Stendel already making his mark at Tynecastle
New Hearts manager Daniel Stendel has spoken of his delight at the
reaction of his new charges at Tynecastle. Speaking to the official Hearts
website, the new man in charge in Gorgie said he was very much looking forward
to tomorrow’s Ladbrokes Premiership game against St Johnstone at Tynecastle:
“My first impression is that they want to learn and
are open to new things. This, for me, is the biggest thing that we have players
who want to improve.
“The mentality in training is good. We have tried
to keep the main things in training in because in four days you cannot change
it all, but I have a good feeling.
“The biggest thing we want to bring, to the fans
behind us, is that we have power, not only with the eleven players on the pitch
and all of the players in the squad, with the coaching staff and the
supporters. I think that with our supporters and Tynecastle we have big power
and that’s what we want to show on Saturday.
“We have respect for St Johnstone. For us, every
game is a big game. We want to win and especially when we play at Tynecastle.
We respect all the teams in this league but the main point for me is that we
play our game.
“We looked, we prepared for the next team, this is
tomorrow against St Johnstone, but the main view is our game. This is what we
do tomorrow.
“Tomorrow is the first game and I hope we have a
lot of support. Normally the experience of the coaching staff and the players
who have told me a lot of things is when we have a home game and we play with
passion and the right mentality then we can have so much more support from the fans,
and this is what I expected.
“When we do this, when we play the way the
supporters like, I think we have so much power to win the home games.”
Stendel explained
that he will work with reserve coach Andy Kirk and goalkeeping coach Paul
Gallacher but that Austin MacPhee, Jon Daly and Liam Fox will not be part of
his first-team backroom staff.