Hibs have potential to be successful this season, says Lee Johnson

The Easter Road side has brought in 11 players including loan-made-permanent deals for Rocky Bushiri and Ewan Henderson and defeated Bonnyrigg Rose 4-1 on Sunday in their third Premier Sports Cup group match.

Hibs start the new campaign as they finished the old, with a match against St Johnstone – albeit this time away from home.

Johnson says the mood inside the club is positive going into the new season.

"It's a new regime in terms of the coaching staff; there are some good players here already but we think we've done well in the transfer market, too,” he added.

"It was a great result against Bonnyrigg Rose which lifts the place, no matter the opposition, and I think we'll have a positive season.

"We've had to deal with the League Cup games which hasn't been ideal, mainly because of the work permit issues, but it's just the state of the world at the moment; it's not Scotland, or Hibs.

"We're in a good position and I think the majority of the squad are feeling fit and ready to go.

"We want to be competitive in every game, we want to try to win every game, and play to win, and play in our way and see where that takes us.

"I think we've got a really nice balance in the squad of age, experience, youth, pace – which we maybe didn't have as much of after the sale of Martin Boyle – so in terms of ticking the boxes for the potential to be successful, we've got it.”