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Max Williamson based on Martindale's comments. Ex Hearts & Spartans youth.

Starting XI: Hamilton Devlin Montano Obileye Fitzwater Kelly Pittman Shinnie Bahamboula Nouble Anderson

2-0 Nouble diving header.

All credit goes to Daily Record for that one!

Luiyi de Lucas was apparently the centre half. Lucas Stenhouse from the reserve team was not listed in the subs so I assume he was also one of them. I also saw Brian Schwake down there so he could have been the third trialist who didn't get on the pitch.

For Konovalov's, the ball was already cleared by the defender when he went into Devlin. It wasn't Zlamal on Halkett in the 5-0 game. The one on Ginnelly looked like a 50/50 with both players pulling at each other and the Hearts commentators agreed. Camera wasn't great on this one though. The handball on Shinnie was surprisingly not given.

Which pundit suggested £100k? Dreadful shout. ETA - Michael Stewart according to twitter. What a prize clown if so, adding to his horrific summarising of the game on Sportscene this evening.

Think you're being very harsh, that was lasered into the top of the net. The double save towards the end was ridiculously good.

Wonder how we would have got on against Celtic if he'd played. Might have helped not losing 2 poor goals within 10 minutes of the start of each half.

You can't give yellow cards for potential serious foul play reviews. It's a red or nothing, if the referee has missed it to begin with. Didn't even get discussed in the Sportscene studio after, they just pontificated on 2 potential Hearts penalties of which neither was one, imo. The valid claim for handball, they didn't even show. Amateur hour.

Was St. Mirren not about that much as well?

Also, how on earth was that not a red card from Cochrane? Horrible tackle.

Stinking game management from us. Hearts deserved the point but we should have killed them off with the penalty and then the absolutely ridiculous attempt from Pittman 1 on 1. The back 5 deserved better than those pitiful efforts.

No, this is the ridiculous ticketing policy shared by a number of teams in the league rather than offering an option to buy online. Only option is to pick up from the stadium or to phone the club enough in advance where they may mail you the tickets.

I'm not sure I agree this is a good idea. It may put more pressure on the referee if you have a crowd that are expecting a potential penalty to go against them. That said I've not been in a ground yet so I may feel the same as you when I'm there.

Mental call from the sponsors to give Anderson man of the match. Got to be George, Obileye or Fitzwater for that performance in the second half. Excellent stuff from Bahamboula in the first half again, he's on great form at the moment. We were fortunate to hold on with that much pressure but delighted to record another 1 goal win. If we continue to put away chances, we will be in a very good position come Game 34. On the hand balls, I can see why all three were given but I think the rules need to change to give more leniency to the defenders or the number of penalties will become ridiculous. Duk is scary good, I'll be surprised if Aberdeen hold on to him beyond the summer.

Didn't notice this immediately on Friday but that's an interesting point. I do think that transition can be difficult for centre backs. For what it's worth, I don't think he's been that bad when he's been available. Going by comments, there appears to have been something going on during his extended absence. Teams have noticeably targeted Devlin's position this season so maybe that's why he has been poorer than last season.

I avoided the Celtic thread like the plague but Konovalov should come in if required.

Good to grind that win out despite a stinking defensive performance. Montano coming on changed the game, quality from him again. Really good performance from Anderson as well, I hope he can now get back to his best. Kilmarnock are bad. Stokes looks a stone overweight and nowhere near good enough for this level. Would be very surprised if they aren't in the bottom two with their current squad.

And vociferously claiming for the handball off Montano's chest. As much as I dislike Tony Watt, Sean Goss is an even bigger arsehole.

I think they are all club options. The only announcement I've seen where they specifically mentioned a player option was for JET.

It is him.

A new 3 year deal for Pittman. Extends until 2026.

Still seething we lost him his job.

Greg Aitken just can't help himself. Fucking arsehole every time he is involved in our games. Great performance, probably would have held on if original decision had stood.