Shaun Maloney breaks silence on Hibs sacking and reveals his plans for club if he had been given more time
SHAUN MALONEY has broken his silence following his Hibs sacking.
The former Celtic star was axed from his role at Easter Road after just four months in charge.
Maloney admits he was disappointed at not getting more time to move the club forward but has wished the team every success in the future.
In a statement, he said: "It's been an honour and a privilege to be manager of Hibernian, a club with such a proud and distinguished history.
"I'm disappointed not to have had the time to move the club forward to a position where we could consistently challenge the top teams in the country for domestic honours and European football.
"It was my deepest desire to be able to deliver for the fans a team which they could feel proud and inspired by.
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"Even though the pain of our defeat last week remains raw, I was convinced even more by the nature of our performance and the desire we showed, even reduced to ten men, that given time we would have achieved this.
"From day one, the players have been a pleasure to work with and I'm grateful for their enthusiasm and commitment to my coaching ideas.
"To the fans, I can only say that I wish I had been able to make you happier more often.
"I wish you and the team every success in the future."
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Hibs owner Ron Gordon admitted he was concerned over the former Belgium No2 for MONTHS.
And conceded that unacceptable results led him to losing his job.
The 39-year-old was brought in to replace Jack Ross in December but failed to make the Premiership top six after winning just one league game in 13 games in 2022.
Hearts also inflicted back to back Edinburgh derby defeats on their city rivals - including a 2-1 Scottish Cup semi-final triumph at Hampden last Saturday.
He said: Ultimately when you look at the results, it’s just really not acceptable.
"We've been actually concerned about our performance over the last couple of months.
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"It's not been something that we've been particularly pleased with, as a club.
"And we came to the conclusion on Monday, I think fairly decisively that we needed to make a change that it was the best thing for the club.
"We consider all the points that you would consider normally.
"Which is, you know, should we let him go now? Should we wait to the end of the season? Should we give him more time?
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"All those things were discussed in full? But ultimately, I think the decision of the board was to make a change."
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