Determined Doidge desperate to become Hibs fan favourite

HIBERNIAN striker Christian Doidge admits he is determined to win over the club’s fans and become a favourite like Scott Allan and Flo Kamberi.

Doidge netted his second of the campaign with the final goal in the weekend’s 5-3 extra-time Betfred Cup victory over Morton, adding to his strike against Alloa.

The 26-year-old, a £350,000 signing from Forest Green during the summer, has passed up other chances to score, notably against St Mirren when he missed two sitters.

However, Doidge has vowed to become a popular figure among the Hibs supporters. He said: “I am the other striker, new to the club but determined to do well and hopefully I can be looked at like Scotty and Flo eventually.

“That’s not going to come overnight or with one half-decent performance, it’s going to come with a lot of them and I am going to work hard to produce them.

“They are obviously players who have done well for the club and are very well liked.”

Kamberi made the most of head coach Paul Heckingbottom’s decision to hand the Swiss the nod up front with a brace against Ton and Doidge knows he will have to bide his time in his bid to get into the team.

He added: There’s competition between me and Flo, but in a good way. We both want to do well for the club. I was very happy he got two goals, but all I care about is a positive result for the football club.

“The manager has formations we have been working on in training every day so we know what he wants and whoever the guy is upfront, you have to back him all the way.”

Doidge, who spent the first half of last season on loan at Bolton, admits he has enjoyed his time north of the border so far.

He added: “We’ve not had many games in the top flight, only St Mirren and Rangers.

“I played the 90 against Rangers and had a bit-part against St Mirren but they are two totally different scale of football clubs.

“It’s intense, everyone is well supported. It’s a great opportunity up here because so many fans come to watch, home and away.

“The Ibrox crowd is the biggest I’ve played in front of by far. I’ve played at Wembley [in the National League play-off against Tranmere two years ago] but with nowhere near as many people or that noise, but it was good.

“The result didn’t help but if you are losing 6-1, you warrant a kick up the bum. That’s football.”