‘I can’t thank gaffer enough for keeping faith’ says Nectar
Nectar Triantis has thanked Hibs boss Nick Montgomery for keeping faith with him despite a torrid start to his loan spell at Hibs, writes John Greechan.
And the young Aussie, blossoming in a midfield role after struggling in central defence, insists he’s getting fully up to speed with the pace and physicality of the Scottish game.
Triantis, who won the ALeague with Monty’s Central Coast Mariners last season, signed for Sunderland in the summer window but struggled to get game time. Jumping at the chance to move north in January, he was thrown into a team struggling for fit defenders – and saw his lack of competitive action exposed.
Looking like a man transformed since being dropped and then restored to the starting line-up as a defensive midfielder, the 20-year-old said: “My relationship with the manager has always been positive, it has always been good. He has always been good for me, and I can’t thank him enough for the belief and trust he puts in me.
“The way he does that for everybody, he is a great manager and a great man. It just puts belief in me personally. You can see it in my game, I am playing with confidence and knowing the gaffer trusts me in what I am doing.
“He didn’t have to sell the move; it goes both ways. It was a great fit for me and for the club. It’s a good model here and I fit well into the team.
“I am getting out of it what I hoped I would, 100 per cent. It’s a great league and a good standard. And as a young player I am learning off the more experienced players and picking up stuff every day.”