Hibs legend Gray on 'emotional' send-off for departing heroes
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Hibs interim boss David Gray hailed his team for delivering the perfect home send-off for departing heroes Paul Hanlon and Lewis Stevenson. But he said that tonight’s 3-0 battering of Motherwell shouldn’t paper over the cracks of a dismal season. Gray, standing in after Nick Montgomery’s dismissal in the wake of the 4-0 weekend loss to Aberdeen at Easter Road, said: “The message tonight was about the reaction from the weekend – and the motivation was to give the lads the send-off they deserved....

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