Brighton Jambo Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 Sorry to be negative but had Levein had been in charge today with a fit Naismith, Walker and Uche up top we still would have won. levein must be sick seeing those players back and scoring. Not sure how much credit Austin can take for that. Even Mulraney made it back and onto the scoresheet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky_26 Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 sounds like we actually performed today even with the defensive issues. that could be macphee, the return of naismith and walker, luck or a combination of them if macphee gets more games in charge and this keeps up and we tighten the defence then fair enough. but for onw remember one swallow does not make a summer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armstrong Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 Credit where credit's due, his changes worked. Uche ragdolled their left back all day and Dikamona was solid but unspectacular. Hopefully he can repeat the trick next time out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty2442 Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 3 minutes ago, neonjambo said: NVM just read it was about Preston. Trying to be as vocal a mouthpiece as Stewart. With Stewart there’s usually at least an element of truth Preston basically ripped into the club as a whole, said our academy was rubbish and we hadn’t produced any decent players since Paterson, saying Celtic produced Hickey not Hearts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinRummy Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 1 minute ago, GorgieFifeLife said: Would rather have Dikamona with Smith. Maybe but the Berra, Smith partnership has looked solid. Would sooner continue with something that’s been working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Beni of Gorgie Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 Was frenetic today. Job done, I think the manager on the pitch deserves enormous credit. Free hit today for Austin. Kilmarnock away next. Different game and situation altogether Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pants Shaton Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 Wonder what our resident depressive makes of ‘the hippy’ today? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VALDOS' Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 19 minutes ago, Kiwidoug said: We were at home against a very weak side. Absolutely not getting carried away. New coach for me. This for me, a fully new approach with fresh faces required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neon Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 Just now, scotty2442 said: With Stewart there’s usually at least an element of truth Preston basically ripped into the club as a whole, said our academy was rubbish and we hadn’t produced any decent players since Paterson, saying Celtic produced Hickey not Hearts. Ah that old nugget, wasn't Hickey at Hearts before he was at Celtic, I am sure he would have been pulled up on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinRummy Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 1 minute ago, Brighton Jambo said: Sorry to be negative but had Levein had been in charge today with a fit Naismith, Walker and Uche up top we still would have won. levein must be sick seeing those players back and scoring. Not sure how much credit Austin can take for that. Even Mulraney made it back and onto the scoresheet How can you say that with certainty after Ross County, Hamilton and Kilmarnock at home? Total guesswork on your part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty2442 Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 Just now, neonjambo said: Ah that old nugget, wasn't Hickey at Hearts before he was at Celtic, I am sure he would have been pulled up on that. Yeah he was with Hearts first Stewart was actually the one talking sense in the debate, with Preston and Willie Miller talking absolute garbage about things they clearly don’t have a clue about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruyff Turn Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 4 minutes ago, Robert Lazar said: If he keeps winning he keeps the job, it's that simple. Time will tell. I don't think he's the man for the job either but we can't completely rule him out just yet. It can’t be allowed to happen. 4 minutes ago, tokyowalnut said: Come on CT, we have just pumped a team 5-2. No praise at all? Yes, we should be beating St Mirren, but recent form suggests it probably should have been closer. If you were there, you cant help but see a huge difference in the way we played. If a new manager had got that result today would you not have praised them? It’s a good result but folks getting chuffed at hammering St Midden at home just shows how far our standards have fallen. And also I’m a bit bitter because I’ve been to every home prior to the Rangers game this season, didn’t go today and we scored 5 goals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neon Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 5 minutes ago, Brighton Jambo said: Sorry to be negative but had Levein had been in charge today with a fit Naismith, Walker and Uche up top we still would have won. levein must be sick seeing those players back and scoring. Not sure how much credit Austin can take for that. Even Mulraney made it back and onto the scoresheet Possibly, but I would suggest that when we went one up he would have sat back, thus inviting the opposition to have a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodLord Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 22 minutes ago, jumpship said: When in charge he's won four out of five. If he keeps winning, how can he not be given the job? 😂😂 heard him saying this more than once when interviewed on sport sound that and another stat about St Mirren not having not conceded more than 2 goals all season. Fair play to him can’t argue with these stats and I’m sure he will have a few more up his sleeve in the coming weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jodami Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 12 minutes ago, Cruyff Turn said: I’m not giving any Hearts manager a pat on the head for delivering what should be a run o’ the mill victory against shite like St.Mirren at home. Austin MacPhee’s not the answer. I agree, the big difference today was Naismith returning. Coaching staff needs a complete overhaul as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpyespana Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 26 minutes ago, Tennant's 6's said: Wonder how big an impact Donald Park has made, he was leading the way in training up at St Andrews. Not very much he sat in the dugout like a church mouse lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruyff Turn Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 Just now, Jodami said: I agree, the big difference today was Naismith returning. Coaching staff needs a complete overhaul as well. Yep, he’s been here for 3 and a half shit seasons. Needs punted. Hopefully Stoke offer us some money for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selkirkhmfc1874 Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 Credit where it's due! Well done Austin and the players , feels great heading home from tynecastle after a win and the team playing attacking football Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brighton Jambo Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 6 minutes ago, GinRummy said: How can you say that with certainty after Ross County, Hamilton and Kilmarnock at home? Total guesswork on your part. Walker and Naismith didn’t play against Hamilton or Kilmarnock as injured so actually proves my point. Naismith also only managed 45 minutes against Ross County so maybe on that one you have a point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kila Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 That was an entertaining game on a cold day where it could've been the opposite. Tactics were spot on, with the goals we conceded individual errors, and the team having the drive to go and score a few more to make sure we win. What's notable is that how absent that sort of energy and forward passing has been missing. Scoring 5 goals in a single game, woah! It's been that bad, today was quite a delight. How much of that is down to MacPhee or Naismith I don't know, but should Budge's search continue into December, I'd give MacPhee the job if he wins the next couple of games meaning beating Rangers at Ibrox. Hopefully an experienced manager is available before then, but the MacPhee/Park setup maybe has something to offer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRAVEHEART1874 Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 It was all out attack today. Aye we were pish at their two goals, but levein would never had let this go on. In the second half we would have had been defending 3-2 for 45 mins under him so credit to mcphee. Yes naismith, walker, uche on the right and even mulraney made the difference to the usual dull levein performance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennant's 6's Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 3 minutes ago, grumpyespana said: Not very much he sat in the dugout like a church mouse lol. Fair enough haha.. He was giving it laldy in the training video.. Maybe tired himself out up in fife.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bauld Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 If this is MacPhee off the leash then maybe he is the man. Nobody here can say he would fail as Hearts manager because he hasn't done it. Levein called the shots. MacPhee is an excellent tactician and if he can also motivate the players to do what they did today every week then he MUST be considered for the job. Again who can provide actual evidence he isn't good enough? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ToqueJambo Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 12 minutes ago, Brighton Jambo said: Sorry to be negative but had Levein had been in charge today with a fit Naismith, Walker and Uche up top we still would have won. levein must be sick seeing those players back and scoring. Not sure how much credit Austin can take for that. Even Mulraney made it back and onto the scoresheet Levein can still take credit for building this squad if we start firing again with most back from injury. But credit die to McPhee for dropping Clare, playing Uche wide right and putting two left-footers White and Hickey down the left. Made a big difference. Naismith though is the huge difference. When you have someone with his touch, all of a sudden attacking play is more fluid and everyone plays better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 How can you rule out someone with 4 out of 5 wins and the defeat to the vastly superior Rangers in Cup Semi? I’m not there yet but can’t understand how some can rule him out so easily. 5 goals. Attacking football. Players in correct positions (except Uche where pushing him out wide opened up the middle and he actually did a job out there). Subs at the right time. Would not have put Damour for walker but ended up with Mulraney and Meshino as strong attacking subs. You can’t choose who you play against but he certainly did a job today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinRummy Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 6 minutes ago, Brighton Jambo said: Walker and Naismith didn’t play against Hamilton or Kilmarnock as injured so actually proves my point. Naismith also only managed 45 minutes against Ross County so maybe on that one you have a point. it’s almost like you’re saying all Levein needed was Walker and Naismith back nd everything would be fine. Maybe you’re right but there’s no way of proving it just like there’s no way of proving we’d have won today with Levein in charge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tartofmidlothian Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 I hope our search is long enough that it gives him a couple more games at the wheel to see what he's got, although I think the fans will react badly to another appointment from within. I want him to stay in some capacity, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsyp Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 (edited) Not sure about his tailor tho Edited November 9, 2019 by jsyp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixHearts Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 Top performance from Austin today "AARON! AARON! AARON! W..AARAON! A...WHERE THE **** ARE YE GOING?!" "AAAAIDY! AAAAIDEEEHHH! GET IN! GIT INNNN" "JAMIE, JAMIE ****IN GO ****IN MOOOOOVE JAMIE" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumpship Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 Before the match today he said, win win gives him more time to stake his claim on the job... does that mean Budge is holding off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmaroon Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 28 minutes ago, Brighton Jambo said: Sorry to be negative but had Levein had been in charge today with a fit Naismith, Walker and Uche up top we still would have won. levein must be sick seeing those players back and scoring. Not sure how much credit Austin can take for that. Even Mulraney made it back and onto the scoresheet Would Craig have played Uche wide on the right, where he caused not a little havoc. More clinical passing and we would have had a good few more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tokyowalnut Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 22 minutes ago, Cruyff Turn said: It can’t be allowed to happen. It’s a good result but folks getting chuffed at hammering St Midden at home just shows how far our standards have fallen. And also I’m a bit bitter because I’ve been to every home prior to the Rangers game this season, didn’t go today and we scored 5 goals 🙈 fair enough! There was a lot of head scratching when we scored the 2nd and 3rd goals, been a long time since that happened! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTT Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 14 minutes ago, tartofmidlothian said: I hope our search is long enough that it gives him a couple more games at the wheel to see what he's got, although I think the fans will react badly to another appointment from within. I want him to stay in some capacity, though. I agree. He wasn't at the wheel, Levein was. Austin has the next few games to stake his claim and I think he should be allowed to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gedster Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 55 minutes ago, jumpship said: When in charge he's won four out of five. If he keeps winning, how can he not be given the job? Tainted badly by the disasters of recent times. Culpable as well as Cathro and Levein. New broom across first team coaches please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusk_Till_Dawn Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 57 minutes ago, busby1985 said: 2nd half was great but first half was a shambles and yet more examples of trying to reinvent the wheel. Well done today for the 3 points and for keeping going when we got in front. No thanks going forward tho as the manager, we need someone else. Keep winning and scoring goals and you’ll change my mind however. This. Don’t even think about it FFS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Morgan Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 I don't want him as manager, a better team would have scored more than St Mirren did today imo, we looked awful at the back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo Chiefo Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 Praise definitely due to Austin today for that result. It's unthinkable that he would get the gig on a permanent basis but he changed things about and got a great result...an important result at that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Canada Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 MacPhee deserves a huge amount of credit for today. It's not easy to turn around a team with low morale in the space of a week. The return of Naismith and Walker helped a lot but he obviously got his message across this week. I still think we should hire a more experienced manager, but to go from such negative dross earlier in the season to today was a massive improvement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTT Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 5 minutes ago, Captain Canada said: MacPhee deserves a huge amount of credit for today. It's not easy to turn around a team with low morale in the space of a week. The return of Naismith and Walker helped a lot but he obviously got his message across this week. I still think we should hire a more experienced manager, but to go from such negative dross earlier in the season to today was a massive improvement. The monkey is certainly off our back. Berra made a couple of mistakes which led to the goals, so I wonder if this is more a case of individual errors than defensive frailty ? Hopefully the lads can take a lot of confidence from this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bauld Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 Why not MacPhee? What's the actual evidence that he could not be a successful Hearts manager? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Merse Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 (edited) 59 minutes ago, Bauld said: If this is MacPhee off the leash then maybe he is the man. Nobody here can say he would fail as Hearts manager because he hasn't done it. Levein called the shots. MacPhee is an excellent tactician and if he can also motivate the players to do what they did today every week then he MUST be considered for the job. Again who can provide actual evidence he isn't good enough? There’s no such thing as a sure thing when appointing a manager but MacPhee is a gamble we can ill afford to take. What evidence is there to suggest he is an excellent tactician? If he’s had no influence in all his time here I’d actually judge him for hanging about and accepting having no clout despite being assistant manager. Edited November 9, 2019 by The Merse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM Sheffield Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 His contribution to the previous 3 years at the club? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ1977 Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 1 minute ago, Bauld said: Why not MacPhee? What's the actual evidence that he could not be a successful Hearts manager? Beating the worst team in the league at home isn’t enough for me to want him as manager. I think we need to go down a more tried and tested route this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOak88 Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 What’s the evidence he could be a successful Manager? I think everyone has agreed after the Cathro experiment the next Manager should be someone who at least has a bit of experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Merse Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 2 minutes ago, Bauld said: Why not MacPhee? What's the actual evidence that he could not be a successful Hearts manager? There’s no evidence to suggest I couldn’t be a success either. Lack of evidence against isn’t enough ffs. We need positive evidence to support his case. Today was a minor step to support his case. Needs far more than that to be considered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig_ Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 Would think the return of Naismith and Walker was more significant than McPhee's managerial ability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCrae Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 4 minutes ago, SM Sheffield said: His contribution to the previous 3 years at the club? He has had responsibility for 5 first team games. He was won 4 of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Canada Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 His decision to play Uche out wide was a good one. Otherwise he'd have just been wrestling with Broadfoot all afternoon. Someone else needed to get in the box though as a few times Naismith was the only one. The way we bounced back from letting in two terrible equalisers was the most impressive thing. A few weeks ago, we would have crumbled at that point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Bishop Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 1 hour ago, Bauld said: If this is MacPhee off the leash then maybe he is the man. Nobody here can say he would fail as Hearts manager because he hasn't done it. Levein called the shots. MacPhee is an excellent tactician and if he can also motivate the players to do what they did today every week then he MUST be considered for the job. Again who can provide actual evidence he isn't good enough? Did you watch the game last weekend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kila Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 He is unproven and been involved during some bad times. But the leader who called the shots is gone, and today maybe saw a glimpse of how MacPhee thinks we should've been playing like all along. The Hearts job is a big task, and fans patience been tested too much already. I think if MacPhee got the job results would have to come in quick, he wouldn't get much time. A brand new manager and setup would get more time. However if he is still interim come Ibrox in a few weeks, and he wins there with attacking football then why not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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