Hibernian midfielder Kyle Magennis has insisted there was nothing revelatory about Lee Johnson's rant about his squad following the Edinburgh derby.
The Hibs boss took aim at his "average squad players" at Easter Road after the 3-0 derby defeat to Hearts at Tynecastle on Monday, which left the Leith club on a run of nine losses in 11 matches. Two goals from Lawrence Shankland and a strike from Stephen Humphrys gave Robbie Neilson's men the bragging rights and a crucial three points. Johnson said: "There's a lot of average squad players, too many. I'd rather get rid of 10 and sign one that is high quality. We have made mistakes (with recruitment), it's as simple as that."
But Magennis, speaking at Hampden to promote the new 2022-23 SPFL Match Attax collection, said: "I think it's came out worse than it was, about the 10 players that need to go or whatever. He had already had individual conversations with those players previous to the game so everyone knew where they stood.
