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We've got an injured striker up front, a striker in central midfield and a centre-mid at left-back.
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5 minutes ago, Richie said:
Stendel has fucked this by moving Sibbic to LB.
Our left-backs are all injured to be fair. I'd still have put someone else there to keep him in midfield.
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Sibbick back to midfield please.
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Aidy White was having his best game for us, so that's a shame.
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21 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said:
Dont think I've seen Hearts since we beat them at Tynecastle, but doesnt seem like Stendel has learned much.
Still handing the opposition an easy ball into the 30 yard gap they leave in front of their own goal, and it's still creating chances for opposition teams.
I understand that's his whole thing, but surely if it's not working with the player you have, then you try and change something to resolve that?
We're not playing the system perfectly, but it's a trade-off. We're more vulnerable on the counter, but we're also pinning Rangers back in their own half, meaning they haven't had any periods of sustained pressure. We need to be able to adapt our style as the game goes on and players tire, though, so it'll be interesting to see if we can.
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4 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said:
You think? Rangers have been, relatively, poor since the break, and always struggle without Morelos.
Your team is filled with legs and energy, if Rangers are up to match that, you'll stand every chance.
Maybe, but it's 2 v 3 in midfield and, although Irving has talent, I wouldn't necessarily say he has legs or energy.
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Good to see Boyce, but a weird, weird selection otherwise. Moore and Henderson? Why? I know they did fairly well against Airdrie but I'd be surprised if they make any impact here. The midfield in general looks light, which seems like a mistake.
White starting and no defenders among the subs is also a concern. I assume Garuccio is injured.
On the plus side, our attacking options on the bench look good.
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Rangers are very strong in midfield and we can't afford to be as open as we (apparently) were against Ross County, so as much as it's tempting to stick all our attacking players in at the expense of our dross CMs, I think we'll go with three in the middle of the park.
Assuming Smith and Hickey are still out:
Pereira
Clare Souttar Halkett Garuccio
Bozanic Sibbick Irving
Washington Naismith Avdijaj
Subs: Zlámal, Dikamona, White, Damour, Meshino, Ikpeazu, Boyce.
We still give up too many chances, so the most likely outcome is a pumping. Thankfully the Hamilton result yesterday has eased the pressure a bit and anything we get here is a bonus.
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3 minutes ago, Tony Wonder said:
Tbf I'd not take Daly's word on anything, came across like he could barely find his way to Riccarton. Some actual updates would be good though seeing as he was back running in December then disappeared again.
He was back running in autumn but was still experiencing pain when striking the ball, so he had another operation at the end of November.
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Just now, Tony Wonder said:
Rarely see any actual updates on Haring. I assume that's because there aren't any really? Would be good to have him back at some point this season.
Jon Daly said he was nowhere near returning a couple of weeks ago. I think we can pretty much forget about him this season.
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1 hour ago, Baldie1980 said:
is one player going to be enough to keep u up,I'm not so sure
Maybe not, but Boyce, Souttar, Washington, Naismith Avdijaj might be, as well as any other players we might bring in.
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I'd have settled for not being cut further adrift this weekend while getting one of our two remaining games against the Old Firm out of the way, and the Hamilton result has ensured that. Anything we get tomorrow is a bonus.
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https://www.heartsfc.co.uk/news/article/boyce-is-a-jambo
The Hearts social media are at it again, sweeping the negatives under the carpet. It doesn't even mention that he's ginger here.
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4 hours ago, Austinho said:
Toby, being short for Tobias - a popular Jewish name that literally translates to “God is good” in Hebrew. So it stands to reason why so many of our Jambo chums are displaying such undue distaste towards it.
I just hope the Hearts singing section are wrong about Stendelbottom, otherwise the poor boy is in for a torrid time at Tynecastle.
It's actually a Greek name translated from Hebrew, much like Michael or Jesus or uh... Daniel, as well as countless others. That doesn't make it a "Jewish" name. So as well as this being shite patter, it's also wrong.
I could get behind a midfield enforcer call Tobias, by the way.
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3 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said:
Is £150k not what Levein spent on Wighton?
Apparently, although I think a large chunk of that was us waiving the fee Dundee were due us for Jack Hamilton. The worst player swap in the history of sport.
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On 10/01/2020 at 19:15, Hendo said:
Oh dear. By the look of those proposed signings, Hearts have now realised their place in the natural order. I'm a st Mirren fan, and I'd be gutted if we signed some of the players mentioned.
You never know though, perhaps £2.5 million Liam Lindsay will leave Stoke in the championship, where he is a regular, for you or maybe Liam Boyce fancies a season in the Scottish championship
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Mulraney sold for £200k and Boyce bought for £150k is unreal business.
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1 minute ago, JamieThomas said:
SHREE YEAR DEAL. Probably another Sutton.
I'm somewhere between being delighted if it happens and feeling it has strong Billy McKay signing for Dundee United before they went down vibes or that his knee will explode on his debut like it did at Burton.
Boyce, Naismith, Avdijaj, Washington, Meshino and Walker is a far better set of attacking options than we've had at any point this season, though. Most of the time we'v only had Meshino available out of those so far. I wouldn't say no to another winger on top of that, but I'd say defence and midfield are the priorities now.
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Oh ya fucker
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Interesting that the article says we're trying to get him in before Sunday but I can't see this one being tied up quickly. Other teams will jump in now and he'll probably want to wait til the end of the window to see what other offers he's got. If Hibs/Aberdeen sell Cosgrove/Kamberi then they'll be in for him too and will have a bit to spend.
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6 hours ago, Green Day said:
@DC92You have 6 matches left against top 6 opposition pre split, or are you just discounting the Celtic, Rangers as dead rubbers?
Dead rubbers.
6 hours ago, RandomGuy. said:You only have 9 games left against bottom half sides, including the split. So theres only a possible 27 left from that route.
Nope. We've still got Killie, Hamilton and Ross County at home and St Mirren And St Johnstone away before the split. That's 5 pre-split and 5 after.
In fact, what I was wrong about is we have 6 at home to the bottom 6 and 4 away because we'll be due 3 home games after the split.
So, to amend it:
13/18 at home to bottom 6.
7/12 away to bottom 6.
4/18 against the top 6.
6 hours ago, RandomGuy. said:The teams above you will win games before the end of the season aswell.
Which is why I set a points target based on a likely number to avoid relegation based on all previous seasons.
6 hours ago, RandomGuy. said:Your logic relies on Hearts going from 1 win in their last 16 games, to 7 wins in 16. From 9 losses in the last 16, to 5.
You win all 4 February games, you're left needing to get around 10 points from around 10 games.
We're discussing scenarios whereby Hearts survive and the scenario I've put forward is far likelier to happen than the one you did. I didn't pass any comment on whether we would achieve it or not.
Obviously if we repeat the same form we've had over the season so far then we'll go down. There wouldn't be any point debating anything.
5 hours ago, RandomGuy. said:24pts from 16 games, over the last 16 games, is what the 4th best team in the league had over that time.
You're forgetting that the dynamics of the split mean that we'll have a very disproportionate number of games against the weaker teams in the league. Two thirds of our games are against bottom 6 teams, and over a third are at home to those sides. In the season so far, most of our games have been against the top 6.
Bottom 6 teams usually pick up more points in the second half of the season because of this. For Hamilton to reach 38 points for example, they need another 20 points in 16 games even though they've only got 18 in 22 so far. Similar can be said for St Mirren And St Johnstone. You don't seem to think that's wildly unrealistic.
The point about only being 4 points behind is entirely valid, by the way. If we take 4 points off Hamilton and then better their other results by 1/2 points then we will finish above them. It's as simple as that, but you're tying yourself in knots trying to come up with convoluted explanations as to why we're already doomed.
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We could do with defenders too tbf. That said, there's no chance a 20 year old called fucking Toby is saving our season.
Seems like he was a regular pick under Stendel at right-back, but can also play centre-half or midfield.
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14 hours ago, RandomGuy. said:
You simply have to win all four games against teams around you in February.
We really don't. Since the move to the current league structure in 2000, the highest number of points the bottom side has managed is 37, so let's say for argument's sake that we need another 24 points to at least finish 11th.
If we get something like:
12/15 at home to the bottom 6
8/15 away to the bottom 6
4/12 against Aberdeen/Motherwell/Hibs/Livi
we will almost certainly avoid 12th and likely 11th as well. That's nowhere near a given, but it's just not true to say we have to win every game against the teams around us.
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It's only 6 league games actually, it won't be 7 until we lose to Rangers on Sunday.
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Hearts v Rangers, Sun 26th Jan 2020
in Scottish Premiership General Chatter
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