Frail wanting call-offs for wind

Frail's side worked on tactics to cope with the Fir Park pitch

Hearts caretaker manager Stephen Frail has called for matches to be postponed because of high winds - despite a 1-0 victory at breezy Fir Park.

"We call games off for waterlogged pitches and we should maybe look at calling games off," he said after the victory over in-form Motherwell.

"The fans get a bit short-changed as wind makes it a bit of a lottery.

"It was not a classic game, but we handled the conditions better than Motherwell did."

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Frail admitted that they had worked on conditions designed to cope with the Fir Park pitch - where several games have been postponed because of flooding.

We are just trying to reel in the top six Hearts caretaker manager Stephen Frail

But he was not playing up Hearts' chances of catching Motherwell - who presently sit in third spot, which brings with it the prize of Uefa Cup qualification.

"It is still a tall order to catch them," said Frail.

"We are just trying to reel in the top six and this gives us confidence for our next game."