It's a sentence that will strike the fear of God into all the fans.
Hibs are now favourites to win the Scottish Cup.
I know exactly how the punters will be feeling.
There will be the joy of getting into the semi-finals after a penalty shoot-out.
They will be thrilled Rangers followed Celtic out of the Cup but now the nerves will kick in as expectation levels rise.
The last thing Hibs want is to be favourites but that’s just the way it is. They are the third best team in the country right now, the best side left in the hat and the bookies are not daft.
Listen, we know why the fans will be chewing their finger-nails. We have been here before countless times over the years.
I’ve been in this movie as well. We were the big favourites to win the League Cup in 2004. It was hardly a tap-in, mind you.
We had a right good young squad but that Livingston side was packed full of experience, guys like Stuart Lovell, Marvin Andrews, Jamie McAllister and David Fernandez.
They were a good side who had finished third just two years earlier but they didn’t have the pressure of 40,000 nervous wrecks at Hampden.
We didn’t buy in to all that favourites or underdog stuff at the time but it is hard to avoid it when there’s so much build-up in the media.
These days with social media, it will be even worse.
But that wasn’t the only time we came a cropper when we were expected to win.
There have been tons of examples. The year Ross County won the Scottish Cup, it was seen as a great chance to end that long hoodoo.
It was the same the year Inverness lifted it, when Hibs went out to Falkirk in the semis the day before they beat Celtic.
Even this season Hibs were the bookies’ favourites for the Betfred Cup after Rangers and Celtic exited. In fairness, Hibs were the better side against Hearts, the only difference being a break of the ball and a top display from Craig Gordon.
But we know all the chat again will be about my old club and whether or not they have the bottle to see it through.
That wouldn’t be fair.
Rangers may have followed Celtic out of the tourney but there are still good sides left.
St Johnstone are the ones to avoid, of course. What a job Callum Davidson has done at McDiarmid Park. They were talking about a Tommy Wright statue after winning the Scottish Cup seven years back.
If Callum can do the Double, they would be as well renaming the town centre.
He’s worked wonders in Perth and it’s clear they are a right good cup team.
Perhaps they should be the ones regarded as favourites.
Hibs have failed to beat them this season but they’ve got winning records against the rest of the sides still in the hunt.
The Easter Road squad need to ignore the noise, block out this Hampden hoodoo nonsense and blank any favourites talk.
At least they won’t have thousands of quivering wrecks in the stands this time.
They are the strongest squad left in it and it’s up to them to go and prove it.
But Rangers’ exit on Sunday night just shows how hard it is to win a cup – and how impressive it was for Celtic to win the quadruple Treble.
Any team can win it on their day. There is an added angle to all this now as well.
The Old Firm and Aberdeen going out means the winners are the ones who will be pretty much guaranteed European football until Christmas.
Hibs must have felt they were a shoo-in by winning third but now they’ll need to lift the Cup to get that golden ticket.
Fans will only care about the trophy anyway, so they might as well do it in style.
They should feel confident as their team are playing well.
The only slight concern is they’ve not quite put games to bed and they’ve only had one clean sheet in their last nine – and that was against Stranraer.
They should have been out of sight against Livingston last Wednesday but almost let them back into it, then let a two-goal lead slide against Motherwell. They survived, thankfully, but could do with being a bit more ruthless in killing teams off when they get the chance.
I’ve actually been impressed with them at the back as Ryan Porteous and Paul Hanlon have been tremendous in recent weeks. But it’s a wee reminder they can’t afford to switch off at any time.
The rewards now are huge. It has been a good season at Easter Road but if they can clinch third and lift the Scottish Cup, you could argue it would be one of their best ever.
Hibs fans should be feeling excited... as well as nervous.
