Source: FOOTYMAD
Nade Back To Face The Music
Christian Nade will be reading a letter from the new headie today about his disagreement with Ian Black. Hearts' Christian Nade will return to Edinburgh today for the first time since his dressing room bust-up with team-mate Ian Black. It had been reported that Black was punched by the Frenchman following their 2-0 loss to Celtic earlier this month. Nade has since been back in his homeland for family reasons. However, he will come come back to a letter from the Tynecastle club inviting him and a representative to attend a meeting next week to put his side of the story. Manager Jim Jefferies said: "He had to go to France because of a family problem. He's about to receive a letter in the next couple of days that will let him know the result of the internal inquiry." Jefferies' more immediate concern is the league trip to Aberdeen with the Hearts manager warning his players to be ready for a Dons backlash. Mark McGhee's men were victims of a shock Scottish Cup fifth-round replay defeat by First Division side Raith Rovers last week. To add to the turmoil currently enveloping Pittodrie, the Dons were then beaten in the league by struggling Falkirk on Saturday. After that game the squad and manager had a frank dressing room exchange of views. Hearts were knocked out of the Scottish Cup by Aberdeen in January but head to the Granite City with some confidence after back-to-back wins over Falkirk and Hamilton. But Jefferies believes the Dons will be desperate to bring to an end their current troubles. The Tynecastle manager said: "They will be smarting from their defeats recently and there has been a talk-in up there but we'll go there and concentrate on ourselves. We're expecting them to show, as they did the last time they played Hearts, that they are a good side. But our Scottish Cup defeat up there is in the past and all we can control is what happens in the future. We are buoyed by our two last results and need to build on them. There is a bit of breathing space between us and Aberdeen and we want to try to widen that gap as they have a game in hand. So it's a big game for us." Editor Ger Harley (ger@scottishfitba net)Admin Team (admin@scottishfitba net)This is Scottish-Fitba.Net
