Next Hibs manager: Interim boss David Gray remains coy over future as Paul McGinn admits results haven't been good enough

He is the only member of the coaching team to have survived both the Jack Ross tenure and Shaun Maloney’s brief stint at the helm. He will once again step into the breach following the latter’s sacking on Tuesday.

Just don’t ask him about the prospect of taking the job on a permanent basis.

"I’ve been in football long enough to know how it works but it has been a bit of a rollercoaster season in terms of changes and development. I have learned a lot in a short space of time but, ultimately, nothing surprises me in football, and you’ve just got to be ready for it,” he says, as he previews the trip to Paisley.

He enters this second interim spell more experienced as both a coach and caretaker, having learned under Ross and Maloney and from his first stint in charge.

"I think you’re always reflecting on how you can improve and how you can do things differently. I have had the benefit of learning under two different managers and seeing how they work.

"I have worked with different managers – with them and under them – and I know what I liked and didn’t like and you try to mould the way you would like to do it.

"I had the opportunity to work under Shaun and Jack and I learned a lot in that short period of time.”

The 33-year-old understands the club, its goals, and he’s won a league and the Scottish Cup. Surely he’s preparing to launch his hat into the ring as the Hibs hierarchy ponders a new permanent manager?

“That’s not a question for me, that’s a question for whatever happens moving forward. I’ve obviously been at the club a long time, I love the club and I love everything about it and what it represents,” Gray continues.

"It’s a massive club and a great opportunity for whoever the next manager is to inherit a good squad of