Reedijk a bold, positive but risky Hibs appointment - Allan

[Getty Images] Hibernian's appointment of Marink Reedijk as manager is "bold", "positive" but also "risky", according to former Easter Road midfielder Scott Allan. The 35-year-old Dutchman has just two seasons as a senior manager behind him, Beveren becoming the first Belgian club since 1934 to go undefeated as they won promotion to the top flight last season. "I think it's positive," Allan told BBC Radio Scotland. "I think it's what many expected - that they'd maybe go down that foreign route. "You see the effect Jens Berthel Askou had at Motherwell last season and now Wouter Vrancken at Hearts. "It's not so outside the box anymore, but something in a different direction that will maybe give that energy and front foot, exciting football that maybe Hibs fans have been looking for. "I don't think you could argue that it's not risky with him not having experience in this league, but at the same time you have to be bold sometimes. "I think this is maybe the stage where Hibs are looking to do something different." Allan expects a change in "the brand of football" but points out that the three-week international break gives Reedijk time "to bed in his ideas about what Hibs are going to look like" before travelling to face Dundee United in his first game in charge. "It's a bold appointment, but I think first and foremost it's an appointment based on the brand of football they've seen him doing at previous clubs," he suggested. However, Allan pointed out that results will only determine whether the players and supporters "buy in" to Reedijk' tenure. "I still think Hibs have a good enough squad to produce better than what they've been showing," he added.