LIAM CRAIG believes Alan Stubbs, the Hibernian manager, has already climbed a mountain by bringing a sense of job satisfaction back to the dressing-room at Easter Road.

Now, it is time for his players to pull together and set about climbing up the SPFL Championship table after a well-earned win at Ross County in the League Cup hinted a corner may about to be turned.

"The biggest compliment I can give the manager is he has left me out of his last two league games, but he's still a manager you want to play for," said Craig. "It's all about reactions and I showed when I came back in that I want to do well for the club and him. The players love training now. There's not a rush to get away afterwards. In previous training sessions, there was."