Cammy Devlin laments old Hearts habits that die hard as he admits 'devastated' reaction to derby dismay

Hearts midfielder Cammy Devlin admits the players must carry the can for letting the fans down and he believes falling into old habits may have been partly to blame.

The Jambos have now lost six in the spin and a Kevin Nisbet strike sealed a 1-0 loss to Hibs at Easter Road on Saturday afternoon. It was a dismal first game in the interim manager's chair for Steven Naismith and the costly Gorgie run of of form has cost Robbie Neilson his job as boss and their grip on third place.

Australian international Devlin knows the run if far from the required Hearts standard and knows bad habits could be a factor. He said: "That might be the case. At 0-0 that was when we had to show that we are good players. Naisy wants us to be brave and to play football and to really get smiles back on our faces because ask any football around the world and they will tell you they are playing their best when they are smiling and enjoying it. That is no different for us. There were moments when we did that and you could feel the flow going but no excuses we just didn’t do enough.

"As you can imagine everyone is devastated. Nasiy just spoke to us then and we are all devastated, we have lost a few in a row and we have just lost a derby which means so much to our fans. We have let them down. “The training week was really good, the energy was up and it felt like the spirits were up. Coming here even if we had won ten in a row or lost ten in a row, we would want to win. It is the biggest game for us and I am just so disappointed. “There were moments in the game where we implemented the style of football that Nasiy wants well but overall we have only ourselves to blame. We conceded off a set-piece again and probably didn’t create enough. To be fair