Serge Pizzorno Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Far too narrow for how we wish to play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kila Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 An extra metre or two in width wouldn't have done much for our performance tonight, even if it is that little bit tighter and more congested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Camazzola Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Looked a touch too long and needed to be soaked befote the game. Passes seem to drag on the surface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siphiwe Tshabalala Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Said this on another thread. Celtic Park last season, we played excellent on a bigger pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambof3tornado Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Looked a touch too long and needed to be soaked befote the game. Passes seem to drag on the surface.Was watered before each half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luscious Laryea Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 No excuse at all for our utter shiteness tonight, the pitch was absolutely fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboSean Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Need to move to Murrayfield IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Camazzola Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Was watered before each half. A token sprinkling. Not a proper soaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoncurMacdonaldMercer Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Said this on another thread. Celtic Park last season, we played excellent on a bigger pitch. got absolutely rogered dry, I mean totally bent over and used by Celtic that day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaps Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Need to move to Murrayfield IMO. No we don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tian447 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Pitch looked good tonight. Our performance, however, didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboSean Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 No we don't. Was just a wee joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brave Hearts Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Players can't seem to pass to our other players in a narrow park...what the hell would it be like with a wider and bigger park. Get the basics right first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambof3tornado Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 A token sprinkling. Not a proper soaking.Thought the grass was a bit long to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just joe Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Good god , there is not a toss we can do about it, it's been like that for years........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poseidon Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Pitch didn't look great in the Gorgie/Wheatfield corner. Going to be in a state later in the season . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlimOzturk Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Pitch is far to small. Hope it is widened when the main stand is rebuilt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 We have the wrong grass at Tynecastle. FFS how the **** can we no have the right grass? Totaljokeandadisgracepurelaughingstockpoodleandbudgeoot. It'll be totally sorted out pure an proper when we have fan ownership 'cos I've paid a negligible amount of money and should run the show 'cos I'd do things differently and therefore better. Some other **** agrees with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lost in space Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 We play a team who are fitter than us - probably due to them playing more games than us recently - who are faster and better at passing the ball and we water the pitch at half time, to give them a bigger advantage! FFS! Is there anybody at Tynecastle at the moment who has the first clue????? Did the ground staff ask the coaches at HT - "do you want us to make the pitch slicker???" NO - I dont think so. A small matter - but an example how the club is being run below Ann Budge's remit. Communication is as bad off the pitch as it is on, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arshavin Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 If only there was some kind of way we could alter the pitch slightly to accommodate playing a bit wider. Pfft i dunno, maybe like a large stadium redevelopment like a new stand that could incorporate this slightly wider pitch.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughesie27 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Pitch is far to small. Hope it is widened when the main stand is rebuiltIt won't be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomaso Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Far too narrow for how we wish to play How does Robbie wish to play - because many of us (and it looks like some of the players) have no idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Gin Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 If only there was some kind of way we could alter the pitch slightly to accommodate playing a bit wider. Pfft i dunno, maybe like a large stadium redevelopment like a new stand that could incorporate this slightly wider pitch.. We can't widen the pitch without also shortening it and causing restricted view areas in the end stands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debut 4 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 got absolutely rogered dry, I mean totally bent over and used by Celtic that daySingle fish. Hearts did play well that day. Should've been more in front before we opened the doors at the back. I'm not the biggest Neilson fan but sometimes it's ok to say your team played well in defeat no matter how much it's about winning at the end of the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Hearts Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Size matters!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoncurMacdonaldMercer Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Single fish. Hearts did play well that day. Should've been more in front before we opened the doors at the back. I'm not the biggest Neilson fan but sometimes it's ok to say your team played well in defeat no matter how much it's about winning at the end of the day. attempted to win the midfield at the expense of everything else after Celtic went 3-1 up not one song (not even a bigoted one) came from the hearts end because it was obvious there was zero chance of getting anything out that game - zero chance - and that was with a full 40 minutes left totally rogered, no chance of winning, players hung out to dry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robroy1874 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Does the new design of the main stand replacement allow for a metre or two widening? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUTOL Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Does the new design of the main stand replacement allow for a metre or two widening? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdannyb Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Gin Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 As you can see in the photo above, if you widen the pitch, the corner support for the stand would be hard up against the corner flag. This would never be allowed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambof3tornado Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Our wide players never hug the sidelines anyway so the pitch width makes no odds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambo Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 Far too narrow for how we wish to play Well someone needs to inform Robbie/Craig that is where we will play approx 50% of our games every season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siegementality Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 If only there was some kind of way we could alter the pitch slightly to accommodate playing a bit wider. Pfft i dunno, maybe like a large stadium redevelopment like a new stand that could incorporate this slightly wider pitch.. If only there was some kind of way that we could play on that pitch, like 100's of Hearts teams before us did. I'm sure The Terrible Trio had the same trouble! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siegementality Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 Does the new design of the main stand replacement allow for a metre or two widening? Do you really think a couple of feet either side will make any difference? Some players can't pass to a player three feet away from them in the middle of the park so I think you are clutching at straws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siegementality Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 DP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Camazzola Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 Thought the grass was a bit long to be honest. My thinking too. Passes from both teams dragged a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_HMFC Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 FC Infonet players managed to find hundreds of space in wide areas the other night. We are just crap, nothing to do with the pitch. Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wavydavy Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 Far too narrow for how we wish to play It's not the pitch that's the issue more the style of our play and lack of movement in the central areas. We don't move the ball quickly enough to the wide areas or get the ball in behind defenders quickly enough. We have two big strikers and the ball is hardly ever crossed in for them to attack all to often the ball goes to them with their backs to goal. Our wingers flatter to deceive unable to go outside a defender and whip crosses in for the strikers. On Thursday how many times did Nicholson or King get beyond their full backs and put crosses in? Robbie knows the size of our pitch and should have a gameplan to suit. I really don't understand how we can come out and play the way we did against Aberdeen in the cup game last season and then play the way we have since. It can only be down to the Manager's tactics. I know it is the first competetive game of the season and fitness would not allow that high tempo pressing game but still I am very disappointed that we seem to not be moving forward from our poor end to the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bungalow Bill Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 If only there was some kind of way that we could play on that pitch, like 100's of Hearts teams before us did. I'm sure The Terrible Trio had the same trouble! You clearly don't appreciate that the pitch is smaller since the ground was developed. In fact before the redevelopment Tynecastle had one of the biggest pitches in the league. Billy McNeil referenced it in his autobiography. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bungalow Bill Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 Do you really think a couple of feet either side will make any difference? Some players can't pass to a player three feet away from them in the middle of the park so I think you are clutching at straws. A couple of feet is different to a couple of meters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Gin Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 I really don't understand how we can come out and play the way we did against Aberdeen in the cup game last season and then play the way we have since. It can only be down to the Manager's tactics. I know it is the first competetive game of the season and fitness would not allow that high tempo pressing game but still I am very disappointed that we seem to not be moving forward from our poor end to the season. No it can't, it can be down to a number of things. Players with niggling injures. Players not trying a leg. Players losing form. Players not doing what they are told. Lapses in concentration. Lack of commitment since Europe was skooshed. Do you think Neilson tells them to go out and spray some stray passes around, not bother making runs into space, or blooter the ball aimlessly forwards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siegementality Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 A couple of feet is different to a couple of meters. We could build a pitch in the middle of the Sahara Desert and it would make little difference. Some of the players and tactics simply aren't very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis Albert Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 You clearly don't appreciate that the pitch is smaller since the ground was developed. In fact before the redevelopment Tynecastle had one of the biggest pitches in the league. Billy McNeil referenced it in his autobiography. Correct. Pre-redevelopment Tynecastle was wider than Hampden and McNeil enjoyed playing there becauuse it felt "spacious". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Muddie Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 We can never ever ever have an international size pitch guys.Never ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DxB Hearts Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 From what I can find the pitch at Tynecastle is 107 x 74 yards. The pitch at Easter Road is 112 x 74. Celtic park is 115 x 75. The pitch isn't the problem; the gap between the pitch and the stands is UEFAs issue and as for footballing reasons - we don't have any plan on how to play so doesn't really matter. We've got a short pitch but not a narrow one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tian447 Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 No it can't, it can be down to a number of things. Players with niggling injures. Players not trying a leg. Players losing form. Players not doing what they are told. Lapses in concentration. Lack of commitment since Europe was skooshed. Do you think Neilson tells them to go out and spray some stray passes around, not bother making runs into space, or blooter the ball aimlessly forwards? Steady on, I posted something similar the other day, and it didn't go down well on here. It's entirely Robbie's fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruyff Turn Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 Agree with OP. A bigger pitch would make us a more successful side against the OF, in Europe and on any occasion that we play games a Hampden, simply because we'd get used to things like our distances between each other in defence being able to play a more expansive game and giving our players more space which would count against poorer sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 Bearing in mind that you play 50% of your games on your own pitch - how stupid would you need to be to set up a playing style which didn't work on your very own home pitch??? If it is the case we've done that, its utter stupidity. I suspect however, blaming the size of the pitch is just a convenient excuse for the fact we weren't very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All roads lead to Gorgie Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 From what I can find the pitch at Tynecastle is 107 x 74 yards. The pitch at Easter Road is 112 x 74. Celtic park is 115 x 75. The pitch isn't the problem; the gap between the pitch and the stands is UEFAs issue and as for footballing reasons - we don't have any plan on how to play so doesn't really matter. We've got a short pitch but not a narrow one. It is a shame that when the Wheatfield was constructed the Whisky bonds behind it were still in place and we had to move the pitch eastwards to fit it in losing some width even taking into account we took out some rows in the old enclosures. If we had secured a little bit of land from the distillers and knew the bonds were going anyway back then it would have been better for club but that's water under the bridge now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kila Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 From what I can find the pitch at Tynecastle is 107 x 74 yards. The pitch at Easter Road is 112 x 74. Celtic park is 115 x 75. The pitch isn't the problem; the gap between the pitch and the stands is UEFAs issue and as for footballing reasons - we don't have any plan on how to play so doesn't really matter. We've got a short pitch but not a narrow one. Tynecastle is not 74 yards wide. It is around 69 yards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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