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The 4 O'Clock Hibs Show - 28th August
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Hibs were minutes away from a result that could have changed everything, then one late swing of momentum turned the night into gutting, familiar heartbreak. If you care about Hibs, David Gray, or why big European nights keep ending in the cruellest possible way, this one is for you.
Matty, Colin, and John unpack the emotion, the blame, and the bigger picture after a painful defeat that felt both avoidable and brutally unlucky. The conversation gets into the performance itself, the response from fans, and why reducing the whole night to "embarrassing" or "shameful" misses the football that actually happened.
You'll hear the panel break down:
why the second-half performance felt so encouraging before the late collapse
the controversy around the disallowed goal and what really happened in the build-up
the substitution debate, including whether the change that exposed the back line was actually the right call
the recurring late-goal narrative and whether it is really a uniquely Hibs problem
what this result means for European qualification, club spending, and David Gray's future
Colin brings the immediate reaction from outside the training centre and the frustration of watching a tie slip away in real time. John pushes back on the easy takes, arguing that football is rarely as simple as "we were terrible" when two teams are trying to win the same game. Matty steers the debate through the fan reaction, the comments coming in, and the bigger question of how much this result should shape the club's next move.
There is no sugar-coating this one, but there is a lot to unpack: the goals Hibs scored, the chances they created, the tactical trade-offs that came back to bite them, and the uncomfortable truth that the darkest losses are often the ones that stick hardest. And with Dundee next, the conversation moves quickly from raw disappointment to what Hibs do now.
Essential listening if you want more than hot takes - and if you want to understand why this defeat hurts so much, even when the performance itself had real positives.
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