Things are clearly not going right for Hibs on the pitch.
Bottom of the Premiership after playing eight games, just one win in that time and three defeats on the spin. The latest loss probably stings the most, capitulating to concede two goals in stoppage time to chuck away a 2-1 lead at Dundee United.
The Hibees were down to ten men by that point but Joe Newell’s red card came on 85 minutes so they didn’t have a whole lot of time to try and see the game out.
But it almost seemed inevitable after Luca Stephenson’s equaliser and when goalkeeper Josef Bursik came steaming out for a ball he was never getting, Meshak Ubochioma stayed calm to apply the finish.
Jubilation for the home bench but a completely opposite set of emotions for the visitors and they find themselves in a hole ahead of the derby against second bottom Hearts.
Hibs have been urged to stick with manager David Gray for now but the pressure is certainly growing.
Gayle addresses Hibs failings
Dwight Gayle is not long in the door at Easter Road, a free agent signing after the summer window had closed.
But already the experienced English striker feels he has a handle on what is going wrong. He says the team are “too nice” and need to be demanding more from each other.
He said: “We were discussing there what we need to do. And we have to hold ourselves a lot more accountable.
“We are not digging each other out enough, we are maybe all too nice with each other. Each week someone else is letting the team down. Other clubs are not really cutting us open; we are letting ourselves down, giving goals away or not finishing chances off.
“Each week it is costing us. So we have to dig in and try to keep it tight at the back.
“As senior players, we need to dig in and help each other out and try to lead by example. Obviously, I am one of them but there are also a few others in the dressing-room who will have to step up and try to help the team.”
Gayle ‘relief’ at first Hibs goal
It may not have meant all that much in the end, but Gayle admits there was a feeling of relief when he hit his first Hibs goal.
He headed the Hibees into a second half lead at Tannadice from Jordan Obita’s cross, before it all went horribly wrong.
He added: “When my goal went in, it was a relief, really. It was an absolute peach of a ball from Jordan Obita.
“But we are in a position now where we are very nervous going into the end of the game because of the results previously. Going down to 10 men, we were sitting in and allowing balls into the box. We weren’t able to deal with it in the end, so it is just really frustrating.
“In the changing-room afterwards, everyone was really disappointed, but it is down to ourselves, and we just have to be a lot better.”