These 2 Hibs stars said it all about David Gray togetherness with acts that speak louder than tifos – Tam McManus

Nicky Cadden off the bench to swing in a perfect cross for fellow sub Dwight Gayle to head into the net.

Kieron Bowie coming on and looking lively after Josh Campbell had an effort cleared off the line.

Boys left out of a side refusing to chuck their toys around their prams. Instead of sulking and having the huff, they come on and make huge impacts to deliver another success.

Forget tifo displays. If anything spoke to the togetherness of Hibs right now and the squad under David Gray, then this was it.

Hibs are on the brink of Europe and they got there by basically dominating one of their rivals for the third spot in Dundee United.

Just once in the game there was a bit of doubt. When Jim Goodwin’s side got it back to 2-1 at the beginning of the second period having been outplayed for the entire first half, that was a time for a wobble.

After losing a first Premiership game in 18 the previous week at Aberdeen, you wondered about the response and, after that initial burst, it could still have turned sour.

But instead, those boys stepped off the subs bench and reinvigorated the whole thing.

They moved Hibs up a gear again and pushed them over the line. That, to me, says everything about what Gray is doing.

I’ve seen and heard plenty in the past about guys chucking it in after they get dropped. But that unity, that all-for-one attitude screamed out at me during the latter stages of that United win and you can’t look anywhere except the manager for that.

I’m not the first to say it but the way he handled the situation when he was under fire earlier in the term was impressive.

The Hibs players were throwing him under a bus. Yet he refused to do the same to them.

Listen, I’ve been there. I know when you lose a game 1-0 and