New Hibernian midfielder Greg Docherty was delighted to end his long wait for first-team action after making his debut in Saturday’s 2-2 draw with St Mirren.
Docherty joined on loan from Rangers on Friday as one of three deadline day signings by head coach Jack Ross.
The 23-year-old replaced Joe Newell in the 52nd minute and featured in his first game since last August’s Betfred Cup victory over East Fife for his parent club.
He said: “I missed that. That’s my first first-team game since August. I can’t believe it has been that long but I felt good.
“I woke up this morning with that buzz again, and it was nice to get on the pitch. I heard a few weeks before deadline day that something could happen. But I didn’t know if I would be staying in Scotland or going down south again.
“My name was being thrown about everywhere but I spoke to the manager and got the green light. And once I spoke to Hibs I was itching to get it done.
“If you’d said Hibs to me at the start of the window this would have been in my thought process. It’s a great backroom team, a great structure and a great dressing room. This is a good platform for me to get games and I think I can strengthen this team.”
He said: “There is a good positive vibe around the place, we feel as if we’re in a good place and the January window has been brilliant for us.
“I think we’re in a stronger position coming out of the window than what we were going in and that’s the important thing.”
