David Gray is facing biggest Hibs game of his career and here's why he can't afford another defeat – Tam McManus

David Gray is facing the biggest game of his career this weekend which is an incredible thing to say considering what he’s achieved with Hibs. But the pressure on the Easter Road boss to deliver a win at Dundee or at the very least to avoid another defeat is almost unimaginable.

Gray will always be a legend in Leith because of that heroic last minute Scottish Cup Final winner against Rangers in 2016. But that will count for nothing if results don’t turn in the next week with three huge games against Dundee, Aberdeen then Motherwell. As much it only takes one match to make a hero it also only takes one to finish off a managerial career and I fear losing in Tayside on Saturday might see his 10-year association with the club brought to an end.

David isn’t daft. He will realise this week is going to be defining for him. I desperately hope he gets the three points at Dens because as a young manager he deserves support and time.

He got the backing of the Hibs’ board last week. But it sounded like the dreaded vote of confidence. And we all know in football how that pans out when results don’t improve.

You can’t be bottom of the league going into Christmas. That’s the bottom line. It’s not just him under pressure it’s everyone inside the club. From the owners, chief executive Ben Kensell, sporting director Malky Mackay and the players.

And it’s the last of that group of under-fire Hibees who really need to step up to the plate at Dens. It’s a 5.45pm kick off and live on TV so there’s absolutely no hiding place for the guys who cross the line.

Listen, I have said since the start of the season that I think this is a really strong squad and I stand by that. There’s no way they should be anywhere near the bottom of the league. These