'We just need a jammy goal or a deflection' - Sylvester Jasper speaks on Hibs' goal drought

More than 19,000 fans turned out for the ‘Football for a Fiver’ match but they were shortchanged by a lack of meaningful action on the pitch from both teams, although the hosts had more attempts on target, for what it’s worth.

Jasper was one player in a green shirt who forced Zander Clark into a save, while his pace and trickery was a highlight on a day of few positive notes for the injury-hit Hibees.

"I feel like we just need something; we might need a jammy goal or a deflection or a penalty or something like that,” the on-loan Fulham attacker suggests.

"In football, once you get one, they all start flowing. I feel we just need something like that to get us going, and we’ll be good from there.”

Hibs had ten players missing for the visit of St Johnstone but Jasper isn’t looking for an excuse for the team’s performance.

“It’s hard, but we can still put 11 players on the pitch – and they are Hibs players who found their form – so yes, it’s a big setback when you’ve lost your captain and so many important players, but you’ve still got to take responsibility, you can’t look for excuses.

"We are on the pitch to perform and get results, and we didn’t do that [against St Johnstone], so we can have no complaints.”

Jasper sighs heavily as he reflects on the stalemate with Callum Davidson’s side.

"It was extremely frustrating. We were the better team throughout and we created more chances but we couldn’t put the ball in the back of the net, which is the most important thing in football. If you don’t do that, you’re not going to win games.

"We are in a bit of a slump right now. But we are working on it, and we will continue working on trying to be ruthless in front of goal.”

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