CAPITAL GAINS; Hibs are homing in on third.Byline: Anthony Haggerty HIBS HIBS Hutt International Boys' School (Wellington, New Zealand) HIBS Heavy Ion Backscattering Spectrometry v ST MIRREN Today, Easter Road Easter Road is the home ground of Scottish football club Hibernian. Located in the Leith area of Edinburgh, the stadium has a capacity of 17,500, making it the seventh largest stadium in Scotland and the largest stadium used primarily for football in Edinburgh. , 3pm COLIN NISH Colin Nish (b. 7 March 1981 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Scottish Premier League club Kilmarnock. He is 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) and weighs 12 st 8 lb (80 kg). insists Hibs are ready to alter the balance of power in Edinburgh by replacing Hearts as Scottish football's third force. Csaba Laszlo's men grabbed the glory to finish best of the rest last season and claim a place in the Europa League. Now, though, Nish NISH National Industries for the Severely Handicapped NISH National Institute for the Severely Handicapped NISH New Iberia Senior High (Southern Louisiana) NISH National Institute of Speech and Hearing is adamant the feelgood factor coursing through Leith after the arrival of John Hughes as boss will propel Hibees to new heights. The striker reckons the positive passing approach Yogi yo·gi n. pl. yo·gis One who practices yoga. [Hindi yog demands will wipe out the inconsistency that plagued the Easter Road club last term and help knock their city rivals off their perch. Nish said: "We're more than capable of finishing third. You just try to win your first game and kick on from there. "I definitely see a scrap for third place because there are a lot of good teams. Hopefully we can be involved in that as we were just behind it last year. "It was frustrating the number of points we threw away when we should have won, especially at home. "When you add those points up we probably would have finished third. "Now we're hitting our peak at the right time and everyone feels good. We've built up the quality of opposition and picked up our game, improving every week. The aim was to peak for the first game and I'm sure we will. "The manager has drummed into us how he wants us to play and the boys are enjoying it." First up for Hibees is a home clash against St Mirren and Nish is keen to prove he has quickly got to grips with his new role as a lone striker. And getting off to a winning start would vindicate the gruelling pre-season schedule Yogi has put his squad through.Nishsaid:"StMirrenare a good team and very difficult to beat. We'll need to work as hard as them. "It is hard work as a lone striker but I'm enjoying it and hopefully I'll keep my place in the team. "Pre-season has been hard this year, not that it was easy last summer, but it's been a different type of running. "The manager really wants us to play short passes and the boys enjoy that approach. "The difference is we've had a month to prepare for the first game. With the Intertoto Cup last year we only had about six days." CAPTION(S): COLIN THE SHOTS: Nish has been given Hibs' lone strike role |
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