The fine print on Robbie Neilson’s new contract says his future is secure until 2025 but you won’t catch the Hearts boss looking any further ahead than Saturday’s visit of Ross County.
No wonder given the way the Tynecastle outfit have chewed through managers down the years. If he sees out the full length of his new three-year deal, Neilson will become the first Gorgie gaffer since Jim Jefferies’ first spell in charge during the mid-90s to chalk up five years in the Jambos hot seat.
In the near three decades since, they’ve worked their way through another 15 appointments - and that list doesn’t include around another half dozen caretakers thrust into the spotlight during Vladimir Romanov’s crazy Tynecastle tenure.
