Bates will need to be on top of his game, Florian Kamberi could cause us bother tomorrow if he’s fit.
Still fancy us to do them comfortably though.
I've never even heard of this guy. Why will he cause us problems?
Huge boost if true.Hibs first choice centre backs are both out, Mcgregor and Hanlon.
Hibs first choice centre backs are both out, Mcgregor and Hanlon.
This game will be won and lost in midfield.
They are very strong there and have just added Allen.
Can Goss and Holt cope or do we need to bring in Docherty?
Huge boost if true.
Boyle a doubt too, he’s better than barker IMO
Really looking forward to the game. Midfield is absolutely crucial to our chances today. We cannot allow Hibs to run over the top of us as we did in August. Main fear for me is that Goss and Holt will be outnumbered in there. Tough call for Murty on whether he keeps the team from last week or he brings in Docherty and sacrifices one of the front four.
A win today effectively knocks Hibs out of the running for 2nd place IMO leaving it between us and the Sheep.
I fully expect us to be 11 points ahead of them by 9:30 on Tuesday.
Obligatory spoon burner video
Tend to agree.I prefer to play top teams rather than bottom teams.We tend to descend to their level at times.I hope GM recognises the need to change the game today if it's required and not just try to tough it out.This is not the game for trying to see out a result.I'm more confident when we are playing top 6 teams at the moment as we seem to have no problem against then, I think we will be too strong for Hibs today and at long last we have options on the bench if we need to change things
If Allan plays instead of Barkley then their midfield will be considerably weaker as he's a total passenger when the opposition has the ball.
Candeias, Holt, Goss and Murphy give us excellent work rate in the midfield and with Tav and John bombing forward against 2 wide men that aren't great at tracking back it's going to be a long afternoon for the Hibs midfield.
Throw in Windass breaking from midfield and running at their central defenders, plus linking with Morelos and I think we'll see an emphatic victory today Sniper.
Fod
Tav
Bates
Martin
John
Goss
Holt
Windass
Candeias
Murphy
Morelos
Alnwick
Cardoso
Docherty
Halliday
Kranjcar
Cummings
Herrera
This won’t be far away. I still have reservations about Holt, I love his work rate and desire but I just don’t think he is good enough, plus when we play against the more physical sides he can be a bit out of his depth.I know we are at home but there must be a real dilemma about playing young Docherty in Midfield.
I'd rather we play our usual formation though and go for the throat early. If it looks like we are getting over run in Midfield then a change can be made.
Let them worry about us and our forward threat.
Foderingham
Tavernier
Bates
Martin
John
Holt - Goss
Candeias
Murphy
Windass
Morelos
Hibs first choice centre backs are both out, Mcgregor and Hanlon.
I've never even heard of this guy. Why will he cause us problems?
To follow on from this, they released a centre back called Fontaine hours before their centre backs got injured.
An 18 year old called Ryan Porteous who has played a total of 95 minutes in the league this season is expected to play beside Ambrose.
Step up Alfredo Morelos.
I was kinda hoping Ambrose would play right back. Murphy would have given him problems with his pressing.
That means Whittaker coming in. If he plays well, he's a better player in there.
Then again, if he's not at his best, he can be very poor.
Whittaker is out as well. Rherras right back and Stevenson left back.
Will be happy with any win.
Whittaker is out as well. Rherras right back and Stevenson left back.