Robbie Neilson reckons Hearts should get higher at fixing issues on the pitch. The Jambos maintained a flawless pre-season file with victory over Tranmere Rovers as they recovered from a poor first-half through targets from Barrie McKay and Liam Boyce.
Neilson's facet have been a lot improved after the interval and, total, the supervisor is delighted with their work in preparation for a crack on the Europa League qualifiers. However he needs to see his Hearts gamers develop a knack for locating options on the pitch as a substitute of being compelled to regroup at half-time.
Neilson advised the Edinburgh Night Information: “There's all the time stuff you need to enhance on. The educational curve for us is that we have now to determine video games out after we are on the market. We will speak earlier than about what we're going to do, however at occasions you need to adapt and I do not assume we tailored effectively sufficient within the first half in opposition to Tranmere as a result of we simply saved doing the identical factor and getting it improper.
"At half time we spoke about altering it, however we have now to determine it out earlier than that. It’s nearly determining the sport. It was like an away sport in opposition to Motherwell, Ross County or St Johnstone. That’s the kind of sport it was and we have to discover ways to deal with it.
“Pre-season has been excellent thus far. “I’m more than happy with it. We’ve had a poor 45 minutes, however hopefully that’s the lengthy one for a very long time.”