This squad still has a lot to learn
Despite a remarkable transfer window, the Premiership is a big step up for Hibs, not just in skill and ability, but in nous.
I wasn't at yesterday's game, but from what I heard and read, it sounds like we were a bit naive in our approach to the game and possibly wrongly prepared mentally.
Celtic apart, who could well go through the season unbeaten again, although their Champions League commitments might make that less likely, every team in this division can beat every other.
Teams must make sure their players are ready to do the hard work, every week, to win their individual battles. Some weeks those battles may be easier to win than others, but players should expect the hardest fight, regardless of the opposition.
Yesterday's result was terrible, a real knock. I very much doubt that Aberdeen, Rangers or Hearts will find themselves 0-3 down after 90 minutes at home to teams outwith the supposed top 5 so yesterday really slapped us back into our place.
Yes, it's only one game, and some of the reactions to it, and to individual players, have been ridiculous, (almost everyone seems to have become a bad player overnight, FFS) but Lennon and the players better learn, and learn fast.
The older posters will remember Roy Barry playing for Hibs. He's still revered at Dunfermline where he captained them to their 1968 Scottish Cup win over Hearts, by the way.
He had a shocking disviplinary record in Scotland and in England, but he was as mild mannered a man off the field as you could meet.
I once asked him about this contradiction and he replied, "Once I step over that white line, it's war".
I hear managers saying things like"Just go out and enjoy yourselves".
Bollocks.
Win the war first, then worry about having fun.
