Source: Team_Talk
Hughes excited by strike options
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.[LNB]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.[LNB]Substitute Abdessalam Benjelloun restored the hosts' three-goal cushion before Gow completed the scoring.[LNB]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.[LNB]He said: "There is plenty of cmpetition 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.[LNB]"I'm delighted for all of them, not just Gow. We are obviously disappointed with the goal we lost but they possibly deserved that.[LNB]"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."[LNB]After seeing his lacklustre side pick up a 3-0 win over junior outfit Irvine Meadow in the previous round, Hughes could not fault their application against the lower-league outfit.[LNB]He said: "Good on them, it was a good professional performance, we got an early goal and we could have scored more but that probably would have been harsh on them.[LNB]"I thought Montrose were hard working and resolute.[LNB]"These guys are the real heroes, guys that are part-time that have to go out and earn and living and play on a Saturday for a love of the game.[LNB]"It was a good chance for them to take our scalp."[LNB]Montrose manager Steven Tweed insisted there was no point in sending his Third Division team out to defend at Easter Road.[LNB]He said: "It's all you can do, if we had sat back it would have been waves of attacks.[LNB]"We could have played defensively but it would have been a matter of time before they broke us down.[LNB]"I thought it was best to go out and have a go and that's what we tried.[LNB]"Hibs have a lot of quality, you saw the substitutes that came off the bench, I look around and I have a couple of 16-year-olds."[LNB][LNB]
