Tekel Towers » Hibs vs United

Tek · 29/4/2025 11:50 pm

Our biggest game of the season. We simply must win if we have any ambitions on 3rd place.

And a defeat would put even 4th place in jeopardy.

What XI and formation would you play?

My team would be -

..........................Walton...................
........Sevelj...Gallagher...Adegboyega
Strain...........................................Ferry
...........Babunski..Docherty..Sibbald
...................Dalby....VDS....

Subs - Richards, Harding, Moult, Trapanovski
Campbell, Fotheringham, Middleton, Paton, Fiorini

Tek · 30/4/2025 12:18 am

Our line-up the last time we played them at Easter Road in the 1-1 draw in November was -

Walton

Adegboyega
Gallagher
Holt

Strain
Babunski
Sevelj
Ferry

Stephenson
Dalby
Middleton

Subs - Richards, Constable, Stirton, Fotheringham
Thomson, VDS, Trapanovski, Odada, Ubochioma

Shakey Isles Arab · 30/4/2025 5:44 am

.........................Walton...................
........Sevelj...Gallagher...Adegboyega
Strain...........................................Ferry
............Docherty..Sibbald
.......Middleton............Dalby.... Trappa....

Snowball's of Jim picking this.
We''re no going 3rd if we don't attack
Midddleton/Trappa interchangeable
Babunski 1st drop

Subs - Richards, Harding, Moult, Babunski
VDS, Fotheringham
- leaves us threadbare if we do go one up.

Last edited by Shakey Isles Arab (30/4/2025 5:52 am)

wardy1983 · 30/4/2025 7:51 am

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RogerTheAlien · 30/4/2025 10:21 am

Shakey Isles Arab wrote:
.........................Walton...................
........Sevelj...Gallagher...Adegboyega
Strain...........................................Ferry
............Docherty..Sibbald
.......Middleton............Dalby.... Trappa....

Snowball's of Jim picking this.
We''re no going 3rd if we don't attack
Midddleton/Trappa interchangeable
Babunski 1st drop

Subs - Richards, Harding, Moult, Babunski
VDS, Fotheringham
- leaves us threadbare if we do go one up.

Don’t think it’ll be far off this team.

wardy1983 · 30/4/2025 11:23 am

Shakey Isles Arab wrote:
.........................Walton...................
........Sevelj...Gallagher...Adegboyega
Strain...........................................Ferry
............Docherty..Sibbald
.......Middleton............Dalby.... Trappa....

Snowball's of Jim picking this.
We''re no going 3rd if we don't attack
Midddleton/Trappa interchangeable
Babunski 1st drop

Subs - Richards, Harding, Moult, Babunski
VDS, Fotheringham
- leaves us threadbare if we do go one up.

Campbell and Paton on the bench, Fotheringham not in squad.

motherwellarab · 30/4/2025 10:28 pm

Walton
Strain
Gallagher
Sevelj
Ferry
Sibbald
Docherty
Trapanovski
Babunski
Middleton
Dalby

Shakey Isles Arab · 01/5/2025 1:00 am

wardy1983 wrote:
Shakey Isles Arab wrote:
.........................Walton...................
........Sevelj...Gallagher...Adegboyega
Strain...........................................Ferry
............Docherty..Sibbald
.......Middleton............Dalby.... Trappa....

Snowball's of Jim picking this.
We''re no going 3rd if we don't attack
Midddleton/Trappa interchangeable
Babunski 1st drop

Subs - Richards, Harding, Moult, Babunski
VDS, Fotheringham
- leaves us threadbare if we do go one up.

Campbell and Paton on the bench, Fotheringham not in squad.

Me and the missus for Campbell/Paton. Fotheringham's there.

Last edited by Shakey Isles Arab (01/5/2025 1:34 am)

redford_must_score · 01/5/2025 1:40 am

In the games we've gone 433 and tried to attack teams (Dundee/Celtic) we've proved that we dont really have the personnel and the quality to do it.

I'd be quite happy to see the same formula that's served us well and carved out victories by nicking a goal against the odds. Keep it tight and open up as the game progresses.
Not sure about the lineup because I've no idea who's fit between Gallacher and Graham.

Arabdownsouth · 01/5/2025 2:07 am

Shakey Isles Arab wrote:
wardy1983 wrote:
Shakey Isles Arab wrote:
.........................Walton...................
........Sevelj...Gallagher...Adegboyega
Strain...........................................Ferry
............Docherty..Sibbald
.......Middleton............Dalby.... Trappa....

Snowball's of Jim picking this.
We''re no going 3rd if we don't attack
Midddleton/Trappa interchangeable
Babunski 1st drop

Subs - Richards, Harding, Moult, Babunski
VDS, Fotheringham
- leaves us threadbare if we do go one up.

Campbell and Paton on the bench, Fotheringham not in squad.
Me and the missus for Campbell/Paton. Fotheringham's there.

Has your missus got decent ball control?

Tek · 01/5/2025 3:02 am

Arabdownsouth wrote:

Has your missus got decent ball control?

Arabdownsouth · 01/5/2025 4:13 am

Tek wrote:
Arabdownsouth wrote:

Has your missus got decent ball control?

🤣🤣

RogerTheAlien · 01/5/2025 9:03 pm

Your missus would do a better job than Paton at hitting the ball and Fotheringham at everything to do with football in general.

CCX2 2010 · 01/5/2025 11:00 pm

For us to come away with a positive result on Saturday (not getting beat), then we need the spine of our best 11 back.

Gallagher, Docherty, Sevelj and Dalby all need to play the full 90.

We could also be doing with a Middleton, Trapa, Ferry or Strain coming up with something special to take the pressure off the big fella.

I've a sneaky feeling we are going to bounce back, 1 defeat in 14 at Easter road.

Let's hope it's a decent record that we still hold onto at FT on Saturday.

Shakey Isles Arab · 01/5/2025 11:41 pm

Arabdownsouth wrote:
Tek wrote:
Arabdownsouth wrote:

Has your missus got decent ball control?

🤣🤣

Love it
Mesmerized wi that emoji, what was that joker's name ..... Williams

Last edited by Shakey Isles Arab (01/5/2025 11:45 pm)

Macho Man · 02/5/2025 8:06 am

Shakey Isles Arab wrote:
Arabdownsouth wrote:
Tek wrote:

🤣🤣
Love it
Mesmerized wi that emoji, what was that joker's name ..... Williams

Kenneth 'Willo the Wisp' Williams

RogerTheAlien · 02/5/2025 10:58 am

Not confident for this, I’ll take a draw for sure.

redford_must_score · 02/5/2025 11:51 am

RogerTheAlien wrote:
Not confident for this, I’ll take a draw for sure.

I think he'll play Campbell and Paton. He thinks if he keeps playing them something will change. It won't. It's madness.

I think we'll lose 2-0

I think post match he will say we were in the match for long spells, the goals both came at bad times.

I think we're done for this season.

Finn Seemann · 02/5/2025 1:47 pm

Don't think he'll play Paton. Surprised if he doesn't start Campbell.

Score depends on whether Hibs bubble has truly burst or not. If they revert to pre- Aberdeen loss they'll win. if they revert to pre-winning run Hibs they'll lose.

Delighted with a 1-0 smash and grab job, but suspect a draw will keep us in the mix as the Dandies won't win in Paisley.

CCX2 2010 · 02/5/2025 2:43 pm

redford_must_score wrote:
RogerTheAlien wrote:
Not confident for this, I’ll take a draw for sure.

I think he'll play Campbell and Paton. He thinks if he keeps playing them something will change. It won't. It's madness.

I think we'll lose 2-0

I think post match he will say we were in the match for long spells, the goals both came at bad times.

I think we're done for this season.

You could be right but hope you are wrong.

I was up at the training session the other week and the lack of depth with what he has to work with was laid out, right in front of you.

17 outfield players trained and that included Stirton. Only 2 of them left footed and one experienced centre half.

We could just have run out of steam but fingers crossed we can squeeze another 4 performances out of the limited resources we have available.

A goal from one of the January recruits would help.

kdyteejay · 02/5/2025 5:12 pm

CCX2 2010 wrote:
redford_must_score wrote:
RogerTheAlien wrote:
Not confident for this, I’ll take a draw for sure.

I think he'll play Campbell and Paton. He thinks if he keeps playing them something will change. It won't. It's madness.

I think we'll lose 2-0

I think post match he will say we were in the match for long spells, the goals both came at bad times.

I think we're done for this season.

You could be right but hope you are wrong.

I was up at the training session the other week and the lack of depth with what he has to work with was laid out, right in front of you.

17 outfield players trained and that included Stirton. Only 2 of them left footed and one experienced centre half.

We could just have run out of steam but fingers crossed we can squeeze another 4 performances out of the limited resources we have available.

A goal from one of the January recruits would help.

Or even VDS.

Personally think we’ll lose unfortunately.

redford_must_score · 02/5/2025 5:46 pm

kdyteejay wrote:
CCX2 2010 wrote:
redford_must_score wrote:

I think he'll play Campbell and Paton. He thinks if he keeps playing them something will change. It won't. It's madness.

I think we'll lose 2-0

I think post match he will say we were in the match for long spells, the goals both came at bad times.

I think we're done for this season.

You could be right but hope you are wrong.

I was up at the training session the other week and the lack of depth with what he has to work with was laid out, right in front of you.

17 outfield players trained and that included Stirton. Only 2 of them left footed and one experienced centre half.

We could just have run out of steam but fingers crossed we can squeeze another 4 performances out of the limited resources we have available.

A goal from one of the January recruits would help.

Or even VDS.

Personally think we’ll lose unfortunately.

I want to be wrong. I'm normally a very positive person but I look at the manner of the defeats to Dundee and Celtic and I get angry.
Then I look at the 3 x 1-0 victories and I think is that style enough to beat Hibs and I don't think it is.
Then I look at the key loss of Holt's experience and winning mentality and Stephenson and I just can't see enough.

(And while I'm on a rant jogging alongside an opponent isn't a tackle. If that opponent is beside you put a tackle in ffs or hand your shirt over, that really does my head in unless it's on the 18 yard line)

I feel we've lost a bit of edge, a bit of the die for the shirt mentality. I really hope I'm wrong, don't mean to be a negative norman for the sake of it.

Slotbadger · 02/5/2025 6:54 pm

Hope we go back to 3 at the back. Pack the midfield with sibbald, doc, sev. I’d have Babunski playing off dalby and dropping back to midfield at times.

Play ugly. It is what has served so well this year.

Won’t be easy. Hibs are decent.

redford_must_score · 02/5/2025 7:04 pm

Slotbadger wrote:
Hope we go back to 3 at the back. Pack the midfield with sibbald, doc, sev. I’d have Babunski playing off dalby and dropping back to midfield at times.

Play ugly. It is what has served so well this year.

Won’t be easy. Hibs are decent.

Agree about 3 at the back but does two of them need to be Gallagher and Graham to release Svelj into midfield?
Is Graham fit?

Last edited by redford_must_score (02/5/2025 7:04 pm)

CCX2 2010 · 02/5/2025 8:33 pm

redford_must_score wrote:
Slotbadger wrote:
Hope we go back to 3 at the back. Pack the midfield with sibbald, doc, sev. I’d have Babunski playing off dalby and dropping back to midfield at times.

Play ugly. It is what has served so well this year.

Won’t be easy. Hibs are decent.

Agree about 3 at the back but does two of them need to be Gallagher and Graham to release Svelj into midfield?
Is Graham fit?

Nope, still injured.

Got two centre half ( one of them not 100%) and a young laddie.