High risk or pragmatism - Vrancken's dilemma for Trabzonspor test

Wouter Vrancken will be taking a "massive risk" if Hearts adopt the same approach in Turkey that led to a 7-1 drubbing by Celtic, says Rory Loy.

Hearts, reeling from their heavy Celtick Park defeat, visit Mo Salah's Trabzonspor in Conference League action on Thursday.

"You need to adapt," said former Premiership striker Loy on the BBC's Scottish Football Podcast.

"You need to be able to look at things and say, well, the next fixture is equally as difficult as the previous fixture and what we did just did not work.

"There are ways of being expansive and open while still being able to contain for maybe longer periods of the game."

Loy says Hearts could suffer another bruising defeat on Thursday if things don't change.

"It is a big risk to do that, because if your players have an off night, or two or three have an off night, in that type of arena, in that atmosphere, with the quality of football you are playing against, then it can lead to a defeat, and it can sometimes be a heavy defeat.

"So it really depends on what Vrancken wants to do. Does he want to take that risk and hope his players can produce a performance that would be worthy of coming away with a result?

"Or does he want to be a little bit more pragmatic, and if a couple of players have an off night, you are not suffering a three, a four or a five.

"I am not saying that necessarily will happen, but I think if he goes out there and does set up the same way as he did on Sunday, then it is a possibility."