The reasons Hearts fans should be positive about Neil Critchley era

Ben Banks discusses why there are positives to be found early in the Neil Critchley era at Hearts.

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00:00Lots to be positive about.

00:01I think there's Neil Critchley's style is very clear to see.

00:05I think Cami Devlin again noted that in the press conference

00:07of it feels very clear what the players are doing on the park.

00:11And it's very clear to me sort of sitting there as a onlooker

00:15on hearts about what they're trying to do.

00:17It's possession-based football, playing out from the back,

00:21trying to get down the sides and trying

00:22to get in behind the opposition.

00:24And it's good to watch, but you need a clinical edge

00:28to really bring it all together.

00:30At the minute, they're getting to within the box area,

00:33and then they're just needing to take that next step.

00:36Some of that comes with Lauren Shanklin coming back to form.

00:40I thought he was good in this game.

00:41I thought his overall play was good.

00:43His through ball for Kenneth Vargas was really eye-catching.

00:47And I know the Scotland coach is speaking to John Carver

00:50at Hampden on Monday.

00:51They were encouraged by his performance.

00:52So if they can continue keeping confidence up

00:56in this playing style, buy in a sort of Neil Critchley's

01:01philosophy for it, and then add a scoring touch,

01:03even if it is just a couple of goals a game,

01:05then I think good things will come of this style.

01:09Because initially speaking, the overall performances

01:11have been positive.