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St Johnstone 1-3 Hibernian: What the manager saidpublished at 17:26 27 April
17:26 27 April
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Hibernian manager Nick Montgomery tells BBC Scotland: "It was an important win for us, a good test of character. We've got a lot of character in that dressing room. Happy for the fans, a lot made the trip up.
"It was a game we needed to win and we did so comfortably. We probably could have scored eight goals, the keeper has pulled of four or five top class saves from point blank range.
"We've just about got a full squad and it was a good performance that was comfortable in the end. I'm disappointed we didn't score more and conceded one.
"The fans were disappointed we didn't make the top six. We can't change that, all we can do is finish the season strong and use that momentum going into next season."
St Johnstone 1-3 Hibernian: Analysispublished at 17:21 27 April
17:21 27 April
Andrew Petrie, BBC Sport Scotland
It would be easy to have sympathy for Nick Montgomery. A good win, clinical in attack, two big January signings producing good performance.
Yet, it might be too little, too late for the Hibs manager. Any win in the bottom six is met with a shrug of the shoulders. Best of the rest holds little sway.
If you were to nit pick, it could have been more than three. Martin Boyle got into good positions, but his final ball was often lacking. Adam Le Fondre was not hugely involved, but Marcondes and Maolida dug them out.
There were also still defensive frailties. They handed St Johnstone that Sidibeh chance, and looked shaky when trying to build, but they were far better when they went direct.
We can't be too harsh. This is only the second time they've scored three goals in a league game this season. Maybe that tells its own story.
St Johnstone 1-3 Hibernian: Who impressed?published at 17:10 27 April
17:10 27 April
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Myziane Maolida. Longjohns aside, the Comoros international was a cut above. Like that boy in a game of fives who has clearly played a bit, he was able to glide by defenders with ease, or send defenders flying with a wiggle of his hips.
He ran the show with Marcondes. Where would Hibs be if both of these players had regularly turned in performances like this?
LINE-UPs from McDiarmid Parkpublished at 14:13 27 April
14:13 27 April
St Johnstone: Mitov, McGowan, Gordon, Considine, Franczak, Phillips, M Smith, Robinson, Carey, Sidibeh, Clark.
Substitutes: Richards, May, MAcPherson, Wright, Kucheriavyi, Olufunwa, Kimpioka, Keltjens, C Smith.
St Johnstone v Hibs: Team newspublished at 19:26 26 April
19:26 26 April
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Luke Amos, Lewis Miller and Dylan Vente could return for Hibernian but Jake Doyle-Hayes remains out.
Diallang Jaiyesimi, Cammy MacPherson and Drey Wright have returned to training for St Johnstone but Sven Sprangler is still missing.
'I've never wavered in my belief' - Montgomerypublished at 17:36 26 April
17:36 26 April
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Nick Montgomery says he needs to "bring the belief back" to Hibs if he is to turn the club's fortunes around.
The Englishman replaced Lee Johnson in the Easter Road dugout last September with the club 10th in the Premiership and did oversee an upturn in form, but just three wins from their last 16 league games consigned Hibs to a bottom-six finish.
After a statement from the club's board branded that as "simply unacceptable", Montgomery insists he is the right man to take Hibs forward.
“I fully believe in what I’m doing,” he said. “A lot of the fans and people at the club when I came in believed.
“Results sometimes bring doubt, and that’s normal. Internally and collectively I need to bring that belief back because there have been a lot of challenges this season, a lot of players contracted to the club that have not contributed anything this season to Hibs, and some who may never contribute.
“We have to do a lot of work in finding new homes for some of those players. Recruitment moving forward has to be about quality over quantity."
Montgomery says he totally understands the disappointment and anger from fans, and insists there are positives to take into the final five games of this season, and the next league campaign.
“Look, it’s a big club with big expectations," he added. "I understood the pressure when I came here.
“But I’ve never wavered in my belief over where I can take this team. The stats, the metrics, everything around the season, there are a lot of positives. Ultimately, people will always reflect on the negative – and that was us missing the top six.
“I understand the fans’ frustration. I love the fans here, love their passion. We all want to win every game, so we’re on the same page.
“I apologise to the fans and the players apologise for not making the top six, but we now have to move forward.”
St Johnstone v Hibs: Pick of the stats published at 13:58 25 April
13:58 25 April
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St Johnstone have won their last two league meetings with Hibs; they haven’t won three in a row over the Easter Road men in the top flight in the 21st century.
After their 1-0 defeat in December, Hibs could lose back-to-back top-flight away games at St Johnstone for the first time since October 2010.
St Johnstone are without a win in seven home league games (D3 L4), losing their last two in a row; they last had a longer home league losing run in February 2023 (4).
Hibs are winless in seven away league games (D5 L2); not since their final nine away games of 2013-14, when they were relegated, have they had a longer such run in the Scottish Premiership.
St Johnstone’s Craig Levein has won each of his last three Scottish Premiership meetings with Hibs; he has never previously won four in a row against the Easter Road side in his top-flight managerial career.
Hibs 'unrecognisable' from previous standard - Allanpublished at 12:38 24 April
12:38 24 April
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Former Hibs midfielder Scott Allan believes there's a disconnect between the Easter Road side and its support after the club's bottom-six finish.
The 31-year-old, who now plays for Larne in the Republic of Ireland, enjoyed three spells in Leith, first joining under Allan Stubbs in 2014.
But he feels Nick Montgomery's side are currently falling short of supporters' expectations and fears a squad overhaul in the summer will hamper their progression.
"A lot of the time when you watch Hibs, I find them quite unrecognisable in terms of their style of play and what the fans kind of demand," Allan told BBC's Scottish Football Podcast.
"I get the feeling there's not a connect as such between the Hibs fans and the team at the moment, which happens when you go through poor results.
"But leading up to the split, Hibs had been in a good place. They put a couple of back -to-back wins together and they just needed home wins.
"The game against St. Johnstone, Hibs have got to be winning that. And I think that's the problem. When you get a defeat there, it leads on and that's the story of Hibs' season.
"It's probably a very frustrating watch for the fans. We're now talking about a clear-out again in the summer. That seems to be every summer, every transfer window now for Hibs.
"And the turnover of players, it's also well spoken about. You're never going to get success with a team if it's constant turnover.
"When you're in a changing room with players, you make friendships, then he's gone, there's a new guy in. It's very hard to then create a very good team bond."
Listen to latest episode of Scottish Football Podcastpublished at 09:55 24 April
09:55 24 April
Alasdair Lamont is joined by former Scott Allan and Liam Bryce for a special edition of the Scottish Football Podcast, as they focus on the current state of affairs at Hibernian.
They discuss how damaging it was for the club and Nick Montgomery to miss out on the top six, and ask where Hibs go from here.
Your views on Hibs' summer transfer planspublished at 09:40 24 April
09:40 24 April
With several Hibs players' contracts expiring in the summer, we asked you which of them you would like to see stay at Easter Road.
Here's what you had to say:
Michael: In all honesty there are not many I would keep at Hibs. Maolida and Marcondes get pass marks for loan signings I’d like to keep. I think there are better centre-halves out there than Fish and Triantis. The squad needs a desperate clear-out and to start afresh next season. A solid structure is well needed.
Darren: I'd keep Obita, Welsh, Marcondes and Maolida. I genuinely think the rest are replaceable. I know players have contracts but I’d be putting the rest on the transfer list. We need a better standard of player than we currently have and unfortunately I have little or no faith in the people tasked with player recruitment.
Lindsay: Disappointing season where our defensive play has not been effective, but even if I am wary to isolate individuals, there needs to be personnel changes at the back. We all too often lose a critical passing move coming out from the back. I would dispense with Marshall, Hanlon, Levitt, Tavares, Stevenson and coach Youan on the tracking and marking side.
Hibs may seek technical director - gossippublished at 08:44 24 April
08:44 24 April
Hibernian may bring in a new technical director above director of football Brian McDermott and head coach Nick Montgomery, with the search spearheaded by Bill Foley's Black Knight FC as part of an ongoing review at Easter Road. (Sun), external
'All must come under microscope in Hibs review'published at 15:02 23 April
15:02 23 April
Matty Fairnie Fan writer
It was Scottish Cup semi-final weekend - or for us Hibs fans, just the weekend seeing as our team opted out of the competition in the previous round.
Still though, Hibs did their bit to keep us talking with the release of an open letter from the board to the support. They said performances and the bottom-six finish were "simply unacceptable" as they promised a full review of the football operations and offered Nick Montgomery a stay of execution for the time being.
While some of the statement was an exercise in stating the obvious, the confirmation of a review into the massively under-performing football department - the important bit - is interesting.
While Hibs stopped short of revealing the scope of the review, I would hope it includes a critically objective look at the structure, people and facilities that contribute to a performance on a Saturday afternoon.
From youth team, analysts, physios and coaches, through to those responsible for recruitment, the manager, and the exec team who are decision makers that influence who is hired and fired at the club, all must come under the microscope.
We need to be set up to make the most of the network of clubs we were brought into and this review needs to ensure that happens to the benefit of our team first and foremost.
I expect to see significant change at the club as a result of the review, and it’s essential the review is thorough but also completed with enough urgency that changes can be made to set us up for a successful season ahead.
For this weekend, Montgomery has the opportunity to put right the home defeat to St Johnstone before the split.
A win would go a small way to rebuilding some faith from the support, but crucially we should be looking to vastly improve on the performance from the last match between the sides.
Who would you like to keep at Hibs?published at 15:11 22 April
15:11 22 April
With several players out of contract in the summer, clubs up and down the country are considering who they want to be involved next season.
For Hibs, that includes veteran trio David Marshall, Lewis Stevenson and Paul Hanlon, plus the loan deals of Emiliano Marcondes and Myziane Maolida are set to expire.
Who would you like to keep, and who would you be happy to wave goodbye to? Click here to have your say.
Hibs investor linked with bid for new clubpublished at 09:23 20 April
09:23 20 April
Bournemouth owner Bill Foley, who recently took a 25% stake in Hibernian, has been linked with adding Standard Liege to the portfolio of clubs his Black Knight group is involved with - which also includes Lorient in France and Auckland in New Zealand. (Scotsman, external)
Hibs could face 'difficult summer' if season ends poorlypublished at 16:24 17 April
16:24 17 April
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Everyone involved at Hibernian could be in for a "difficult summer" if the Leith club fail to end the season positively, says former Easter Road midfielder Kevin Thomson.
Criticism has come the way of Nick Montgomery, whose side will play their post-split football in the bottom six after what has been a disappointing season.
Ex-Hibs man Thomson feels the team have “underperformed” but are capable of restoring a "feelgood factor" with a positive end to the campaign.
"They've been well backed, they pay good money, they've got a big budget, they've got a brilliant training facility, the stadium and pitch looks great," Thomson said on the Scottish Football Podcast.
"But the harsh reality is the team's probably underperformed. There's no getting away from that, whether that's individually, collectively, whether some of the big hitters have not hit the heights they should be hitting.
"I think when you watch Hibs you can see Montgomery's got a style, which I like. He's had subtle changes and he's probably had bits he would like to have changed and maybe not then had the personnel.
"That's not making an excuse for him. He's probably started to get that social media stick, which is a frustration and you cannot change it.
"If they don't compete and go and beat the teams in the bottom six and finish in seventh place with some good results and some feelgood factor, it'll be a difficult summer for everybody involved."
'Costly top-six failure leaves Hibs with more questions than answers'published at 13:30 17 April
13:30 17 April
Brian McLauchlin BBC Sport Scotland
Where do we start with Hibs? Just when it looked like a top-six spot was in the bag... it’s gone!
The team have no one to blame other than themselves. In recent weeks defeat to St Johnstone and draws with Ross County and Motherwell have been extremely costly.
Not only in league positioning and the prize money that comes with a top-six finish. There will now be no further Edinburgh derbies this season and no Rangers arriving at Easter Road, although the club had said they would be reducing the allocation for Old Firm away fans.
But the opportunity to grasp a European spot may be the most costly. Even an early-round qualifier in the Europa Conference League can bring in significant funds and there is always the chance to land a plum tie like this season when Aston Villa came to the capital.
Some big calls are required between now and the end of the season.
Do the board stick with Nick Montgomery? How many of these players can say they deserve to be at Easter Road next season? What happens with recruitment and is the current process working?
These questions and many more are on the lips of Hibs fans and they want answers.
There have been many improvements in the infrastructure at the club in recent years and for that they deserve praise. But the one area the fans care most about is on the pitch.
It’s plain to see that this season has been a huge step backwards. The board have an opportunity to put things right. How they do that will be interesting to see.
Cummings wins again - gossippublished at 08:53 17 April
08:53 17 April
Former Hibernian striker Jason Cummings scored a late goal to clinch the Indian title for Mohun Bagan - his fourth league championship in four different countries. (Scottish Sun)
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