It's never great news when there’s a team meeting and the first thing on the agenda is: What’s happening to the wages?
But at least Jack Ross and his Hibs squad are being kept in the loop.
Neil Cooper was part of an Easter Road set-up when the players had to nick out to the shops to pick up a paper to find out what was going on.
The current Hibs side are in dialogue with the board over possible deferment of dosh until this coronavirus crisis blows over. They are far from alone with Hearts proposing 50 per cent pay cuts, Aberdeen predicting financial carnage and every club in the land scrambling to make plans to survive in the short, medium and long-term.
But Cooper is pleased the Leith directors are holding talks with their stars – as 30 years ago the playing staff didn’t have a clue about their futures.
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