Hibs Scottish Cup win takes pressure off current team says Jack Ross

Hibs’ Head Coach Jack Ross believes that the club’s 2016 Scottish Cup win has taken some of the pressure off him and his players as they strive to win the trophy this year.

Hibs had gone 114 years since last picking up the Scottish
Cup which made the victory over Rangers even more special and that day a great
weight was lifted off the shoulders of the club.

Incredibly since that day only Celtic have won a domestic
trophy but Ross is determined to bring silverware back to Easter Road.

Scottish Cup Quarter Final – Hibernian v Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
Easter Road Stadium, Edinburgh, Midlothian, UK.
28/02/2020.
Pic shows: Hibs comfortably beat Inverness Caledonian Thistle by 5 goals to 2 to in the quarter final of the Scottish Cup at Easter Road Stadium, Edinburgh.
Credit: Ian Jacobs

As in 2016, Hibs have beaten a team managed by Robbie
Neilson after a replay and also overcome inverness Caledonian Thistle which
some fans are taking as an omen of things to come. They also beat Dundee United
en route to the final.

Speaking to BBC Scotland after the final whistle of Hibs
emphatic 5-2 victory over John Robertson’s Inverness Caledonian Thistle Ross
said: “It’s a nice omen and it would be nice if we repeated that. What Alan
(Stubbs) and the rest of the squad did that year was a terrific help to me now
because it alleviates some of that pressure that built up for a long period of
time so although we put pressure on ourselves to win it, it is undoubtedly not
as big as before Hibs did it in 2016.

“We stressed before the first tie when we entered the
competition against Dundee United that the message to the players was to win
the cup and that’s what we wanted to do and we are making progress.

The draw for the semi-finals takes place today with the ties
set for the weekend of 11^th / 12^th April at Hampden Park.