Despite dominating the game Hibs Women had to settle for a draw against Partick Thistle at Meadowbank on Sunday.
Flying winger Tegan Bowie scored the opener right on half-time but within seconds of the second half beginning, as Cara Henderson thrashed in the equaliser.
Hibs had plenty chances to take all three points but in the end had to settle for one.
After the final whistle head coach Grant Scott told Hibs TV: “Their gameplan has worked better than ours today.
“The clear objective from them was to keep themselves in the game and minimise our opportunities. I think they have done that well.
“It was disappointing from us. It’s annoying that we didn’t figure it out in-game. But these things happen.
“We’ve got to dust ourselves down, learn from it and keep progressing.”
“The goal is really disappointing for us to lose,” Scott said.
“It’s a tremendous finish. But, for us, we have gifted them cheap possession in a bad area of the pitch.
“We [gifted possession to Partick] several times. I’m quite disappointed with the players in that aspect. We need to do better in those situations.”
Stacey Papadopoulos added: “Super disappointed, especially after getting three points last week.
“We really wanted to come out and get the job done today. It was hard to break them down. [They had] five at the back and were pretty stubborn.
“We needed a lot of patience and at times we did that, but at other times we tried to force it and fell into their trap a little bit. We need to reflect and bounce back.
“They defended really well. We just needed to stay patient when pushing for a second, but we coughed up and conceded early in the second half.
“That didn’t help us. We knew we had a ladder to climb after that.
“We tried but it just wasn’t enough in the end.”
After last Sunday’s thrilling Edinburgh Derby win at Tynecastle Park, Papadopoulos is well-aware that Hibs will need to re-find their winning form as they take on their city rivals once more in the Scottish Cup next.
“It wasn’t good enough today. Our tempo wasn’t good enough. We need to fix it up for the next game.
“We always want to beat Hearts and we want to move on to the next round of the cup.”
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.
