Hibernian v Aberdeen

[rico94]

That?s absolutely embarrassing not being able to hold on to a lead with a minute to go.

Our 2 centre backs are all over the place when they are put under any sort of pressure,an experienced centre back is needed in January to play alongside side one of them.

After a good start for Mitov this season he is starting to look a bit dodgy but that could be down to the 2 bomb scares in front of him.

[The_Moog]

Spot on Rico.

Ruby & Molloys weaknesses are beginning to be shown up now - I guess teams have had a look at us now so know what to target.

Need a Pollock type in there. Big, solid, organises well & wins everything in the air & doesnt run like hes towing a caravan.

Mitov needs to sharpen up at corners & crosses too. Looked very ropey last couple of games.

[Bojangles9]

Need a Pollock type in there. Big, solid, organises well & wins everything in the air & doesnt run like hes towing a caravan.

Aye another game where I just thought big Ash Taylor would be mopping that up all day long.

Selfishly hoped it wouldn’t work out back at Watford for Pollock but he’s having a stormer apparently and just signed a 5 year extension.

Need somebody in that mould though. I expect McDonald to be gone in Jan as well.

[The_Moog]

Aye another game where I just thought big Ash Taylor would be mopping that up all day long.

Selfishly hoped it wouldn?t work out back at Watford for Pollock but he?s having a stormer apparently and just signed a 5 year extension.

Need somebody in that mould though. I expect McDonald to be gone in Jan as well.

Unless we sign two CH's in January I can't see McDonald going anywhere - we're light enough at CH as it is.

I'm not going to be too harsh on Molloy. I think he needs taken out of the firing line to be honest. He's done well considering, and is doing a job that wasn't expected of him at this stage, but I think he needs to go away, hit the weights and the training room and bulk himself up a bit as he's just too lightweight for this league as it stands.

He was bought in as a project and has a lot to learn. He really needs a strong experienced CH (Anderson / Pollock type) alongside him to guide and help him through games. Ruby is absolutely not the guy for a youngster to be pitched in next to at all.

Personally, I'd play McDonald (if fit) and Ruby at Tynecastle. McDonald has the experience to cope with Ruby's "eccentricities" and he's bigger and far more experienced than Molloy. It'll be a battle there as usual so we need as much size and physicality on the pitch as possible. Palaversa needs to start as well.

Really not sure about Duk as the centre forward. He just can't hold a ball up or stay on his feet. He constantly leans back into the defender and almost always just ends up on his arse and loses the ball as a result. We defo need a proper number 9 though as its lacking just now.

We've come a long way in a short time, but have a long way to go, and I'm sure Jimmy can see the same issues that a bunch of punters on an internet forum can see, so over to you Jimmy min.

Oh and away and start speaking to Shady Mo right now about an extension. None of this wait until the last year of the contract guff - he's earned it (those are words I'd never have imagined ever using only 6 short months ago, but it's true)...

[TheDeeDon]

Unless we sign two CH's in January I can't see McDonald going anywhere - we're light enough at CH as it is.

I'm not going to be too harsh on Molloy. I think he needs taken out of the firing line to be honest. He's done well considering, and is doing a job that wasn't expected of him at this stage, but I think he needs to go away, hit the weights and the training room and bulk himself up a bit as he's just too lightweight for this league as it stands.

He was bought in as a project and has a lot to learn. He really needs a strong experienced CH (Anderson / Pollock type) alongside him to guide and help him through games. Ruby is absolutely not the guy for a youngster to be pitched in next to at all.

Personally, I'd play McDonald (if fit) and Ruby at Tynecastle. McDonald has the experience to cope with Ruby's "eccentricities" and he's bigger and far more experienced than Molloy. It'll be a battle there as usual so we need as much size and physicality on the pitch as possible. Palaversa needs to start as well.

Agree about Molloy, I am sure he is going to be a player, but a lot of expectation to put on his shoulders for his first season. I don't think we will ever get much more out of Ruby though, as what you see is what you get.

We could try Molloy alongside MacDonald. The experienced head could help him a lot.

We put McDonald into the team after Robson got binned and you could see the difference he made to our fragile defence.

I'm not suggesting he is the long term answer, but we really need a bit of experience at the back at the moment.