Lee Johnson reveals Hibs 'hurt' over missing identity as boss admits he doesn't know his team for Luzern yet

Lee Johnson wants his Hibs team to play with identity again after losing it against Motherwell.

The Hibees made it two defeats in their opening two Premiership fixtures in Sunday's 2-1 reverse at Fir Park. Fans were left frustrated having seen their side impressively put Luzern to the sword in the first leg of their Europa Conference League third round qualifier just days earlier.

Johnson admitted the change in his side was "hurtful" to him and cited the physical exertion put into beating Luzern left his players lacking in Lanarkshire just a few days later: "In that three-day period we have gone from showing absolute identity in the Luzern game to no identity at all and obviously that is pretty hurtful as a coach," he said. "Of course there are reasons for it, some people say excuses and sometimes there are excuses. There was no excuses but there was physical reasons on the data and the data showed that, the physical output was down from the Thursday to Sunday, not even close."

Johnson will assess the fitness of Elie Youan, Josh Campbell and Jake Doyle-Hayes. Youan has a back injury and Campbell is troubled by his shoulder and they missed the defeat at Fir Park, as did Doyle-Hayes.

Johnson said: "We will find out a bit more today. There are two or three that we are waiting on to see whether or not they have a chance to play, which is Elie, Josh and Jake. Josh gives you that fitness to be able to shut down.

"If he is fit, JDH gives you that bite and probably the character that we need on a game like that and Elie offers a natural threat and when he is not in the team you see how much of a threat, and it stands out even more.

"If it is a gamble it needs to be an educated gamble. You can't put the player at risk for the