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Peter worked hard. He's taken his time to find his feet in this division. Coming from abroad, it's never easy but he worked hard for his goal.

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There have been a lot of changes and there were a lot of players I felt it was time to move on. There was a lot of discontent in the squad when I arrived and we had to start afresh. We need to work hard and stick together. When I came here I felt there was an unhealthy size of squad, if you get maybe a dozen players not playing games it's too many.

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Alexander is a current Swedish international who is looking to go to the World Cup finals.

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It's possibly my fault as United maybe took it for granted we were going to let him go. But the decision has to come from the board and I have no qualms in them wanting to keep hold of Neil and I'm happy to have him here.

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I thought in the first half we were excellent. We got one goal and could have got a number more. Hibs were on top for a spell at the start of the second half, but after our second goal there was only going to be one winner.

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We will be working right up until midnight to try and sign the players we want, no doubt about that.

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When the fourth official put two minutes up I just thought blow your whistle because you could feel that as soon as we conceded the first goal we were jittery and worried.

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He trained yesterday for the first time this week so hopefully he'll be okay.

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He'll undergo keyhole surgery and after that it is a question of him recovering and getting himself back into training. It looks like it will be four to six weeks out for the boy, but to be honest we are only guessing. We'll take it as it comes.

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The situation is a major concern for us. We face a very difficult game without one of our main players and we don't have a lot of options in that area. Roman's operation was successful but the hard work starts for him now.

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Joe knows Craig Levein well and, if the talks work out, it will be a good opportunity for the lad.

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We are trying to strengthen the squad as much as possible. There are a number we are still looking at for January and we will have to wait and see how things develop but I am hoping to improve things as we still have a wee bit to go.

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I hope to be here for a long time. I've got a contract for two and a half years. We are building something.

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I was very keen for Dennis to stay but he came in on Saturday morning and said he didn't think it was right to stay on and I wished him all the best. Dennis was disappointed, which is understandable, but he can still do a good job on the football field. At the end of the day he has got to be mentally right and he told me he wasn't and you have to respect his decision. He's been a great professional.

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One of the new boys, Skacel, must be bearing down on some kind of record at this point. He scored his fifth goal in five consecutive league matches yesterday and is just one behind Henrik Larsson's record in the SPL. Our strikers will get better, fitter and stronger, ... but it's important that other players chip in with goals.

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This was too good an opportunity to turn down once I found out he was available as he has played at the highest levels and has an immaculate CV.

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The midfielders scoring goals certainly helps but it's not about one person here it's about the team as a unit and how we work together.

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They will be in the squad. We will look at things nearer the time but the team has done very well and I've been very pleased with them.

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Walcott looked lively. He did well on a number of occasions and made a great run for the penalty.

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He is a young player so there is a lot of scope for improvement. He is not the finished article, so we had to look carefully at him. He will be a good asset to the squad, and he has good credentials.

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It's always good to get a win in a derby. I said we were short of fitness but we knew there were goals in the team.

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I am certainly not disappointed to still be at Tynecastle. I love it here and never said I wanted to leave. I'm not the kind of person who will sulk about this. I've had the best times of my career at Hearts and hopefully there are more to come.

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The fact he is one of the top keepers in Britain at the age of 22 speaks volumes for him as keepers don't normally reach their prime until they are about 26 or 27 years old.

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It's a smashing club and the response I've got from people has been very positive. Clive is a world class coach in a different sport. He's looked at different sports but any football club is a team working together, not an individual. Being able to work with Clive can only help me and Southampton.

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