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Coverage of the Scottish Premiership match from Easter Road, as both teams get their campaigns underway. Four points seperated these sides last season as the visitors finished fourth on 61 points, while the hosts finished in fifth place. They last faced each other in May on the final weekend of the season as Motherwell confirmed their fourth-placed finish with a 1-0 victory at this venue
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00:00he's starting at left back but he can play midfield
00:08Longolo
00:11another who was exceptional last season
00:20Williams
00:30what we're seeing is very much that kind of
00:35set up plan
00:40that we could identify that style of play
00:42anonymous that Motherwell had
00:44that
00:47imposure playing come out the back
00:49through the line
00:52that was good from Chai
01:03couldn't quite get there
01:04but the idea was certainly there
01:21the first heaps manager to start three successive seasons
01:31since Neil Lennon
01:49David Gray you know you notice he was very quick to point out that you know hips had an opportunity
01:55to finish fourth last season they were pipped to it by motherwell
01:57you know last game this season there was a lot going on of course
02:01with the title race
02:02but that was a huge game in itself for both these clubs
02:05I think that David Gray will
02:07and I think just
02:26you know
02:40and elding chasing
02:53to stumble and slip
02:56quality football from mudwell that wasn't it i mean it was back to the
03:00that the six into the goalkeeper out to the right angle 10 seconds
03:08later they're in hips five final third
03:14in comfortable
03:35experience the ups and downs of football this season
03:38that desperate defeat
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08:01I'm
08:02not sure
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08:03I might call that a promising attacking move, but it's a pretty blatant...
08:34Sparrow couldn't prevent the cross, away by Friesman.
09:08Friesman...
09:16Friesman...
09:19Sney...
09:20It's not quite the run here...
09:25It's caught to an end by Mulligan who trapped him all the way.
09:32Yeah, refereeing in the style of the FIFA World Cup, if in doubt, play on.
09:37I like a bit of that.
09:39I think that's what we want to see, keep the ball in play.
09:56By the way, Joe Newell, the Hibs captain, was meant to be on the bench today, but he felt something
10:03in his calf in the warm-up.
10:04And he's taken off the list of subs, replaced by Jacob McIntyre.
10:10So, let's go.
10:20Let's go.
10:23Go.
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10:39Fadengo but only to Pasolak
10:44oh look at
10:48Pasolak
11:05Adam Mayer
11:08Jordan Abita with a Swirla which is cleared by Moorman
11:19Pasolak
11:27Jason Kerr
11:31Abita that was a pass for Boyle but the free kit will go the way
11:36of Motherwell
11:38yes the right call it's an absolutely brilliant pass defense splitting pass by
11:42Obita into the path of Boyle who had a chance a few moments over
11:46earlier when he overran it just a clumsy first touch he gives
11:49the chance for Priestman to nick it back of him as he did a few
11:53moments ago Priestman losing possession in a dangerous area and Boyle just
12:13well
12:14I've only managed one win in the last nine opening games in the Scottish Premiership
12:24the 42nd successive season in that period
12:33yeah I think they are a really good example of
12:43what a well-run club looks like and a conveyor belt of talent and if you even look on their
12:48bench
12:50it's a day in they've got a barrel load of players from their academy
12:56it's really encouraging to see a club that kind of understands
13:00this principle of developing their own talent and selling them on as they have done
13:06they're six of the nine subs are from the famed Motherwell academy
13:16they get their chances
13:23vote he's making really good progress
13:27will he vote Saeed Charles Cook blocked by Kerr
13:38Williams now for Longolo
13:44Faringa
13:55I thought there was a great opportunity for him to deliver a ball into the box and he just delayed
13:59cut back onto a stronger side but there was maybe one criticism of Motherwell last season was at times
14:08they were looking for the perfect goal
14:10he can
14:12you want strikers who know when the ball is coming into the box and not to disappoint them
14:19five draws
14:32Williams
14:38return it
14:40because Mulligan was there he was surprised
14:45well we're going over towards low
14:53Sparrow in his way
14:57with that challenge by Adam Mayer
15:02a bit of a waste I thought because that was a tremendous
15:06cross field pass from Mulligan into the path of low I just thought he needed to put the brakes on
15:10protect the ball a little bit more he seemed to be in a rush to try and play it back
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15:15where in actual fact he was
15:19better off
15:22retaining possession and waiting for the cavalry to arrive
15:39it's
15:40it's have won seven of their last nine opening day fixtures two of them were against a motherwell
15:45the
16:04and only 35
16:07and still not the youngest
16:10motherwell manager that was billy davis 33 when
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16:17became player manager all those years ago
16:31i would say obita has been hib's most productive player so far and we can't
16:36remind ourselves he's actually playing left side center back but he's very very
16:40good i mean they've kind of converted him in some ways to a left side center back
16:46instead of left wing back but his delivery is normally very very
16:50good on that occasion just too much of a dink on it you wanted a little bit more pace on
16:54the ball but
16:58encouraging start by obita
17:03it's uh without one of the influential players in jamie mcgrath who is hoping to be back
17:10before the end of the month and therefore in time for the edible derby beginning of september
17:17martin boyle
17:20mayor boyle mulligan
17:38oh
17:51what more movement from the front three i i just watch hips and i feel like that too many of
17:57them
17:57are coming short they're not actually offering him behind and when you've got the people like obita
18:02with the quality he's got he's looking to clip balls in the channel from them to run onto the ball
18:07but
18:08they're actually all coming short which is why they haven't actually managed to stretch motherwell
18:12in any way shape or form in the first 22 minutes they they have to take a different approach
18:17well again now
18:21for elding not the cross that was required
18:26now that was disappointing because he was in a very good position there with bodies in the box
18:58jim and williams the plate and uh wayne rooney
19:02as a teenager at Derby County and got a move to Chelsea's Academy so it didn't
19:09really work out from there and he ended up at Berkmalbien
19:17Goodwood Wright Sparrow
19:53again no surprise to see Jordan Obita the one who's actually trying to unlock the door for Hibbs
20:02yeah
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20:58Clear-cut chances for either team, it's going to get better isn't it?
21:03Jordan Avita
21:12Have the most for his, but this man Goodwood Reich has the most overall centre-back
21:22Williams
21:37Great runners in midfield in Chaiwa and Mulligan and they've barely been in the game at all
21:43Well Avita was at it again there, he's trying to make it happen for him
21:46Let's go
21:58Mayor
22:16Mulligan.
22:28Faddinger stepped in to win it. Back for Motherwell. Priestman now.
22:35Saeed.
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23:58season before, of course, and then fifth last year.
24:01Could have been fourth.
24:06They'd have won their last game, so.
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24:45I don't know, but I don't know.
25:15We'll see you next time.
25:55We'll see you next time.
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28:28Look a little bit unbalanced.
28:30They're getting plenty of attacks down the left-hand side through Meyer and Obita, not much down the other flank.
28:45All right, let's add over the top four pass.
28:52We'll see you next time.
30:09Passlap's burst into the box.
30:22We'll see you next time.
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33:03Will he vote?
33:08Vote.
33:13Sparrow and Faddinger.
33:20Sparrow.
33:37to be commended I thought they were
33:45overplay
34:05I'm going to get involved here
34:23still having a look
34:25just checking the
34:38focus Fadinga could make
34:51a duel between Fadinga and
35:00Salinger
35:01outstanding last season and they
35:06want a bit more of that they have
35:10the lead
35:12at Easter Road
35:15well it's taken until the 40th minute
35:17for us to have
35:21Salinger was so busy jumping up and
35:24down and going side to side
35:26he actually forgot to die for the ball
35:32but he just picks
35:41to watch it from Motherwell
35:47season
35:51he did yeah a very tidy footballer and that's very much in the brand of what Motherwell are pushing
35:59composed on the ball bit of dig a bit of everything
36:09to this season
36:11Lucas Fadlinga
36:12as Hibbs get a free kick
36:38last season and
36:42did not
36:44win any of those games
36:47ouch
36:48better time than the new season to turn that stat around
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36:53I just think that
37:00I understand that David Gray may be concerned about leaving themselves open to the counter
37:05but but but for me that there's just
37:11they just don't look committed as a front three in terms of working together
37:17Josh Mulligan who gave away the
37:24penalty
37:27he's going to get a free kick
37:31kick himself now though
37:32Norman
37:34breathing innocence
37:39and what Hibbs would give for a rapid response
37:44and what Hibbs would give for a rapid response
37:44and what Hibbs would give for a rapid response
37:52Adam Mayer comes over with his left foot
37:59well an opportunity to present itself here
38:03nope
38:05easily cleared by Rangelou
38:11and then by Fadlinga
38:23Boyle
38:24steered away by Mormont
38:26just as Nathan Lowe thought he might be getting a glimpse
38:28in the same place
38:33Jaiwa
38:34having to evade
38:35the vote
38:38it's Motherwell's throw
38:40under Sangri
38:41they're in a hurry
38:43Tom Sparrow
38:44back here for Saeed
38:47blocked by Kerr
38:52and then
38:53fired wide by Charles Cook
38:56Well it all came about for, I think Chaiwa was looking for a push but it wasn't, they took a
39:05quick three-kick and then five seconds later they've got this chance, you can see what Charles Cooke is trying
39:16to do,
39:23over 1,500 live matches this season on Sky Sports.
39:43Only four of the players who started on the final day here last season are starting today but,
39:57still the same other one, have reinforcements if they need, I don't think they've been way the better team but
40:08I do feel like they've been more connected,
40:17and I think that Hibs have definitely got to have a serious discussion at half-time as to what it
40:21is they're trying to do today,
40:23because this doesn't look like it connected before.
40:29A top four play, has scored again with his penalty on the opening day of this season.
40:37two makes it clear,
40:40two makes it clear,
40:51one past black,
40:53one past black,
40:59two past black Mila's video...
41:07I think McLean wants a word.
41:10Yeah, he took a bit of a liberty there, Ibrahim Saito.
41:16Had no chance of getting the ball.
41:26Kerr just rolls the ball back.
41:32He basically says, have a slice of that.
41:37Yeah, I think McLean has continued doing that in the first half here.
41:49Lucas Faddinger, winning on the final day at Easter Road.
41:56At the end of last season.
41:58Thanks.
42:00Bye Š²ŃŠµŠ¼.
42:01Bye.
42:01Bye.
42:01Bye.
42:01Bye.