It was put to the former Hearts forward Ryan Stevenson that, right now, Hibs look a mess. “Yes, they do,” he said on BBC Radio Scotland’s Sportsound.
“I don’t know David Gray but I like David Gray. I know people say it came to a natural end but sometimes the grass is not always greener.
“They were better in the second half but did Falkirk ever really look like they were going to concede a goal? I don’t think so.
“It’s worrying, the fact that they’re bottom of the league. It’s still tight down there. It was a massive three points from Kilmarnock that’s allowed them to go above Hibs. They need results fast.”
Former Hibs midfielder Michael Stewart agrees but accepts finding those improved performances is not easy when the manager is still assessing his available options.
“There are a lot of questions that remain unanswered,” he said on Sportsound.
“It feels a little bit like that at this moment where they’re searching for something. Searching for a system. Searching for personnel. Searching for partnerships to evolve and bring them results.
“The new manager’s in the door, he’s got three massive games coming up, right on the back of two defeats.”
Reedijk is adamant he sees positive signs and that there was improvement on the first performance under his watch at Dundee United last Saturday. That, too, ended in defeat.
The manager now has the dual task of keeping players and supporters alike onside while dragging the team away from the relegation zone. Hearts at Hampden also looms large on his horizon the day after Halloween.
The timescale to turn the Hibs tanker around could look a whole lot less scary if there’s a national cup final to look forward to.