Players have to step up, says Heckingbottom as he prepares to ring changes

Paul Heckingbottom will consider making major changes after Hibernians slow start to the season hit a new low.Hibs dropped to 11th in the Ladbrokes Premiership on Sunday after letting slip a lead in the final 20 minutes of their Edinburgh derby with Hearts at Easter Road.Heckingbottom made only one change following a second consecutive league defeat, dropping Ofir Marciano and bringing in on-loan Preston goalkeeper Chris Maxwell.Five of Heckingbottoms summer signings started on the bench and the Hibs head coach looks set to make more changes for Wednesdays Betfred Cup quarter-final against Kilmarnock at Rugby Park.Youve got to look at that, without a doubt, he said.For 70-75 minutes I know Im going to watch the game back and be really pleased and when I get to that bit theres going to be the same frustrations.You can understand the fans frustrations, but we go through that as well and its our job to make the changes. Whether they are short term in terms of shaking it up or long term, people have to step up.At the minute players have been getting opportunities, other players might get the opportunities and its up to them to step up.(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
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