Alan Stubbs is anticipating a difficult game against Greenock Morton at Easter Road tonight as Hibs aim to move to within five points of Championship leaders Rangers in the race for automatic promotion.
Both previous games this season have ended in narrow wins for Hibs and everyone at Easter Road would happily settle for that.
Tonight’s fixture represents Hibs’ third home match in a row, in the space of eight days and Stubbs fully appreciates the support that has been given to the team, and he knows that the players’ efforts will always be valued by everyone at the Club.
Speaking to Hibernian TV, Stubbs said: “It will be a difficult game for us, Morton are a threat to us, they’ve got players in their team that can hurt us and we need to make sure that we go about our job right, which we will.
“We are professional and the players who are selected for the game, make sure that they come out and perform and pick up maximum points.”
“It’s good that we are at home. This is our third game in a row at home now and I know that that can play a big burden on people’s wallets and purses.
“Obviously we appreciated the efforts of our supporters all the time as they turn out in numbers, I’m sure we will have the support right behind us again on Wednesday – it will be fully appreciated as always.”
The Head Coach also revealed that the side have no fresh injury concerns, with Martin Boyle, who scored a double against Alloa, staying at home on Tuesday due to him feeling ill.
He also gave an update on the progress of Danny Handling and Fraser Fyvie, who continue to work their way back to fitness following injury.
“We are good from the weekend, as in no fresh injuries. Martin Boyle wasn’t in today because he was feeling a little under the weather, but we’re hopeful that he’ll feel okay come kick-off time tomorrow.
“Fraser is obviously still injured, but he is doing really well and we are pleased with how he is coming on. The only other one would be Danny Handling, who is doing great, and he’s back on the grass running and doing ball work and we are hoping to see him in the next seven to ten days, training with the first-team hopefully.”
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.
