Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Experience sees Hibees through
JASON Cummings claims Hearts’ line-up revealed the derby i nexperience that Hibs capitalised upon in their 3-1 William Hill Scottish Cup replay win last night.
A goalless draw at Tynecastle in the first game saw both sides do battle again at Easter Road and it was one the home side won with surprising ease.
Cummings scored his fifth goal i n six derby appearances before setting up fellow striker Grant Holt for No 2.
Substitute Andrew Shinnie added a third before Jambos striker Esmael Goncalves scored a consolation for the strangely lacklustre visitors.
Cup holders Hibs now face a home tie against fellow Championship side Ayr United in the quarterfinals and Cummings insists they deserved it against a club who signed nine players in total during the winter transfer window.
He said: “I feel that we wanted it more.
“I just think — maybe it’s a bit controversial — that it’s not a Hearts team that knows much about t he Edinburgh derby.
“I feel that we have more players that know what it means to the fans, more experienced in Edinburgh derbies and if you look at their team sheet, they didn’t know what it meant, compared to us.”
Jamie Walker admits the Hearts supporters were owed an apology by the players f ollowing t heir insipid cup exit.
The Gorgie attacker said: “I don’t think that was good enough for a football club like Hearts.
“We need to apologise to the fans and need to get our heads up and go again.
“We have let everyone down. To come here and lose 3-1 is just not good enough.
“We were outfought, outplayed.”