He is on the back of a derby hammering from Hearts, he’s got an injury list like a phone book and his two best players missed training on Friday to thrash out deals with other clubs.
To top it all off, everyone and their granny is billing today’s clash between Hibs and Aberdeen as El Sackico, a managerial Battle Royale with the loser facing he prospect of being handed their p45. Lee Johnson should have had the weight of the world on his shoulders at Tranent yesterday but – in stark contrast to Jim Goodwin at Pittodrie – instead he wore a grin and a shrug. The Hibs gaffer did a good impression of the Monty Python Black Knight, dismissing limbs being hacked off as mere flesh wounds.
Perhaps the news Kevin Nisbet’s proposed move to Millwall was hitting the skids helped improve his mood. But even if the striker’s transfer did go through, Johnson was not going to wallow in self-pity.
