Brian Fantana Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Quite simply the most cynical, bitty, frustrating team I've seen at Tynecastle in a long time. Every time the play was stopped the ball would be touched away or carried away for a few steps. Keeper time-wasting in the first half, changing throw in takers etc. It was in no way responsible for us not winning the game but it was utterly infuriating to watch. The way Holt and his assistant celebrated at full time you could see 0-0 was job done to them. Really hope we pump them rotten the next time we meet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 1 minute ago, Brian Fantana said: Quite simply the most cynical, bitty, frustrating team I've seen at Tynecastle in a long time. Every time the play was stopped the ball would be touched away or carried away for a few steps. Keeper time-wasting in the first half, changing throw in takers etc. It was in no way responsible for us not winning the game but it was utterly infuriating to watch. The way Holt and his assistant celebrated at full time you could see 0-0 was job done to them. Really hope we pump them rotten the next time we meet. They were all of these things. It worked, helped by us having an off day, so fair play to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
...a bit disco Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 They've mastered the art of anti-football. Eye bleeding to watch on a regular basis, I would imagine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToadKiller Dog Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Thought for the first 30mins they were good, in our faces first to every ball, they after that frustrated and played for a draw which they deserved. Don't like the way they play but they deserved the point. We didn't do enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Green Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 They were dirty. Leaving the boot in, time wasting from about 5 mins. They will take points off a lot of teams this season but there is no way they can keep that intensity up all season. We will do them at some point later on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seymour M Hersh Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Hamilton Mk II. Route 1 and get in their faces anti-football team. Unfortunately only Jimmy Dunne stoood up to be counted today. At least they have the of early redemption on Wednesday in the cup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatlock Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 It was absolutely Airdrie in the 70s/80s. Ball in the air don’t let the other team play and waste time. Having said that, if we have to make 3 changes every time Uche is out we are in trouble? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilnunb Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 We knew exactly how they'd be. It was up to us to find ways to beat them, which we rarely looked like doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Internet Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Don't want to complain about them too much cos they got what they came for and fair play to them but ****ing hell. They're a league 1 team playing like every game is a cup final. Not sustainable and I can see them going back down. Horrible nightmare of a team to play against. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jodami Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Livingston are a version of the old Wimbledon, appalling to watch but punching miles above their weight. Taking a step back from how niggled I was at the game their commitment and effort today was impressive. I still wish there was a way that St Mirren, Hamilton and them could be relegated though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerryjambo41 Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 2 minutes ago, Tatlock said: It was absolutely Airdrie in the 70s/80s. Ball in the air don’t let the other team play and waste time. Having said that, if we have to make 3 changes every time Uche is out we are in trouble? I met Walter Kidd after the game and said exactly this , he agreed lol ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fantana Posted September 22, 2018 Author Share Posted September 22, 2018 Just now, neilnunb said: We knew exactly how they'd be. It was up to us to find ways to beat them, which we rarely looked like doing. Completely agree. We score and that tactic becomes useless to them. We were ultimately responsible for not winning today but their gamesmanship constantly got me wound up. So job done on their parts I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
campbell Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 2 minutes ago, neilnunb said: We knew exactly how they'd be. It was up to us to find ways to beat them, which we rarely looked like doing. Apart from missing a penalty and hitting the crossbar twice... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Merse Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 They were a lot better than I expected and unfortunately deserved the point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerryjambo41 Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 1 minute ago, Jodami said: Livingston are a version of the old Wimbledon, appalling to watch but punching miles above their weight. Taking a step back from how niggled I was at the game their commitment and effort today was impressive. I still wish there was a way that St Mirren, Hamilton and them could be relegated though. Unfortunately it looks like Dundee will go down and those three might be safe ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 1 minute ago, Jodami said: Livingston are a version of the old Wimbledon, appalling to watch but punching miles above their weight. Taking a step back from how niggled I was at the game their commitment and effort today was impressive. I still wish there was a way that St Mirren, Hamilton and them could be relegated though. At least one of the three have to stay up. I’d rather it was them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Merse Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Just now, campbell said: Apart from missing a penalty and hitting the crossbar twice... Its a 90 minute match and those moments aside, it never felt like we were putting them under enough pressure. They were fairly comfortable tbh and had their moments too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daftie Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Got to disagree with most here. Fair play to them. You have to scratch, bite and kick anything that moves to give them a chance. They dont have as good a quality as we do. If we go to Glasgow, we would do the same to hang onto a 0-0. We werent good enough today, simple as. I thought Livi really did well. Put in plenty effort, and youre in with a chance. Personally, I cant grudge them a point. We were so off the pace, all over the park. Poorest performance in a while, but Livi didnt give us a minutes peace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazhearts Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 They will be nowhere near the relegation dog fight if they play like that every week. Their back 3 were solid and they pressed really well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bighenry Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 I agree totally but we should be able to rise above it. It’s poor to slaughter a teams style in my opinion. There is more than one way to win football matches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazhearts Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 1 minute ago, daftie said: Got to disagree with most here. Fair play to them. You have to scratch, bite and kick anything that moves to give them a chance. They dont have as good a quality as we do. If we go to Glasgow, we would do the same to hang onto a 0-0. We werent good enough today, simple as. I thought Livi really did well. Put in plenty effort, and youre in with a chance. Personally, I cant grudge them a point. We were so off the pace, all over the park. Poorest performance in a while, but Livi didnt give us a minutes peace I would agree with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcjambo Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Not single ball all match played other than a pump up the park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debut 4 Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 1 minute ago, daftie said: Got to disagree with most here. Fair play to them. You have to scratch, bite and kick anything that moves to give them a chance. They dont have as good a quality as we do. If we go to Glasgow, we would do the same to hang onto a 0-0. We werent good enough today, simple as. I thought Livi really did well. Put in plenty effort, and youre in with a chance. Personally, I cant grudge them a point. We were so off the pace, all over the park. Poorest performance in a while, but Livi didnt give us a minutes peace Agree. You do what you have to, to win. Not criticising anyone on here moaning about them, you’re entitled to an opinion. But ive never been in the mindset to have a go at a team who take something off us. More inclined to look at our own shortcomings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micole Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 We are the home team it's up to us to call the play Livi did exactly what I thought they would ( harry and scrap for every ball) they deserved their point, we were just off it today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VALDOS Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 They are exactly what their own manager said they are, its to the opponent to deal with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richiehmfc Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 3 minutes ago, daftie said: Got to disagree with most here. Fair play to them. You have to scratch, bite and kick anything that moves to give them a chance. They dont have as good a quality as we do. If we go to Glasgow, we would do the same to hang onto a 0-0. We werent good enough today, simple as. I thought Livi really did well. Put in plenty effort, and youre in with a chance. Personally, I cant grudge them a point. We were so off the pace, all over the park. Poorest performance in a while, but Livi didnt give us a minutes peace Exactly this, they have about 5 times less a budget than us. They scrapped for everything and it was up to us to match their fight and let our quality take over. We didnt do that. They won the battle and deserved their point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcjambo Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 (edited) I think the lesson from today is we are lightweight up front and may live to regret not bringing in a physically robust striker unril January. Edited September 22, 2018 by tcjambo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fantana Posted September 22, 2018 Author Share Posted September 22, 2018 4 minutes ago, daftie said: Got to disagree with most here. Fair play to them. You have to scratch, bite and kick anything that moves to give them a chance. They dont have as good a quality as we do. If we go to Glasgow, we would do the same to hang onto a 0-0. We werent good enough today, simple as. I thought Livi really did well. Put in plenty effort, and youre in with a chance. Personally, I cant grudge them a point. We were so off the pace, all over the park. Poorest performance in a while, but Livi didnt give us a minutes peace I can't fault their work rate or their effort at all, they were very good value for their point when it came to the ball being in play. It's just all the rest of the antics that got my back up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Hard working. Threw themselves into everything. Will frustrate more than just us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcjambo Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 All corrected if you'd waited Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussAsia Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 The thing about today's game from a Livingstone perspective... If one of my U9 players was caught offside as many times as Scott Robinson he'd have been hauled off.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphonseCapone Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 I'd be more than pleased if Livi went bust. My balls have more history than them ffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethan14 Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Fair play to them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pants Shaton Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Sadly I doubt they’ll take a single point off Rangers or Celtic in Glasgow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambopilms Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Different game if Uche was playing, however we should have worked it out pretty quickly and adjusted. It’s what away teams should do, frustrate. we did it last week and they have done it to us this week. Shite to watch but gets you points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gashauskis9 Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 (edited) There was an incident in the 2nd half where they went flying in with 4 high tackles in a row and the ref ignored them all. Ball then gets played up the park, we breathe on the defender and the whistle blows for a Livi free kick ??? Edited September 22, 2018 by Gashauskis9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seymour M Hersh Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 6 minutes ago, Pants Shaton said: Sadly I doubt they’ll take a single point off Rangers or Celtic in Glasgow. I agree no chance referees will allow them the sort of leniency Robertson allowed today. How number 45's yellow wasn't his 2nd is beyond me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seymour M Hersh Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 6 minutes ago, jambopilms said: Different game if Uche was playing, however we should have worked it out pretty quickly and adjusted. It’s what away teams should do, frustrate. we did it last week and they have done it to us this week. Shite to watch but gets you points. Uche being out should not have had such a negative effect on the rest of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watt-Zeefuik Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Reminds me of Dumbarton being the first team to take points off of us in the Championship. Dug in and stymied us for a 0-0 result. We did them 5-1 the nexts time we faced them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Shark Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Horrible to watch but tactically very astute. Choked out left hand side today but gave Smith as much of the ball as he wanted. Didn't close him down because they knew they didn't have to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Bubblebeard Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 44 minutes ago, ToadKiller Dog said: Thought for the first 30mins they were good, in our faces first to every ball, they after that frustrated and played for a draw which they deserved. Don't like the way they play but they deserved the point. We didn't do enough. Exactly this. We can’t swagger about expecting teams to lie down to us. Our start to the season has made us a scalp and we need to learn to deal with this. Hopefully the lesson sinks in quickly. Fair play to Livi - the better of two very poor teams in the first half for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
campbell Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 34 minutes ago, The Merse said: Its a 90 minute match and those moments aside, it never felt like we were putting them under enough pressure. They were fairly comfortable tbh and had their moments too. But your comment was we never looked like scoring I was merely pointing out that we came very close and on another day could have had a couple of goals, the penalty being the most obviously one. It was a poor performance but we’ve played worse and won Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
...a bit disco Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 35 minutes ago, tazhearts said: They will be nowhere near the relegation dog fight if they play like that every week. Their back 3 were solid and they pressed really well. Back 3? Don't you mean 'back 8'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusty1984 Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 49 minutes ago, Brian Fantana said: Quite simply the most cynical, bitty, frustrating team I've seen at Tynecastle in a long time. Every time the play was stopped the ball would be touched away or carried away for a few steps. Keeper time-wasting in the first half, changing throw in takers etc. It was in no way responsible for us not winning the game but it was utterly infuriating to watch. The way Holt and his assistant celebrated at full time you could see 0-0 was job done to them. Really hope we pump them rotten the next time we meet. Livingston were brilliant today. Did exactly what they had to do. Any chat of anti football is pure Hibs. Don’t expect that shite from hearts fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tian447 Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 There is a reason that Livingston struggle to break the 2,000 attendance mark, and it's because of watching shite like that every week. It did the job as far as they're concerned though, and we won't be the only teams that will struggle to break them down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davieholt Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 They defended well and with two towering centre backs there was never likely to be much joy from crosses. I'm afraid we missed Uche to hold the ball up and we had too many cute flicks that went to no one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambopilms Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Unfortunately I don’t think Motherwell or st Johnston will be easy to break down either. An early goal changes the game completely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glottis Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Can't grudge Livi the point but it's infuriating to watch. They are *******s all over the pitch. Niggles, dives*, time wasting at every opportunity. A stronger referee might have booked more of their players mind. *Although we had at least one today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innerjambo Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 They did what they needed to do fair and square. We're just not as good as we think we are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snedds76 Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Shock horror newly promoted team come to league leaders and do anything they can to avoid defeat!! That doesn't happen often eh?! We were pish and could've been playing still the now and no scored! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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