NOT even in the trigger-happy environs of Spanish or Italian football would a manager find himself under pressure just one game into a new season.
In Edinburgh, however, there are a few surveying the scene at Hibernian and wondering just how significant this weekend's derby could be for Pat Fenlon.
It has been a difficult close season for anyone with a connection to the Easter Road club, an entire summer to stew over the embarrassing thrashing handed out by Hearts in the Scottish Cup final in May. It laid bare just how big a rebuilding job Fenlon had on his hands if he is to make Hibs competitive again after a season spent scrambling around towards the foot of the table desperately trying to avoid the ignominy of relegation.
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