Calderwood focuses on derby clash

01 April 2011 16:00

Manager Colin Calderwood is concentrating on Hibernian beating Hearts in Sunday's Edinburgh derby and played down talk of a top-six spot in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League.

Hibs, relegation candidates in January, are now ninth in the table, five points behind sixth-placed Motherwell with a game in-hand, having not played since March 5. Calderwood recruited six players in January and since the transfer window shut Hibs have won five games and drawn one.

Hibs have not won an Edinburgh derby match is six attempts and Calderwood is focused only on Sunday, saying: "We've got a job to do. We'll have a clearer position after the weekend."

He added: "We want a victory and a feeling of happiness to have beaten Hearts.

"This is the game we want to win. The game this weekend is all about the 90 minutes against Hearts."

Hibs have four matches remaining before the SPL splits and Calderwood's ambition is simple, to keep climbing the table.

He said: "The intention is always to get closer to the team above us.

"(The top six) is not what we're focused on at the minute. We've got a job to do.

"When the ball moves that's the thing we've got to focus on, not three or four weeks down the line.

"The things we can affect will happen this weekend."

Source: PA