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Starting the season away to Celtic and having to play all of last season's top 5 in the first 6 games.


Suppose you have to beat these teams if we're going to win the league.

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That’ll be a Sunday game you’d imagine with Celtic probably still in Europe (maybe!). Not that bothered about them now that Lennon’s in charge. It’s the game at Easter Road that spells trouble if Heckingbottom gets his signings right. Then again our record there is excellent.

 

Edit - the one positive is, that if the 6/7 midweek games scheduled, 2/3 of them are away from home, so a bonus for season ticket holders and the club for revenue.

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A dreadful fixture list in general. An away match against Celtic to kick things off. Five of our six opening matches are against last season's top six sides. Not long after that, we play seven fixtures against last season's top six in close succession (plus Motherwell, the best-performing bottom six team outwith ourselves) between the end of October and mid-December. Absolutely dire. And the Christmas/New Year fixtures are an utter non-event.

Bring on the new season. I'm buzzing for it.

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1 hour ago, Widge said:

That’ll be a Sunday game you’d imagine with Celtic probably still in Europe (maybe!). Not that bothered about them now that Lennon’s in charge. It’s the game at Easter Road that spells trouble if Heckingbottom gets his signings right. Then again our record there is excellent.

 

Edit - the one positive is, that if the 6/7 midweek games scheduled, 2/3 of them are away from home, so a bonus for season ticket holders and the club for revenue.

The Celtic game will most probably be on a Saturday as the Champions league qualifying is played on a Tuesday and Wednesday so they would not play Sunday - Tuesday . It also looks like Kilmarnock v Rangers has already been selected for TV (or they are working on the basis that one of them will make the Europa 3 qualifying round ) as its already been scheduled for the Sunday.

Its the norm that each team gets half the midweek games at home and half away.

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Celtic always seem to get a team the league feel will be cannon fodder in the opener to ensure they enjoy their flag raising celebrations.

We must be due a result against them after being their plaything last year.  Hasn't Tommy got a great record against Neil Lennon in the league though?

The opening home match with Livi looks like a bit of a must win already in amongst that tough run.

When you look at our festive fixtures you do miss a Dundee, Dunfermline etc for a local opponent and a big crowd.

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4 minutes ago, PauloPerth said:

 Hasn't Tommy got a great record against Neil Lennon in the league though?

Transfermarkt has it at played 9, won 2, drawn 4, lost 3.

Scored 10, conceded 13.

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Transfermarkt has it at played 9, won 2, drawn 4, lost 3.
Scored 10, conceded 13.


Never beat him as the Hibs manager though, only team he faced in the top league that, that was the case with.
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17 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said:

Transfermarkt has it at played 9, won 2, drawn 4, lost 3.

Scored 10, conceded 13.

Yes looking back Lennon was still Celtic manager in Tommy's first season in charge which is where the 3 defeats came.  For some reason I thought Lennon was away that summer and there was no overlap.

13 minutes ago, Widge said:

 


Never beat him as the Hibs manager though, only team he faced in the top league that, that was the case with.

 

I'll  just have to hang onto this one  going through to Celtic in the first game. 

 

Despite being routinely rolled over by them last season, we did get 2 draws there the season before, as I clutch those straws even tighter!

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19 hours ago, Kyle said:

Goalkeepers

1. Zander Clark (27) -2020

??. Elliot Parish (29) - 2021

??. Ross Sinclair (18) - 2021

 

Defenders

19. Richard Foster (33) - 2020

??. Wallace Duffy (20) -2021

6. Steven Anderson (33) - 2020 

23. Liam Gordon (23) - 2021

15. Jason Kerr (22) - 2022

3. Scott Tanser (24) - 2021

Midfielders

7. Drey Wright (24) - 2020

10. David Wotherspoon (29) - 2021

8. Murray Davidson (31) - 2020 + 1

28. Ross Callachan (25) - 2020

26. Liam Craig (32) - 2020

20. Kyle McClean (20) - 2020

18. Ali McCann (19) - 2020  

33. Matty Kennedy (24) - 2020

11. Danny Swanson (32) - 2020

 

Forwards

16. David McMillan (30) - 2020

9. Chris Kane (24) - 2020

17. Michael O'Halloran (28) - 2021

22. Callum Hendry (21) - 2020 

 

Leaving the club

 Joe Shaughnessy

Brian Easton (Hamilton Accies)

 Aaron Comrie (Dunfermline)

Blair Alston (Hamilton Accies)

Tony Watt (CSKA Sofia)

 

Players In

Elliot Parish (Dundee)

Wallace Duffy (Celtic) 

 

 

I do not understand why MOH is called a forward. 1. he can not jump and 2. he struggles to hold the ball. He is a winger or right sided midfield. he played right midfield when he arrived relegating Croft and Hasslebaink to the bench. When he returned on loan he played wide left. If we are calling wingers forwards then Kennedy etc are also forwards.  Quoting MOH as a forward is in my opinion nonsense, we need a forward and him out wide.

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17 minutes ago, Templar said:

I do not understand why MOH is called a forward. 1. he can not jump and 2. he struggles to hold the ball. He is a winger or right sided midfield. he played right midfield when he arrived relegating Croft and Hasslebaink to the bench. When he returned on loan he played wide left. If we are calling wingers forwards then Kennedy etc are also forwards.  Quoting MOH as a forward is in my opinion nonsense, we need a forward and him out wide.

The manager said he wants to play him as a forward.

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