Lennon lays down law for misfiring Maclaren

Maclaren has managed just one goal for Hibs in 14 appearances in all competitions this season.

Lennon says he will look to the transfer market unless the Socceroo, and fellow striker Florian Kamberi, improve their output.

"I'm not happy with my strikers at the minute but Lewis Allan is the exception,” the Hibs manager told The Edinburgh News.

"I thought he did very well today for what he brings to the team. The rest of them aren't performing. They're not applying themselves, they're not working hard enough.

"I can't remember the last time we headed a goal in from a cross. We're relying on Porteous again to get us out of trouble. We miss a penalty, our application at the top end of the pitch isn't good enough at the minute.

"I'm talking about the same players every week. Efe Ambrose, Porteous, Martin Boyle was back to his best again. They're playing at a level that the rest have to get up to."

Maclaren joined Hibernian on loan from SV Darmstadt 98 in January. A season-long loan was agreed with the German club in August.

Lennon says his team is not scoring enough goals.

"Obviously January's coming and we'll need to have a look at it but some of the players need to have a good look at themselves," he said.

"We changed things last year when we let Anthony Stokes and Simon Murray go and brought in them [Kamberi and Maclaren] and I won’t be afraid to do it again.

"We’ve been talking about this for weeks and we’re not getting a response so we may need to explore other avenues to try and get some goals."