Joe Newell marked his 200th appearance for Hibs against Dundee United last weekend but the midfielder admits that he has not had time to dwell on the milestone after what has been a difficult spell of results.
And the Hibs captain is confident results will turn and insists the Club need to stick together.
Speaking ahead of today’s game against St Mirren at Easter Road, Newell said: “I haven’t had time to think about that milestone, to be honest. Hopefully in the not to distant future I can get my top signed by the boys – but at the moment that is all irrelevant to me, we all know the situation we are in and how desperate we all are to turn it around.
“I personally don’t believe there is a lot that needs to change. If you look at the last game for example – the performance was good, but without the decision at the end then I think we go on to win 1-0. With that said, we can definitely be more clinical and put games to bed earlier – that is something that we have been trying to work on.”
“The other thing that we need to do is just maintain that belief in the squad. The performances we have been putting in have been good, we have been the better side in a lot of games, so we need to have the belief that we will turn it around.
“I know the fans will be hurting, just as much – if not more than us – at the moment. The support that we get on a weekly basis is incredible, we were sold out away at Dundee United, they turned up away at Ross County in midweek – the support has always been fantastic.
“I know they will be right behind us again on Saturday, and we are going to need them because we all need to stick together at this point. I am more than confident that we will turn it around and it will happen quickly, and we just hope the fans stick with us and we can all celebrate together.”
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.
