Kenneth Vargas' Hearts disrespect had me raging and there's one thing he has to realise - Ryan Stevenson

Kenneth Vargas will likely be on a flight back to Scotland from Central America today. I just wonder what kind of reception he’ll get from Neil Critchley and his teammates when he lands back at the Oriam after his ill-advised comments on Costa Rica duty.

I’ll be honest, I flew into a rage when I read his thoughts about wanting to play at a higher level, against better players and a potential January exit. It brought me in mind of the day I was brought crashing back down to earth by the man we named The Jet. Jim Jefferies.

When I first came into Hearts from Ayr United I was flying. But Jim dropped me. I couldn’t understand it. So I thought it would be a good idea to chap his door. Big mistake. The Jet’s office was at the back of a bigger office and all the staff in there knew as soon as I pressed his buzzer what was coming.

The door opened and before I could even move my lips Jim blasted: “you better think about what you’re going to say here or you’ll be back at Ayr faster than you f***** got here”. Honestly, I burled round on my heels and escaped without muttering a word. I could see Gary Locke and Billy Brown laughing. But Jim was 100 per cent furious with me.

He would always say “make sure you have your own house in order before you start calling out others or saying how good you are”. If Jim was still manager now then I assure you Vargas would be in for one hell of a return to Tynecastle. Back then he’d be hammered by Jim then nailed to the floor by his team mates especially when his performances haven’t been up to standard.

Andy Webster, Michael Stewart, Kevin Kyle, Stephen Elliott … these boys would never have stood for that. It’s disrespectful to his teammates. It’s disrespectful to the fans. It’s disrespectful to