Liam Fox refuses Hearts celebration after late leveller as he admits 'no quick fix'
Liam Fox admits there is "no quick fix" at Hearts as he refused to celebrate their late leveller against Ross County.
The interim boss watched Lawrence Shankland hit a 96th minute equaliser against the Staggies who had led thanks to a stunner from Ronan Hale up the other end. It was not the result Fox wanted in his first game as caretaker at Tynecastle and he was frustrated it took so long for the team to net.
Following the sacking of Steven Naismith, Hearts are still searching for their first win of the campaign and Fox understands that it will take time for the club to improve and start winning. And he knows confidence among the players is vital but will also take patience.
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“I’m not sitting here celebrating taking a point,” said Fox. “What pleased me is we kept going, we kept playing forward and kept going – that was the most important thing. On the run we’ve had, it would have been easy to go into their shells but Lawrence came up with the goods at the end. But we’re not celebrating a point, although we’re glad to get something.
“When you play here you know the demand and we’re asking players to take more risks. I felt we created some good chances. When you’re on the run we’ve been on the confidence is low and you can’t just flick a switch.
“You can’t just give someone a shot of confidence, I’d love to be able to flick a switch. I only have the job for a few weeks and today is hopefully a step. Hopefully the way we came back today can be the start of that.”
He added: “We are disappointed with a point and we had to go to the 96th minute, but we fought through it. There’s no easy fix for it. I felt the disappointment in the changing room but we have to move forward now. We have a big week to look forward to and a good challenge.
“Nobody doubts Lawrence’s ability. He’s been on a difficult run but good strikers keep going and he got his reward for that.
“Ask any striker, they love scoring goals and if they don’t they can get down on themselves. I’ve not felt that from him this week. He kept going and got his rewards at the end.”