Lancer

The problem between the two sides, and it's also been apparent in the three Edinburgh derbies aswell is when Hearts don't play well they're defence is still relatively reliable and they also have in the likes of Walker, Nicholson, Holt, Zeefuik (albeit he's only played once), Sow and Keatings, players who when given a chance can either take advantage of bad defending or take a half chance when it falls their way.
On the otherhand our defence is everything but reliable. It's the root of all our problems and has been since the third division.
Simonsen is rubbish, no confidence in him and you can see it in the players aswell.
Foster is postionally all over the place and his distribution when he's on the ball is eratic. McGregor is shot of confidence, McCulloch is rash and also postionally all over the place and Wallace is half the player he was 18 months ago.
When there's zero confidence in our defence it effects the rest of the team, we sit deeper to provide them extra protection. The midfielders take less risks due to naturally not wanting to lose the ball incase it leaves the defence exposed and all that leaves a massive gap between midfield and attack which leaves our strikers isolated.
We need to be at the very top of our game and Hearts to have their worst performance of the season for us to get a result and even then I don't have much confidence in us taking advantage of it.