Hibs formally introduced new Head Coach Alan Stubbs to the media today at the club’s training centre in East Lothian and the former Celtic defender has asked the supporters to help make Easter Road an intimidating place for visiting teams.
Stubbs said: “We’re all in it together and it’s vital that we’re all pulling in the same direction.
“It’s going to be an exciting season and I want the fans to be our extra man – it’s as simple as that.
“I remember coming to Easter Road and seeing how passionate and vocal the fans can be.
“It can be an intimidating place for away teams to play and I want that to come back and I want our players to enjoy playing at Easter Road again.”
Stubbs stresses he is keen for his Hibernian team to produce an attractive brand of football, but says his primary objective is simple – to win matches.
He added: “My philosophy first and foremost is that I want to win games of football.
“I don’t want to be in a position where I’m talking about philosophies, style of play and everything, but we’re not winning games.
“At 4.45pm on a Saturday afternoon, supporters want to be going away from the ground with a winning feeling and secondly talking about the players and how well they played.
“I want to give them a spring in their step again – I think that’s important.”
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
