Scott Reflects On Crucial Celtic Win
Hibs Women Head Coach Grant Scott praised his side's first half showing that secured a narrow victory over Celtic at Meadowbank Stadium.
Though pleased with the performances on show before the interval, Scott admitted the second half was less to his liking; describing the match as "strange" overall.
"As simple as it sounds, and as boring as it sounds, for us it is another three points," Scott stated. "We said before the game today that was our focus.
"For us, it is less about statements and more about gaining points. But it is a substantial win against a good team.
"I thought we were a lot of good actions on the things we'd spoken about that players executed really well. A couple of slip-ups here and there but I think if we got a second goal, I don't think we could have been grudged it at all.
"It was a strange game because it completely changed second half," the Head Coach added. "I thought Celtic were dominant and created a few half chances, a couple of things that were really close to getting on the end of.
"We've had to ride it out, see it out, and fight it out like a proper team. Overall, I’m very happy with the first half performance, but I thought we could have done a little bit better with the ball in the second."
While Eilidh Adams nabbed the only goal of the game to seal Hibs' victory - lifting the team up to second-place in the league table while remaining level on points with leaders Glasgow City - there was praise from Scott for the defence.
A resilient, hardy performance from the backline, and a solid shot-stopping performance from goalkeeper Erin Clachers, helped earn the Hibees a seventh clean sheet across their last eight matches.
"I think that there has been good consistency in defence. We've had to make a couple of forced changes at times, but I think the girls coming in have done really well.
"Again we've kept a really good dangerous team at bay. And it's another clean sheet for Erin. Her and Noah are pushing each other every day and it's good to see, it's good to have two quality goalkeepers like that.
"The girls at the back have been doing really, really well and give us a solid platform to play from."
There was also further discussion on another defender, Caley Gibb, who made her second Hibernian debut as an 87th minute substitution.
The full-back, who made her senior debut at Hibs aged 15, re-signed for the Club on Friday from Partick Thistle on a loan deal until the end of the season.
"I thought she did really well," Scott commented on Gibb. "It’s a tough one to get thrown into; that level of game with seven minutes of stoppage time to play.
"Even in that seven minutes, I thought we saw little flashes of the player she can be. But she has to obviously be used to playing with the players in a team that have been doing well.
"I'm delighted to get her on the pitch and to see her in a Hibs strip again."