The BBC Sportsound pundits.

[henryheart]

If Preston and Stewart were not controversial it is unlikely that they would be employed by the BBC.  Everything therefore has to be black or white - there can be no middle ground, because to be sensible and reasoned will not encourage debate. 

 

However, it is all very well being controversial when you have your tongue firmly in your cheek. The first voice I heard when I turned the radio on having got in the car after the game was Michael Stewart. His words were, if I remember correctly, "If Craig Levein was the manager of Hearts they would never have scored five goals today; he would have shut up shop at two..."  What appears to be a personal agenda allied to a lack of factual knowledge (eg 4-0 v Celtic), his absolute lack of irony and his conviction that he is right suggests a lack of maturity.  

 

I find it all very tiring.  

[rick witter]

17 minutes ago, Seymour M Hersh said:

 

Kids don't join the academy at 8 and then the next week they are 18 and ready for the first team. Honestly the place was in such a mess post Vlad that it's taken a couple of years to get working properly. It now is and it's down to Levein and Arnott.  Try not to look at the academy as you do the transfer market but a long term investment. It will start to bear fruit I have no doubt of that. Due to Leveins actions we are now recruiting some of the top talent at a young age. Obviously there is n guarantees but if you start with the best then your odds of producing top talent are much improved.

Why was he so reluctant to play these players then??? 

Mate you telling me that

Zannata

Mcdonald

Cochrane

Henderson

Keena

Moore

couldn’t all have been given game time ahead of players like Bozanic, McLean, Mulraney, Whighton and Clare

We were losing on a weekly basis and still these players were put on loan and were not given a shot. They would not have done any worse. 

Levein was all over the place as a manager and now has a made up job until the end of the season. 

[jambopilms]

21 minutes ago, rick witter said:

Why was he so reluctant to play these players then??? 

Mate you telling me that

Zannata

Mcdonald

Cochrane

Henderson

Keena

Moore

couldn’t all have been given game time ahead of players like Bozanic, McLean, Mulraney, Whighton and Clare

We were losing on a weekly basis and still these players were put on loan and were not given a shot. They would not have done any worse. 

Levein was all over the place as a manager and now has a made up job until the end of the season. 

We won 5-2 and you are moaning about Levein. He will only be given the job of finish the projects you have started. Have a rest.

[rick witter]

Just now, jambopilms said:

We won 5-2 and you are moaning about Levein. He will only be given the job of finish the projects you have started. Have a rest.

This is not the match thread. 

Its about the pundits opinions on Hearts which I do think are way over the top but Levein caused most of that. 

Its a made up job!  

I have even said Levein could come back to the club in another role in the future but relieved of your duties should mean exactly that. 

[RudiHMFC]

I love that you have guys like Preston and Stewart that speak passionately and honestly about the club and what's going on. They see through the charlatans that have been employed at the club for far too long and for me it's absolutely great to hear.

 

Naturally, the 'agenda' crew don't want to hear it.

[Fozzyonthefence]

24 minutes ago, jambopilms said:

We won 5-2 and you are moaning about Levein. He will only be given the job of finish the projects you have started. Have a rest.

He was replying to the post 2 posts previously.  Is that not allowed anymore?

[Deevers]

45 minutes ago, henryheart said:

If Preston and Stewart were not controversial it is unlikely that they would be employed by the BBC.  Everything therefore has to be black or white - there can be no middle ground, because to be sensible and reasoned will not encourage debate. 

 

However, it is all very well being controversial when you have your tongue firmly in your cheek. The first voice I heard when I turned the radio on having got in the car after the game was Michael Stewart. His words were, if I remember correctly, "If Craig Levein was the manager of Hearts they would never have scored five goals today; he would have shut up shop at two..."  What appears to be a personal agenda allied to a lack of factual knowledge (eg 4-0 v Celtic), his absolute lack of irony and his conviction that he is right suggests a lack of maturity.  

 

I find it all very tiring.  

There's being controversial and there again acting like a complete walloper. Michael Stewart and his agenda with Levein had to come to the fore again despite Levein no longer being in charge. As for Preston, well the less said about him the better. 

 

I do do notice though how the Beeb loves a bit if controversial comment about us, but follow the party line totally when it comes to the Old Firm. It's why with the exception of Tom English it's so utterly predictable.  

[The Real Maroonblood]

14 hours ago, Robert Lazar said:

You need to put your rage into something else in my opinion. 

Exactly.

It’s years since I’ve listened to it.

Don’t see the need.

[Beast Boy]

15 hours ago, Whatever said:

Had the misfortune to hear this shite today.

 

From Allan Preston stating there ‘is nothing good at the club right now’....

 

...to Willie Miller suggesting it’s ‘laughable’ and we should ‘get real’. All because Austin Macphee dared to suggest the infrastructure now in place at the club should mean we want to be regularly competing for a place in the Europa league...

 

...to Michael Stewart being, well, Michael ****in Stewart...

 

...to that smug wankpiece Richard Gordon doing his usual scoffing and sneering throughout. Of course he was in full agreement whenever any of the above said anything negative about AM or Hearts (which was plentiful).

 

Could barely bring themselves to say anything positive about AM or Hearts. Even after the post match interview it was all about how AM was apparently saying what ‘the fans wanted to hear’ and how he ‘made sure to talk up his record’ (So would I if my record was 4 wins from 5!!)

 

This after Brian McLaughlin’s pathetic and ill informed slaverings the night Levein was sacked.

 

It’s very apparent there’s an agenda at play here. For whatever reason they clearly don’t like AM. Do I think AM should get the job? Probably not. That won’t stop me from giving credit where it’s due for today.

 

Austin Macphee has already given more to this club than Allan Preston or Michael Stewart has.

 

Hearts men my ****in arse.

 

As an aside, Hibs were ‘Sensational’ and ‘Wonderful’ today.

 

**** the BBC.

 

 

Hearts are the best placed club outside of the OF for potential. It’s no surprise Aberdeen supporters are nervous about that. Once we get it right on the pitch, we are taking off.

[Borders Jambo]

56 minutes ago, RudiHMFC said:

I love that you have guys like Preston and Stewart that speak passionately and honestly about the club and what's going on. They see through the charlatans that have been employed at the club for far too long and for me it's absolutely great to hear.

 

Naturally, the 'agenda' crew don't want to hear it.

I'm sorry that in my opinion is complete nonsense.

 

The BBC should have a reputation for impartiality, fairness and non bias.  We should in many respects be treated like any other team outwith the OF that they see as "provincial".

 

Stewart has a long standing agenda and doesn't appear to have the objectivity or maturity to move on from CL.  Preston is just a failed player who loves the attention of being BBC Scotland's supposed Hearts expert, even although he knows less than the average fan on here.  Miller is well, just WM.  Still thinks he is refereeing games.   

Compare both with Tom English

Edited November 10, 2019 by Borders Jambo
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[Seymour M Hersh]

1 hour ago, rick witter said:

Why was he so reluctant to play these players then??? 

Mate you telling me that

Zannata

Mcdonald

Cochrane

Henderson

Keena

Moore

couldn’t all have been given game time ahead of players like Bozanic, McLean, Mulraney, Whighton and Clare

We were losing on a weekly basis and still these players were put on loan and were not given a shot. They would not have done any worse. 

Levein was all over the place as a manager and now has a made up job until the end of the season. 

 

You're just ranting for the sake of it now. It's not a made up job it's part of what he's been doing since he came back. Of the players you mention I'd only have given McDonald more opportunity but none of them playing week in week out would have made a difference. It would have probably given you even more opportunity to moan though.

[Jean Louis Valois]

10 hours ago, Sir Gio said:

Staggered we have got into bed with these ***** and let them make a documentary. 

 

Personally I'd tell them to **** off.

 

Doesn't help when you have those Friday night gigglers professing to know all things Hearts dissing us at every opportunity,  and in the paper. 

 

God knows its been shit on the pitch,  the luck has been shit out too.

 

But ffs its about time we showed some balls as fans, especially those in the media. 

 

Under performing for 12 months does not mean the club is going down the shutter.

 

I am not up for MacPhee full time,  but I'm going to give him the credit for talking his club up, something that others are unable to do, Preston and Fowler in particular. 

 

I'll give Stewart some credit. Sport scene the other week he was complimentary of the set up bar Levein. 

 

As for the Aberdeen posse, Tom English soon has their gas at a peep. Gordon regular back tracks when English is present.

 

Rant over

 

#FTBBC

 

I’m all for promoting Scottish football, the BBC Scotland Friday night show seems like a great idea. However I can barely watch the 4 smug *rseholes who present it, the “patter” between them is horrific. Two of them profess to be Hearts fans aswell, really?

[Bozi]

1 hour ago, RudiHMFC said:

I love that you have guys like Preston and Stewart that speak passionately and honestly about the club and what's going on. They see through the charlatans that have been employed at the club for far too long and for me it's absolutely great to hear.

 

Naturally, the 'agenda' crew don't want to hear it.

Passionately and honestly? Great to hear?

 

Calling him Austin McFanny, slagging Hearts for having the ambition to be a Europa league club every year, slagging ms Budge.... yesterday was a shitshow, unprofessional, and a free for all on the club,as a man who loves this club I was appalled, as it appears, were many others. 

[ramrod]

1 hour ago, RudiHMFC said:

I love that you have guys like Preston and Stewart that speak passionately and honestly about the club and what's going on. They see through the charlatans that have been employed at the club for far too long and for me it's absolutely great to hear.

 

Naturally, the 'agenda' crew don't want to hear it.

Except he, Preston , still found a way to slag of the club after a great result and performance. 

We don't need idiots like that fighting our corner , yesterday should have been about the positives and all he spouted were negatives . 

[Des Lynam]

1 hour ago, RudiHMFC said:

I love that you have guys like Preston and Stewart that speak passionately and honestly about the club and what's going on. They see through the charlatans that have been employed at the club for far too long and for me it's absolutely great to hear.

 

Naturally, the 'agenda' crew don't want to hear it.

Absolutely agree with this. I can’t stand Preston but he was talking honestly about the situation at Hearts. This the west coast media mafia are scared from a supposed threat from Hearts is absolute lunacy. 

[Parttimer1874]

Michael Stewart thinks he’s a genius. He’s far from it. A pseudo intellectual.  

[XB52]

19 minutes ago, Des Lynam said:

Absolutely agree with this. I can’t stand Preston but he was talking honestly about the situation at Hearts. This the west coast media mafia are scared from a supposed threat from Hearts is absolute lunacy. 

He was factually incorrect in every statement he made, apart from that he was fine. Me and my son were actually laughing at the radio on the way to the game it was so bad. And don't get me started on Miller

[Turkishcap]

The Austin Mcphan was a genuine slip and I found it funny. I don't let myself get agitated by this lot as they are what they are. At least we were the topic, too often it's about the uglies and that bores me to tears. Agree WM is a tit but deep down he knows we are a sleeping giant that could dwarf his team 

 

[Bozi]

Former Jambo Allan Preston believes he should be nowhere near the club as Ann Budge looks for a new boss.

Former Hearts star Allan Preston has slaughtered caretaker boss Austin MacPhee claiming he should be nowhere near the club as Ann Budge looks to appoint a new manager and sporting director.

 

fair enough lots of our fans feel this way but let's look at his balanced reasoning

 

MacPhee, before their match against St Mirren, refused to rule himself out of the running for both roles after the sacking of Craig Levein .

And Preston slammed MacPhee during an incredible rant criticising his tactics and team selection in the Jambos' Betfred Cup defeat to Rangers last weekend.

 

The 50-year-old claimed MacPhee was 'putting two fingers' up to Levein by bringing Craig Wighton out of the cold for the Hampden clash.

however flawed the team setup last week was,it was ha.pered by fitness and availability, I do not for a second he was "sticking 2 fingers up at levein" although,ironically, that might get some fans in here on his side.

 

He added: "Lets go on to the sporting director role. Sporting director will have the overall say at Hearts, he will run the football department from top to bottom. Craig Levein is still at the club. So Craig Levein was Austin MacPhee's boss and now Austin MacPhee, if he gets it, it will be Craig Levein's boss?

no,craig levein is nowhere near the team,he is assisting the board (rightly or wrongly) on structure and has NO INVOLVEMENT in footballing  matters, it is staggeringly incorrect to suggest MacPhee would be his boss

"How is that going to sit? And let me just tell you sporting director brings in the players to Hearts. Lets go with Malaury Martin, three and-a-half-year contract, described by Austin who brought him in as a 'dead ball specialist'

 

So if he is the sporting director at Hearts, I worry if he is bringing in guys like Malaury Martin to the club.

OK Martin was a huge mistake,in the very first transfer window he was at the club, since then he has been instrumental in bringing Michael Smith, Kyle Lafferty,Connor Washington,Meshino and quite a few others into the club...

 

and then we have this peach, egged on by Willie Miller the failed chippe owner

 

He said: “Did I hear Austin right when he said that Hearts want to be a consistent Europa League club? What is all that about?

“I’m sorry, but you’re talking about a club here that’s in relegation trouble in our top league and you’re talking about that. Come on! Get a life, get real!

all real Hearts fans believe this is where we SHOULD be, 3rd biggest club in the country and we should be pushing for a Euorpa league place every single year. This is not the limit of our ambitions but is a minimum expectation at this club,Preston as a Hearts fan should know this and for them to tear into the club and MacPhee for daring to show ambition had ne absolutely furious.

[Bozi]

Let me just add that I don't think MacPhee is the answer as manager but he does have something to offer and I would not be against him remaining at the club. He has assisted one guy who couldn't communicate and an egotist whio wouldn't listen. He has been important in getting some decent players to the club 

[JamboAndrew]

I just can't listen to them. Idiots.

 

Let's get back up to the top end of the table and they can all go and &$%^ themselves.

 

That is all.

[Prof]

Many of the comments made by Stewart in the past were correct but he should now keep his mouth firmly shut about Hearts. As for Preston, I can only assume he was pissed or smoking wacky backy when he opened his stupid mouth.

[Mikey1874]

15 hours ago, scotty2442 said:

Ok so firstly his comment about our “failing academy” and that Hickey was in fact produced by Celtic. Do I really need to correct you on what is wrong with that?? 
 

apart from the fact that Hickey was in fact at hearts before a very short spell with Celtic. Hearts had to completely rebuild its academy after administration and we have some cracking prospects and our youth players are all developed to be comfortable on the ball
 

another comment made “Anne budge confirmed during the week that Levein would be involved in the recruitment of the new manager”,  she in fact said the opposite of this. 
 

How about his statement that “everything is wrong with the club” ?? Brand new stand with excellent new hospitality, club making profit, on course to be fan owned next year,  lots of great things going on at the club. 
 

yes we need a clearance on the coaching side, that was the only thing he got right

 

14 hours ago, Glamorgan Jambo said:

There's definitely a closed shop when it comes to thinking by traditional Scottish football dinosaurs like Preston and Chick Young. Unless you've come through the 'traditional way' you're derided. We saw it before with Cathro and now seeing it with McPhee. The other person who got it in the the neck recently from our stone age pundits was the new Killie manager who still got a few pelters from Young when his side conceded early today despite him having just won manager of the month. 

 

There are a lot of other good posts. Its curious how BBC Sportsound operates. Normally at the BBC and other broadcasters decisions are made about the general approaches. Sky Sports adopt a slightly more dramatic approach to excite and engage people. Hence for example the choice of pundits like Keane, Souness and Neville. BBC England like to engage with as many people as possible so employ (at great expense) engaging non offensive middle of the road presenters like Mark Chapman and Gary Lineker.

 

Someone at BBC Sportsound has made a choice. They do do some good analysis is some of their midweek programmes. There are other good programmes including Friday Championship live and The Terrace, and now the Hearts inside story. But this jolly, condescending, often negative attitudes is what they have gone with.

 

So take Aaron Hickey and yesterdays game. For me Aaron is a fantastic product albeit its early. A shared success for Hearts and Celtic youth programmes. I don't know what age he started at Hearts. But he started at Hearts so his family and Hearts are due some credit. He was 4 years at Celtic 12 to 16 basically. But he (and his family) chose to go to Hearts. And it was Hearts a year later who chose to play him in the Scottish Cup final at 16 against James Forrest. And now is a first team regular at 17. So that is brilliant. 

 

Onto yesterdays game. A great game. 2 sides playing good football looking to attack. First half ebbed and flow. And 2 sides at bottom of league. Surely that was the story. And then how Hearts dominated from 2-2. With 3 players coming back from injury. Probably one of the best games of the season. They could even have taken it as how new manager Jim Goodwin is shaping and developing the side. 

 

Finally Austin MacPhee. One thing having met him a couple of times is he is totally passionate about football. Did Sportsound mention, which they should every time they speak about him is he was first choice for the SFA Performance role which Malky MacKay got after Sportsound touted him for every job going. And Hearts are aiming for Europe including this season. Aberdeen were where we are in a recent season as well. 

 

Joke really. 

[Horatio Caine]

Apparently Preston is going to the Arctic in January on some sponsored trek or other.  Sensible choice.

[Borders Jambo]

36 minutes ago, Mikey1874 said:

 

 

There are a lot of other good posts. Its curious how BBC Sportsound operates. Normally at the BBC and other broadcasters decisions are made about the general approaches. Sky Sports adopt a slightly more dramatic approach to excite and engage people. Hence for example the choice of pundits like Keane, Souness and Neville. BBC England like to engage with as many people as possible so employ (at great expense) engaging non offensive middle of the road presenters like Mark Chapman and Gary Lineker.

 

Someone at BBC Sportsound has made a choice. They do do some good analysis is some of their midweek programmes. There are other good programmes including Friday Championship live and The Terrace, and now the Hearts inside story. But this jolly, condescending, often negative attitudes is what they have gone with.

 

So take Aaron Hickey and yesterdays game. For me Aaron is a fantastic product albeit its early. A shared success for Hearts and Celtic youth programmes. I don't know what age he started at Hearts. But he started at Hearts so his family and Hearts are due some credit. He was 4 years at Celtic 12 to 16 basically. But he (and his family) chose to go to Hearts. And it was Hearts a year later who chose to play him in the Scottish Cup final at 16 against James Forrest. And now is a first team regular at 17. So that is brilliant. 

 

Onto yesterdays game. A great game. 2 sides playing good football looking to attack. First half ebbed and flow. And 2 sides at bottom of league. Surely that was the story. And then how Hearts dominated from 2-2. With 3 players coming back from injury. Probably one of the best games of the season. They could even have taken it as how new manager Jim Goodwin is shaping and developing the side. 

 

Finally Austin MacPhee. One thing having met him a couple of times is he is totally passionate about football. Did Sportsound mention, which they should every time they speak about him is he was first choice for the SFA Performance role which Malky MacKay got after Sportsound touted him for every job going. And Hearts are aiming for Europe including this season. Aberdeen were where we are in a recent season as well. 

 

Joke really. 

Excellent post.

[Glamorgan Jambo]

Stewart is fairly articulate and his points are and were generally coherent although the chip on his shoulder about Levein shone through to the point that he clearly ceased being objective. 

 

On the other hand Preston may care, or may not care, but because he is so inarticulate he comes over as an agenda driven idiot. Presumably he's employed by the BBC because of his Hearts connection but I can think of literally hundreds of former players should could provide the same perspective without the idiocy. 

[lou]

1 hour ago, Turkishcap said:

The Austin Mcphan was a genuine slip and I found it funny. I don't let myself get agitated by this lot as they are what they are. At least we were the topic, too often it's about the uglies and that bores me to tears. Agree WM is a tit but deep down he knows we are a sleeping giant that could dwarf his team 

 

Don't buy that, he stopped himself in time from saying McFanny, which caused fits of laughter amonst the rest, I got the impression that's what they call him when off air, embarrassing and unprofessional all round

[jock _turd]

1 hour ago, Parttimer1874 said:

Michael Stewart thinks he’s a genius. He’s far from it. A pseudo intellectual.  

 This in spades! The guy likes to think he is intelligent and from that angle expects to receive a kudos, that is not appropriate ... in my opinion.

[ToadKiller Dog]

BBC sportsound team have always lived in a bit of a club ,up their own arse bubble .

Reached its height at the infamous Scotland v Lithuania game . It's never really changed .

They apart from English and Spence are still shit scared to really criticize the ugly sisters .

In terms of the two Hearts guys. 

Stewart's the worse with his grudge often blinding his better comments as he thinks before he speaks and is calculated ,where as Preston is more a billy Dodds type stuff comes out his mouth before he has often put his thoughts together ,he is less in control of his emotions as Stewart .

 

But overall as with most of the coverage of scottish football the standard of punditry and comment is rather crap.

Imagine a scottish version of the sunday supplement on sky ,that would be a right horror show Keith Jackson and the likes .

[Lord Beni of Gorgie]

2 hours ago, Jean Louis Valois said:

 

I’m all for promoting Scottish football, the BBC Scotland Friday night show seems like a great idea. However I can barely watch the 4 smug *rseholes who present it, the “patter” between them is horrific. Two of them profess to be Hearts fans aswell, really?

3 I believe 

[Col4444]

I used to think Dick Gordon was the perfect (w) anchor, a few years ago you could have seen him being whisked south, the next Des Lyman etc, I have noticed even before yesterdays shitshow the clique between him and Miller go beyond reasonable for live radio. If I hear Miller commenting much more on  'Big Sam Cosgrove' I'll put my fist through the cab radio. 

Has anyone emailed the Beeb? As for Preston and Stewart they are hired mouth pieces, Miller and Gordon are worse than even Weegie contingent!

[Beast Boy]

1 minute ago, Col4444 said:

I used to think Dick Gordon was the perfect (w) anchor, a few years ago you could have seen him being whisked south, the next Des Lyman etc, I have noticed even before yesterdays shitshow the clique between him and Miller go beyond reasonable for live radio. If I hear Miller commenting much more on  'Big Sam Cosgrove' I'll put my fist through the cab radio. 

Has anyone emailed the Beeb? As for Preston and Stewart they are hired mouth pieces, Miller and Gordon are worse than even Weegie contingent!

The fawning over Miller from Gordon is totally nauseating.

[Mikey1874]

Results will shut them up. 

[jamboiain13]

18 hours ago, Whatever said:

Had the misfortune to hear this shite today.

 

From Allan Preston stating there ‘is nothing good at the club right now’....

 

...to Willie Miller suggesting it’s ‘laughable’ and we should ‘get real’. All because Austin Macphee dared to suggest the infrastructure now in place at the club should mean we want to be regularly competing for a place in the Europa league...

 

...to Michael Stewart being, well, Michael ****in Stewart...

 

...to that smug wankpiece Richard Gordon doing his usual scoffing and sneering throughout. Of course he was in full agreement whenever any of the above said anything negative about AM or Hearts (which was plentiful).

 

Could barely bring themselves to say anything positive about AM or Hearts. Even after the post match interview it was all about how AM was apparently saying what ‘the fans wanted to hear’ and how he ‘made sure to talk up his record’ (So would I if my record was 4 wins from 5!!)

 

This after Brian McLaughlin’s pathetic and ill informed slaverings the night Levein was sacked.

 

It’s very apparent there’s an agenda at play here. For whatever reason they clearly don’t like AM. Do I think AM should get the job? Probably not. That won’t stop me from giving credit where it’s due for today.

 

Austin Macphee has already given more to this club than Allan Preston or Michael Stewart has.

 

Hearts men my ****in arse.

 

As an aside, Hibs were ‘Sensational’ and ‘Wonderful’ today.

 

**** the BBC.

 

 

Eddie May also hinted that Hibs (not Hibernian as everyone on BBC Sportsound ALWAYS refers to them) should be challenging for Europe regularly.  Nobody on the panel decided that EM was deluded!  Shite journalism is rife across the BBC but the sports program takes the biscuit in their contempt for all things Heart of Midlothian

 

[Coburg Hearts]

3 hours ago, The Real Maroonblood said:

Exactly.

It’s years since I’ve listened to it.

Don’t see the need.

If it's years since you've listened to it then that surely proves the point that it's not fit for purpose?

If it was more balanced and gave Hearts at least a fair crack of the whip, I'm sure you might be more inclined to listen. I've rarely listened to it either since 2005.

[Beast Boy]

9 minutes ago, jamboiain13 said:

Eddie May also hinted that Hibs (not Hibernian as everyone on BBC Sportsound ALWAYS refers to them) should be challenging for Europe regularly.  Nobody on the panel decided that EM was deluded!  Shite journalism is rife across the BBC but the sports program takes the biscuit in their contempt for all things Heart of Midlothian

 

Hibs a better prospect than Hearts for returning to top half finishes and European football? Quite how they work that out, I don’t know. 
 

Edited November 10, 2019 by Icon of Symmetry

[Des Lynam]

2 hours ago, XB52 said:

He was factually incorrect in every statement he made, apart from that he was fine. Me and my son were actually laughing at the radio on the way to the game it was so bad. And don't get me started on Miller

He was pretty factually correct in that we’ve been utter shite for months. Listen I get folk are going to be defensive of the club but that shouldn’t make you blind. Differing opinions and criticism is a healthy thing. 

[XB52]

1 minute ago, Des Lynam said:

He was pretty factually correct in that we’ve been utter shite for months. Listen I get folk are going to be defensive of the club but that shouldn’t make you blind. Differing opinions and criticism is a healthy thing. 

He said Hickey was a product of celtic academy; factually incorrect. He said our academy wasn't producing;factually incorrect. 

[luckydug]

I rarely listen to them.

I rarely watch Sportscene I can see highlights of the games on you tube.

Why would anyone want to waste their life listening to those phannies. 

The only Sportscene I can be bothered watching is the Friday night Championship match.

I can never work out why anyone thinks we need 'pundits' It's just a jobs for the boys gravy train imo

[Enzo Chiefo]

4 hours ago, RudiHMFC said:

I love that you have guys like Preston and Stewart that speak passionately and honestly about the club and what's going on. They see through the charlatans that have been employed at the club for far too long and for me it's absolutely great to hear.

 

Naturally, the 'agenda' crew don't want to hear it.

Exactly the same ss they do when either Rangers or Celtic. The pundits are not out to get us. They really aren't. 

[Des Lynam]

5 minutes ago, XB52 said:

He said Hickey was a product of celtic academy; factually incorrect. He said our academy wasn't producing;factually incorrect. 

In fairness he was at Celtic for 4 years but I understand your point. The academy is doing ok. 

[Turkishcap]

1 hour ago, lou said:

Don't buy that, he stopped himself in time from saying McFanny, which caused fits of laughter amonst the rest, I got the impression that's what they call him when off air, embarrassing and unprofessional all round

You may have a point there, didn`t think of that.

[RobboM]

It was almost a feeding frenzy with Willie Miller, Preston and Gordon pre match yesterday. It saying something that Michael Stewsrt comes in with a contribution that is level headed and rational in comparison

[gashauskis9]

19 hours ago, DesertDawg said:

According to Stewart, "Uche Ikpeazu on the right wing did not work for me."  Funny that since he picked up a lot of the long crossfield balls that have been going astray for weeks now and worried the hell out of the left back every time the ball was in that part of the pitch.

 

Thankfully, I don't have to listen to this nonsense during the game since I prefer the insight of Jimmy Sandison on Hearts TV.

 

Dear Mr Stewart,

 

We scored 3 goals in the first half.  Two came as a result of hard work by Uche on the right wing, and the other...well, it was scored by the man himself.

 

Please go and bore someone about your Man Utd career and leave the punditry to someone who doesn’t have a grievance against Hearts.

[Beast Boy]

25 minutes ago, Des Lynam said:

He was pretty factually correct in that we’ve been utter shite for months. Listen I get folk are going to be defensive of the club but that shouldn’t make you blind. Differing opinions and criticism is a healthy thing. 

I think criticism is a good thing when it is warranted and based on facts. I think there has been a lot of unfair criticism of our club in recent times though, too. There’s been a fair amount of criticism for the sake of criticism on occasion, and that can get in the way of dealing with the real issues that need addressing. 

[Beast Boy]

Boy behind me was whining about Uche being out wide and how he should be in the box... seconds before he popped a great ball in to the box. Comedic timing at its best. 

[tokyowalnut]

57 minutes ago, jamboiain13 said:

Eddie May also hinted that Hibs (not Hibernian as everyone on BBC Sportsound ALWAYS refers to them) should be challenging for Europe regularly.  Nobody on the panel decided that EM was deluded!  Shite journalism is rife across the BBC but the sports program takes the biscuit in their contempt for all things Heart of Midlothian

 

May was saying how Hibs are the 3rd best team in Scotland, and they laughed at MacPhee for saying we should be targeting Europenevery season?! Morons!

[lou]

The get a life comments from Miller were cringe worthy,. playground stuffy, surely we have more articulate and intelligent ex pros out there who could be on every week

[RobboM]

9 minutes ago, Gashauskis9 said:

Dear Mr Stewart,

 

We scored 3 goals in the first half.  Two came as a result of hard work by Uche on the right wing, and the other...well, it was scored by the man himself.

 

Please go and bore someone about your Man Utd career and leave the punditry to someone who doesn’t have a grievance against Hearts.

Uche on the right was, for me, a great example of giving the opposition something to think about and have to react to rather than Hearts always seting up worrying about the opposition. It worked for me

[gashauskis9]

Just now, RobboM said:

Uche on the right was, for me, a great example of giving the opposition something to think about and have to react to rather than Hearts always seting up worrying about the opposition. It worked for me

Exactly.  If it allows Naismith to play more direct and to his best then it works for me.