Hibs stars cannot be devastated by single loss as race for third rages on

Still in third place. By goal difference only, admittedly. But enough of a margin to be worth an extra point, in real terms.

- by John Greechan

Not too shabby for a team who, lest we forget, once trailed their nearest rivals for the best of the rest title by a seemingly insurmountable 23 points; 26, if you had stopped the clock before injury time in the November meeting between Hibs and Aberdeen at Easter Road.

So yeah, if you'd offered this scenario to David Gray and his players while they were scuffling along at the foot of the Scottish Premiership table, unable to catch a break or buy even an inch of upward momentum?

Well, Warren O'Hora speaks for everyone with his answer to the obvious question.

"We would have taken your hand off," said the Irishman, searching for a positive amid the 'horrible' feeling of losing a league game for the first time in 18 contests, the former MK Dons defender adding: "But look, the past is done: you can't fix it, you can't make it better, you can't make it worse. All we can do is look forward and make sure we put it right on Saturday.

"We're still in third and still in a great position, but ultimately, we look at the next game. We're at home next week, we're looking for three points, and that's the bottom line.