Flying under the radar isn’t something Hearts have any form for. Firefighting is usually the norm. Every summer it seems there is a panic to recruit new players, fans’ message boards are normally full of anxiety and it’s all a bit chaotic.
This pre-season has been a picture of calm and stability and long may it continue. I have liked what’s been going on around the club, the silence isn’t deafening, it’s all quiet and it bodes well for the challenges ahead. There’s hardly been a whisper from anyone for weeks about what’s going on within the camp, a training break in Spain almost went unnoticed and that’s how it should be.
Even the fans have fallen a bit silent. It says a lot when the message boards struggle to find someone to start an online uproar. This is a club that had had so many issues following it around for season after season, but I haven’t seen any upheaval, nobody shouting from the rooftops about losing players or demanding the manager make more signings.
