Jordan Obita post-match Q&A after Hibs' defeat in Perth

How do you assess that one?

“It’s very, very disappointing because we didn’t really put them on the back foot. We didn’t really create chances. And we’ve only got ourselves to blame for that. We know we’ve still got work to do when it comes to breaking teams down. Against St Johnstone, there was so much space out wide – but we probably didn’t use it well enough. We tried to pin their full-backs back into their own area but even when we did that, we probably just tried to force it a little bit.  The quality wasn’t there. So we go back to the training pitch, keep working, keep trying to learn and improve – and then put it right against Ross County next weekend."

The conditions can't have helped much...

“Look, the conditions weren’t great but there are two teams on the same pitch, playing the same game.  It felt like they were especially just waiting for a mistake to happen. Unfortunately, it happened – and they got the goal. This is my first time in the league, and it seems like most teams here just wait for that one mistake, one opportunity to get the goal – and then they defend for their lives. It makes it very difficult for teams who want to try to play football, to then score, equalise, try to get ahead. It does make it difficult. But I feel that, in this team here, we’ve got enough quality to do it. We just need to put it right."

Is there a temptation to abandon playing out from the back, and just shell it up the park?

“No, we’re not that sort of team. The gaffer doesn’t want us to play that way. We’re more of a possession-based team. If teams then do press us, then we do look for the ball in behind. But, no, we’re not going to be a team who just play direct. 

You're nearly at the end of a tough away run...

“It’s that time of the year when some games aren’t going to be pretty. The pitches aren’t going to be great. But we still believe in ourselves, believe we can still try to play good football and try to win playing the way the gaffer wants us to play. I wouldn’t say we’re lacking consistency, because we have got results."

Is that one of the worst performances since Nick Montgomery came in?

"With the new gaffer, the only time we haven’t got results was this game, Rangers, and Celtic. In every other game we’ve done well, so we still believe we can play the same way and get results. But, yeah, that was probably one of the worst games we’ve had under the new gaffer. We try to be 100 per cent on it every single week. We got it wrong against St Johnstone – but we have an opportunity to get it right against County this weekend."

County won't be an easy trip either - another small stadium, tight pitch...

“As the gaffer has said often enough, every team in this league is good, they all have their strengths. Especially away from home, it’s always difficult. At home, with our fans, that helps us a lot, gives us a boost. I’ve played in a lot of smaller stadiums in my career, managed to get results. This is no different. It's going to be tough at County, but I believe we can put it right."