Paul Macginn: Last News

Hibs will have to rip-up their freeflowing football philosophy to combat the Premiership’s torn-up pitches if they’re to keep their drive for a third place finish on track.McGinn reckons the state of many top flight surfaces are making for "disgusting" football after consecutive defeats to Motherwell and on Saturday St Johnstone saw their push to finish best of the rest suffer a bobble.Easter Road has also taken a battering from the elements over the winter months and McGinn knows something drastic needs to be done.Hibs still have a three point advantage and a game in hand over Aberdeen who could only draw with Hamilton.But McGinn said: "Given the pitch, I think the first goal was always going to be vital. It was pretty sloppy from us.

Hibs side "relentless" after they rose to second in the Premiership with a demolition of Hamilton. Martin Boyle, Chris Doidge, Paul McGinn and Kevin Nisbet got on the scoresheet at New Douglas Park lifted the Hibees above Celtic in the table.

Scotland.Paul McGinn last night joined up with John in the national set up to complete a remarkable journey back to where it all started for the Hibs defender.The 29-year-old started life at the National Stadium at Queen’s Park and remained a part-timer at Dumbarton before getting his breakthrough at Dundee and St Mirren and then following John’s footsteps to Hibs in January.His rise has been in contrast to the Aston Villa ace who moved from Saints to Easter Road and on to becoming one of the top men in the English top flight.Big bro Stephen doesn’t have any hard feelings at being the sibling not in the squad – only pride at seeing the pair hit the top via very different routes.The only down side is his folks Stephen and Mary won’t be able

Hibs this week for Birmingham City fan Joe Newell, with Paul McGinn slaughtering him after brother John helped Aston Villa to Premier League safety.The Villains kept their place in the top flight thanks to a final day draw against West Ham, meaning McGinn and his teammates live to fight another year in the game’s richest league.With Newell’s beloved Blues a lowly 20th in the Championship, watching the top two tiers in England play out their season didn’t do much for his mood, with the game north of the border shut down until this weekend when they start afresh.So the former Rotherham man was probably looking forward to getting back to East Mains and building up to Hibs’ season opener against Kilmarnock at Easter Road this afternoon.But the