Hearts' season can turn in just TWO seconds as Liam Fox reveals his 'go after' message to Jambos stars

Liam Fox insists Hearts’ season can turn in just two seconds despite a run that’s left them winless after over 1000 minutes of football.

The Jambos fly out to Azerbaijan this afternoon for Thursday’s Conference League opener against Dinamo Minsk on a rotten streak that stretches back 12 games to May. Lawrence Shankland’s first goal of the campaign on Saturday – a 96th-minute equaliser against Ross County – ended a horror chain of eight straight losses.

Now caretaker boss Fox hopes a change of scenery can bring about a turn in fortunes as the Gorgie men head to the banks of the Caspian Sea for a fixture moved due to Belarus’ involvement in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. And the 40-year-old revealed he’d told his players not to waste the golden opportunity they worked so hard to earn last season.

He said: “One thing I’ve learned in football is you’re 90 minutes away from a catastrophe or a disaster but you’re only two seconds away from a bit of positivity and things flipping. It can be a wee thing – a simple pass, a tackle, it can be the ball going in off somebody’s backside.

“It can be anything and things can turn really, really quickly in life. Especially in football, one wee moment can flip it then everybody’s like, ‘Ah right...’, it becomes a wee bit easier. When you’re in these moments, when you’re struggling and you’re looking for results and form, it can turn really, really quickly.

“It’ll be a difficult tie, a really difficult task but it’s a brilliant week. The players worked so hard last year to earn the right to play in these types of games and these types of nights, so it’s one I want us to go after.”

Fox experienced the best and very worst of what European football has to offer in the space of just seven days