Harry McKirdy accepts that some Hibs fans have written him off already but he is working every day to prove doubters wrong.
The striker has not majorly endeared himself to the Hibees faithful since sealing a move from Swindon Town, where he found big success scoring 26 goals in all competitions and his assists taking him to 40 goal contributions. But he is yet to open his account for Lee Johnson's men despite the English gaffer claiming the 26-year-old has put his woes behind him.
McKirdy himself knows it hasn't been a sparkling start to life at Easter Road, but he has told of the overwhelming support he has from the dressing room in Leith to finally break his goal duck.
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He said: "I should probably have scored twice in my first game and if I get one or two of them then it might have been a completely different time, but that's not how it's gone and there's not much I can do about that now.
"I scored 26 goals last season, and it was 40 goals and assists, so that is something you get used to.
"Every time I stepped on the pitch, I expected to score one or two, or grab the matchwinner, or set it up and that was a habit that you get into. This season has been different and you can't shy away from that.
"I have no goals or assists and that's not where I want to be but I just have to turn it around.
"I have been involved in 15 games, four from the start, so there have not been a lot of opportunities but that is still 15 times I have been on the pitch and that is not good enough – no goals and assists.
"They (the fans) don’t have expectations any more. I think they did when I first came but now I've been pretty much written off by most people outside the building, but inside the building it’s not like that. I can tell the boys are desperate for me to get a goal.
"They say every week, ‘we want to see the machine gun celebration’, and I'm desperate for it to happen but it hasn’t yet and that's something I can't shy away from, and it does play on your mind."
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