Hibs face Celtic at Easter Road this Wednesday after two performances most who follow the Hibees would deem unacceptable.
The 3-0 trouncing at home by an albeit impressive Dundee United outfit was followed by another meek showing against Aberdeen at the weekend cumulating in a 1-0 defeat against a side who’d failed to win in ten previous matches.
Hibs attacking philosophy from the beginning of the campaign seems to have disintegrated to hopeful punts and aimless tippy tappy keep ball possession against both the Arabs and Dons.
Granted the loss of Kyle Magennis and Ryan Porteous may have an effect but the former was also missing at Ibrox where Hibs controlled the game up until Porto’s rush of blood.
There are some with short memories calling for the head of Jack Ross on the back of 2 disappointing results but there’s no doubt more scrutiny is being undertaken by the manager over his squad than by supporters apparently outraged by a couple of poor performances. It’s Hibernian we follow, not Man City or Liverpool and ups and downs are part and parcel of following any Scottish side outside the 2 Glasgow outfits.
Wednesday’s match is one in which Hibs can flourish. There’s not many who will give Ross’ men a hope against a confident Celtic slowly looking like their former formidable selves again after an indifferent start to the Ange-Ball era.
It’s the type of pressure free environment in which Hibs can dust themselves down, release the shackles and have a right good go to prove the doubters wrong that the decent side which played so well at the start of the season is still more than capable of matching any side in the Premiership.
