Hibs boss “embarrassed” by Rangers defeat

Hibs boss Grant Scott insists his side’s performance on Sunday was “embarrassing” as they fell to a 7-0 defeat to Rangers at the Ibrox.

Hibs suffered back-to-back defeats for the first time this season. Image Credit: Colin Poultney/SWPL

The defeat was Hibs’ heaviest since August 2022 and the largest since Grant Scott took charge of the club in the summer. The Edinburgh side initially had a good start in Glasgow with the score remaining level at the 30-minute mark. However, a series of sloppy goals caused his team to collapse as they suffered back-to-back defeats for the first time this season.

“My initial thoughts are that I’m massively disappointed,” Scott told HibsTV. “In truth a little bit embarrassed by our performance today in the manner of the goals we lost and our overall performance. I don’t want to be too harsh on ourselves and the players at this point until I have properly watched it back but that’s not good enough from a Hibs team in my opinion and we will have to learn lessons from that very very quickly.”

Hibs had been on a good run of form recently where they picked up four wins on the bounce which included a 1-0 away to Hearts at Tynecastle. However, a surprise 2-0 defeat at home to Partick Thistle followed up by Sunday’s defeat has seen Hibs drop to sixth in the SWPL1. With only one more game remaining until the next international break, Scott has challenged his team to learn from their mistakes at the Ibrox before they host Hamilton on the weekend.

“It’s a big job this week, the players need to have a good long hard look at themselves,” he added. “It is going to be a tough match to win; we are at home so that will give us a slight advantage hopefully. We need to pick ourselves up and learn lessons from today if we think we can compete at the top end of the league then there are lessons to be learned from today for sure. We will do what we can midweek and pick ourselves up because we must try and go and win the next game.”