Robbie Neilson insists his Hearts players will be better for the experience after a friendly thumping against Blackburn showed them where they're lacking.
The Jambos are in Marbella for a mid-season training camp and came up some way short against the English Championship outfit.
They ran riot with three goals in the first half and one early in the second but Neilson refused to get down about the resounding defeat.
The Hearts boss, whose team face Almeria on Sunday before returning to Edinburgh to prepare for their Premiership return against Kilmarnock in two weeks' time, reckons it was more useful than an easy friendly win against lower-ranked opposition.
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