Source: FOOTYMAD
Learn Your Lessons Well
Hibs have to take note of how to play in Europe if they are to get any kind of reward for their efforts. Hibs should take note of the lessons learnt during the two-legged defeat to Maribor as they failed to reach the play-off stage of the Europa League. So says captain Chris Hogg who believes the early exit from European competition has made him even more determined to make the qualifiers again next year. He and his teammates want to go on a run that will do Hibs justice. Edwin de Graaf's brace was the only consolation over the two games, the Dutchman's goals at Easter Road their response to the six goals they lost on aggregate against the Slovenians.Hogg, who battled through the pain barrier of a knee injury to last the 90 minutes, said: "It's a massive disappointment to be out. Europe is where you want to be playing your football and we have got to work really hard to make sure that we get back in there next year and hopefully do better than we have this time around. I think that any football game, especially against European opposition, you have got to learn something from that every time. We have learned a lesson from each of the two games and it's disappointing that we couldn't get better results out of those matches and go a bit further in the competition. It maybe showed that we are maybe not ready for that just yet, but I think it makes us even more determined to get back in there next year and really prove ourselves. It has got to be a collective effort from everyone, whether that's the players, the supporters or the manager and backroom staff." Editor Ger Harley (ger@scottishfitba.net)Admin Team (admin@scottishfitba.net)This is Scottish-Fitba.Net
