Hearts fans may not thank me for saying this but Europe this season is a free hit. Great days abroad, brilliant trips to Riga, Florence and Istanbul for the Jambos on tour.
Genuinely, these are games to be enjoyed and it's the chance for the club to start building an appreciation and learning about football on the continent. It was never going to be as easy as just turning up against these sides and excelling. This season it's about building, coping with the demands of travelling and all of the logistical stuff which goes with being in a group against clubs from across the continent.
It's another Europa Conference League night on Thursday against Rigas FS but one eye should be already focused on facing Motherwell at Fir Park on Sunday. I'm not that fussed about the result in Riga and elsewhere, the same can't be said about the league games.
