Hibs against Rangers looked like the easiest Premiership team to play EVER and it's time to get nasty - Tam McManus

I suppose the writing was on the wall the moment Todd Cantwell accidentally wiped out Nick Montgomery in the first half. Hibs were second best to Rangers all over the park on Wednesday - they were soft, insipid and to be frank, awful.

They never laid a glove on Philippe Clement's men and I have to say they could be the easiest top flight team to play against I think I have EVER seen. That's bad enough. But on your own turf in front of your own fans? Shocking. Montgomery would never accept being brushed aside as a player - he was a hardy lad who knew how and when to get dirty. So why does his team accept it?

Where’s the nastiness, the aggression we’ve come to expect from Hibs sides in this fixture? They have always had that player ready to fight when the going gets tough - Ryan Porteous, Scott Brown, Grant Brebner or going back to my time Mathias Jack, Yogi Hughes and Mixu Paatelainen. But there’s nobody in the current squad with that desire to put the foot in which is remarkable thinking about the type of player Montgomery was.

I’m not talking going out and smashing people but the willingness at least bare their teeth and try to make it difficult for the opposition. I took a few skelpings off the Old Firm but we never rolled over and got our bellies tickled like Hibs did on Wednesday night.

Everything is too nice at Hibs. They have a lovely stadium, training ground, everything is done for them.. is that seeping into the team? A lot of players look too comfortable.

But one look at the league table should have them shuffling awkwardly. They’re 14 points behind an average Hearts team that only has one top player - albeit with a game in hand - and it’s only January. That’s staggering.

Montgomery needs to sort it out. Every