Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

Or not, sorry, he is physically built to do, but he's not mentally built to do.

And you've got Oxlade-Chamberlain sitting there who could add that wee bit of physicality in that midfield.

So...

If you look at Bauer, I would like to see him in the Negrin role because he can drop back and add a bit of legs and is less passive off the ball than what Negrin seems to be.

protect Carly McGregor

has to be otherwise we're not winning the league until then we'll just continue to flog him though it needs to be looked at whether or not it's going to be Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain who we spoke about but there seems to be an issue there I don't know what that is

How's Sonson getting in front

of him? The serious question for me is that you need to sacrifice Nigrin Plain and I think you need to bring someone in next to McGregor for Europe and the league

You just need to be better than that.

and Dyson wasn't doing that and we know he wasn't technically the best either but again him with Danny I really like Bauer I think he's probably the only real shining light in the team at the minute for me I think everybody else is sort of peaks and troughs and I just think again the game management is whether it be the subs whether it be the players who then come on and as you see you've got Jota doing that fucking flicks just the game management across the board is piss poor and as I say a better team are scoring even if I don't even know if whether the Hibs manager will work but maybe in a few weeks time they'll be better prepared to manage James Latt but when you've seen Grant Hanley going up it's sort of that was pretty pretty calm the one they're going to score but Johnston coming on he's Cliff he's clearly not fit and able just what a fucking waste and continually forcing players back sooner than they're able to it's just a symptom it's how we do it so often with so many players again you stop seeing a lot of the ball and things are happening you just it's just the subs really don't inspire me ever and we never we just sort of put players on for players sakes like we're struggling to keep the ball and I've said it time and time and time again you've got Oxlade-Chamberlain on there somebody who always want it receive the ball in any position always show for it and he's good at actually using his body and keeping the ball and keeping it ticking over and we don't use him to me that is just fucking insanity and then we allow it to become a bit of a basketball game in the sense that we'll get the ball we'll try and we attack and then they'll just fire it up and it just becomes it's just again piss poor game management

and

as I say the frustration of all this is because I know we'll probably do this again against Dundee United we'll probably do it again against Falkirk we'll play Besiktas try and play like this and we'll fuck us about 5-0 and we'll all be saying well We're just playing the way we always fucking play.

La Tomba and the goalkeeper I'm assuming is going to be set for to be Johnston so aye I don't know it just all feels a bit strange in itself it just does feel as if there's no real kind of long term strategy it is just very much let's just try and win the league and then see where we go from there which was the same thing last season aye strange it just all feels a bit strange just now but aye look I would love to go further clear I've said this a million times we still want to do well domestically we still want to win the league but aye I think we'll win against the D19 I think Carson Rangers could draw

Aye well obviously at least one of them is going to drop points they're still your nearest rivals I don't know how serious a fight Hearts will put up this season but it remains to be seen I'm sure they'll be looking to get all three points but Danny what's your sort of thoughts going into Wednesday you're I know you say you don't think Jota's fit is there anybody you'd be looking to bring in and freshen it up a bit?

I would like to see Hassan, Duran and Hu play up front on Wednesday night I think we've waited long enough to see our three summer signings play in the same team whether you want to stick Duran on the left or the right or Hassan on the left or the right I'd just like to see it I think for continuity's sake you might bring in Carter Vickers for Donovan and play Murray right back instead of for some reason I think they're going to keep Murray in the team as long as possible I'd bring in Oxlade-Chamberlain for Nigrin just to help McGregor out with a bit of experience and it might free Bauer up to play further up the park I think he's shown in the last couple of games although Nigrin's highly effective in the middle when he gets the ball in the box and things like that I think he's not really playing well so Bower's probably been the pick of the bunch in midfield this season so get him further up the park for Oxlade-Chamberlain I just don't know why he's not on the team I think any time I've seen him this season he's been the midfielder that's looked to get on the ball and play a telling pass it's a really strange man but seems to be the strategy seems to be game by game at the minute and the United did they not hit the bar or the woodwork again four times or something when they beat them in the cup so they obviously won't ever go it's one thing Hibs did not do the day which surprised me was shoot through outside the box I was just waiting I think they had maybe one or two shots through outside the box Whereas every other team who's peppered outside the box would be united with the first team that I remember doing that in the League Cup.

So I think it'll be another tough game.

A game that

was crying out for somebody like Ox.

Against Celta, you're talking

about? Anyway, he brought him on and I thought Taneke shouldn't wear a jersey again.

Yeah.

three players and Jonesy made the run when he kind of slipped him in and he dipped his shoulder and ran into the boy and I'm thinking Peter would Peter would have got that Peter would have gotten used to it

but what I was going to say was against Celta Vigo when Tanecki and Sorensen came on and Oxlade Jameson stayed on the bench my view at that point was well Sean Maloney Martin O'Neill whoever no interest in rescuing that match that's what I mean because the definition of insanity is trying the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome that to me is putting Denecky on in that match you know it was never going to make any difference

but we need somebody to sit in midfield sorry people got to do that he's getting shoved off the ball as well I know he's not experienced enough but Ox is

And then, The change was Johnson in goals, which was in midweek as well.

I don't know what your thoughts were on the line-up there, Shane, but for me, I was looking at that going, all right, I was hoping that we'd probably put someone in, especially in that weather, maybe give Oxlade-Chamberlain a run.

That's what I was hoping for in the middle of the park instead of Nygren in that sort of game with the wind, if you want to play into the conditions a bit more.

Um, that's what I was hoping for.

So I'm like, okay, I'm starting to sit, get a bit of strength back in the squad.

So what was your thoughts heading into the game?

Well, my thoughts, I agree with you regarding Nigrin and Oxlade-Chamberlain.

I really don't like the fact that we don't see the Ox enough, to be honest with you.

And it's just not, it doesn't work.

I don't know, what has Oxlade-Chamberlain done to not get a game?

Oh, don't, don't.

That's what I think.

So he's going to be coming on for Tierney.

And then Oxlade-Chamberlain, I don't even know.

It's not really a game for...

I don't know if it's his type of game, right? Getting your foot on the ball.