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OK -- I'll give it a rest. Thanks for this most edifying debate.

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You can say the same about Bayern Munich and Barcelona: they play predictable football. There is a difference between being predictable and being ineffective. I think Hibs were fairly predictable -- 5 at the back and counter, then move to their normal 4-4-2 (diamond) when they were pushing to get back into the game -- but they were effective. Predictability shouldn't matter, if we're doing the right things, but it's the efficacy that is the issue. We need better players, and we need better options on the bench.

What's your point? We don't do something, because we don't?

He doesn't fit into the team. We need better players, certainly, but not players that don't fit. Moreover, he actually lost a heading duel to Miller for our equiliser, so he's hardly great in the air; Hibs have been poor in the air for a while. (It does beg the question, why didn't we put more balls into the box?)

Like I said elsewhere, he sounds like a nutcase, but I highly doubt he's speaking on behalf of his party. Politics in this situation just makes it worse. There are many tweets/comments (and lack thereof) from all shades of the political spectrum. I don't care for political pointscoring in what is an already thoroughly disgusting and abhorrent situation.

Sounds like a bit of a nutter...

Sorry - not directed at you; more a general statement as there's been a couple.

No need to bring politics into it.

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Blatant piece of spin by The Sun, but at least Andy Walker's telling the truth.

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Fair enough, mate. I don't know how I would react in the heat of the moment, but from the outside, I just don't think there is any justification for it.

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I amended it slightly, but I maintain we shouldn't be going onto the pitch. If Rangers fans/players were attacked, then it is a disgrace and I hope they will be punished severely. But, again, we shouldn't be stooping to their level. We're better than that.

Very disappointed. It was slow, ponderous and without craft or guile. Our defence was no worse than usual, and I actually thought we got better as the game went on in open play -- corners are a different matter and we seem unable to defend properly at any ball lumped into the box. It was the attacking I was most concerned with: we only really created 2/3 chances during the whole game, which is simply not good enough. Like I said above, Hibs do what they always do: defend with 5 at the back and counter. Every man and his dog knows what they're going to do against us. Again, the most annoying thing is we cannot seem to deal with it. That Stokes fanboy Andy Walker was pissing me off praising the way they were playing and criticising our game. Yes, we did little with the ball, but try breaking down a team with 10 men behind the ball. Moreover, anyone team can break against 3 players (Kiernan, Wilson and Halliday) and carve a chance. Alas! We weren't good enough. It's as simply as that, and we didn't deserve it. We need more players for several positions. When the first-team is lacking, the replacements are non-existent. We need better quality, but it's options we need more than anything else. I don't know the details, but our fans shouldn't be trotting onto the pitch to 'square-up' to Hibs fans -- even if they are taunting and goading us. We lost, and we have to take it on the chin. If Rangers players were attacked, then it is a disgrace -- more evidence of the hatred directed at us. They will (should) be punished.

We've been really poor. I'm astonished we're not still behind. We're slow going forward and slow to defend -- how on earth Stokes etc. can just walk into a shooting position I'll never know; it's ridiculous. It's the same old story with Hibs: defend with 5 (8 including the midfield) at the back and counter. How Andy Walker can eulogise about it I don't know, because it's negative, reactive football; unfortunately, we're struggling to cope with it at times. Add to that a sluggishness up front, and we're not doing well. I really can't see us turning it around. All I can hope for is Hibs tiring and struggling mentally with the situation.