- Residence defeat to St Mirren leaves Leith males on the foot of the Premiership
- Stress cranks up on Grey after he slams ‘unacceptable efficiency’
- However the Easter Street boss says he is not afraid of shedding his job
Below-fire Hibernian boss David Grey insists he has no fears over the prospect of shedding his job regardless of seeing his group undergo a sixth league defeat of the season which retains them rooted to the underside of the Premiership desk.
Two first-half targets from Conor McMenamin had been sufficient to seal the factors for St Mirren at Easter Street and pile much more strain on Hibs’ former Scottish Cup-winning captain heading into the worldwide break.
A late Nicky Cadden penalty halved the deficit, earlier than the substitute then noticed a dramatic equaliser dominated out for offside on the demise.
Grey admitted he’s below no illusions as to what the end result might imply for his personal future, however has vowed to maintain combating and get the membership not off course. ‘I don’t suppose being concerned or scared is the precise strategy to really feel. I totally perceive the noise, and rightly so primarily based on the scenario we’re in.
‘I may give you 101 excuses, however the place we discover ourselves isn’t ok and I do know it’s one thing I’ve mentioned for a lot of weeks due to the place we’re.
‘One factor I do know is that till somebody tells me otherwise, I’m going to strive as exhausting as I can, proceed to work as I can as a result of no one is extra annoyed than me.’
Grey (left) seems to be dejected on the full-time whistle as Saints boss Robinson tries to seize a phrase
Conor McMenamin (centre) celebrates placing St Mirren 2-0 up at Easter Street
Grey desperately tries to encourage his Hibernian facet from the sideline within the defeat to Saints
Whereas he was fast to acknowledge the buck in the end stops with him, Grey refused to protect his gamers from criticism.
‘I’d say that the first-half efficiency was fully unacceptable from our perspective, we had been miles off it,’ he mentioned. ‘Not only one participant, a variety of gamers. Shying away from the ball, making errors, and particular person errors once more, all issues that we’ve talked about beforehand.
‘But in addition the dearth of struggle and perception. First half was the primary time I’ve seen it. It’s the primary time I’ve come out and apologised to the followers, and I’ll achieve this once more.
‘Regardless of the place we’re within the league, there’s at all times been a couple of positives to attract on, nevertheless it’s very exhausting to attract on any at present due to the scenario we discover ourselves in. I believe that’s in all probability the bit that angers me essentially the most.
‘Everybody’s nonetheless in it collectively clearly, however individually, we have to ask the query: “Are you doing sufficient? Are you taking sufficient accountability?” There’s no level in feeling sorry for ourselves, no level in hoping another person goes to vary it for us.’
St Mirren supervisor Stephen Robinson hailed his group’s high quality and resilience to make sure they earned their first away win of the season.
Martin Boyle missed a second-half penalty for Hibs who stay backside of the league
‘Within the first half, I believed we had been excellent,’ he mentioned. ‘We performed some incredible soccer and hit the bar which may have made it 3-0. Nevertheless it’s a nervy end as a result of we don’t end the sport off.
‘We’re within the prime six at this second in time. Contemplating what we’ve been by way of with selections, accidents, individuals suspended from the membership, I believe it’s an unbelievable begin to have this quantity of factors.’
