HIBEES: Fenlon happy with his options up front following arrival of Kuqi

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a few more, but I don’t have any more plans up front at the 
moment.

“We have got a player in now who is going to help the team. He needs a bit of fitness and sharpness, but I am more than happy with Shefki coming in, Leigh has been doing well as has Eoin and we have also got a couple of young strikers who have got a lot of potential.

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“We have got a lot of young players involved in our squad and Shefki is going to be massive for us in the dressing room with his experience and the advice that he can pass on.”

Fenlon started the season with just one up front, but in recent games has given more support to Griffiths and is likely to again go with a two-pronged attack when his side host St Johnstone on Saturday in a game he is desperate to win. He said: “We have to improve our home record. We didn’t win enough games at Easter Road last year and that’s why we 
ended up in the position we did.” Hibs kid Jamie Beaton has been named in the Scotland Under-17 squad to face Belgium at Stirling’s Forthbank Stadium on Tuesday (kick-off 7pm) in a preparatory match for their European Championship qualifying campaign.

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