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Trakys aims to take his chance Valdas Trakys has experienced a testing start to life at Hibernian, but is determined to make the most of his opportunity at Easter Road. The Lithuania international striker signed for Hibs in September, but since then John Hughes has been replaced by Colin Calderwood as manager. Calderwood claimed his first points as Hibs boss on Wednesday evening with a 3-0 defeat of Clydesdale Bank Premier League leaders Rangers at Ibrox, with Trakys making his first start. The striker was not on target - he is still to get off the mark in green and white after six appearances, five as a substitute - but could retain his place for Saturday's Easter Road meeting with Motherwell. Trakys was given his chance due to Colin Nish's ankle injury and Derek Riordan's suspension, but with the duo available again on Saturday he is not certain of his place this weekend. "Derek was suspended and Nish was injured - there were not many options up front," said Trakys. "My job is to train. We have a good manager and he will decide who must play. "If I play I will give all I have and do my best for the team." Trakys accepts signing for Hughes and now playing under Calderwood is part of football. He said: "Of course I was a little bit surprised to sign for one manager and then another came in, but that's life. "With one manager or another manager, each player wants to play and show something." Trakys knows little about third-placed Motherwell, but is aware goals are common in the fixture. The sides shared in a 12-goal thriller in May, while Hibs won 3-2 at Fir Park in August. The 31-year-old hopes to reward Hibs' home support with victory following the derby defeat last Sunday. "In the SPL you don't have easy games, you must fight every weekend," he added. "We need the points. We want to make our fans at Easter Road happy. It was disappointing last time." It was suggested, due to his nationality, Trakys had signed for the wrong team in Edinburgh. Even journalists in his homeland were calling him about his move to the capital, questioning him about Hearts. Trakys knows Hearts majority shareholder Vladimir Romanov and captain Marius Zaliukas well. Zaliukas, who on Thursday signed a three-year deal with Hearts, has helped Trakys settle into life in the capital, but the duo were on opposing sides in a feisty Edinburgh derby, with the defender coming out on top. Hearts once had a host of Lithuania players on their books and Trakys believes moving to Hibs would once have been harder than it was two months ago. "It would have been more difficult had I come two or three years ago when there were 14 or 15 Lithuanian players at Hearts, now it's just Marius and (Arvydas) Novikovas," he said. "I know almost all the players who were at Hearts, in the national team or as friends." Trakys was never close to a move to Tynecastle. "I never had the option to go to Hearts," he said. Motherwell manager Craig Brown has revealed Keith Lasley has a chance of making the clash at Easter Road. Lasley has missed four games with a hamstring injury but is making good progress. Brown will have a full squad to choose from if the midfielder proves his fitness. And the Well boss has also backed Mark Reynolds to brush off his Scotland disappointment. Reynolds had been tipped to make Craig Levein's squad for the friendly against the Faroe Islands on Tuesday night, but a call-up to the full squad again eluded him. Reynolds enjoyed an impressive career up to Under-21 level with Scotland, reaching a European Under-19 Championship final and being one of Scotland's better players in the Under-20 World Cup. The 23-year-old was hopeful of making Levein's squad for the Faroes clash as the manager left out several established players, but Brown does not expect the snub to affect his defender ahead of the contest at Hibernian. "I would hope he is philosophical enough to accept he is not selected," the former Scotland boss said. "Craig, to his credit, didn't hint he was going to select him. That would be a tragedy if he had hinted he might select Reynolds then didn't. "Had that happened we might have had a player who was disappointed. Mark Reynolds is an intelligent guy and will wait his time. "He has the rest of the season to prove he is capable of playing at international level."