundee teams away, Celtic home and the semi at Hampden 

Its Dundee at home - they've won one league game since the clocks went forward in March, we've gotta be looking at 3 points in that one , Utd must be a chance of a point, Celtic will just be a loss, those bastards are just too hard to beat. 

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9 minutes ago, FirParkCornerExile said:

Its Dundee at home - they've won one league game since the clocks went forward in March, we've gotta be looking at 3 points in that one , Utd must be a chance of a point, Celtic will just be a loss, those bastards are just too hard to beat. 

Best not to piss Celtic off right now as well.

We can do that in the final! 😉

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1 hour ago, well_said said:

Kettlebell used to be the same with Kelly, but look how much better we are without him.

Yup overloyalty to players can be a bad thing. You look at how good Ox has been so far and it's frustrating he never got a chance last season.  With SOD I have defended him a lot but at same time being vice captain shouldn't mean you are undroppable.

He made a mistake yesterday but these things happen.  

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