ADAM:DEL'S GOT TOOLS TO LAND CROWN

TOP manager, check. Settled side, check. Consistency, check.When Charlie Adam thinks about what’s required to be a title-winning team, he reckons one Scottish Premiership contender ticks every box.

- BY SCOTT MCDERMOTT

And it’s neither of the Old Firm.

As far as he’s concerned, Derek McInnes and Hearts have all the ingredients to create history and lift the trophy in May.

The Jambos lead the pack ahead of Rangers and champions Celtic, who are chasing in behind.

Adam spent six years at Tbrox and was a youngster when Alex McLeish's side won their Helicopter Sunday title in 2005 in dramatic fashion.

So he knows what champions look like. And he’ struggling to find faults in McInnes’ team as they home in on the flag.

When asked what he believes are the key elements to finishing on top of the pile, Adam said: “Consistency. That's what youneed and there's probably only one team that's been really consistent this season — Hearts.

“Both Old Firm teams have been inconsistent in that they've chopped and changed managers with different styles and ways of playing.