Steven Naismith hailed his rampant Bravehearts for going on the offensive to bring a six game losing streak to a halt with a first half battering of Ross County.
But the Hearts caretaker boss insists a result which jumped his team two points behind Aberdeen, who face Rangers at Pittodrie this afternoon, is only another small step in their bid for a third place finish. A Lawrence Shankland hat-trick, Josh Ginnelly's double and an Alex Cochrane strike buried the Staggies who were fortunate to survive a double-figure beating.
Naismith was delighted to get his win under his belt and admits it's only a starting point in trying to turn a corner after weeks of disappointments. He said: "The performance was brilliant from the whole team. It gets a win. I say it all along, if we win games we will be successful, it’s as simple as that. I am not going to sit here and say everything changes from last week because it doesn’t.
"We are going into a run of fixtures when you are playing against the best five teams in the league and all the games will bring their own threats and challenges for us but they also bring opportunities, which is the main thing for us. And what comes out of this week is the hard work we have been doing for two weeks is paying off.
"Players are picking the right moments to play forward and the positions they are picking up are good and they see the hard work does pay off. What we are saying is true. It is not made up. As we keep saying, it is not rocket science. It is being brave.
"It was a good day's work and it will give them loads of confidence as it breaks that rut of not winning. I've said before and I think people were second guessing the comments I was making but there is a good group of players here, they want to do well and be successful.
"This has probably been the most challenging time since most of them have been at the club but they showed today that they were brave."
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