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Fenlon keen to continue winning ways Hibernian manager Pat Fenlon hopes the positive atmosphere at Easter Road continues as his side go in search of a crucial home victory in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League against Aberdeen. Hibs last week beat Kilmarnock 1-0 to advance to the William Hill Scottish Cup quarter-finals, but are above Dunfermline at the foot of the SPL only by virtue of a superior goal difference. September's defeat of St Johnstone is Hibs' only SPL home win since last February and Fenlon hopes his troops can claim three points against the Dons tomorrow to aid their fight against relegation. Fenlon told Hibernian TV: "We're in a position where we need to scrap and fight for everything that's going. "Everybody is upbeat at the moment, but it's important to continue that you have to keep working as hard. "Last week it was great to get through to the quarter-final of the cup to give everybody a bit of a lift. You're hoping that lift continues. "It's important we keep making progress and we keep pushing on." Hibs have played 12 home matches this season, losing seven times, and Fenlon is determined the cup success - which included a first clean sheet in 12 matches - is the start of better things at Easter Road. "The place has been for well over a year or longer, it's been a little bit doom or gloom," he added. "I think it's important the supporters see the light at the end of the tunnel. They've come back and they've started to enjoy their football. "They've come to Easter Road thinking something could happen today. We've got a team capable of putting in a performance. "We want to try to turn it back into the place it was previously, where teams didn't like coming to Easter Road, no matter who they were. "We want to make it not a nice place to come and play." Honduran midfielder Jorge Claros is in line for his Hibs debut after the paperwork on his loan transfer was completed. On-loan Stoke midfielder Tom Soares is struggling with a hamstring strain, though. Striker Leigh Griffiths and defenders Paul Hanlon and James McPake are suspended, winger Danny Galbraith (groin) remains out and Ian Murray is just short of a comeback from a hip problem. Meanwhile, Jason Brown considered turning his back on football a year ago - but his excitement over the potential of his Aberdeen team has reignited his passion for the game. The goalkeeper has only lost two of 12 games since claiming the number one spot in early December as Aberdeen recovered from a poor start to the season. Brown had only played 16 games in five years at Blackburn before joining the Dons in the summer, with only a handful more coming in loan spells at Leeds and Leyton Orient. But his recent run in the starting line-up, coupled with his confidence in his team-mates, has inspired optimism that the coming years can be much more fruitful. Aberdeen face Hibernian at Easter Road tomorrow looking to consolidate sixth place in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League, with a William Hill Scottish Cup replay against Queen of the South days later. Brown told Red TV: "I'm loving it here. I fell back in love with football. "This time last year, if I'm being perfectly honest, I would have walked away from the game. "I just felt I wasn't getting the rub of the green. You feel the whole world is against you. "But I love it here and my family love it here. "A lot of people think my contract is up in the summer but I have another year and I'm hoping to stay many years after that." Aberdeen have been hit by a flurry of injuries that will deprive them of Russell Anderson, Rob Milsom, Isaac Osbourne, Yoann Folly, Gavin Rae, Peter Pawlett, Michael Paton and Danny Uchechi against Hibs, and possibly Youl Mawene and Clark Robertson.