Robbie Neilson has sent a 'let's not get too carried away' message as he challenged Hearts to get back to their best againts St Johnstone.
The Jambos suffered defeat last time out against Motherwell in a performance that was labelled as one of their worst performances of the season by the capital boss. It's been a successful campaign to date with the Gorgie side third in the table, in the Scottish Cup quarter-finals and enjoying a European group stage campaign. The target is ultimately to achieve that feat once more with a five point cushion over rivals Hibs in fourth.
The Hearts boss wants his players to bounce back from that defeat at Fir Park with victory at Tynecastle later today as they bid to continue their quest to finish best of the rest behind Celtic and Rangers once again and land European football in the capital.
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Speaking at his pre-match press conference, he told the Hearts website: “We spoke about it after the [Motherwell] game. Where are we now? What have we done this season? We still have a long way to go but we’re in a good position.
“We have a way of playing. We didn’t do it in the previous game for a period. It’s just a case of getting back to it and remaining calm.
“When you have these blips along the way people think you need to change this, you need to change that. But ultimately we just need to be better at what we are doing.
“We’re in the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup, we had a great European campaign and we’re sitting third in the league, so let’s not get too carried away with a 50-minute period.”
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