Daniel Stendel's Hearts demands crystal clear but Craig Halkett highlights two areas for improvement

By Bruce Haring

Conor Washington netted his second goal in five days to earn Hearts a 1-1 draw with Motherwell at Tynecastle but the home side fell three points adrift at the foot of the Ladbrokes Premiership.

Daniel Stendel has confirmed that John Souttar will be out for around six months once again as he recovers from another Achilles tendon injury.

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They may still have plenty of work to do, but Hearts have given the clearest indication et that they might able to get themselves out of relegation trouble after all.

Daniel Stendel expects John Souttar will have to go under the knife to repair a ruptured Achilles suffered against Rangers at the weekend.

Conor Washington has revealed a wily change of
 policy from boss Daniel Stendel 
delivered Hearts’ glory night against Rangers.

Rangers manager Steven Gerrard and his staff didn't even speak to his players after their Scottish Cup elimination, as he admitted "we got what we deserved".

John Souttar believes a Scottish Cup quarter-final win over Rangers would provide a vital lift to Hearts, although he admits we’ve been here before.

Rangers go into the Scottish Cup quarter-final knowing that a failure to beat bogey team Hearts will likely mean another trophyless season down Govan way.

Hearts’ game at St Mirren being rained off last week wasn’t helpful in terms of their relegation worries, but Daniel Stendel admitted it did give him and his players the chance to switch off and refresh.

Daniel Stendel has heard too many excuses for Hearts being in the dire situation they are in and has demanded his players step up and do their jobs in order to rectify it.

Toby Sibbick has shot down suggestions Daniel Stendel has lost the Hearts dressing room and dubbed the claims “strange”.

Hearts hero Colin Cameron fears his old side are heading for a play-off after making a balls-up of Saturday’s 
relegation crunch with Hamilton.

Ten-man Hamilton were held to a draw by Hearts at a rain-swept Tynecastle Park on Saturday.

Hearts manager Daniel Stendel feels "the problem is not in the legs, it's more in the head" after they could only draw 2-2 with 10-man Hamilton Accies.

Hearts came from 2-0 down against ten-man Hamilton to rescue a point in their basement battle at Tynecastle.

Andy Cole has told Anthony Martial he needs to improve his ball retention and positional play if he wants to lead the line for Manchester United.

Daniel Stendel didn’t confirm whether the conditions of Joel Pereira’s loan deal mean he has to play for Hearts, but insisted it wouldn’t come into his thinking anyway.