Locke Believes a Fresh Approach Is Key at Hearts ; Former Tynecastle Skipper Calls for More Homebred Stars in Gorgie

Mail on Sunday › April 15, 2007

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AS THE focus of Hearts' transfer policy shifts closer to home, it seems a concerted effort is being made to re-establish a common bond between the support and the team on the park.

Good news for those supporters who have become disillusioned at the flood of players who, armed with long surnames and short-term contracts, have arrived from Vladimir Romanov's favourite Lithuanian club over the past season.

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Locke Believes a Fresh Approach Is Key at Hearts ; Former Tynecastle Skipper Calls for More Homebred Stars in Gorgie

FBK Kaunas have no fewer than 14 players loaned to a grotesquely bloated Tynecastle squad, but there are indications that many of these stopgap signings will be returned to sender this summer to make way for some more carefully-vetted recruits....

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