Hearts head coach Neil Critchley has been talking to the media before his side's Scottish Premiership match against Dundee United on Sunday.
Here are the best bits from his news conference:
- Critchley says his team will "attack" the two games before the split with "positivity and optimism" as they aim to secure a top-six finish.
- He doesn't feel qualified to offer an opinion on a potential restructuring of the top flight, but says everyone he has spoken to would like more teams in the division and "more variety".
- Critchley adds the current split at 33 matches "can't be fair" with some teams having more home games than others.
- Critchley stressed the importance of the race for the top six being in Hearts' hands and how he wants to keep driving improvement until the end of the season.
- On Dundee United, Critchley expects a "really tough, awkward" match on Sunday, but wants to "take the game" to the visitors at Tynecastle.
- He says Hearts are planning for nine remaining matches, which would require a victory against Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup semi-final. He also insists a top-six finish is not a success if they miss out on Europe.
- Gerald Taylor remains out, but Craig Halkett, Jamie McCart and Frankie Kent are all in contention for Sunday's game. Stephen Kingsley missed training earlier this week through illness, but trained today.
