Meanwhile, Stern hopes to land more eager customers like Mark O'Leary.

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Hearts were then awarded a penalty on the hour mark after Kilmarnock substitute Ryan O'Leary felled Elliot but Aguiar effort cannoned off the upright.

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Defenders Frazer Wright and Ryan O'Leary and strikers Allan Russell and Mark Burchill are all sidelined.

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