Hearts Are Not A One Man Team

Last updated : 12 February 2008 By Ed_ScottishFitba
Hearts should not be expecting Andrius Velicka to get all the goals as the club shake of the lethargy of recent weeks. So says defender Robbie Neilson after the leading maroon marksman took his tally to 14 for the season when the Gorgie side beat Gretna for the first time in the SPL. Velicka was in fine form on Saturday scoring after just three minutes with a well-executed left-footed strike inside the box. His second was from the penalty spot three minutes before the break after he was fouled in the box by Danny Hall. Velicka did have the ball in the net in the final minute but officials insisted he was in an offside position. Thanks to Velicka's goals Hearts moved above Hibs to eighth place in the league table but right-back Neilson admitted he felt his team-mates should offer more support in front of goal.

He said: "
Andrius is scoring goals for us which is good but hopefully we can get a few more different players scoring as well. He is a good player and I am glad we held on to him in the transfer window, I thought there were a few clubs sniffing about him. If he gets a chance he takes it and he is a good finisher. With the chances we created we probably should have scored more goals but we got the three points in the end. It was a clean sheet again so we are happy. It's a good three points for us and that is three on the bounce now in the league."

Hearts have now won their last three league games under interim manager Stevie Frail. Neilson also said the changes implemented by Frail have made a difference. He went on: "
It has been good since Stevie has taken over the whole morale of the place has improved. We want to get back up the league again, it does not take much to change things around, it's just the consistency. The training has been of a higher standard and you can see the outcome on the pitch. It's our third clean sheet in the league too and in training we have been working on the back five, including Steve Banks."
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