Forward thinking excites Hibs boss Hughes

Published: 07 Feb 2010 - 14:42:30

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Forward thinking excites Hibs boss Hughes

Hibernian manager John Hughes enthused about his attacking options after seeing his side crush Montrose 5-1 to reach the Active Nation Scottish Cup quarter-finals.Hughes added Alan Gow to his squad on Monday and the on-loan Plymouth forward marked his debut with a late strike after coming off the bench.Hibs were in the driving seat by half-time following Colin Nish's double, while Derek Riordan added a third moments before Chris Hegarty notched a memorable consolation strike. Substitute Abdessalam Benjelloun restored the hosts' three-goal cushion before Gow completed the scoring.Hughes has built a squad that he hopes can end the club's 108-year Scottish Cup drought and he is excited about the quality he can call on in the final third.He said: "There is plenty of competition for places, real competition. I keep dangling that carrot and tell them to make sure they stay in the team with a man-of-the-match performance."I'm delighted for all of them, not just Gow. We are obviously disappointed with the goal we lost but they possibly deserved that. The goals were shared about as well so I'm delighted but it's not all about scoring goals, it's about doing it properly and doing it right."