afc_blockhead Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 7 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: There was a Hearts fan on here waxing lyrical about having seen his side finish in third in "back to back seasons"... Ah the Hearts money laundering era 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyDickFingers Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 1 hour ago, VincentGuerin said: I have no respect for a good winner. None. The Aberdeen fans have been a disgrace this last fourteen hours or so. 3/10 gloating. ssstwitter.com_1685019696853.mp4 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lennyzer0 Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 2 hours ago, kingjoey said: If Hearts end up fourth, and Caley win the cup, Hearts would have to get through the third qualifying round then the play off round before getting to the group stages. If they're fifth it's an extra qualifying round. Call me a mad cynic and accuse me of lacking an ability to dream, but I am assuming Celtic will win the Cup. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcor Roar Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 1 hour ago, Bogbrush1903 said: I'd agree with that, the last couple of seasons have seen all three sides below average. Although Hearts raced away with 3rd last year, I thought it was more a sign of the abject challenge from both Hibs and Aberdeen that provided that opportunity for Hearts to reach Europe at a canter. This season, a run of seven or eight wins was enough for the Dons to reach third. It'll be interesting to see how we handle the domestic and European fronts next season if Celtic do indeed win the Cup. We didn't have much backing up a core of 11 or 12 players this season. I think Hearts had quite a big squad this season but still found the balancing act difficult. I wonder if this will start a curse of no club being able to finish 3rd in consecutive seasons? Below average is a bit harsh imo. With everyone fit we're a good side but you have to expect injuries and compensate with signings. Hibs have missed key players too this year. When considering the squads as a whole they're all about average I think, probably shouldn't be competing for third under normal circumstances. Boyce and Halkett got done in European games, I'm not sure what impact it has so long as you're spending the £3m Euro profit on players to compensate. We only spent a third of it apparently. Its interesting that I've seen each of Aberdeen, Hearts and Hibs play good stuff and terrible stuff and that away form has been poor for each side. Is this a consequence of playing more possession based football out from the back? Who knows but confidence and team work has been an issue for all three sides. Anyway I would be miserable this summer and desperate for club football to resume to make up for it but I've remembered the Scotland double header this June and we're DEFINITELY qualifying so I'll be too busy soaking that up to care about hearts for a while. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentGuerin Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 1 hour ago, Falcor Roar said: Below average is a bit harsh imo. With everyone fit we're a good side but you have to expect injuries and compensate with signings. Hibs have missed key players too this year. When considering the squads as a whole they're all about average I think, probably shouldn't be competing for third under normal circumstances. At full strength I think Hearts have the deepest squad and would probably be third. Hibs had extensive injury problems too. Aberdeen are really the only side that's had a more or less uninterrupted season in that regard, and that's pretty much made the difference for them. People say all the time that the side that finishes third (that isn't my side) is just finishing third in a poor league, and I doubt that will ever change. But it's certainly been a strange season. I can't believe this Hibs side looks likely to play European football. Without Boyle they are an absolute shower. I don't mean that in some kind of internet-baity way. They're just not a good Hibs side. Interesting summer ahead. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentGuerin Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 3 hours ago, Bogbrush1903 said: Although Hearts raced away with 3rd last year, I thought it was more a sign of the abject challenge from both Hibs and Aberdeen that provided that opportunity for Hearts to reach Europe at a canter. I'm not being funny or argumentative, but, of course you thought that. You're an Aberdeen fan and that's the coping mechanism more or less any time Hearts finish third. And the glorious thing about it, for all of us, is that we can all say that any time we like and it'll be partly true. Because of course a club's success is helped by rivals failing. Would Aberdeen have finished third this year if Hearts hadn't fucked up the January window? Last season Hearts finished with more points than Aberdeen will get this season despite putting the tools away with five games to go, and made it to a cup final. It was an impressive season any way you look at it. But we all see things through the prism of our own teams, so you focus on a side who finished tenth and were never in the discussion for a European place. That's just what fitba fans do. We're all the same. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 2 hours ago, lennyzer0 said: Call me a mad cynic and accuse me of lacking an ability to dream, but I am assuming Celtic will win the Cup. If Hibs beat Hearts on Saturday, and Caley win the Cup, Hearts will be in the League Cup group stages. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentGuerin Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 4 minutes ago, kingjoey said: If Hibs beat Hearts on Saturday, and Caley win the Cup, Hearts will be in the League Cup group stages. Got to be honest, I'll take a Wednesday night in Elgin. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Just now, VincentGuerin said: Got to be honest, I'll take a Wednesday night in Elgin. We had a Wednesday night in Stirling this season and it was pretty good. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lennyzer0 Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 39 minutes ago, kingjoey said: If Hibs beat Hearts on Saturday, and Caley win the Cup, Hearts will be in the League Cup group stages. Well yes, but like I said, the latter part at least is certainly not going to happen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insert Amusing Pseudonym Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 1 hour ago, kingjoey said: If Hibs beat Hearts on Saturday, and Caley win the Cup, Hearts will be in the League Cup group stages. Would take that over the 2nd qualifying round 100 times out of 100 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 2 hours ago, VincentGuerin said: I'm not being funny or argumentative, but, of course you thought that. You're an Aberdeen fan and that's the coping mechanism more or less any time Hearts finish third. And the glorious thing about it, for all of us, is that we can all say that any time we like and it'll be partly true. Because of course a club's success is helped by rivals failing. Would Aberdeen have finished third this year if Hearts hadn't fucked up the January window? Last season Hearts finished with more points than Aberdeen will get this season despite putting the tools away with five games to go, and made it to a cup final. It was an impressive season any way you look at it. But we all see things through the prism of our own teams, so you focus on a side who finished tenth and were never in the discussion for a European place. That's just what fitba fans do. We're all the same. Hearts fans are very quick to point out we benefitted from you continually making an arse if it and getting relegated when we had mcinnes. Which we did, but it’s not our problem. I’d say it’s a fairly basic concept that teams performing well do better than those that don’t. It usually shows up in one of those league type competition things. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 3 hours ago, VincentGuerin said: I'm not being funny or argumentative, but, of course you thought that. You're an Aberdeen fan and that's the coping mechanism more or less any time Hearts finish third. You do realise that in the last eleven seasons, Hearts have finished above Aberdeen once. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentGuerin Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 1 hour ago, Dons_1988 said: Hearts fans are very quick to point out we benefitted from you continually making an arse if it and getting relegated when we had mcinnes. Which we did, but it’s not our problem. I’d say it’s a fairly basic concept that teams performing well do better than those that don’t. It usually shows up in one of those league type competition things. I mean, you've just repeated my point. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Just now, VincentGuerin said: I mean, you've just repeated my point. Wahey, it’s called agreeing with you. You’ll catch on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentGuerin Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 4 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said: Wahey, it’s called agreeing with you. You’ll catch on. Frankly, young man, you need to work on your tone. I don't know what finishing school you attended, but it was utterly sub-standard. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. X Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 59 minutes ago, kingjoey said: You do realise that in the last eleven seasons, Hearts have finished above Aberdeen once. The weird thing is Hearts have won the majority of the head to head games between the teams over the last eleven seasons. Aberdeen obviously more consistent against the shite. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 25 minutes ago, Mr. X said: The weird thing is Hearts have won the majority of the head to head games between the teams over the last eleven seasons. Aberdeen obviously more consistent against the shite. If you finish above a team in a 38 game season, you're better than them. That's what a league proves. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarapoa Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 59 minutes ago, Mr. X said: The weird thing is Hearts have won the majority of the head to head games between the teams over the last eleven seasons. Aberdeen obviously more consistent against the shite. Is that a fact? I know our Tynecastle record isn't great, but can recall at least three wins there. Last time Hearts won at Pittodrie was around 7 years back, and I think that was an end of season dead rubber. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. X Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 28 minutes ago, tarapoa said: Is that a fact? I know our Tynecastle record isn't great, but can recall at least three wins there. Last time Hearts won at Pittodrie was around 7 years back, and I think that was an end of season dead rubber. Yes it's a fact, it's lose but Hearts have won more games than Aberdeen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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