[And clearly, if they look like exceeding their aim of finishing third, Hearts will not slacken off.] Our expectation before the season was to finish third, which will be tremendous, ... So that's not changed. But we go out to win every game, and there's a lot of honesty, desire and hunger in the squad. |
[One of the new boys, Skacel, must be bearing down on some kind of record at this point. He scored his fifth goal in five consecutive league matches yesterday and is just one behind Henrik Larsson's record in the SPL.] Our strikers will get better, fitter and stronger, ... but it's important that other players chip in with goals. |
[Walcott] looked lively. He did well on a number of occasions and made a great run for the penalty. |
A fee was agreed when Rudi joined, but any long-term transfer has got to be right for both parties. I've already said to Mr Romanov that I'd like to keep Rudi, but it's early days yet. |
A loan's ideal for us, |
Alexander is a current Swedish international who is looking to go to the World Cup finals. |
As with any foreign player, we'll see how quickly he adapts to the British style of game. First impressions are always a key thing for me and he seems very enthusiastic and is a boy who wants to do very well over here. |
As with any new signings, they have got to earn the right to get into the team, |
Every point is important. It's very difficult to say but I think you've got to look at 50 points to be totally safe. |
He is a young player so there is a lot of scope for improvement. He is not the finished article, so we had to look carefully at him. He will be a good asset to the squad, and he has good credentials. |
He is here for the next month so we will do just that. He is one of the best young `keepers in Poland and we have had a lot of good reports. |
He should be able to start training next week all going well which is good news as initially we thought it could have been a cracked rib because he was passing blood and was in a lot of pain. That's why the hospital kept him in overnight, but all going well he will now come into contention for the Celtic match. |
He trained yesterday for the first time this week so hopefully he'll be okay. |
He'll undergo keyhole surgery and after that it is a question of him recovering and getting himself back into training. It looks like it will be four to six weeks out for the boy, but to be honest we are only guessing. We'll take it as it comes. |
He's getting sharper and fitter so it's been a good for thing for him to be able to do more training before our next game against Celtic. |