'Performances are almost there... we're not being outplayed'

I feel like I could copy and paste the words from last week and nobody would tell the difference. Hibs again found a way to not win a football match from a winning position late in the game, with a late Dundee United penalty and a red card for Mykola Kukharevych our undoing.

The penalty was contentious. Myko was penalised for a shirt pull that nobody claimed for, and where the impeded player had no bearing on the play. If that wasn't contentious enough, VAR checked and cleared an apparently clearer foul on Warren O'Hora in the dying moments of the game, which could have given Hibs the chance to win a game they dominated from the first whistle.

The performances are almost there from David Gray's Hibs side. We're not being outplayed in games - quite the opposite really - but we're unable to put teams away and then have moments of madness which are invariably punished. That's why we sit at the foot of the table.

This was a game where three points were crucial, and another where we failed to get the win. It's a recurring theme this season, and we now look at the chance to go again next weekend when St Mirren come to Leith. Hibs really need to win that one.

Matty Fairnie can be found on the Longbangers Podcast, external.