Hibs really looking forward to playing us.

[The Gooner]

I’ve seen comments from Jack Ross and Martin Boyle saying how much they are looking forward to playing us.

I don’t have a problem with teams feeling confident coming to play us but I do wonder if it’s a motivator for our players or do we read too much into these things?

 

[Rangers_2001]

I doubt the players care whether Hibs are looking forward to playing us or not tbh.

 

[MrStruth]

I’ve seen comments from Jack Ross and Martin Boyle saying how much they are looking forward to playing us.

I don’t have a problem with teams feeling confident coming to play us but I do wonder if it’s a motivator for our players or do we read too much into these things?

Very little seems to be firing up up players this season. Quite incredible to think we are top of the table.

 

[Batigol]

Look at it from their point of view, we drew with them in one game and beat them by a single goal in the remaining three. They're doing well by all accounts and we're not at our fluent best.

 

[Koist-El]

Hopefully we give them a reason not to look forward to playing us again this season

 

[Dcalm]

Hibs and Hearts are doing well at the moment, when you have your tails up you want to take on everyone.

 

[dh1963]

Bring
It
On

 

[weevlad]

Good, I hope they turn up and have a real go at it

Sick of tin pot teams turning up and camping 11 men behind the ball with no intention of attacking

Space suits us

 

[DoubleWhopper]

We look liable to drop points in most games and are coming off the back of a European away trip - it’s natural they’ll fancy their chances.

 

[interbear]

So they should be. They can hardly be telling the media that they don’t fancy it.

This game is all about how we play. It will be a good insight into whether or not our team can step up and return to something like last seasons performance levels. Because I think we will need to.

 

[sir_walter_smith]

Good, I hope they turn up and have a real go at it

Sick of tin pot teams turning up and camping 11 men behind the ball with no intention of attacking

Space suits us

You didn't watch the game at the weekend? We struggled when Dundee got in our faces.

 

[Mackania]

Games against Hibs are probably the best we get, we never turn them over. I'm not surprised they're fancying it on Sunday. Need to be on it to win this one.

 

[Bobby Russell's Perm]

Massive weekend of league football ahead. The top 4 play each other. Hearts v. Motherwell and of course a mid table clash at sheepland!!!!

 

[club175]

Tbh I would be confident if I was them. They have been every bit as good as us this season so far

 

[Barrymoped]

Can’t blame them to be honest, even when we had our amazing season last year we struggled against them, even when winning it was close, we are currently nowhere near that level and they are playing well.

That said, we are top of the league and winning games. Win on Sunday and it sends a huge statement to the rest of the league.

 

[Professor Yaffle]

It has the potential to be a good game of football.

I'm hoping it's an end to end game with us winning instead of a borefest

 

[MaxiMols12]

I wonder what Scott Allan will do, maybe a cruyff turn, to take away shine off our 3-0 performance!

 

[SG 8]

Need a performance from Morelos. Him on form tears that Porteous apart.

 

[MaxiMols12]

It has the potential to be a good game of football.

I'm hoping it's an end to end game with us winning instead of a borefest

I’d take a 1-0 borefest. The Hagi game was the same and we really needed that 3 points, and it came

 

[Old man of Hoy]

I hope we get off to a flier and give them an absolute doing, they are due it.

 

[BrooklynBlue]

A harder game than the yahoos in recent times.

Hibs are right to fancy their chances. Should be a cracker.

 

[OohAhHuistra]

All managers and players say it, they can't really say anything else. "Nah dreading Sunday just can't ab arsed"

 

[Myc74]

I can understand it and to be honest, with the way we're playing they've got every right to fancy a pop at us.
We'll beat them though. Reckon we'll toil on Thursday night but beat hibs fairly comfortably on Sunday

 

[sapper]

I think any team in this league would be looking forward to playing us at the moment. We look likely to ship goals in every game we have played recently, and struggle to find the back of the net.

 

[M@x]

In their last 2 games the drew with St Mirren and beat St Johnstone thanks to a penalty that never was, hardly breathtaking stuff.

 

[Joe_1991]

Sunday will be tense , and a key game for sure. Can't wait.
My gut says we will win 2-0

 

[weevlad]

You didn't watch the game at the weekend? We struggled when Dundee got in our faces.

We also struggle when its 2 banks of 5 camped behind the ball with one forward on the half way line that the long ball gets pumped up to

See their penalty as an example

 

[dt17]

Hibs need brought down a peg or two. I think they think they're title contenders because they're off to a good start. They've had a few penalties this season and the one against St Johnstone the other day was a disgrace.

 

[ChildOfGoth]

Agree with Brian Rice they are a team who are best suited to countering and less so controlling periods of possessions . think they are playing 352 right now but they adapt that don’t they . I think they do well by playing two central forwards against us too they have truly shaken our CDs a fair bit by doing so . And that is the battleground in this weekends game imo .

im always hoping we click v them but it’s not been happening really we tend to have close scoring affairs which doesn’t accurately reflect the skill levels of the two squads imo

 

[PrisonMike]

4 - 1

 

[Macdonsj]

all depends if they get their obligatory penalty at 0-0 or after we go 2 up

 

[ChildOfGoth]

So they should be. They can hardly be telling the media that they don’t fancy it.

This game is all about how we play. It will be a good insight into whether or not our team can step up and return to something like last seasons performance levels. Because I think we will need to.

Maybe they are looking forward to getting to there rightful place in the league , about 4th or 5th lol

 

[speedy]

Of course they are looking forward to it. We are the best team in the country and they are playing well.

we will be a good barometer for them to see if they’ve made genuine progress or not

 

[Kirbys House]

Tbh I would be confident if I was them. They have been every bit as good as us this season so far

Table says otherwise

 

[CaptainCourageous]

Hibs being bummed up to some thing they aren’t. Decent team, yes, but they’ve already failed to beat Dundee, St. Mirren and Hearts.

They’ve had 6 penalties already this season.

Hallberg, Doidge and Murphy all out injured too.

 

[Barba Roja]

Hibs and Hearts are doing well at the moment, when you have your tails up you want to take on everyone.

Barring Hearts playing them and playing each other, have they really had much of a challenge so far?

 

[Wilbour]

Heads out of arses and we have the beating of them all day long.

 

[Sir Know it All]

Someone on here said this is our biggest home games FOR YEARS given what is at steak, what a bit of meat has to do with the game, I have no clue, their words.

 

[Talktalk]

I’ve seen comments from Jack Ross and Martin Boyle saying how much they are looking forward to playing us.

I don’t have a problem with teams feeling confident coming to play us but I do wonder if it’s a motivator for our players or do we read too much into these things?

The fact that they will be playing at Ibrox what won’t they enjoy ?

 

[sir_walter_smith]

Can't blame them for being confident.

Tough game. We need to turn up or we'll get turnt!

 

[Jaws2]

So they should be. They can hardly be telling the media that they don’t fancy it.

This game is all about how we play. It will be a good insight into whether or not our team can step up and return to something like last seasons performance levels. Because I think we will need to.

100%.

It's not about Hibs - it's about us.

We play to our abilities, we beat them. They know it and we know it.

We need to be up to the task.

 

[Commander Bjorklund]

Mind that time we absolutely battered them 6-1 and all every pundit/media figure could talk about was a Scott Allan pass?

 

[tumsheeheed]

If we turn up we’ve nothing to worry about but there in lies the problem we haven’t turned up so far. Stutter ed our way through most of the games so far, you could say we’re due a performance for ninety minutes here’s hoping.

 

[Karky Madoolla]

Boyle is a despicable diving bastard with a worse combover than Brandon Barker.

 

[Bobans27]

Playing the champions in a 5 star stadium in a top of the table clash, what’s not to look forward to. It’s not as if we are firing on all cylinders either. If we turn up, we’ll win.

Hope both Edinburgh clubs finish 2nd and 3rd this season…

 

[ICA_86]

Good, I hope they turn up and have a real go at it

Sick of tin pot teams turning up and camping 11 men behind the ball with no intention of attacking

Space suits us

People always say this, but I think we struggle more with teams that push up and press us all over the park

 

[Alex Venters]

I’ve seen comments from Jack Ross and Martin Boyle saying how much they are looking forward to playing us.

I don’t have a problem with teams feeling confident coming to play us but I do wonder if it’s a motivator for our players or do we read too much into these things?

When they see the chances we're giving the opposition why wouldn't they be looking forward to the game?

 

[True Blue Avenger]

Need a performance from Morelos. Him on form tears that Porteous apart

Alfie loves a goal against the spoonburners. Think he's scored more goals against them than any other team in the league.

Oh, and Porteous is a no talent, hammer throwing diddy.

 

[Sir Know it All]

Mind that time we absolutely battered them 6-1 and all every pundit/media figure could talk about was a Scott Allan pass?

Hibs have a constant rolling GIF of that pass on display in their trophy roo... shoe box.

 

[WDYGH]

We will need to be up for it to get the win. Hopefully we are. No slow starts, we need to go at them from the off.