newhavenhibby

.........brilliant........nuff said 

Another great result.......well done.

I think the last few games show how important Grealish is to  the side in so many ways. This guy Mings you have brought in is also stabilising the defense so the play off push is back on big time  

I also think with Grealish back in, it  is helping your other midfielders especially McGinn as the opposition target Jack to stop him playing allowing the others more space and time.

6 minutes ago, Jimzk5 said:

Id hope any manager would jump at the chance to manage us, to be "the" manager who got us success again.

The SPL is a joke, rodgers effectively walking out on celtic after 7 trophies in 3 years with a very good chance of winning a domestic treble again proves that managing a team like Leicester, who are **** all in the Premier league proves that. Rodgers will get a big fat pay rise, he will quote some david Brent style bullshit but won't do anything at leicester, when it goes tits up no one will mention how he won tin cup trophies in a league that's as competitive as me and 10 mates playing against a blind under 10 year olds game

Not quite sure its that good Jim

1 hour ago, rodders0223 said:

Really, really, really bloody annoys me that Scottish football fans just cannot accept their league is a steaming pile of horse shite. Everytime a player or manager jumps ship to go midtable or into the Championship there is this disbelief.

Your league is shite. it's an absolute waste of time. Deal with it.

I think you will find there was NO surprise in my statement if you read what I said properly.

No disbelief when McGinn joined my boyhood heroes Aston Villa. Good job the league is there to develop players such as......John McGinn

No disbelief when Efe Ambrose, one of our best players this season wanted to leave to join Derby County etc etc etc

It is a mickey mouse league and can be shite but that is down to one thing now......money.

It is what it is but has given me some of the best days as a supporter even when compared to a certain night in Rotterdam watching the Villa winning the European Cup............................winning the Scottish Cup in 2016 was the best day ever bar none.

Probably right Zatman but Rodgers may initially go after players he knows.

McGinn is still learning aspects of his game and needs to stay at Villa for a year or so ........in my opinion..........and Villa are still a bigger Club than the foxes.

Mind you he hasn't got the job yet!

Hope you are right.......but will have to see what backing he gets from the Leicester board and how strong the Villa board are.

Rodgers to Leicester........................................watch your backs on Mcginn as he rates him and tried to buy him for Celtic.

No contest in his mind.

Celtic a big fish in a small pond and the draw of the gravy train money ( for himself and to buy players) in the Premier League would be a huge draw.

See how he does against the bigger spending teams of the Premier League but like someone before me, I hope he falls flat on his face. This will be his biggest test as our cat could manage Celtic such is the disparity in money available compared with the other sides up here bar sevco of course.

If he does go to Leicester I'd watch out for him coming after McGinn as he tried to sign him for Celtic and obviously rates him. 

43 minutes ago, Dr_Pangloss said:

Not impressed whenever I've been down this season. Sitting in the Holte I'm amazed at the amount of people who are constantly getting up and going somewhere during the half, as if they can't wait to get something to eat or do whatever the **** they're there to do, cos it sure as hell isn't to watch the game. Then the stadium visibly empties around 85 minutes so people can beat the traffic or have a slightly smaller queue for the train. Garbage experience.

Same at all grounds I am afraid..........................same thread being talked about on Hibs.net as we speak where half our fans had left at 85 mins.............Its just the way it is  

I like it when like last week against Sheff United many would have left by the time you scored one let alone three. Well done  to the fans who stayed and encouraged the side to get two more for a point.

1 hour ago, LakotaDakota said:

Must be mad. Currently sat about 30 miles away and trying to decide if i can even be arsed to watch it on AVTV, never mind drag myself to VP

Think I agree with you about the hibees on their way to VP.....................will drag myself to Easter Road this pm but it is only about 2 miles away ...........and we have a new manager so extra interest to see how the players react.

You may regret not going if you gub them.............but there again.................................

Good luck anyway

Hoped that the heroics against Sheffield United would help you kick on. Didn't see the game so cannot really comment on last night but would seem the game is being lost in midfield. McGinn a little lost without playmaker Grealish in the side?

Although Grealish won't be the total answer to Villas troubles I still feel when he is back the team will improve. McGinn did his best for us when Scott Allan played alongside him so feel he needs that type of midfielder so lets hope Grealish is back soon.........there was talk Grealish would be back for last Fridays game but obviously not so.

Like us, you are going through a tough time so feel for you, but all one can do is keep believing in the Club and look forward to better times which will come at some point.

Board members, managers and players come and go but AVFC and the fans will always be there so keep the faith. 

14 minutes ago, a m ole said:

McGinn’s positioning in midfield is down to Grealish’s absence, he’ll go back to just doing two jobs when Jack is back!

Aye, I can see that.   Hopefully Grealish will be back soon to halve the load. 

I think Clarke is right in that it wouldn't be so bad if they were consistant. 

He mentioned a simple example in the last 10 minutes in the St Johnstone v Celtic game............. Forrest ? scores and goes up and embraces the Celtic fans and gets a booking. Few moments later Weah scores , does the same and doesn't get a booking!

From what I have seen the refs in the SPL are worse than in the English Championship but you obviously see more of them than me.

Dallas is a joke of a ref........much like the rest of them up here.

Agree that at least 2 shouldn't have been given with a third being debatable.

Lot of murmurings from clubs and managers , especially, Clarke of Killie , that the SFA have got to crack down on the refs and get some consistency. 

Just seen, Villa are hoping to have Grealish back for the game with Sheff United..................lets hope so 

On 02/02/2019 at 17:52, Digavilla said:

In the last few games noticed he like to go alone & shoot from far , even there’s better option around ,  and lose the ball eventually or ran into dead end .. anyone else notice this ? 

 

This is what I was saying last week and hoped he may have started to develop his game more, especially playing with "better" players .......having said that he did score some notable goals for us by doing just that ( couple against Sevco and Smeltic stand out ) so hopefully soon one or two of these runs and shots will end up in the opposition net..

What I have seen of him this season at Villa he seemed better when Grealish is playing and when with us he was better when Scott Allan and Dylan McGeouch  were alongside him in midfield...........perhaps he is just trying to do it all and ends up doing too much?

When is Grealish back?

Hearts have not a big enough squad quality to keep a challenge going. They lost the spine of their side and some are only just getting back now so momentum could not be maintained.

Killie will fall away and it will be left to the monied uglies, although Clarke has to be praised for getting Killie to where they are considering the lack of finance he has to work with.

They may get better results at home due to the artificial surface they play on.......a little like Livingston.

Hibs won't be challenging the uglies anytime soon .......the transfer window is about to close again and we haven't brought enough in with at least another 4 players needed.........however with all the uncertainty over Lennon and a new manager? it is hardly surprising players are not keen. Think our good spell after 2016 has now gone and we are heading back towards the doldrums again .....the Hibs way.

I blame Villa for taking John McGinn off us lol 

On 28/01/2019 at 22:51, Hornso said:

Hibs being linked to Australian manager Graham Arnold. Don't know who I feel worse for, Hibs or Australia...

Hopefully that won't happen.

On 29/01/2019 at 00:17, AvfcRigo82 said:

I see Gordon Strachan's name also being mentioned.  

 

(You have to feel for Gary Parker who only arrived a couple of months ago.)

We won't be able to afford him but more importantly most don't want him anyway............his record as a manager is not mind blowing.

Gary Parker arrived as part of the Neil Lennon package in 2016.

Sevco will always find a way to continue and I agree they must be overspending to try and stop Smeltic.......but have been doing so for a long time........its just more in the open now. 

3 hours ago, blandy said:

Me too. The dirtiest game I've ever seen. Barcelona then were a different beast to what they are now.

They certainly were and its only in the last few years have become part of the "beautiful game"

A notorious Hibs v Barcelona game  in the Fairs Cup in the early sixties where they tried to kick Hibs off the park, ended with the Barcelona players fighting first with the officials, knocking the ref to the ground and then with the Police when they came on to restore order. One of these was the European Footballer of the Year..................................cannot see Messi et al doing this in the modern game lol

17 hours ago, Brumstopdogs said:

The main thing is that we got 3 points and over the game as a whole we were deserved winners.  Now we need to make some decent singings and go and stuff Reading next week.

There is an abundance of work to do to match this lot!

 

 

Aye, in the Holte that night and a great win.

Just looked at the sides for that night and I think Villa had 7 English and 4 Scots ( including Hibby, Des Bremner),   Barcelona had 10 Spanish and 1 German............................how the game has changed!!

15 hours ago, av1 said:

Not the best passer of the ball, not the best tackler, not the most skilful and his shooting is hit and miss. Inspite of this he probably our most important player and the fans absolutely adore him. 

There is a lesson in all this for anyone hoping to make it as a football player. 

Exactly as he was at Hibs and was always a fans favourite because of his attitude and work rate and so became a bit of a green and white talisman for the side and fans.

However I am beginning to get nagging doubts whether he will get to that next level as I would have hoped by now, playing for Villa in a better League and with better players he would be improving these other aspects of his game ( they are good but he could improve them to get to the next level) and so catch the eye of Premier League clubs. Chances to score yesterday which passed him by, which if he had taken would have averted the squeeky bum time in the last 10 when the tractor boys were striving for a leveller.

Hoping he does kick on but if this takes a long time at least this benefits Villa as PL teams won't come sniffing and the fans retain their claret and blue talisman.

Might have only been the bottom side yesterday but these are sometimes the hardest games as Ipswich are fighting for their Championship lives...........and the 3 points are the most important thing..........well done.