If Rangers are in a mess then Hearts are WORSE and blame is on board who have sat on their hands - Ryan Stevenson

If ever there was a season where the Old Firm look like they could be split then this is it as Rangers look bang average.

But as much as it pains me to say it, if the Ibrox club are in a mess then Hearts are even worse. And the blame has to go right to the top of the club - to the board who have sat on their hands when there were glaring issues needing addressed.

My old club are miles off it right now and it looks like even Aberdeen will end up running away from them in the race for third - if not second ahead of Rangers. The Dons are already 11 points clear after four games and that is a serious worry. If Hearts finish fourth it’s a complete failure. What an example Aberdeen is because they lost their main striker, their talisman, Bojan Miovski, and it’s barely been noticed.

They made the right signings, they have made a good appointment as manager and things are looking really rosy at Pittodrie as opposed to the dark clouds gathering over Tynecastle.

Aberdeen made a fortune on Miovski and went out and replaced him with Kevin Nisbet who scored that late winner against Ross County at the weekend just a day before Hearts drew yet another blank in their defeat to Dundee United.

We’re told Hearts were interested in Nisbet too but Aberdeen were already ahead of them in the process of signing the player. That’s just bad management. This runs deeper than just the manager although Steven Naismith is now rightly under serious, serious pressure.

This falls on the board. I’m not surprised Hearts find themselves in this situation just three months after finishing third at a canter. Why? Because as I have said a million times - they had one guy last season keeping them ahead of the rest in the race for third. Lawrence Shankland.

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