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Not sure it's egg on face for Cormack, it was always going to be a bit of a long shot and at least it alerts Hibs to the fact that we think they are beneath us. Even Boyle has shied away from saying he's not interested. The net result is that Hibs have increased their wage bill. The problem Cormack has now that it has set a level of expectation regarding our next signing. If the "Plan B" is some Atlanta reject or an unknown loanee, then he might be rubbing yolk from his eyes.

I’m sure I read somewhere that he has a contract release clause around £800k.

It's not a good comparison though, the games against Hacken and Anders Breivik XI are qualifiers, if we beat Qarabag that's when we actually qualify and see who we get grouped against. The excitement comes from getting closer and closer to the group stage as the quality of opposition slightly increases round by round. In this round we could have been drawn against Tottenham, instead it should have been Austria Vienna had they not lost to the Icelandic mob. Last season we got Sporting Lisbon. I'd rather go through a few rounds of unknown teams before the glamour ties than be knocked out before the domestic season starts.

Qarabag finished 2nd in their league behind Neftchi Baku who were beaten 3-0 last night and 5-2 on aggregate by HJK Helsinki. It doesn't look like their domestic league has started yet so good chance we're fitter too. All their foreign players seem to be journeymen in their late 20's without any major clubs on their CV's. Despite their fairly high UEFA coefficient ranking, they appear to be very beatable on paper.

Jack McKenzie is fucking ace.

Is it just me who panics every time the ball is passed back to Lewis? We’re going to get caught out by this at some point.

Looks like a trip to Azerbaijan awaits the winners of our game. Huns have avoided a trip to Kazakhstan to play Kairat.

Route 1 yass!

3 creative players off, a defender, a defensive midfielder and a McLennan on. Not sure I can see the thought process behind that without a lead to defend.

I’d have Hedges and McGinn on for Ojo and JET at half time. We need to be more direct in attack, Ramirez is a bit too isolated.

Not enough strength at the back, Gallagher needs to be in their. The problem with waiting for someone to fuck up before putting in your better players is that you’re making said fuck up inevitable.

Thon United manager looks more like the lead singer in a Kasabian tribute band than he does a football manager.

We're playing some nice football but we look shaky as fuck at the back.

McCrorie in midfield instead of Ojo, Gallagher into defence. Convince me I'm wrong.

Their best player appears to be Thomas Mikkelsen who had some unremarkable spells at Ross County and Dundee Utd.

There's going to be a number of different statues, presumably they're keeping ECWC83 for the Willie Miller iconic pose: And this one for Mark McGhee: Also expect to see Alex McLeish as the Terminator and Gordon Strachan holding a massive glass of milk.

Awful patter from Tosher ”The Hacken goalkeeper has 2 caps for Sweden” ”Aye well ah’ve got 2 baseball caps ken but”

Exhibition stuff from the 10th minute onwards, hopefully we can keep it going and run up a big score and not give them an opportunity to get back into it. Unfortunate 3 of our chances have fallen to Ojo but he has been surprisingly effective on the left wing. Missed the start of the match, who’s the co-commentator? Sounds like every generic Weegie that latches on to you in the hotel bar when you’re on holiday. Excruciating stuff.

Hibs have signed a 24 year old American international striker from the MLS on a pre-contract. Will be interesting to see if he's any good, and if so, why he wasn't flagged by Atlanta's scouting department as a signing for us.

Big Ronnie makes his first start for Atlanta, and scores their only goal. Started the game at left back. He also scored his recent goal for Venezuela playing on the left flank.

Andrew Shinnie signs for Livingston on a 2 year deal.

Go ahead, it means nothing to me...

Did the call go something like this?