Steven Naismith has warned the Hearts squad to get out of their comfort zone as he gets set to make his pitch as permanent boss.
The interim gaffer has stepped in following Robbie Neilson’s shock departure earlier this week at Tynecastle. Naismith wants to make an immediate impact in the Edinburgh derby at Easter Road – and claiming third spot by the end of term. He will throw everything into the remaining seven games and see where his long term future lies. Naismith said: “In all honesty it has not been pitched as anything, it was, ‘can you take the team?’. That was the starting point, for me that comes from my relationship with the club. I’ve got a brilliant, really honest relationship.
“From now until the end of season I’ll take the team and I’ll do the best I can. I’ve said before, I want to be a manager. Has this come quicker than expected? Yes. Am I ready for it and well equipped? Yes. Do I want to be a manager come the end of the season? I don’t know, we’ll see how this goes. If I’m enjoying it all and I think, ‘I’ve got a right buzz here, I love this’. I might want to go and say, ‘by the way, I’m ready to be a manager, I’d like to be considered’.
