Joe Newell can't understand why some fans in the country have it in for his Hibs teammate Ryan Porteous.
The defender scored his second goal in as many games following his first cap for Scotland during Saturday's 1-0 Premiership win against Motherwell. He is out of contract at the end of the season and Hibs have put forward a new offer for him to stay with Lee Johnson's side, and Newell hopes that is the case.
Porteous has his critics and his Hibs midfield pal can't get why, as he said: "I don't get what people's problem is. As a country, he's one of your best young players, never mind best young defenders. Sometimes I hear things and read things and think there's just a witch hunt out for him. Even more credit to him, then, because look at what he's doing. He had his debut for his country the other week and did great.
