Steven Naismith NOT fearing Hearts sack but reveals what would make him walk away as Tynecastle turns toxic

Steven Naismith insists he has no fears for his job despite Hearts rotten start stretching to seven games without a win for the first time in 46 years.

The atmosphere inside Tynecastle turned toxic after Ross Graham’s second half winner handed Dundee United all three points. Not since 1978-79 have the Jambos failed to win any of their opening seven games and with Celtic up next after the international break Naismith finds the pressure intensifying by the game.

But the 37-year-old insists the moment he loses confidence in his players he will walk away from the job himself. It’s little over three weeks since he was handed a new contract with chief executive Andrew McKinlay backing him to “continue to take the team on an upwards trajectory”. Since then they’ve lost six games on the spin to slip level with bottom placed Kilmarnock. Ironically on a day where the club celebrated the Foundation of Hearts fan ownership group, Hearts once again struggled to find a foundation on their season to stop the rot.

The men in charge now have a fortnight long international break to sweat on how they sort the mess out. United - whose fans lapped up another Beautiful Sunday - move into third and the travelling punters rubbed salt in with chorus of Hearts are falling apart again’.

Naismith insists he’s not concerned though. He said: “No, because if that time comes, that time will come. I've said before, the moment I feel that I don't think I can turn it around, I'll tell the club.

“It's not something that I'll be hanging on to if I do get to that point. As I said, there's been a decent turnover in players. They're a good group, they work well, but ultimately we need to show it on the pitch.

“We need to be a harder team to beat, we need to