Hibs’ goalkeeper Ofir Marciano insists that there is no need for panic after the William Hill Scottish Cup semi-final defeat to Hearts was followed by a 2-0 loss at Pittodrie.
The Israeli international also revealed what Jack Ross said to the players in the aftermath of the defeat against Aberdeen which saw Hibs’ drop from third to fourth place in the table.
After the game Marciano said:” We are really disappointed to concede two early goals. Usually we don’t make those kind of mistakes. We need to analyse the game and take the good things and the bad and try to get better.
“We know this is a tough place to come and Aberdeen are a good team. When they went 2-0 up it was always going to be hard for us but we need to react to situations.
“I hope for the next game we will be the ones wo dictate the game and we are the ones who are on top.
“It’s not about anger. He (Jack Ross) asked us the question: ‘where do you want to be?’ And I think that is a fair question.
“We’ve had a good season so far but that’s not enough. We want to achieve both as individuals and as a collective as well.
“We really believe we can do that but we need to set higher standards every day, not just on match days but in training every day and try to be the best we can.
“We don’t expect to win every game but the demands from ourselves should be better. We know that we need to be better. This is something we have to do.
“To be successful you have to make demands of yourself and come to places like this to try and get something from the game.
“I don’t want to compare us to other clubs. Hibs are a massive club and we do things in our own way. We have developed a good team this year.
“The recent results are disappointing if you look at last weekend’s result as well. But there’s no need to panic. We just have to understand why.
“We need to ask ourselves the right questions and try to move on and get better.”
Hibs face Dundee in the Betfred Cup while Marciano is on international duty with Israel then he returns to face defending champions Celtic at Easter Road.
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.
