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Hibernian players warned over any slacking

Hibernian boss John Hughes has warned his players that if he sees them slacking off in the wake of their draw at Rangers then heads will roll. Hughes has so far seen little sign of last weekend's impressive performance at Ibrox going to his squad's heads, but is demanding they maintain the same standards in Saturday's Clydesdale Bank Premier League visit of Aberdeen.

"I said to the players, 'If you feel a winning side picks itself, you want to sit back and rest on your laurels, and train as if you're in the team then you might get your fingers burnt'," Hughes said.

"That's the message that I put through to them.

"I'm big on how you apply yourself on the training pitch and every one of them is working to stay in the team and every one of them is working to get in the team."

He added: "I've been looking at the way they've been training.

"It gives you a great indication who's looking sharp and, to be fair, they're all looking sharp."

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