Naismith is preparing for his first game since officially being named head coach as Aberdeen visit Tynecastle.
Craig Gordon has stepped up his comeback as the Hearts skipper edges towards a long-awaited return to fitness.
"Craig Gordon is back out on the pitch but there’s no return date for him. He is back and doing quite a bit but it is stage by stage to see how he reacts before we move to the next stage. “He is back on the grass two or three days a week and other than that, I don’t need to know exactly where he’s at until I know he is back with the group. I will take control of him then. Odel will come back to us next week. He will be back involved with us. There were some issues with him feeling light-headed and things like that so we didn’t want to take any risks.”
“Part of the reason we have struggled to deal with it is the expectation to win. The expectation on a Sunday against Dundee or Motherwell is that we should be winning that game. What we have to deal with internally is the fatigue and the travel, and maybe somebody has a niggle but they’re carrying on but not feeling their best. We haven’t managed to deal with that.
“I think it’s been more that because if you look at our good performances and show we set up. Out of possession we have looked organised and done well to win the ball back and in the games we’ve carried a good threat, we have been exciting to watch so it is now about getting back to that rather than the safe and slow possession.”
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