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I was thinking about the predictable "JBA will be attracting other clubs" chat. I obviously don't want him to move on any time soon, but what he is building is laying a great foundation. Half the teams in Europe play this way (which is why we see the "obscure" teams pass rings round Scottish teams in the early Euro rounds) - so there should be plenty of candidates who can continue to develop the team in a similar way. All we need is the intent. Similarly, half the players in Europe (and around the world) are developed playing this style, so we should be able to recruit ones that continue with our new approach. What's also going to be interesting is whether any other Scottish clubs go down this path when they inevitably change managers at the end of the season.

We're the Pound Shop Man City and Maswanhise is our Erling Haaland.

It's defintely progressing in phases. Against Clyde, in our opener (on plastic) you could see we were trying something new, but felt like the players only met 10 minutes before kickoff. Early in the season, we were dominating without making too many chances. Then we started scoring a few more, but lacked the ability to close out the game. Now we are scoring a reasonable amount and not doing too badly in seeing out the match. I imagine what is being worked on now is adding another goal or two in second half performances to kill off games sooner. The main thing is we can see the progress, and that has kept most of the fans (and the players) on board with "The Project".

There was feel-good press when we finished 2nd in the league too, so I wouldn't worry too much in that regard. Expecting a tight one again. While there is definitely a chance we could lose, I'm going with win by the odd goal in 3 (or 5)

I'd only add that moving abroad is a huge change and presents all sorts of new problems; especially at that age. I'm sure I could (and many of the other overseas posters on here also could) give a long list of things you never considered having to deal with. I'm not surprised it is taking a few months to adjust.

Given the radical overhaul of the way we were playing, I expected a lot more defeats early in the season, with the rewards not starting to come until after Christmas. I have been pleasantly surprised how quickly we were able to pick up points. The fact we were disappointed not to win some of the first few matches speaks volumes about the progress. It's been great to watch us develop, and the exciting thing is have barely started. Who knew letting footballers play football could be so entertaining?

I now have an idea what it was.

To be fair, like many teams visiting Fir Park this season, the version of Hibs that turned up tonight was the version our players and tactics created.

Hearts bringing 4.800 apparently, so should be a great crowd. And 3pm kick off on a Saturday. What a time to be alive!

6,585 according to the Beeb.

797 Passes. 93.7% accuracy. I dont care who you are or who you are playing, that is impressive.

Priestman was class tonight. It's great to be able to rest Slattery and Fadinger and not miss a beat in the middle of the park.

I hope our potential world cup opponents weren't watching how easy it was to run past Hanley.

When we play like that we make very good teams look very ordinary. Hope we can keep it up on Saturday. Also, kudos to JBA for rotating the squad and still selecting a great starting lineup.

Olé Take your pick...

Said going to get off the mark tonight. I can feel it.

Been very impressed with Priestman. Tidy player on the ball.

This.

Two more required for comfort and league position.

Part of JBA's plan seems to be having Maswanhise keep running at Hanely and Iredale. Working so far.

it did - definitely clipped him. EDIT - must have been outside, but looked on the line the first time.

VAR officials keeping busy this evening.

Adding goals to possession definitely helps.

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Still soft though as he was turning away. Not complaining about the goal (!)- just the modern handball rules.