Hearts manager Critchley keen to make big deal of Wilson after teenager's derby heroics

Neil Critchley revealed he wants to reward derby time leader James Wilson pinch a caller statement aft nan 17-year-old rescued a constituent for Hearts successful their 1-1 tie pinch HIbs astatine Easter Road.

The highly-rated merchandise of nan Gorgie club’s academy made it 2 goals successful 2 convention appearances disconnected nan chair for Critchley, having besides scored successful a 4-0 triumph complete St Mirren successful nan caller boss’s first crippled successful charge.

Wilson’s 86th-minute extremity saw Hearts travel from down to support Critchley’s unbeaten commencement and support them supra Hibs connected extremity quality astatine nan bottommost of nan table.

Several English clubs, including Aston Villa, person been monitoring Wilson, whose existent statement is owed to expire successful nan summer.

‘It (a caller contract) has been mentioned and it’s connected nan radar,’ said Critchley.

‘Part of recruitment is retaining your champion players and peculiarly your young players, truthful I’m judge that’s thing we’ll discuss.

‘You want to springiness young players an opportunity, but besides if they do well, past you want to reward them.

‘I dream James has a large early here, I’ve been really impressed pinch him since I’ve travel in.

‘When you request a extremity and you request a spot of power astatine nan apical extremity of nan pitch, past I’m delighted to get a chance to put him connected nan pitch.

‘He’s a goalscorer, he’s a extremity poacher. I was really ribbing him successful nan dressing room because I wasn’t judge he sewage nan last touch connected nan shot but he insists he did.

‘Alan Forrest sewage a beautiful small touch, first interaction connected nan agelong throw, and it benignant of had a deflection and past James was location and that’s what goalscorers do.’

Although Hearts lacked nan fluency of Critchley’s opening 2 wins against St Mirren and Omonia, nan Englishman was comparatively satisfied.

‘It’s a substance of emotions because I’m pleased pinch nan characteristic we showed from going 1-0 down but besides disappointed pinch nan extremity we conceded,’ he said. ‘We were successful nan ascendancy astatine that point. We wanted to travel present and play our way, get power of nan game. We sewage into immoderate dangerous, threatening positions and failed.

‘But I’d opportunity our characteristic aft conceding was superb and I deliberation we were deserving of a point.’

There was a sour statement to nan day erstwhile Hearts left-back James Penrice appeared to beryllium deed by a coin thrown from nan crowd, pinch nan incident drawn to nan attraction of referee Don Robertson.