Attitude but says Thistle have similar attributes
have that never-say-die attitude and even if they go a goal behind the fans are still right behind them so it’s going to be a difficult game for us.
“But if we play as we can we will give them a good game. There is a togetherness at Thistle, too, and that’s one of the reasons I came here. It’s a real family with good morals to it. It has to be a collective unit and we have that.”
Thistle head to Gorgie in reasonable shape after playing well in spells against Kilmarnock last week – but Stevenson knows they have to cut out the red cards, having suffered two already, and he is the one who is sacrificed when they go down to ten men.
Speaking to Partick Thistle TV, Stevenson said: “We have good recent history there and there is nothing to fear.
“It was the first fixture I looked for when the games came out and it’s going to be great going back to Tynecastle.
“I think taking out the Celtic game we have done OK. A couple of sendingoffs have not helped.
“It certainly doesn’t help me because I know I’m the guy who will be sacrificed.
“It was 25 minutes the first day and then 65 minutes last week against Killie so it would be good to get past that.
“I felt the football we played in the first half-hour against Killie was the best since I have been here. On our day we are a match for anyone.
“The thing is we are either very good or all to pot. We need to manage the games better at times. We allowed Killie back in it last week when we were in a strong position.”