WASPS skipper Dougie Hill says the club must now view every game like a cup final if they are to turn their season around.

Alloa were left licking their wounds after a 5-0 thrashing by Falkirk last weekend, but the former Raith Rovers defender is still convinced they have what it takes to get back on track.

Hill told Advertiser sport: “The most disappointing thing for us is that we just didn't compete. We have been at least competitive in our last 12 games, but we just didn't turn up at all last weekend. We lost two cheap goals and then went to pieces which is a little bit disheartening, but we are in this mess as a group so we now need to stick together to fix it. No one is just gonna hand us three points so if we are to get out of the hole we are in then we simply must work harder.

“The gaffer's hands are tied in terms of making changes because we don't have a massive squad, but everyone knows we are in a dogfight now and every game is like a cup final for us. If someone isn't pulling their weight though, then the gaffer is right to wield the axe. The result was poor and we lost the goals with some shockingly bad defending, but we have to be better all round if we are going to turn this around. We keep hearing how well we have been competing, but we are getting to the stage where even that is no longer enough. We need to start winning games and getting points on the board. Every game has to be treated as a one off cup tie.”

The Wee County outfit are preparing to welcome Alan Stubbs' high flying Hibs side to the Indodrill Stadium this weekend and the club captain sees it as a chance to play with nothing to lose.

The experienced defender hopes that a positive performance can help them to push on against the rest of the sides in and around them and prepare them for the crunch double header with relegation rivals Dumbarton.

He said: “The Hibs game will be another tough game for us, but you only have to look to Dumbarton earlier this season to show it can be done. Obviously, we beat Hibs last season, but both clubs are different teams since then. We have lost a lot of good players, but also brought some in. They have strengthened as well and now look even better. They're on a massive high at the minute since beating Rangers, but for us it is almost a free game for us. If we take something from the game then it is a huge bonus for us, but we are not expected to.

“We are in our own league with the rest of the sides outwith Rangers, Falkirk and Hibs. It is the games against the likes of Queen of the South, Morton and Dumbarton that we must start picking up points from. As long as we can get a positive performance against Hibs then it can propel us onto the double header with Dumbarton which are both must win games for us now. The positive for us is that the teams above us aren't picking up points either. Dumbarton haven't won since we beat them, but they got a few brilliant results early on and there is no reason why we can't do the same. If we were to get something from the Hibs game then it would be a massive lift for everyone.”

The 31-year-old has been left frustrated in recent weeks as he had to watch on from the sidelines as his team mates toiled on the pitch, but he is hopeful his injury woes are now behind him.

Hill added: “I have been back fit for a few weeks, but with me having been out for a while, the gaffer is right to show faith in the rest of the squad. He made the decision to leave me out until I was 100% fit and so I am just delighted to get back in the team because it is the end of a frustrating period for me having to sit and watch the boys suffer from the sidelines. I tried my best in at left back last weekend and it is a different kind of fitness. I was struggling with ten to go, but I think it will have done me good going forward after six weeks out. I had severe tendonitis in my knee, but that has gone now and hopefully I can get back to 100%.”