Lawrence Shankland is convinced Hearts are ready to turn their stuttering season around and hopes he’s staked a hat-trick claim to be key in the revival.
The striker’s treble against Celtic was in vain as Robbie Neilson’s team winless run extended to six games. Hearts now aim to end that dismal sequence in on Thursday by beating Latvians RFS - who warmed up for the Europa Conference League clash with a 4-0 win over Super Nova on Saturday - and Shankland believes fortunes are about to change.
He said: “The quality of the squad doesn’t concern me because I know the players in it. Obviously, we have been a bit disjointed at times with injuries and things that you can’t really control. We are working hard to try and make our performances better and the Celtic game showed that we can do that. We can take confidence from that. Everyone is trying their best and we are all sure that we can turn things and get better results.”
