Hibs’ Head Coach Jack Ross admitted that his team were ‘nowhere near good enough’ as they succumbed to a self-inflicted 2-0 defeat to Aberdeen at Pittodrie last night.
Scott Wright and Sam Cosgrove capitalised on mistakes in Hibs’ defence to give the hosts an early 2-0 lead and Hibs never looked like getting back into contention.
Hibs’ best effort in the first half came from a sliced Ash Taylor clearance from Jamie Murphy’s cross which Joe Lewis managed to tip over the bar.
Referee Euan Anderson failed to spot a clear penalty in the second-half when Martin Boyle was clearly pushed to the ground by Matty Kennedy but in truth Hibs were second best all over the pitch.
Had Hibs won they would have at least temporarily have leapfrogged Celtic into second place however instead they dropped to fourth.
Hibs now face Dundee to decide who tops their Betfred Cup group before champions Celtic arrive at Easter Road in two weeks time.
After the game Ross told BBC Scotland: “It was nowhere near good enough. We gave away too ridiculously soft goals. We huffed and puffed after that but didn’t do nearly enough to trouble Joe Lewis in goal.
“I praise the players a lot, but I’ll be hard on them tonight because we were poor. I was poor and my team were poor, but equally the referee was poor.”
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.
