dc-jambo Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/spfl-lower-divisions/aidan-smith-happy-hearts-make-up-for-lost-time-1-3726703 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmfc_liam06 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 He couldn't help but mention how we gained some sort of advantage over Hibs by already being relegated though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davieholt Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 He couldn't help but mention how we gained some sort of advantage over Hibs by already being relegated though. In the interests of balance, it was probably a fair statement. Overall he comes across quite fairly in a decent article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 very good article Hearts have done so well that writers can't be anything other than positive but it is a good article - even saying Hearts have the advantage on getting the best youngsters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooperstar Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Fickle fickle people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor jambo Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 No doubt inspired by his son being approached by Hearts. Then his son wanting to play for Hearts. Such is the folly of parenthood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Jersey_HMFC Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 He couldn't help but mention how we gained some sort of advantage over Hibs by already being relegated though. It really is a pish excuse anyway, Hibs playoff defeat was just over 2 weeks after Budge took over, you'd think by the way this gets trotted out that Hearts had months to plan for the championship but we couldnt do anything until the foh/budge offer was voted through by the creditors and the second part of that paragraph: "? and then it took time for [Hibs]' untried manager to find his feet and his best team, by which point Hearts had amassed a formidable lead" In other words, the also untried Robbie did not, unlike Stubbs, need any time to find his feet and his best team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feeno Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 He can **** off, trotting out that Hibernai salvo. Ballbag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EIEIO Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Good article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 I guess we were just lucky getting Robbie with his 6 years experience of working in coaching in the EPL at a major club. Oops, that was Stubbs wasn't it? Silly me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomaso Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 No doubt inspired by his son being approached by Hearts. Then his son wanting to play for Hearts. Such is the folly of parenthood He didn't say if he took his son along to Hearts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feeno Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 How can the fact Hibs spent their summer like a rudderless turd be used against us for the excellent way we went about our business?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomaso Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 It really is a pish excuse anyway, Hibs playoff defeat was just over 2 weeks after Budge took over, you'd think by the way this gets trotted out that Hearts had months to plan for the championship but we couldnt do anything until the foh/budge offer was voted through by the creditors and the second part of that paragraph: "? and then it took time for [Hibs]' untried manager to find his feet and his best team, by which point Hearts had amassed a formidable lead" In other words, the also untried Robbie did not, unlike Stubbs, need any time to find his feet and his best team Stubbs always knew where is feet were - he just kept tripping over his tongue....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haken Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 An ok article that tries but doesn't quite succeed to disguise the author's underlying bitterness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Not every article that is positive about Hearts is good, nor is every negative one badly written. As this goes to prove. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Bill Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Pat Butcher's demise happened around March/April, they got relegated in May so they knew for MONTHS that changes had to be made. Other than that daft Petrofac Cup, the season started in August. So WTF were doing all the time that "Hearts had months to prepare"? Anyway, a decent article for Smith. He must've been choking on his skinny latte writing that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May one-six Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Not every article that is positive about Hearts is good, nor is every negative one badly written. As this goes to prove. Spot on. Smith clearly felt under an obligation to grudgingly admit that we've gone about our business in an exemplary way. It reads like every key stroke was forced, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seymour M Hersh Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Still a total welt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watt-Zeefuik Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Still a total welt. Old blind hog finds an acorn every now and again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
269miles Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 While Hearts have wasted no time this season, their main rivals, Rangers and Hibs, have done exactly that.... Rangers didn't "waste time" - they just weren't good enough. As for Hibs - well , he trots out the same crap as Stubbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasAndy Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 What seems to be forgotten by all that think we had some sort of 'prepared for relegation' advantage is that we could plan or do absolutely nothing until the CVA was agreed and signed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoda Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 How can the fact Hibs spent their summer like a rudderless turd be used against us for the excellent way we went about our business?? That's the best description for H1b5 in a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis Albert Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Not read it but the praise recalls the theory that give a hundred monkeys typewriters and infinite time and they will eventually produce the complete works of Shakespeare, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tartofmidlothian Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 I hope his wee lad comes to us, does well and enjoys it. Then his dad has to come to Tynecastle every fortnight and cheer us on, while one of our players wears 'A. Smith' on his back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoGwash Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 What seems to be forgotten by all that think we had some sort of 'prepared for relegation' advantage is that we could plan or do absolutely nothing until the CVA was agreed and signed. That's just not true though. I think the speed and professionalism that Hearts went about appointing quality coaches, then quality players very quickly after admin was over tells us that Ann Budge and her people, including CL, had been planning for months in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wavydavy Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/spfl-lower-divisions/aidan-smith-happy-hearts-make-up-for-lost-time-1-3726703 A well written piece and I don't have any issue with any of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorgie rd eh11 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 The Scotsman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego10 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 He's a dick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 What seems to be forgotten by all that think we had some sort of 'prepared for relegation' advantage is that we could plan or do absolutely nothing until the CVA was agreed and signed. Correct. If Rangers or Hibs were less prepared than us, it was because they chose to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the crofter Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 No doubt inspired by his son being approached by Hearts. Then his son wanting to play for Hearts. Such is the folly of parenthood His father was a Hearts man, there was obviously some foreign DNA at work for the family team to skip a generation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nookie Bear Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Hibs were in shock for at least a month after they got relegated and they forgot to regroup. They were completely unprepared mentally for the Championship - in that respect we got the jump on them. Butcher should have been sacked the day after the Hamilton game,instead they waited two weeks. But all of that is just bad management on their part and does not hide the fact we have completely bossed this league from Day One. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie Neilson Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Aiden Smith is the very epitome of a bitter Hibby. He's a complete and utter fud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy T Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 My issue with this new myth - the "tell everyone we were under prepared but now we're the best team in the league" one - is that even discounting the start of the season, lets be generous and say the first 10 games, we're still a better team than Hibs - scored more, conceded less and amassed more points. Its just another comfort blanket!! Then we have their cup "success" they've played no one to reach the semi final and even that's against championship opposition, we on the other hand got dumped by Celtic twice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bilel Mohsni Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 A man who uses the colour of socks as an argument to prove Hibs play with flair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 What seems to be forgotten by all that think we had some sort of 'prepared for relegation' advantage is that we could plan or do absolutely nothing until the CVA was agreed and signed. Exactly which makes what Hearts even more impressive. New staff all over the club as well. Hearts were starting off from a very difficult situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorgie rd eh11 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 It tell's you everything you need to know that a few grudgingly positive words in the local press is worthy of a thread on here. The distance Hearts have come and the way that has been achieved would have spawned a multitude of gushing if it had happened across the city. It didn't though despite the attempt to talk up hibs inconsistent season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watt-Zeefuik Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Results in 2015 only. Hearts: 28 points from 11 games Hibs: 24 points from 11 games Shame they got started late, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bilel Mohsni Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Results in 2015 only. Hearts: 28 points from 11 games Hibs: 24 points from 11 games Shame they got started late, though. They must have been wearing the wrong socks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 All that submarine nonsense spoiled it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaka Demus & pliers Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Not even going to read it. The guy's a plum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boabyarsebiscuit Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Not even going to read it. The guy's a plum.Yep. Me as well. A bitter hobo with a degree in journalism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wibble Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Betting he now wishes he'd stayed a Hearts fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldar Hadzimehmedovic Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Twat. I'd rather sleep with him than read anything he writes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartofgold Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 This summed it up for me Can't seem to post the link Scottish Championship: Hearts have found an image that fits By Richard Wilson on BBC Sport website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartofgold Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Sorted http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/scotland/32004889 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Grimes Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Fickle fickle people. Yup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldar Hadzimehmedovic Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Fickle fickle people. No fickleness here. I've been unwavering in considering him a spangle for 22 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riccarton3 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 This summed it up for me Can't seem to post the link Scottish Championship: Hearts have found an image that fits By Richard Wilson on BBC Sport website He is off the mark with the comment that greater compassion may have been in order re the changes that were made. There is no room for fannying about. The plans were in place and everything was done efficiently. They can talk of the day of long knives but it was rubbish. Look at the results. The changes have been wholly vindicated and , hey ho, Locke bounces back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oldcastlerock2012 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 This is a massively impressive stat from the BBC article: "On average, Hearts score 2.89 goals per game, and the team with the next highest scoring ratio in the UK's senior leagues is Bournemouth with 2.08." It sometimes seems our achievements this year have been played down due to the league we're in, but to be the most free scoring team in all of British football by quite a way is some achievement. It shows that it can't be that easy to do what we've done this year - otherwise everyone would be doing it. We've also done it with only the third biggest budget in our league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spellczech Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 But is he going to do the right thing by his son, and take up the interest from Hearts or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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