Gray: It Wasn’t Good Enough
Hibernian FC Head Coach David Gray admitted his side didn’t deserve to progress to the next round of the Scottish Cup.
Despite creating some big opportunities, Dunfermline Athletic scored a 92nd minute winner to knock Hibs out of the major competition in the Fourth Round.
When speaking to Hibs TV after the game, Gray shared his frustrations on the performance.
“I don’t want to make excuses, yes, we had chances, but we didn’t play well enough for long enough periods in the game to stand here and say we deserve to go through; that’s everyone’s responsibility, especially mine because I pick the team and I put the players on the pitch.
“Cup competitions are very unforgiving. The performance can sometimes be secondary as long as you find a way to get in the next round and we’ve not done that today.
“I could stand and talk about chances we missed at key times, and don’t get me wrong if we do take those chances, then it does become a different game, but whilst it’s 0-0 you run the risk of losing a goal. Their goal probably summed us up at the end.
“Unfortunately, and I mean this in the greatest respect to Dunfermline because congratulations to them, it wasn’t good enough from us.
“There won’t be a knee jerk reaction to this, we won’t rip everything up, but at this moment in time it’s really tough to take because we find ourselves out the cup.”
Frustration was rife at the full-time whistle from the travelling supporters, players, and coaching staff alike, and Gray admitted that everyone needs to take accountability for the cup exit.
“We need to own it and take responsibility because we’ve been knocked out at the first time of asking.
“I spoke a lot this week about an opportunity to do something and the expectation of the Football Club. We fell below the expectations of the club. We need to take that on the chin, I certainly do, and get back on the training pitch to put it right as quickly as we can.”
Watch the full interview on Hibs TV.