I WISH I HAD NEVER LEFT

Dindsight I maybe wouldn't have minded staying on.

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“But that was always going to be the case. When Wilfried was coming in I was to step aside - and I willingly did that.

“Now, when you think of the situation, I think it would have been nice to have stayed on but that wasn't to be.

“I’m holding absolutely no one to account.

“In fact, sometimes there might have been maybe a bit of relief that you're going and handing it on.

“But, now you are back, first of all you have to claw things back”

ONeill admits, though, he’s relishing the prospect of a ‘must-not-lose’ trip to Tynecastle.

He added: “There's an excitement about it but naturally you want to try to win it.