Hibs manager Lee Johnson wants a couple more players added to his squad after a humbling 1-1 draw in the Premier Sports Cup group stage with Championship side Morton.
The Easter Road team had already lost to League One outfit Morton sandwiched between wins over Clyde and Bonnyrigg Rose, but Grant Gillespie's penalty was a dagger in their last 16 hopes. Ewan Henderson got them level on the night but Dougie Imrie's visitors won a bonus point penalty shootout to leave their Premiership hosts on seven points.
They top their group on goal difference but now need Falkirk to lose their final Premier Sports Cup Group D match against Clyde or hope nine separate teams finish below seven points, which is a borderline impossible scenario. Johnson said of the Hibs draw: "It's two games that in my opinion we should have won. We controlled a lot of the game without actually producing that but of quality or three or four bits of quality in the final third - a finish or delivery.
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"The game became bitty and it played into their hands - credit to them because they put their bodies on the line, they hustled, and we let them off the hook too many times.
"Everybody will be disappointed and there's nobody more disappointed than us. We appreciate and understand the expectations.
"We've got a very small lifeline in terms of Clyde beating Falkirk but it hasn't been good enough in the two games that we haven't won."
Players like Elie Youan and Marijan Cabraja are still awaiting work permits after a busy summer of summer recruitment at Hibs.
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Johnson added: "It's a new team and we have four or five players due to come back and hopefully another one or two recruited. We are where we are, we are two work permits shy, a couple of 90 minutes that we're chasing in certain players.
"We've got good players who are returning from injury which makes the squad a bit stronger and gives us a bit more depth and clearly we need that.
"Elie Youan coming in will give us a really different dynamic. The work permits are frustrating because you want to start building what you believe is your starting XI and we've not been able to do that."
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