We have changed the objective now to sell out every league game of the season. The response from the fans has been great.

We have changed the objective now to sell out every league game of the season. The response from the fans has been great. We are not going to be complacent, though. There are a number of things we still haven't got right yet but Rome wasn't built in a day.

In an ideal world, you would have all your players funded and tied down. It can work the other way. You could bring in a player on big wages and a long contract and find he quickly falls out of form. I'm sure there are numerous examples of that in the past and possibly at Hearts. This way we can look at, for example, Ibrahim Tall (on loan till January) and if he does well, great, we can exercise our option and, if not, say thanks very much and off he goes.

The bottom line is the team is selected by the manager and that is the way it should be.

Ali Russell is a highly talented marketeer, and given the growth potential here at Hearts he has decided to join my team at Tynecastle,

At no point have Rangers been given confirmation that they would receive 3,600 tickets for the game on 18 March,