Hibs prophecy got me pelters but David Gray is incredible and Aberdeen are honking – Tam McManus

It's a sensational achievement for Hibs to tie down third place with a game to spare.

Nostradamus couldn’t have predicted this a few months ago – and certainly not NostraTAMus!

I’ve been getting pelters for my prophecy back at the start of October when I said Aberdeen had third place in the bag. It was all over bar the shouting as no one was catching the Dons.

Turns out there might have been a few cracks in my crystal ball. Mind you, I probably should have got a mention at the player of the year do for putting the Jonah on Aberdeen.

I’m absolutely delighted David Gray and the team proved me – and just about everyone else in the country – wrong on all counts. The turnaround has been incredible. Ridiculous even.

I had a look at the league table after 13 games and Aberdeen had 32 points. Hibs had EIGHT. No wonder I wasn’t alone in saying the race was done and dusted.

Anyone suggesting Hibs would claim third spot back then would have been told to put their drinks down and go up the road to their bed.

But what an unbelievable run they’ve been on and they’ve fully deserved to nail down that position with room to spare.

A lot of people deserve credit. The board, including owner Ian Gordon and Malky Mackay should be a nod for holding firm when the easy thing to do would have been to pull the trigger.

It must have been close at times. I remember watching Hibs go down 4-1 to Dundee and thinking it was a total mess.

I felt for Gray and the backroom boys but they just looked like they were going nowhere. You go back to that Rocky Bushiri equaliser against Aberdeen. It got moment of the year at the awards bash and I’m surprised the manager didn’t present it himself.

Fair play to the squad. They took the hits but stuck at it and