Bigmouth Strikes Again Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 , it'll be an interesting shitfest. I don't think it will be 'interesting', more likely 'boring' with these jambuns putting the boot in and rolling around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 This is win 4 of our 13 match winning run to the title. Wonder if Kitchen will be available. Might take him a while to fitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moo Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 What an absolute steal he was. Going to be some player. Playing with better players who's confidence is pretty high has probably helped. Anyway a reaction is needed, I don't think there will be many changes to our team barring any injuries, hopefully Wighton gets a decent run out or starts. Got hospitality for this so should be dece what ever the score is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Debbie Harry Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Our results of late have been good but performances have not been. Dundee are a decent side despite the sevco trouncing so will definitely pose us problems. Will happily take a point from this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andershen Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 I don't think it will be 'interesting', more likely 'boring' with these jambuns putting the boot in and rolling around. Interesting for RandomGuy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Our results of late have been good but performances have not been. Dundee are a decent side despite the sevco trouncing so will definitely pose us problems. Will happily take a point from this. No idea why anyone would be happy with a point here. If we keep our winning run going between now and the split, bearing in mind we play Aberdeen in that time too, then 2nd place is there for the taking. Silly draws away from home are the reason why we're not even closer than we are right now to them and Sellick. I'd be surprised if the team that finishes 4th this season even gets to as many points as we have now since it's so tight in mid-table. Throw caution to the wind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wonder Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 No idea why anyone would be happy with a point here. If we keep our winning run going between now and the split, bearing in mind we play Aberdeen in that time too, then 2nd place is there for the taking. Silly draws away from home are the reason why we're not even closer than we are right now to them and Sellick. I'd be surprised if the team that finishes 4th this season even gets to as many points as we have now since it's so tight in mid-table. Throw caution to the wind. You're not wrong, it's completely the away form that's done us. At home Celtic have picked up 36 points, Hearts 33 & Aberdeen 31 with Celtic having played a game more. Contrast that to the away form where we've only picked up 20 compared to Celtic's 27 & Aberdeen's 28. Have a go on Saturday, losing is pretty much no worse than drawing at this stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insert Amusing Pseudonym Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 3rd is in the bag, so firmly in the chuck everyone forward camp for all our remaining games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC92 Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Hamilton gave us a hard game after getting humped by Celtic, Dundee United gave us a hard game after getting humped by Motherwell. Add in the fact that Dundee are usually a decent team and that we struggle to win away from home and I can see this being another tough game. I'm struggling to be that bothered either way. Yes, we're still in the hunt for 2nd place but Aberdeen already have the points advantage as well as an easier run of games up until we play them just before the split. I can see them extending that lead over the next few weeks and the last few weeks being a bit of a non-event (which isn't a complaint btw). It feels as though we're in a transitional period with a few positions needing strengthened and I'm mostly just looking forward to the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Debbie Harry Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 No idea why anyone would be happy with a point here. If we keep our winning run going between now and the split, bearing in mind we play Aberdeen in that time too, then 2nd place is there for the taking. Silly draws away from home are the reason why we're not even closer than we are right now to them and Sellick. I'd be surprised if the team that finishes 4th this season even gets to as many points as we have now since it's so tight in mid-table. Throw caution to the wind. We are not performing well at the moment, i'm clearly not the only hearts fan to think this. I'd be full of confidence if we were ripping teams apart, scoring at will and playing to a high level, we've not played this way for a long time. Yes were winning games but not convincingly. Dundee are the best of the rest as far as i'm concerned, will be looking to bounce back after the weekend and with us being lethargic at best, i'm more than happy to take a point. That's my rationale. eta- as you said, our away form over the piece has not been as good as it could be, further evidence saturday's game will not be easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girth Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Hearts have already guaranteed third and are never going to finish second so they might as well roll over... Still think it'll be 1-1... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insert Amusing Pseudonym Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Collum is ref. Well the title dream was good while it lasted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Collum is ref. Well the title dream was good while it lasted. In that case I'd definitely take a draw and finishing with eleven men on the park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winston Churchill Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 The football on offer at Tynecastle has been eye bleeding. That said. Points make prizes. The standard of football/player in this country is the pits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K.T Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 What are your thoughts on Neilson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moo Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Many were pissed off with Neilsons substitutions in the last game aye? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 What are your thoughts on Neilson? I like him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winston Churchill Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 What are your thoughts on Neilson? Does what Mr Levein tells him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC92 Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 What are your thoughts on Neilson? Many were pissed off with Neilsons substitutions in the last game aye? He made f**k-ups in both the Dundee games. In the game at Dens he played a bizarre 4-4-2 diamond with Ozturk in defensive midfield and Gomis and Buaben as the wider midfielders, before changing it at half time. In the home game we were well on top until Billy King got injured and he bizarrely chose to replace him with Gomis which curtailed our attacking momentum and probably let Dundee get back into the game. He occasionally has the tendency to give the opposition too much respect and overthink his tactics, particularly on big occasions, although I think that's happened less often recently. We haven't done much in cup competitions, although we've drawn Celtic early on in 3/4 since he took over. Our derby performances have been uninspiring which has disproportionately counted against him in the eyes of the fans. Last season we always played the ball out from the back, which annoyed fans because we'd occasionally get caught in possession against the better teams and this season we're often much more direct, which annoys fans because it isn't as easy on the eye. On the other hand, I think his signings have been mostly good and it's clear that a lot of thought goes into the signing policy, even if they don't all necessarily work out. I also like that, whether we play well or not, we tend to get a result, even in the "big games" that Neilson is (fairly) criticised for. We've only lost twice in the league since the disaster against Aberdeen in September even though I doubt anyone would claim we've played well in all of those games. Even then, the two defeats can probably be put down to an individual error (McGhee's bizarre handball against Aberdeen and his stupid sending off against Dundee United). The best indicator of his overall performance is the league table. Last year we certainly weren't favourites to win the league, but we wrapped the league up by March. This season the best we were likely to do was finish third, and we've wrapped that up by March. Looking at the big picture, you have to say he's done a very good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartsOfficialMoaner Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 He's like Csaba. Sets his stall out and happy just to try and manage the game at 1-0. When the opposition make mistakes we might get another goal, that's fine but no need to go all out looking for more goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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