I've been telling Hearts to go for Derek McInnes for a year and I'm glad they've finally done right thing – Ryan Stevenson

Hearts already have the Jamestown Analytics laptop and now they’re set to double it up with the Del desktop.

For me, the club have at long last made the right decision by appointing Derek McInnes.

I was calling for the Killie boss to get the gig last year before they gave it to Steven Naismith and said the same when they went for Neil Critchley.

Now they’ve finally done the right thing by getting in a manager with the required bandwidth for the job.

It’s been a year to forget for the Hearts fans but there’s plenty to be excited about going forward now that Tony Bloom is preparing to input his £10million investment.

His data-driven recruitment system has worked wonders at Brighton and European clubs like Union Saint-Gilloise and Como.

The Tynecastle faithful are hoping they will be next to benefit but my one advice to Bloom, Ann Budge and Andrew McKinlay is to make sure that McInnes is the man entrusted with pushing the button on any ins and outs going forward.

Yes the Jamestown model has been a major success elsewhere but for me, Del’s football brain outstrips any algorithm a computer can come up with.

Having splashed out to get him out of Rugby Park, they need to fully back him and that means trusting his decision making.

I totally get that the days of one man running a football club top to bottom are long gone.

But Derek has proved the depth of his football knowledge time and time again while doing a terrific job at St Johnstone, Aberdeen and Killie.

Just look at where he took each of the clubs.

Saints were in the Championship when Derek got his shot and he was the man who put down the foundations to what would become a 15-year run in the top flight that is only now falling apart.

He delivered Aberdeen’s first trophy