Lee Johnson claims Hibs were too hasty to bin him as he bigs himself up and insists his pencil is now sharpened
dailyrecord.co.ukLee Johnson insists he should have been given more time at Hibs - claiming the heavy European schedule was to blame for the club’s Premiership woes.Easter Road chiefs pulled the trigger on Johnson two weeks ago after a third league defeat from the opening three games left them bottom of the table.
Johnson led the club back into Europe last season with a fifth placed finish and to a moneyspinning Conference League double header against Aston Villa after impressively dumping Swiss side Luzern over two legs.But that couldn’t save his job after the torrid start to the league season.
The 42-year-old is already back in football after being appointed Scott Brown’s successor at Fleetwood Town this week while Hibs have appointed Nick Montgomery as his replacement in Leith.But asked if he thinks he should have got more time he told Sky Sports: “Yes of course I do.
I put in a lot of work in the season previous. We took over the team who finished eighth and it was a big job to take that club to fifth.
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