Newell On 200 Games, Community Foundation and Fans Impact
It has been a busy week for Joe Newell, who joined the Hibernian Community Foundation Board and marked his 200th Hibs appearance last weekend.
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On the pitch, Newell marked his 200th appearance for the Hibees last time out, but admits that he has not had time to dwell on the milestone after what has been a difficult spell of results.
“I haven’t had time to think about that milestone, to be honest. Hopefully in the not to distant future I can get my top signed by the boys – but at the moment that is all irrelevant to me, we all know the situation we are in and how desperate we all are to turn it around.
“I personally don’t believe there is a lot that needs to change. If you look at the last game for example – the performance was good, but without the decision at the end then I think we go on to win 1-0. With that said, we can definitely be more clinical and put games to bed earlier – that is something that we have been trying to work on."
The Hibs Captain is confident results will turn and insists the Club need to stick together.
“The other thing that we need to do is just maintain that belief in the squad. The performances we have been putting in have been good, we have been the better side in a lot of games, so we need to have the belief that we will turn it around.
“I know the fans will be hurting, just as much – if not more than us - at the moment. The support that we get on a weekly basis is incredible, we were sold out away at Dundee United, they turned up away at Ross County in midweek – the support has always been fantastic.
“I know they will be right behind us again on Saturday, and we are going to need them because we all need to stick together at this point. I am more than confident that we will turn it around and it will happen quickly, and we just hope the fans stick with us and we can all celebrate together.”