Frankie McAvoy hailed the return of Liam Boyce and Beni Baningime as Hearts rounded their pre-season training trip to Marbella with a 1-0 friendly defeat to Plymouth.
The duo were brought on for the final 15 minutes against the Pilgrims marking the first action in 15 months for Baningime and 11 months for Boyce. A Freddie Issaka strike after 19 minutes was the difference as the newly-promoted Championship side, who had former Rangers striker Ryan Hardie in their line-up, took the spoils.
But McAvoy, in his first game as head coach, said: He said: “The most pleasing thing was seeing Boycey and Beni back. And a lot of the younger boys got a good run out as well, which was good. It’s just getting more minutes. The games are coming thick and fast, we have Wigan and Fleetwood next week. And we just need to keep working them hard on the training field.
