Hopefully Mickey has given Pawllett his chance and realized he is well past the reputation he had at Aberdeen. That was Neilson style today imo. Three or four passes between defense then hopeful launch. Bolton and Harkes impressed. Hopefully Bolton + Shankland equals goals. 

If anything this game has showed we’re needing a winger and a striker, apart from that no complaints, silly goal to give away but can not fault the players attitude and desire

Harkes and pawlett were good again especially harkes both like new signings

smedDUm wrote:

Edwards should have been off immediately, his lack of a challenge cost us the game. Bad management.

 
I'd say its more the players fault than the managers, if the player says he's OK and wants to run it off then most managers would probably give him a chance to do that. If the player knows he's fucked he needs to put his hand up.

Harkes should have done better with 2 chances.
Clark done nothing all game.
Wasnt impressed with Smith or Chalmers when they came on.

Disappointing not to take anything from that game overall.

Subs, except Neilson, were pretty poor to be honest

Don’t think anyone really stood out, Bolton was a threat until he tired.

Need Shankland back ASAP

Wing back is a absolute graveyard shift, surprised we never went back to a back four when Edwards went off

Plenty of positives from that with the goal and the lack of the final ball/pass/shot the main negatives.

I think Connolly and Reynolds showed again that, although they might not be fantastic ball players, when it comes to defending in this league, they can hold their own.

Harkes was good again. Sporle did plenty of positive running too.

Feel like Louis looks a bit lost up front. If Shankland is back on Saturday I fancy our chances up there.

Pawlett frustrated me a lot in the 2nd half. He does some good stuff but I'm just never comfortable when he is on the ball. He was unlucky with his chance though I felt

Tough to go into that game without Shankland, McMullan, Smith and then lose Robson within 10ish mins. The fact we could have easily got a draw out of that should be encouraging.

Edit to mention Bolton too. Maybe could have done better at the goal but going forward, excellent.

Last edited by LarsErikKjell (11/8/2020 7:53 pm)

Connollly and Reynolds haven't looked out of place in this league so far and kept the much lauded hibs attack quiet apart from the goal which should have been disallowed anyway. Harkes put in a tremendous shift again, Bolton looks like a good addition once he gets fully match fit. Edwards looked comfortable until his injury and Sporle looked an able deputy and hopefully can keep Robson on his toes this season. We miss Shankland and need some good additions up front and wide to give us a chance of making our mark this season.

Connolly and Reynolds played decent but I just don't see what others do with the midfield.

We ain't creating much at all in all our matches apart from Rangers reserves we ain't scored any more than one goal.

Running about all day is great but effort should be a given, that said there ain't much in it and a wee bit of class in the middle of the park is a Must.

I would have liked to see glass playing on the no 10 role in the meantime as he showed we touches last season.

Agree that it was clear that Edwards had tweaked his hammy.  With Neilson on the bench we should have switched it right away.  Not sure that was the issue though.  He made the wrong decision to go to the ball and left Bolton with Doig and Doidge to deal with.  Doig was offside and the goal shouldn't have stood, but the lad finished it really well.  For the only real moment of danger in the whole game (bar Pawlett's almost assist) I think we were pretty unlucky to not be sitting on 5 points tonight.  Hibs looked a better outfit generally and we clearly need a couple of players in on top of those that were missing tonight.  Overall we handled Hibs pace pretty well and the defence had another good game.

Difficult to be too despondent, but we do need to find some goals from somewhere...

There wasn't a lot of finesse out there, but two reasonably even teams tended to cancel each other out.  If we can get a couple in to add to the starting XI then I'm confident we'll be challenging for a top six place.

Last edited by Finn Seemann (11/8/2020 8:09 pm)

Snacks94 wrote:

Injuries seem to be mounting up, which is a concern

McMullan, Shankland, L Smith, Robson and Edwards all now injured.

MM has as up for it if nothing else - I don't think it was a booking, but there was no need for Robson to go in like he did.  If we continue the up and at them then I think we'll pick up many more injuries too - there is a reason MM is using plenty players...

Hibs just shaded it.
We competed well and will improve.

Harkes really coming on in top tier.
Edit - whereas last year he seemed like he was a wee bitty shy and diffident,  this year he looks like he's feeling one of the boys, comfortable, aggressive, confident part of the team. Great foil for an on form Butch.

Bolton always a threat.

Great to see the two young laddies come on.

Sporle's a last 20 minutes man.
Louis - great workrate - ploughing a lone furrow isnae his game - half a yard off the pace and misses Shanks - as do the whole team.
Edwards shouldae been off as soon as he did his hammie.
Robson's injury threw us off kilter for half an hour or more.
Pawlett - don't what Neilson saw in him, don't know what Mickey sees in him, don't know why Declan Glass is getting wasted on bench.
Cammie Smith, Nicky Clark ineffectual.

Last edited by Shakey Isles Arab (11/8/2020 9:04 pm)

Pawlett is much improved on last season.  His fitness has come on leaps and bounds.  However, I think he's a Championship player these days unfortunately.  Hope he proves me wrong, (and his corners are also looking better than last year) but can't see him improving more than his pre-season work has allowed thus far.  We are crying out for a Scott Allan or dare I say it a Graham Dorrans type.