Flo Kamberi says his Hibs partnership with Christian Doidge is a good mix

Hibs' Swiss striker Florian Kamberi. Picture: Gary Hutchison/SNS

Kamberi has forged a promising partnership with Christian Doidge in recent weeks after former head coach Paul Heckingbottom went with a lone striker.

The pair only started together once in the Premiership under Heckingbottom – in a 2-2 draw with St Johnstone when Kamberi scored.

Caretaker boss Eddie May and then new manager Jack Ross have fielded the duo in the last five matches and Doidge has scored his first seven Hibs goals while Kamberi has also netted to take his 
Premiership tally to three.

Kamberi, who previously
formed partnerships with Jamie Maclaren and Marc McNulty, said: “I think it’s a good mix between us because he is more the guy who goes for the headers and the long balls and I am the guy who will do all the stuff on the floor.

“I think it’s a good mix and we showed in the last few games that it works well. I can also play alone up top, it depends what the manager wants, but if I have someone next to me 
to support me it makes my job a little bit easier.

“When I played with Neil Lennon and now Jack Ross – two up front – I think I show my best football.”

Kamberi has been delighted to play his part in Doidge’s coming of age at Easter Road after the summer signing’s difficult start.

“I’m happy for him that he is scoring goals,” he said. “It was a hard time for him. It’s always a hard time for a striker when you don’t score. If I can help him on the pitch, and if he 
can score, I am delighted for him.”

After three wins in a row, Hibs have thrown away leads against Kilmarnock and County to take just a point from their last two games.

Speaking ahead of the visit of Aberdeen, Kamberi said: “Every loss is a bad thing but it’s part of the job in football, you can’t win all the games. The important thing is to stay strong and stand up and move on to the next game.”

Aberdeen No 2 Tony Docherty insists the best is yet to come from the Dons. They completed a remarkable turnaround against Rangers on Wednesday night, fighting back from two goals down to take a point off Steven Gerrard’s side at Pittodrie. The 2-2 draw extends their unbeaten run to six games, but with key men Funso Ojo and Craig Bryson still to return from injury, Docherty is predicting big things for the second half of the season.

He said: “There are pivotal
moments in a season and hopefully Wednesday could be a springboard for us to go on and have that belief.”