The Hibs head coach spoke to the media after a 3-2 Premiership defeat to Dundee United at Tannadice. Here's everything he had to say...

It must be hard to say anything after that, but what can you say? 

"I just said the same thing to the last two reporters. I could sit here and make numerous excuses for the game today, but that's all they would be. It makes me angry, it's frustrating, it's all of the above. Everybody knows how the game went today. If it's not for the red card, I firmly believe we go on to win the game. Again, that's an excuse, because after that we still need to be better. There's not long left in the game, in these big moments, poor decision making, or a lack of desire at times to make sure we're on the receiving end and make sure we get out of that game with at least a point once it goes to 2-2. And every time we've been asked a question at the moment, we're coming up short, and also being punished for every individual error that we're making at the moment. 

For the equaliser and the winner, is your goalkeeper at fault for those? 

"I've not watched them back in great detail, just because it's very raw for me at the moment. I think without having seen them back properly, you know the second one he should stay on his line. Again, the decision to come off his line, he does it for the right reasons, he's coming to try and affect the game. And when you're down there and things are going against you, the ball hits the underside of the bar and goes in, whereas if  everything's going well and you're getting away with things at the time, it maybe hits the top of the bar and goes over. But again, that's just an excuse. These are all things where you need to be stronger, stick together and believe that you're going to turn it around, work as hard as you can to make sure you do."

What's your view on Joe Newell's red card?

"It's similar to last week in terms of, I think the first one is very soft, I don't see any contact at all. It's extremely frustrating because I think in that moment, the referee didn't give a foul or a yellow card or an advantage and didn't give a yellow on the one before. I didn't see much in it. I don't think it was a yellow card with the  lack of contact. But, again, it becomes irrelevant because once you're on a yellow card in the modern day... I don't think there's any malice in Joe's tackle. I think he's reacting to a poor touch he takes, then goes into a tackle wholeheartedly with the inside of his foot, so he's not leading [with his studs] or trying to hurt anybody. His momentum then takes him into the player. But I also understand when you slow it down, it probably doesn't look great. My frustration probably comes from the fact that the referee doesn't give a foul at all. It goes a few seconds, whatever how long it is after that, and I think the full official decides to give a foul after that. And then from that moment on, that's where the frustration kicks in. But again, in isolation, that's one thing. You then need to move on and make sure we come out of the game with a better result than we did."

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Joe will be out of the Edinburgh derby now, how will he be feeling?

"Disappointed, of course he will be. He's probably not thinking about next week. He's very disappointed in himself at the moment because I think as I've already touched on, we keep 11 players on the pitch, we won't win the game. Last week as well, when we got back to 1-1, if Nectar doesn't get sent off, we go on and win the game, I believe that. Or at least, I don't see us losing the game."

How significant is this derby now?

"Derbies will take care of themselves. You talk about how big the game is. This game's always a huge game to look forward to, usually the right reasons. It doesn't matter who we're playing next week. We're in a situation where we need to get points and we need to get them quickly. And I know that's my responsibility to make sure we do that."