Lennon not overly concerned with Hibs form

Hibs head coach Neil Lennon insists recent results should be taken into context as they prepare for the visit of Ross County.

The Easter Road side have taken just one point from their last three Ladbrokes Premiership games.

However, Lennon pointed out that the draw was against champions Celtic and the defeats came against Rangers and Aberdeen.

Let's get it right, we had three games in six days against the top three,'' said Lennon, whose side also face Edinburgh rivals Hearts and Kilmarnock before the end of the year.

I thought we played excellent in two out of the three games last week. I thought we ran out of steam against Aberdeen. I am not overly concerned.

It will be nice to get back to winning ways. It is not going to be easy but we have another big week coming up with three games in a week. But we are looking to get back to winning ways.

I don't think there is a lot wrong with the level of performance. We have Ross County, Hearts - that will take care of itself - and Kilmarnock, who are going very well. So we have three great games to get our teeth into.''

Lennon revealed that second-choice goalkeeper Ross Laidlaw has had surgery to cure a shoulder problem and will be out for quite a considerable period of time''.

The former Celtic boss, who has been linked with Dundee's out-of-favour keeper Scott Bain, said: That's an area we will look to in January. We are going to be linked with a lot of players in a lot of positions.

I can't do anything about speculation, we just need to wait and see but it is an area we would look at it.''

Lewis Stevenson does not believes the last three matches of the year give Hibs any respite.

The defender, who has handed 23 charities in Edinburgh a £500 Hibs club shop gift voucher from money raised from his testimonial game against Sunderland, said: We wanted to pick up more points than we did in the last three games.

The only thing we can do now is go on a good run and we have games that on paper are supposed to be easier but I am sure when it comes to it, it won't be the case.

But we are in confident in the squad that we can go on a good run now.'