{"id":99540,"date":"2025-05-14T01:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T01:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/99540\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T01:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T01:33:09","slug":"st-mirren-game-has-cup-final-feel-to-it-says-david-gray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/99540\/","title":{"rendered":"St Mirren game has ‘cup final’ feel to it says David Gray"},"content":{"rendered":"

David Gray believes tomorrow\u2019s match against St Mirren has a \u201ccup final\u201d feeling to it.<\/p>\n

Hibs head coach knows that if his side better the result of Aberdeen \u2013 who face Celtic on the same evening \u2013 then they will confirm third place in the William Hill Premiership table.<\/p>\n

Hibs come into this off the back of a defeat against Celtic at the weekend, but Gray explained to Hibs TV that his message to the players has been crystal clear since Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe message straight after the final whistle at Celtic Park was that full focus needs to be on winning at Paisley.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a difficult place to go, but if we go and win the game, it doesn\u2019t matter what anyone else does; that\u2019s a great place to be in.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe job is not done, and it\u2019s a massive push to go now.<\/p>\n

\u201cTraining this week has been good. Recovery was always going to be in important, and everyone came in on Monday in a really good place.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese games are the ones you want to be involved in, they\u2019re like cup finals, and I\u2019m looking forward to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

St Mirren, though, are fighting for something themselves, just two points behind Dundee United, and they know three points on Wednesday would go a long way as they try to seal European football next season.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re in really good form,\u201d admitted Gray. \u201cThey\u2019re very well coached and are hard to play against, we\u2019ve experienced that ourselves this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re the only team in the league this season we\u2019ve not managed to beat, so that\u2019s an added incentive for the players.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would be fitting to finish third by beating every single team in the league, but it\u2019s not going to be easy. We will have to match their intensity, aggression, hard work, and if we can do that, we have good players that can cause them problems.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re full of confidence going into the game, but we\u2019re mindful that it will be a tough test.\u201d<\/p>\n

Heading into Wednesday, Gray will have a similar squad available to him, with the welcomed addition of Hyeokkyu Kwon, who was ineligible against his parent club Celtic.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the last week of the season and everyone\u2019s available apart from the two long-term ones in Joe (Newell) and Rudi (Molotnikov).<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone is desperate to play and to make an impact. It\u2019s a good headache for me. It\u2019s a massive game, everyone needs to stick together, and we need to make sure we come out on top.\u201d<\/p>\n

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John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.<\/p>\n

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