Robbie Neilson insists he loves an early Edinburgh Derby after Hibs chief Ron Gordon slammed the scheduling. And the bullish Hearts boss is happy to embrace any favourites tag placed upon his team ahead of the showdown against their city rivals.
Easter Road chairman Gordon let rip at the SPFL bosses and called their date-choice for the Premiership round two crunch in Leith as “absurd.” Neilson doesn’t agree and savours getting stuck in so early as it offers massive incentive to his troops and a huge potential springboard for the campaign aheads.
He said: “I think it’s great, to be honest. You want to get a Derby, to win this, to get some momentum. I look forward to it. I think when the fixtures come out, they are the first ones you look for. To get it early is great. If we win this on Sunday, it sets us up well for the coming games as well, so the sooner the better I think.”
