The defeat was Hearts' first at home in 15 months and supporters can be forgiven for expecting more from a side assembled with the aid of lauded recruitment tool Jamestown Analytics. Again, it's the first game, so I'm being totally critical, but the signs for me just now are worrying." With no competitive warm-ups before their Champions League journey began, Vrancken insists his players weren't ready. They looked like strangers at times, particularly in the final third and when high balls were launched into their box. "It comes together with physical preparation too, then you make the better decisions, and in the final moments you're there to finish it.