Chaos or concern – Hanley's striker cameo poses questions for Hibs

Grant Hanley was called upon to be a makeshift striker for Hibs against Celtic, but what does it signal for the Scottish Premiership's bottom side? Grant Hanley played as a makeshift striker in Hibernian's defeat by Celtic With eight minutes to go at Easter Road on Sunday, Hibs needed a goal to salvage something from their Scottish Premiership match against Celtic. Head coach Marink Reedijk turned to his bench in search of a spark and summoned old head Grant Hanley, tasking the grizzled centre-back with playing up front. It was a damning indictment of the options available to Reedijk and also a sign of slight desperation after two defeats in his opening two matches in charge.

Hanley did have something of an impact during his short cameo. He won one header which led to a chance for Josh Mulligan and was close to getting on the end of a deflected effort from Rabbi Matondo. Ultimately, if Hanley had scored or created a Hibs equaliser, Reedijk would have been hailed as a genius. As it was, they lost 2-1 and remain bottom of the Scottish Premiership. "I saw that we struggled to get the momentum. Celtic tried to play the game out and I wanted to change something to get a little bit of chaos," Reedijk said when asked for his