[Official TC Thread] The Official Champions v Hibs 30th Sept

With Brown and Armstrong already out maybe we made too many changes to have any coherence..

 

Can someone tell me why when we're not winning games there's always only 2 minutes added on?

 

We must have one of the lowest added times to our games in Europe, as you said when we're not winning they only ever add 2 or 3 minutes and when most of the time we are pumping teams they don't even add any time as the games are already done.

 

Only teams in blue get the 5+ minutes

And we all know what team will have the highest average injury time.

 

Tbf I was thinking 2 minutes yesterday. The 2nd half flowed well

 

Kevin Clancy is the worst for that when we're pumping someone..

A red card. All sub's. 2 injuries and 6 goals and Clancy blows up pretty much straight away

 

It's not just about yesterday mate - I've noticed it a bunch of times with us recently. Can't remember the last time we've had four or more minutes added at the end of a game when we're not winning.

It'll seem at first glance as nitpicking, but I'm not saying we would've won yesterday had there been two more minutes added on at the end. Just getting at how it seems as though we only ever seem to get 2, or 3 if we're lucky. Where as on a bi-weekly basis the huns always seem to get 4.

Aye it's a small thing to pick out and doesn't make much of a difference, but I do feel there's some bias in that.

 

Is it the continental hangover? Last time we dropped points in the league was after the Astana match.

Hibs looked decent though, they actually played football compared to the other dross we've met domestically this season.

 

We genuinely moaning about the amount of time added on at the end of our games? Fs, a draw and this place goes absolutely loopy.

 

I was just thinking the very same!

 

well brendan better tell the players to dive as collum wont give a penalty if you stay on your feet he said this to johnny hayes if sinclair had of went down he would have given the penalty so we better have half hour jurgen klinsmann diving practice lol.HH.

 

Aye.

Also this pish about" well he got his shot away" . He did, but by the time Sinclair got his shot away, the goalie had narrowed the angle and any scoring opportunity was gone. Collum puts the whistle to his mouth when Ambrose holds back Sinclair. But doesn't give the foul.

Wasn't the same hesitation in the 1st half with Forrest.

 

No question it was an absolutely shocking decision and the replays show Collum had a clear view of the foul so no excuse. It was a clear pk no question.
Having said all that just like the post Astana game this was one I could see us having problems in given just how much we have played this past week in big games too while of course Hibernian had nothing in midweek. Then with Brown and Armstrong being injured it left less room for rotation in central midfield which didn't help as both Rogic and Ntcham both looked sluggish. Still we showed good character to battle back to 2-2 and as sluggish as we may have been that was a clear pk which gives us a great chance for a late winner despite the tired performance overall.

 

This draw can be explained away due to our European exertions and injuries to key players, but all credit to Hibs and Lenny their game plan worked and John McGinn bossed the midfield for them, but credit to Calum McGregor for his two goals which saved our bacon and our unbeaten record, just like Calum did when we were down to St Johnstone after a similar exhausting European game, I would definitely have McGregor in the midfield before either Nitcham or Rogic who don't seem to gel together, and who both need to do a lot better if they want a permanent midfield place, but in fairness to Rogic it appears to be a stamina issue, unlike Nitcham who looks a bit lazy to me and still a yard off the pace.

What can you say about Willie Collum that hasn't already been said down the years, suffice to say its clear he does not like us, denying us a stonewall penalty.Same thing Bobby Madden did to us in the 1-1 game.We get the penalty and we would have won.