Hibs "kids" on fire

Joseph Reilly was not around to see a fitting finale as Hibs displayed a culture and spirit to see off a Salthill Devon side that must have found it hard to look at themselves in the mirror afterwards.Reilly had to depart the frey after just 20 minutes as a result of a sickening shoulder injury as he drove his body into the ground after a fair challenge in the centre circle and his departure by ambulance must certainly have revved up his colleagues no end in a bond of solidarity.Many years ago a well known BBC pundid once announced “that you will win nothing with kids” just before Man Utd went on to dominate the domestic scene and on Sunday in Drom, Hibs lined out with three 16 year olds and one seventeen year old in their starting eleven.Enda Keane (16) and Patsy Ward (17) worked their socks off in the front line as they threw themselves into challenges and linked up play well as they made the Devon back four look very ordinary. On the flanks, Evan McSweeney (16) and Gary Kelly (16) were outstanding, with the former playing a vital part in their opener,while Kelly took his goal with the most subtle of finishes.A bitterly cold afternoon was not exactly warmed up by the actions on the park — for it was just after the hour mark that proceedings heated up as we had four goals in a ten minute spell.The opening half produced......................