Worst you've ever felt about Hearts?

[Robbo27_22]

In all honesty, I've never felt worse.

 

And before anyone gets on their high horse, Yes I was around for staying in the 1st division.

 

That era was weird because even though I was a youngster, I distinctly remember that everyone knew the players we had were absolute keech.

 

McLean was a huge sinking feeling but at least then we had an identity to follow.

 

This is just dire - no direction, no one listening on the board, 6 months to appoint a boss and we cant even persuade our 1st two options, an owner who just wont butt out even though it's painfully obvious that his methods dont work, empty promises and lies on a regular basis, players wanting to leave right, left and centre, sheer apathy from the fans and many more reasons.

 

I used to get excited at this stage every year - now, I'm dreading the season ahead.

[magicTs]

This is by far the worst I have ever felt about the club as a whole and the fact I actually have hatred for people within it (one specifically) and little empathy with anybody. However as individual moments in time these are my worst days (subsequent weeks).

 

1. Dens Park May 86

2. Hampden Park v Airdrie April 1992

3. Hampden Park v Celtic April 1988

4. Hampden Park v Airdrie April 1995

5. Hampden Park v St Mirren April 1987

[neave]

I was only born in '88, so I voted for the first one.

[Debut 4]

Agree Robbo, and i feel like im betraying the club and my own feelings for not getting an ST.

 

It`s an unusual situation. As you say, we`ve been in a worse predicament football wise in the past but you can accept(not right word really) the team doing bad if the club is at least being run the right way because you can`t use it as an excuse you don`t have a manager.

 

The players could be sheeite and trying hard and you`ll still be behind them.

 

But at the moment we are supposed to be a developing club under Romanov yet he still stifles the team. I can`t stomach that.

 

I`ll never desert my team in it`s hour of need but i really believe it`s time for the fans to have a stand off period.

 

All we are doing is filling his pockets while he continues to take the Lilian Gish out of the fans.

[Martin_T]

This is by far the worst I have ever felt about the club as a whole and the fact I actually have hatred for people within it (one specifically) and little empathy with anybody. However as individual moments in time these are my worst days (subsequent weeks).

 

1. Dens Park May 86

2. Hampden Park v Airdrie April 1992

3. Hampden Park v Celtic April 1988

4. Hampden Park v Airdrie April 1995

5. Hampden Park v St Mirren April 1987

 

It's sad when you see that list when you think that we really should have at least 4 or 5 Scottish cup wins in the past 20 years as opposed to just the 2!

 

Back on topic, this is the worst I have ever felt the club, in that I currently feel absolutely nothing towards Hearts. I used to geniunely love our club, however that club has been in a deep coma since October 22nd 2005 and what I see today packaged in maroon and playing at Tynecastle, is not the club I grew up supporting.

[rudi]

The fact that I have not renewed my ST for the first time in over 15 years add to that I really cannot be arsed at this moment in time going to the games in 30 odd years,should say enough.

[Doctor FinnBarr]

I,m starting to really fear for us now, even in the days of relegation we knew that we would bounce back, but now....

[Geoff Kilpatrick]

I disagree.

 

Playing wise, hitting rock bottom at both Falkirk and Dundee was worse.

 

Off the field, the feeling around the club during the latter days of the Robinson era was awful.

 

We are getting close to that off the field status but aren't there yet.

[scott herbertson]

I would put this as the fourth worse out of 7 really bad times

 

1. When we nearly went out of business in the 70's - meeting at the West End (in the Liberal Club IIRC) there were about 100 people ther interested in saving Hearts. John Fairgrieve the EEN journo (and big jambo) spoke eloquently but the general opinion was Hearts were probaby going to go out of existence like Third Lanark had done .

 

2. Home vs Ayr United to get relegated for the first time in our history - felt like we were a tainted generation of supporters who in 20 years had seen Hearts fall from the pinnacle to the pits. Similar to what 20-35 year olds must be feeling now

 

3. When CPR announced Tynecastle 'not fit for purpose'. Having just got involved intrying to save my local non league club and my best mate having just 'lost' the Wimbledon he loved I was very pessimistic about our future

 

4. Now (or for me more specifically the appointment of Rix and team selection at ER that day it became apparent VR at best didn't understand and at worst didn't care)

 

5. The Willie Bauld testimonial disaster (where we charged him for the match ball - to our eternal shame)

 

6. The sale of Willie Wallace to celtic (writing on the wall that we were a spent force)

 

7. The 0-1 home defeat by part time East Stirling in October 1981. the most desperate game I've ever seen us play (and I've seen a few). Not just pants but an old tramp's second pair of pants

[PTBCAL]

Sept 04 - worse moment in our clubs history. IMHO.

[magicTs]

I would put this as the fourth worse out of 7 really bad times

 

1. When we nearly went out of business in the 70's - meeting at the West End (in the Liberal Club IIRC) there were about 100 people ther interested in saving Hearts. John Fairgrieve the EEN journo (and big jambo) spoke eloquently but the general opinion was Hearts were probaby going to go out of existence like Third Lanark had done .

 

2. Home vs Ayr United to get relegated for the first time in our history - felt like we were a tainted generation of supporters who in 20 years had seen Hearts fall from the pinnacle to the pits. Similar to what 20-35 year olds must be feeling now

 

 

Not in the least knocking your NO 1 and 2 but a huge percentage of our current support didn't witness those times which really mean other than your CPR (NO 3) that many people can't empathise with things being worse.

 

The saddest thing about the current situation is that it is totally self inflicted because of one man's arrogance, ignorance, incompetence and inability to change for the good of an institution far bigger and prouder than he will ever be. He good have been a legend of our club now he is just an infamous wan*er.

[Dave 1974]

There have been many heartbreaking moments connected with Hearts FC.

 

Some people have listed some of the more chronic ones. Dens will always be the worst for me, but we can only deal with what's happening now. Right now.

 

For me, Vladimir Romanov fills me with dread and depression. The man personally, i care not a jot for, but he owns our club. That severely irks me. He clearly ignores all advice given to him or merely casts it aside if it does not suit him, and whatever happened to the claim he made of us?

 

"The most intelligent of football fans...", if so, then stop treating us like mugs then you lunatic.

[skwif1]

To put it bluntly NO. Usually at this time I am fully optimistic and my cup is half full. I renewed my and the kids ST's as I felt we could not have a worse season than last. Now with all the managerial screw-ups and the stumbling blocks looking like managerial control, Vlad has totally scunnered me to the core.

Many years ago I said I would not return till CR left the club, and I only returned after VR took control, this now looks like a mistake.

Hearts will not get a decent manager as long as MAD VLAD THE IMPALER (He has stuffed it right up us) is at the club and will not let the manager have control. Vlads idea of a manager is a person with NO BACKBONE.

 

Can anybody please tell me if (as the season has not yet started) if I have any right to my money back.

[troonjambo]

my god it just goes to show how people see things differently (understandably)

for me nothing was worse than theses cup finals against rangers especially the utter demolition of 1996 it was not only a low point for hearts it was deffinately the worst i have ever felt baring a bereavement

nor did i bye into the gasgoine McCain wee cup final "what a game" idea to me it was just yet another sickening blow delivered by rangers fc on my fragile mental health

as for the other famous low points i was to young for the relegations to really sink in and drive me to despair and despite being at the famous game we never came up the disappointment was totally removed by the absolutely amazing spectacle of witnessing the riot on the terracing from the vantage point of the mail stand not big or cliver but as a wee impressionable guy what a view;)

 

dens and the Aberdeen final were bad but tempered by the fact that the hearts were back

 

tommy mclean and sandy clark were bad but manager come and go

the whole pieman thing was bad but was more like the dull ache you feel when someone you love is involved in battle with a serious illness rather than the worst you have felt so to sum up

 

the worst i felt cobcerning hearts was rangers 5 hearts 1 i still get the heebee geebees thinking about it

[magicTs]

the worst i felt cobcerning hearts was rangers 5 hearts 1 i still get the heebee geebees thinking about it

 

The long list of 'semi'' defeats (you can add Motherwell and St Johnstone at Fester and several to the Old Firm to the one's above) were far worse than that cup final defeat. We were massive underdogs going into it against a very talented Rangers side (which would eat their current team alive).

[bighusref]

I voted Yes but it is not strictly true, I CAN see a way forward, the unfortunate thing is it would appear that VR cannot see it.

[blairdin]

No.

 

I think I felt worse about the club as a whole towards the end of Robinson's era, before mad Vlad was on the horizon, when we looked destined for Murrayfield and another close season of cutting back on our wage bill...

 

For as bad as things are on the playing side, I'm reasonably happy that off the field Hearts are going in the right direction.

[Charlie-Brown]

The 'semi'' defeats were far worse than that cup final defeat. We were massive underdogs going into it against a very talented Rangers side (which would eat their current team alive).

 

We were underdogs but we had also beaten them 3-0 & 2-0 in the 2 most recent games so we thought we at least had a chance but we froze on the day and it was the culmination of a very bleak decade of continuous disappointment from Dens to numerous hampden defeats.....airdrie 1995 & rangers 1996 both hurt very much and 1998 seemed like it might never happen...............6-2 at fester and the end of the Jefferies era was a bleak time too........all 3 relegations and almost going out of business and the weekly defeats & humiliations in that period were the worst though.....it was a tough time being a Jambo when Hibs had been the better team for a decade.

[magicTs]

We were underdogs but we had also beaten them 3-0 & 2-0 in the 2 most recent games so we thought we at least had a chance but we froze on the day and it was the culmination of a very bleak decade of continuous disappointment from Dens to numerous hampden defeats.....airdrie 1995 & rangers 1996 both hurt very much and 1998 seemed like it might never happen...............6-2 at fester and the end of the Jefferies era was a bleak time too........all 3 relegations and almost going out of business and the weekly defeats & humiliations in that period were the worst though.....it was a tough time being a Jambo when Hibs had been the better team for a decade.

 

I didn't think we had a chance. The 2 wins we had made it even more difficult and Rangers had big name big game players. That day was inevitable whereas I honestly felt suicidal on the way back from the 2 Airdrie defeats in the 90's. Anyone who was at Dens on another desperate night in September 1995 will probably feel like me in that I went home from that match thinking Hearts would never win anything in my lifetime. It was a truly awful night.

 

The thing you are of course sweeping under the carpet is that the problems today are entirely self inflicted as we have the resources, facilities and infrastructure to be doing so much better. One man is stopping us from progressing.

[Glamorgan Jambo]

Agreed with the poster who said that although Dens 86 was gut wrenching it indicated that hearts were back. I'm from the generation that didn't really know what it was to beat Hibs in a derby until 83/84 and who had had one European campaign up until then on the back of a truly awful 76 cup final campaign.

 

I can't see any way out of the situation we're in today, because of the debt, and because of the stadium land value, and because of the incompetence and pig headedness of the current regime.

 

Back in the 70s/80s there were always opportunists waiting to pick up Hearts, and I'm sure there are a few out there today (I don't think anyone can match the ambition of the early Romanov 'statements') but it will be a long road back when the deck of cards collapses and that's when we'll see who are true Hearts supporters.

[Geoff Kilpatrick]

In my opinion, I think this poll indicates the fact that most fans don't feel any kind of attachment to the club at the moment. That's why the crisis appears deeper than what it actually is.

[Nucky Thompson]

Not even close to the worst I have felt, in fact not even in the same ball park:cool: If we get a decent manager in before the end of the month, I'll even start to feel great about Hearts.

[shaun.lawson]

In my opinion, I think this poll indicates the fact that most fans don't feel any kind of attachment to the club at the moment. That's why the crisis appears deeper than what it actually is.

 

Actually, I'd say that shows just how serious this crisis is. Because once our attachment has been broken (and there's no sign of anyone in charge doing anything to get it back), what is left?

[Dave 1974]

Actually, I'd say that shows just how serious this crisis is. Because once our attachment has been broken (and there's no sign of anyone in charge doing anything to get it back), what is left?

 

Don't let some other posters see you making that much sense, they'll only excuse you of not being a 'real' supporter.

[Charlie-Brown]

But is the attachment really broken though? people spend a LOT of time on JKB talking & complaining about various things and problems they see need fixing but that shows that although very frustrated they still care deeply - if they didn't care anymore they simply wouldn't care nor feel the need to tell people about it.

[Auld Reekin']

For the first time in 20 or so years I did not renew my season ticket at the earliest opportunity and for the first time in 32 years I am seriously questioning whether I'll be a regular attendee next season.

 

There have been many frustrating times, disappointments, let-downs, terrible performances, and agonising moments throughout that period, but none have made me feel as sick about the situation at Hearts as the current shambolic mismanagement of our club does.

 

Therefore, yes, this is the worst I've ever felt about Hearts.

[shaun.lawson]

But is the attachment really broken though? people spend a LOT of time on JKB talking & complaining about various things and problems they see need fixing but that shows that although very frustrated they still care deeply - if they didn't care anymore they simply wouldn't care nor feel the need to tell people about it.

 

Is the attachment to Heart of Midlothian FC, and all the history that goes with it, broken? No - hence how much we all still care, and how many fans have, almost in spite of themselves, renewed. But is it broken to HoMFC: Romanov's Hearts? Increasingly so, yes - and if we don't appoint a credible manager will full autonomy, that situation will only get worse.

[Horse]

I would put this as the fourth worse out of 7 really bad times

 

1. When we nearly went out of business in the 70's - meeting at the West End (in the Liberal Club IIRC) there were about 100 people ther interested in saving Hearts. John Fairgrieve the EEN journo (and big jambo) spoke eloquently but the general opinion was Hearts were probaby going to go out of existence like Third Lanark had done .

 

2. Home vs Ayr United to get relegated for the first time in our history - felt like we were a tainted generation of supporters who in 20 years had seen Hearts fall from the pinnacle to the pits. Similar to what 20-35 year olds must be feeling now

 

3. When CPR announced Tynecastle 'not fit for purpose'. Having just got involved intrying to save my local non league club and my best mate having just 'lost' the Wimbledon he loved I was very pessimistic about our future

 

4. Now (or for me more specifically the appointment of Rix and team selection at ER that day it became apparent VR at best didn't understand and at worst didn't care)

 

5. The Willie Bauld testimonial disaster (where we charged him for the match ball - to our eternal shame)

 

6. The sale of Willie Wallace to celtic (writing on the wall that we were a spent force)

 

7. The 0-1 home defeat by part time East Stirling in October 1981. the most desperate game I've ever seen us play (and I've seen a few). Not just pants but an old tramp's second pair of pants

 

I was at that game mate. Think Forfar also emptied us at home from the Scottish Cup that season as well.

[shaun.lawson]

We were underdogs but we had also beaten them 3-0 & 2-0 in the 2 most recent games so we thought we at least had a chance but we froze on the day and it was the culmination of a very bleak decade of continuous disappointment from Dens to numerous hampden defeats.....airdrie 1995 & rangers 1996 both hurt very much and 1998 seemed like it might never happen...............6-2 at fester and the end of the Jefferies era was a bleak time too........all 3 relegations and almost going out of business and the weekly defeats & humiliations in that period were the worst though.....it was a tough time being a Jambo when Hibs had been the better team for a decade.

 

Have to disagree with you there, NMH. I felt the penalty defeat at Dens and going bottom of the league at Brockville early in 95/6 was the culmination of all the heartbreak of the preceding decade: the team sheet for the 4-4 game at Dundee contained an alarming number of survivors from 85/6. But what followed was like the whole club being reborn: suddenly, after two miserable seasons in which we'd flirted seriously with relegation, a new, young side started winning and playing some really good stuff too.

 

So in the end, 95/6 was the year in which the feel good factor, absent for at least five years and probably more, returned to Gorgie. Sure, it hurt to lose the final like that; but it only happened because we went for broke at 2-0 down against an excellent Rangers side (one of the three best I've ever seen) anyway. What was remarkable was that we doubled a team featuring Gazza and Laudrup in their pomp in the first place, not that they turned the tables on us at Hampden.

 

And moreover, we'd finally beaten the semi-final hoodoo too: a huge psychological block which had grown bigger and bigger. I only became a Jambo in 1991, so missed Dens '86, St Mirren '87 and Henry Smith '88 - but I was still around to endure Airdrie '92 and Airdrie '95, both of which hurt like hell (in my case, the latter especially, given we seemed to have done a lot of the hard work by knocking out Rangers and holders Dundee United already). So by the time JJ arrived, just getting to a Cup Final was the main on field priority, but we weren't ready to win it yet. All of which made the '96 Cup Final and League Cup Final (after we'd again come through the kind of banana skin semi we'd always have slipped up on in previous years) stepping stones towards our destiny of 16th May 1998.

[Charlie-Brown]

Is the attachment to Heart of Midlothian FC, and all the history that goes with it, broken? No - hence how much we all still care, and how many fans have, almost in spite of themselves, renewed. But is it broken to HoMFC: Romanov's Hearts? Increasingly so, yes - and if we don't appoint a credible manager will full autonomy, that situation will only get worse.

 

Possibly if the club abandoned their search for a new manager then yes - but they haven't said that is what they'll do and some of the papers are reported a new search for candidates (although there is little to substantiate this) however had Weiss accepted last monday or if he accepts this week (which remains at least a possibility until he rules himself out) then despite some people's misgivings I am sure the majority of fans will get behind the new manager ..... McGhee, Weiss and even Thor are all fairly experienced managers so whilst they might not be everybodies cup of tea it seems the club is at least trying to get a 'proper' manager recruited.

 

Nobody has suggested yet that Frail or Korobochka or even Malofeev will be the permanent appointment and even Zygmantovich seems a remote possibility.

[Charlie-Brown]

Have to disagree with you there, NMH. I felt the penalty defeat at Dens and going bottom of the league at Brockville early in 95/6 was the culmination of all the heartbreak of the preceding decade: the team sheet for the 4-4 game at Dundee contained an alarming number of survivors from 85/6. But what followed was like the whole club being reborn: suddenly, after two miserable seasons in which we'd flirted seriously with relegation, a new, young side started winning and playing some really good stuff too.

 

So in the end, 95/6 was the year in which the feel good factor, absent for at least five years and probably more, returned to Gorgie. Sure, it hurt to lose the final like that; but it only happened because we went for broke at 2-0 down against an excellent Rangers side (one of the three best I've ever seen) anyway. What was remarkable was that we doubled a team featuring Gazza and Laudrup in their pomp in the first place, not that they turned the tables on us at Hampden.

 

And moreover, we'd finally beaten the semi-final hoodoo too: a huge psychological block which had grown bigger and bigger. I only became a Jambo in 1991, so missed Dens '86, St Mirren '87 and Henry Smith '88 - but I was still around to endure Airdrie '92 and Airdrie '95, both of which hurt like hell (in my case, the latter especially, given we seemed to have done a lot of the hard work by knocking out Rangers and holders Dundee United already). So by the time JJ arrived, just getting to a Cup Final was the main on field priority, but we weren't ready to win it yet. All of which made the '96 Cup Final and League Cup Final (after we'd again come through the kind of banana skin semi we'd always have slipped up on in previous years) stepping stones towards our destiny of 16th May 1998.

 

You are correct in what you wrote Shaun because that is how it turned out in history - but i was talking about feelings - that cup final thrashing hurt like hell and still no sign of a trophy on the horizon at the time - sure we'd beaten our semi-final hoodoo but a 5-1 gubbing wasn't any real consolation.

 

I was happier and more positive after the 4-3 Cup final defeat cos it did seem like we were making genuine progress but it was much less apparent only a few months earlier at hampden....we'd had several mini-peaks between 1986 & 1996 but each time we'd never manage to grab the silverware we were desperate for.

[Horse]

We were underdogs but we had also beaten them 3-0 & 2-0 in the 2 most recent games so we thought we at least had a chance but we froze on the day and it was the culmination of a very bleak decade of continuous disappointment from Dens to numerous hampden defeats.....airdrie 1995 & rangers 1996 both hurt very much and 1998 seemed like it might never happen...............6-2 at fester and the end of the Jefferies era was a bleak time too........all 3 relegations and almost going out of business and the weekly defeats & humiliations in that period were the worst though.....it was a tough time being a Jambo when Hibs had been the better team for a decade.

 

thought we have only been relegated twice - 78/79 and 80/81?

[shaun.lawson]

thought we have only been relegated twice - 78/79 and 80/81?

 

76/7 as well.

[Le Chat]

The late 70's/early80's when the club was in the first division, losing regularly at home to utter dross and looked certain to be going out of business.

 

That's rock bottom.

 

The situation we have now is a poor second.

[Arthur Axident]

Somebody mentioned the 95/96 game v Falkirk when we went bottom, I remember how desperate I felt that day sitting in that old poxy stand, but that day there was one wee chink of light as i left Brockville it was Gilles Rousett and his performance.

 

In our present day shenanigans i see no chink of light.

 

 

Arf

[Paisley Jambo]

Followed Hearts since the first game I watched at Dumbarton in 1977-78 season, so I remember the majority of the previous happenings.

 

This is by far the worst that I have felt. The Lithuanian has turned what could have been a golden period into our darkest ever. We have no way out. He has sold or given away every playing asset he inherited and filled the team full of Eastern European mince, and at the same time increased the debt to an unmanageable level.

 

He has ripped the soul out of the club like only a Hibs supporter could or want to do.

 

Somebody out there help us, please!:sad:

[kevmacd]

Memory has a way of duling the pain and romanticising previous heartache. I don't think we're as bad off as half the doom and gloom merchants on here seem to think.

 

We're one decent managerial appointment away from a possible successful season. I'm leaving any declarations of doom until the start of July. 9 days and counting (tick tock...)

[shaun.lawson]

The late 70's/early80's when the club was in the first division, losing regularly at home to utter dross and looked certain to be going out of business.

 

That's rock bottom.

 

The situation we have now is a poor second.

 

I agree. The East Stirling and Forfar debacles of 81/2 were rock bottom in the club's entire history - and the rebirth started just months later. However, I wasn't around at that time (thank God!), so for me, the current period is the worst I've ever felt.

[Darren]

Not the worst I've felt about Hearts, as it isn't tangible anymore. I don't think I really care anymore.

[shaun.lawson]

You are correct in what you wrote Shaun because that is how it turned out in history - but i was talking about feelings - that cup final thrashing hurt like hell and still no sign of a trophy on the horizon at the time - sure we'd beaten our semi-final hoodoo but a 5-1 gubbing wasn't any real consolation.

 

I was happier and more positive after the 4-3 Cup final defeat cos it did seem like we were making genuine progress but it was much less apparent only a few months earlier at hampden....we'd had several mini-peaks between 1986 & 1996 but each time we'd never manage to grab the silverware we were desperate for.

 

Interesting. It's probably a matter of context, really - you'd been around for both the misery of the late 70s/early 80s and all the heartbreak which followed; I only became a fan in 1991. If I'd witnessed all that you had, I guess I'd have probably regarded 5-1 as yet another kick in the teeth; but as it was, I genuinely felt it was the start of a new era, and felt very excited about the future.

 

Chris Robinson didn't get much right - but his words to the players after the game of "don't worry lads. You've done me proud all season long" were right on the money.

[shaun.lawson]

Not the worst I've felt about Hearts, as it isn't tangible anymore. I don't think I really care anymore.

 

Exactly the reason why this crisis is so serious, and unchartered territory for many football clubs, let alone our own one.

[Le Chat]

I agree. The East Stirling and Forfar debacles of 81/2 were rock bottom in the club's entire history - and the rebirth started just months later. However, I wasn't around at that time (thank God!), so for me, the current period is the worst I've ever felt.

 

I was quite young as well but was already a regular and I still remember frequently seeing my old man tearing his hair out, telling me this shouldn't be happening to a club like Hearts and genuinely shiiitting himself that the club was about to fold.

[shaun.lawson]

I was quite young as well but was already a regular and I still remember frequently seeing my old man tearing his hair out, telling me this shouldn't be happening to a club like Hearts and genuinely shiiitting himself that the club was about to fold.

 

It was bloody close to happening too! Which is why Wallace Mercer, for all his faults, must rank very high as one of the most important figures in our history.

[Charlie-Brown]

The club was in danger of folding in 1981 then there was 2 rescue offers - one from Hibby Kenny Waugh and the other from Wallace Mercer persuaded by Donald Ford, 18 months later having failed to win promotion the players were playing for their livelihood and had we not won promotion in 1982-83 season the club was going part-time and promising youngsters Bowman, MacKay & Robertson sold......now that was a massively important season for us and clinching promotion in this match http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/games/19830507.html was the most important result in the clubs recent history only surpassed by 16th May 1998.

[rudi]

Followed Hearts since the first game I watched at Dumbarton in 1977-78 season, so I remember the majority of the previous happenings.

 

This is by far the worst that I have felt. The Lithuanian has turned what could have been a golden period into our darkest ever. We have no way out. He has sold or given away every playing asset he inherited and filled the team full of Eastern European mince, and at the same time increased the debt to an unmanageable level.

 

He has ripped the soul out of the club like only a Hibs supporter could or want to do.

Somebody out there help us, please!:sad:

 

No Hibs supporter dead or alive, that I know, would have done as much damage to what was once our club, as Vlad has done.

[Nucky Thompson]

No Hibs supporter dead or alive, that I know, would have done as much damage to what was once our club, as Vlad has done.

:rofl: Vlad done plenty of damage to Hibs when he masterminded the 4-0 semi drubbing, their best chance in over 100 years to lift the Cup:107years:

[Le Chat]

It was bloody close to happening too! Which is why Wallace Mercer, for all his faults, must rank very high as one of the most important figures in our history.

 

Undoubtably.

 

He lost it a bit towards the end but were it not for him I very much doubt Hearts would have been anywhere near the team they became.

 

RIP Wallace.

[Deevers]

The club was in danger of folding in 1981 then there was 2 rescue offers - one from Hibby Kenny Waugh and the other from Wallace Mercer persuaded by Donald Ford, 18 months later having failed to win promotion the players were playing for their livelihood and had we not won promotion in 1982-83 season the club was going part-time and promising youngsters Bowman, MacKay & Robertson sold......now that was a massively important season for us and clinching promotion in this match http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/games/19830507.html was the most important result in the clubs recent history only surpassed by 16th May 1998.

 

NMH

 

The club "spin" prior to the season tickets going on sale was that the coming season was to be pivotal in Hearts history. I can see that being the case - sadly for all the wrong reasons. No manger, no new players, what reasonable players we do have being sold off, and a decreasing fan base. I hope I'm wrong and Romanov has got this situation completely sussed out and a new "top notch" manager is appointed next week and the quality signing start to appear. Again sadly, I don't think that will be the case and we look like going into a pre-season with absolutely no direction what so ever and a squad that would hardly do justice to Division 1.

[rudi]

:rofl: Vlad done plenty of damage to Hibs when he masterminded the 4-0 semi drubbing, their best chance in over 100 years to lift the Cup:107years:

 

What an unbelievably stupid responce,mind it is you right enough.

 

Oh and for the record,Mr Boob,I would think that Hib's best chance of winning the Scottish cup would have been when they were actually in the final,not a semi-final.

[Nucky Thompson]

Undoubtably.

 

He lost it a bit towards the end but were it not for him I very much doubt Hearts would have been anywhere near the team they became.

 

RIP Wallace.

Mercer was getting hounded out with the pitch forks near the end. I remember the whole shed signing Mercer, Mercer GTF..