Martin Boyle is confident that Hibs can turn around a poor run of form with a positive result in tomorrow’s Edinburgh Derby.
Both teams go into the game after slow starts domestically and they occupy the bottom two places in the table.
Despite that, Boyle is remaining calm and insists the squad is full of confidence ahead of Sunday.
“We need to stick together whether we are winning or losing, unfortunately, we’re down there at the moment but if we stick together, I have the belief that we can turn this around.
“Football is mad, especially in this league and it can turn on its head very quickly – if you can get a little run together you can be straight back up that table.
“We have put in the hard yards this week, and hopefully we can get a positive result to get the fans back onside. We need to show them how much this Club means to us, and there is no better game to do it than in the Edinburgh Derby. It is a massive game for us.’’
Should he feature, Boyle will be playing in his 19th Edinburgh Derby; a fixture that means so much to the 31-year-old and one he holds many special memories of.
“I enjoy the build-up, the atmosphere – the passion from everyone is incredible. The first 10 minutes are frantic, and these are the games you want to be playing in.
“If you can’t get excited for the Derby then what is the point. There are a lot of boys who haven’t played in the fixture before, but I am sure when they walk out onto the pitch those adrenalin levels will rise and they will quickly realise what a magic game it is.”
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.
