Jack Ross who leads his Hibernian team out in Scottish Cup final at Hampden on Saturday, has been reflecting on his time at Sunderland…
MASSIVE CLUB
“What happened at Sunderland probably reminded me to enjoy these times. First of all, it was brilliant. It’s not something I’ve regretted for one moment. I had a lot of good times there. I think I’m a better manager now. I think I’ve hopefully continued to improve after being with an enormous club. Until you’re in that part of England, you don’t maybe appreciate how big the club is and how much expectation goes along with it.”
DON’T GET BEAT
“There’s a lot of different facets to my management and coaching that are defined and have not changed, because I think I’ve always had a consistency of approach, but others I’ve learned from, and hopefully I’ve improved. First of all, it’s not to lose. It’s not nice, not a nice feeling. What did I learn from it? Detaching yourself emotionally as best you can is important. That becomes a little bit easier with no crowds at the moment.”
TWO WEMBLEY FINALS
“You are talking about just shy of 90,000 in there. It’s an unbelievable arena to play a football match in. Unless you have been there, it is difficult to do it justice, it is a brilliant stadium. I’ve been lucky to do it at Wembley a couple of times, which was something I never thought I would do. The memory of the two games is sore, but the actual experience is something which, in the fullness of time, I will look back on and be proud of.”
