Stephen Kenny Post Hibs reaction

Manager Stephen Kenny was content with his Dunfermline side's performance in the goalless draw with Hibernian in the Scottish Cup semi final.

"I can't say I'm ecstatic, but we're still in it and I thought we had the better chances," he said.

"Maybe we didn't retain possession as well as we could have; we fell down in that area and gave the ball away a bit too cheaply at times.

"I definitely think that there is more in us."

The Pars gaffer thought his side, although having less of the ball, created the clearer chances on the day.

"Hibs had definitely more possession, especially in the second half, but we probably had the clearer chances on the day. It was a great chance that Jamie McCunnie had which came off the post then brought a brilliant save from McNeill from the follow up from Jim O'Brien. Then Gary Mason's chance in the second half, it was a great chance and sometimes you have to take these chances but we didn't get punished for it."

Stephen admitted that his intriguing team selection was down to tactics having watched the Leith side destroy Kilmarnock in the CIS Insurance Cup final.

"We watched that game and tactically it was a lesson for me because they are very different from everyone else in the SPL the way they play. They don't play orthodox, they interchange positions and we had to change our positions to contend with that."

And the Athletic managed to contend with it in no small part to an excellent rearguard performance. Stephen paid tribute to the "exceptional" back four.

"The back four were very good and they gave us a platform to compete well in midfield but we felt we didn't contain them the way we should have, they way we are capable of. In fairness to them they are dynamic in that area with Scott Brown and Ivan Sproule doubling up on the right in the second half. There is a lot of pace and power there."