'Can Hib solve mental block?'

The buzz word in football at the moment seems to be "analytics". And Hibernian in particular are ripe for analysis just now.

Stats can be looked at in many different ways. For example: Hibs are unbeaten in their last three matches.

Or: Hibs are without a win in their last six matches.

The hard facts, though, are that the club have dropped no fewer than 13 points in the last 15 minutes of games this season.

You can say at times luck is against you, as may well have been the case at the weekend against Dundee United, but there is no doubt there is a nervousness about the team as they approach the final stages of a game.

With only one victory in the Premiership this season David Gray's team are rooted at the foot of the table after the first round of fixtures and will not want to go into another International break bottom of the pile.

The Hibs fans deserve better this season, as does Gray from his players.

When things go wrong, players who arrived in the summer will also come under intense scrutiny. It's fair to say the jury is still out on those brought in during the summer, particularly defenders Jack Iredale, Marvin Ekpiteta and Warren Oâ€TMHora and goalkeeper Josef Bursik.

This weekend St Mirren arrive at Easter Road, with the Paisley side having only picked up one point from their five away trips this season.

That said, it's just one win from six home games for Hibs. This Saturday they can go some way to rectifying that record, but only if they can get over what seems to be a mental block in seeing out games.