Robbie Neilson has declared he’s going nowhere after insisting he won’t be forced out by his Gorgie critics.
The Hearts boss was this week targeted with a foul-mouth graffiti protest after seeing his team’s commanding lead in third place slashed to a single point. Furious fans reacted to last weekend’s Kilmarnock defeat - the Jambos’ fifth loss in their last six games - by spray-painting ‘F*** off Neilson’ across a crest mosaic on Tynecastle’s doorstep.
The shameful images prompted former Gorgie boss Craig Levein to express fears that Neilson might decide to quit the club on the back of the fan flak - just as he did when he when he chose to join MK Dons in the wake of the infamous 2016 plane banner bashing the boss endured during his first stint in charge. But Neilson reassured the sane and sensible section of the Hearts faithful that he’s here for the foreseeable.
