Alan Stubbs

Hibs’ Head Coach Alan Stubbs will have a selection problem for tomorrow’s game against Rangers at Ibrox as only Farid El Alagui is unavailable.

Stubbs told Hibernian TV: “Everybody is fit, which is great news. We only have one out and that is the long-term injury to Farid (El Alagui) and he is doing really well.

“Over the last week, he has really stepped up his rehab work, which is great for Farid and it has given him a lot of confidence.

“So apart from that everybody is fighting fit and it’s probably the first time this season we’ve had a clean bill of health.

“There are a lot of boosts – Keith (Watson) and Martin (Boyle) come back into the squad and Dominique (Malonga) is now available for selection too.

“So they are three quality players added to last week’s squad – that’s great news from everyone’s point of view. The competition for places at this moment in time is very fierce.”

“We’re always purely focusing on ourselves. If you look at our head-to-heads against Rangers then that should fill us with a lot of confidence.

“But this will be a completely different game and, while our previous results certainly won’t do us any harm, we can’t get too distracted by them because we are preparing for an extremely difficult game.”

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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.