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Captain Lawrence Shankland is a doubt as Hearts attempt to overcome a one-goal deficit at home to Viktoria Plzen to earn a place in the Europa League.
Shankland has not trained this week but will be given as long as possible to prove his fitness for such an important game. "The reward is massive," said Naismith. "It's very rarely done outside the Old Firm and we have a great opportunity. "At the moment, we're conceding cheaper goals than we have in the past," Naismith said of domestic form."I wouldn't say it was nervousness, it's decision-making in quick situations. If you get it wrong, you get punished.Naismith's team opened the season with a goalless draw with Rangers at Tynecastle and lost just three times at home in the Premiership last term.
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