HIBS ‘BLIP’ CANNOT LAST SAYS PARKER

HIBS assistant head coach Garry Parker insists there is no crisis at Easter Road — even though he had been expecting more goals and more points.

The Leith side were forced off the Championship summit by Dundee United last weekend after being held to a frustrating 1-1 draw with Raith Rovers.

Hibs visit Falkirk tomorrow but will start the new year with a visit of United — and Parker insists no one at t he club is panicking despite having to play catch-up for the first time in nearly three months.

He said:“You know you’re going to have ups and downs, you can’t play like we did at the start of the season all the time — it’s difficult.

“We’ve had a blip but now we need to put it right.

“We just do what we’ve been doing but try and do it a little bit better. There’s still a long way to go and it’s all to play for.

“I thought we would have had a few more points than we already have. The last few games have been a bit disappointing but we just need to keep going, knuckle down with hard work in training and put it right again.

“It’s a good club but we need to get out of this league — that’s our aim.

“It’s not a crisis, we’re second in the league and there’s a lot of games to go.

“It’s in our hands, they’re going to slip up as well but we just need to make sure that it’s us that are top of the league at the end of the day.”