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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Darren Johnstone

Steven Naismith reveals added Hearts friendly plan as with no rest at weekend

Steven Naismith insists there will be no rest for Hearts this weekend as they continue their preparations for the new season.

Hearts have not got any public friendly game scheduled and will likely play an in-house match among themselves after struggling to line up opposition.

Hearts have so far faced Plymouth, Fleetwood and Wigan, who they lost 3-0 to on Sunday, ahead their first Premiership match against St Johnstone on August 5.

Hearts will play their only home game of the pre-season against Leeds United next weekend but technical director Naismith insists they are working hard behind the scenes.

He said: “We’ve got Leeds game coming up, the boys had a couple of days off after Wigan and came back in. 

“When we’ve picked the friendlies, we’ve picked good opposition, even on Sunday we found some issues that, 'if this happens in a game, how do we rectify it?'. We'll work on that. 

“We’ll definitely have another game at the weekend, whether it’s against another opposition or an in-house game so that everyone can get 90 minutes in their legs. It’s a process of building it up.”

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