Lee Johnson's apology was more of a 'sorry, not sorry' affair as he attempted to focus on the future and steer talk of last week's defeat in Andorra.
The new season may still be in its infancy but already the image of the Englishman remonstrating with his own supporters after that embarrassment against Inter D'Escaldes could become dangerously season-defining.
There will be an attempt at atonement on Thursday and anything less than Europa Conference League progress and the dogs could be barking with the caravans so willing to move on.Johnson offered little excuse for the scenes which had him signalling to a few irate Hibees on his walk back to the dressing room at full-time and he insists he was caught between a rock and a hard place in the Pyrenees.
He said: “It wasn’t to the masses, it was to one or two individuals, who I can’t even remember, if I’m honest. I didn’t know if there were cameras on me or not on me, I was just acting like I felt was fit at that particular time.“I’m not acting for the show.
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