The extra optimistic among the many Hearts assist are considering greater than that, and Berra, a Scottish Cup winner with the Edinburgh staff in 2006, has no difficulty with anybody in maroon and white who dares to imagine in a title problem.

“I feel you may dream,” added the previous centre-half who was capped 41 instances for Scotland.

“We’re solely six video games in so there is a lengthy approach to go. Perhaps come and have this dialog at 30 video games in, earlier than the break up.

“The supervisor’s not daft, he is aware of it is a lengthy season. He’ll be telling them to settle down, take it with a pinch of salt, take pleasure in it however let’s simply take each sport because it comes.”

Captain Lawrence Shankland scored each targets within the current win away to Rangers and was on track once more in Saturday’s 3-0 victory over Falkirk.

The 30-year-old is on seven targets for the season, whereas summer season signings Claudio Braga and Alexandros Kyziridis have six and 4 respectively.

“There is a very skilled supervisor who is aware of the league inside out,” mentioned Berra of McInnes.

“For the previous couple of years they’ve relied on Shankland loads. He is nonetheless contributing however they’ve additionally received gamers round him who’re an enormous risk as properly and scoring targets. That provides to the worry issue particularly when groups come to Tynecastle.”