Martin Boyle exit is not root of Hibs problems and Rangers is where it could all finally go right - Tam McManus

Another home game and another big duck egg at Easter Road for Hibs.

My message to the likes of Kevin Nisbet, Christian Doidge and Chris Mueller is that I've been that soldier - out in the battlefield but firing nothing but blanks.

Struggling in the defeat to St Mirren, my mind drifted back to Dunfermline and the worst striking crisis of my career.

A drought of nine games without a goal and Pars boss Stephen Kenny kept me behind for shooting practice.

Current Hearts goalie coach Paul Gallagher was also held behind and stood between the posts in weather which included a gale force wind which was blowing straight into my face.

Without a word of a lie, the gusts were so strong I was struggling to reach the goal with my shots, never mind hitting the back of the net. With each attempt, the confidence drained out of me.

Talking to myself, muttering away with each and every miss. For some reason I couldn't hit a cow's a**** with a banjo during that spell as a player.

I managed to trundle a few efforts on target eventually and Paul threw himself over the ball just to try and bring things to a close and get up the road and out of the storm.

The following day I scored the winner and it was the worst goal I ever scored. I hit the ball three times to get it over the line from three-yards out and nearly missed. Then came the relief, I was back on track and that's where Hibs are at the moment.

Who cares who scores or if it goes in off of someone's backside, just as long as some goals start to flow.

Maloney has admitted the first half wasn't good enough, just when the fans were back onside and believing again in both the team and the manager, the performance became frustratingly passive.

For some reason they just didn't come out of