Paul Heckingbottom has refused to throw in the towel at Hibs despite fans calling for his head.
The Hibees drew 2-2 at home to Ross County after blowing a two-goal lead in the last 15 minutes, sparking sparking furious chants of “Hecky, get to f***’ from the Easter Road stands.
It’s their ninth game without a win and leaves them 11th in the Premiership, just a point off bottom spot.
But asked if he was ready to walk away, the defiant Yorkshireman said: “Absolutely not. I can't demand more from the players and then give less myself.
“Hearing the fans, it’s not nice, of course its not but it’s part of the job. “We have to fight and stand up. “It was infuriating. At least I can change my tune a bit and moan about a missed chance and giving away a fantastic position.
“I’ve had frustrations at decisions that have cost us before but that was just us today.
“We’re two up and their first goal changes it, then when it goes to 2-2 suddenly it’s us with the energy again.
“For me that shows it’s a mental approach to the game that costs us. It was a kick in the teeth and we can’t look at anyone other than ourselves. The apprehension you could hear was evident on the pitch as well.”
Hibs now face Livingston at home on Wednesday and Heckingbottom - who served the second of a two-game ban in the stand yesterday - admits they’re in ‘must-win’ territory.
He sighed: “They are all must wins. Does pressure build? Yeah it builds. Does each game becomes more important? Yeah.
“This is why you can’t wait for anything. We can’t get 2-0 up and hope the ref blows his whistle, you can’t, you have to go and see the game out – 95 minutes, however long it is.
“The Aberdeen game, if we put that to bed then we wouldn’t be talking about this because we wouldn’t have these issues.
“We have had opportunities before this. Some have been out of our control and we have to take them on the chin but this has been ours.”
