Nathan Moriah-Welsh reckons Hibs NEEDED 'boot up the a***' to get season up and running

Fired-up Nathan Moriah-Welsh reckons David Gray’s boot up the a*** is exactly what Hibs need as they look to get their season kick-started.

Boss Gray made it clear after last Sunday’s Premier Sports Cup defeat at Celtic that players would be axed if they continued to make costly mistakes. Individual errors have been a theme in the Leith outfit losing their last three games. Two of those were against the Bhoys but there were also alarm bells ringing after the 3-0 defeat to St Mirren in their opening Premiership clash.

And midfielder Moriah-Welsh hopes Gray’s warning could be the catalyst Hibs need as they attempt to get their campaign up and running at home to Dundee this afternoon. He said: “Of course he was a bit frustrated, the mistake was unfortunate. But I think we needed that little kick up the a*** to get us going again. Now we’ve got a shot at redemption on Saturday.

“No-one wants to have that every week. So we’ll be trying as hard as possible to cut that out. There are going to be changes but if we can cut out the mistakes we’ll be in a much better place. It’s happened but we’ll try and do as well as we can.

“We’re still learning about each other, it’s been a good start, not result-wise but as a collective it’s been good and we’re learning about each other.

“It’s going to be important to get points on the board and get the season going, the last three games have been unfortunate but it’s in the past and we need to look forwards.”

Despite a disappointing start that saw Hibs struggle to lay a glove on the Bhoys in back-to-back league and cup losses, former Bournemouth playmaker Moriah-Welsh insists no-one at Hibs is panicking. He added: “It’s only been two weeks so far into the season so there are no alarms going