‘Never any doubt’ – Daryl Horgan gives his thoughts on Hibs’ summer signings
Heckingbottom brought in a raft of new faces as he reshaped his squad and, claimed Horgan, it was easy to point the finger at them during the Easter Road side’s early season struggles.
While the head coach appeared reluctant at times to pitch the new arrivals into action - six of the nine were on the bench as Hibs lost to Kilmarnock in the middle of last month - seven were on from the start as the capital side became the first to take a point from champions Celtic this season.
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Hide AdNow Horgan believes they have all settled and are ready to play their part in driving Hibs up the Premiership table while they also have a Betfred Cup semi-final against Celtic to look forward to having returned to Rugby Park to defeat Killie on penalties.
The Republic of Ireland player said: “It’s very easy to point the finger at the new boys when things don’t go well, that always seems to happen.
“But it takes time to adapt when you go to a new club and there was never any doubt in our dressing room of the quality they have and what they can bring to the team.
“There’s a lot of talented players in there but in football everything is always immediate, everyone wants success right away and rarely does that happen and they become the easy target.
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Hide Ad“It wasn’t just the new boys who weren’t performing as we should have done. Now, if we can get them playing regularly, showing the qualities they have and getting the consistency everyone wants in our game, there’s no doubt things will improve.”