SFA did Nick Montgomery a Hibs favour by unplugging his microphone as it would've backfired spectacularly – Tam McManus

The SFA probably did Nick Montgomery a favour unplugging the microphone at Easter Road the other night.

The Hibs boss might have had a few choice words to say when Lawrence Shankland struck in stoppage time. It was a stunning finish at the end of a poor spectacle and it was a bit of a shame the punters didn’t get to hear some of the manager’s thoughts during the game. It would have been really interesting – even if I was a bit surprised Montgomery went along with it. I know Steven Naismith in the other dugout wasn’t so keen and most managers would probably have felt the same.

Good on him. He’d obviously experienced similar during his time in Australia and felt comfortable doing it here. I’m sure they will go back to the drawing board and try again but it might be a different story later in the season when the pressure is on. I shudder to think how it might have gone if some of my old Hibs gaffers were mic’d up on the touchline.

Can you imagine Bobby Williamson going out live back in the day? You’d barely hear anything apart from bleeps – mainly aimed at me! The old school managers could turn the air blue but it’s changed days now I think. But if Hibs and Sky had been successful in getting the idea up and running the other night, I can’t help but feel it would have backfired on Montgomery.

It would have been fine if Hibs had won. But after a defeat he would have been wide open to all sorts of criticism from armchair fans. It would have been branded a distraction, there would have been questions about his tactics, his motivation, the lot.

Fair play for him to being willing to give it a go, but it’s probably for the best it didn’t happen. Montgomery will still get some flak after the defeat and the results have not been