The ‘dig’ at Jack Ross in our statement confirming Daniel Stendel as Hearts manager.

[Kiwidoug]

This so called dig at Ross is trivia.

 

Were all glad to see the back of levein but Natural Order is a very important part of his legacy.  The reason it will continue to have impact is because it's true.  It always has been and it still is.

 

Best of it is that our great friends in the East also know it's  true and they are utterly frustrated and angered  as a result.

 

Brilliant job there Craig.

[E6 Inc]

Bet you lot are fun on a night out.

 

They are our rivals, we had a pop, they responded, all light hearted.

 

Much better to be the weegie arse cheeks signing about 17th century religious wars...

[CloustonHMFC]

Personally it didn’t go far enough.

 

Should have added in that Stendel was here to continue with the natural of ****ing Hibs and finishing above Jack Ross.

Edited December 8, 2019 by DarioHMFC

[Maroonblood22]

 FFS, imagine actual Hearts fans getting upset about us having a dig at the tramps!

 

**** Hibs and all who sail in her!

 

 

[E6 Inc]

16 minutes ago, DarioHMFC said:

Personally it didn’t go far enough.

 

Should have added in that Stendel was here to continue with the natural of ****ing Hibs and finishing above Jack Ross.

 

This.

 

12 minutes ago, Maroonblood22 said:

 FFS, imagine actual Hearts fans getting upset about us having a dig at the tramps!

 

**** Hibs and all who sail in her!

 

 

 

This.

 

9 hours ago, GinRummy said:

It’s about time the clubs started having a dig at each other. All this respect the rivalry shite makes me feel like I’ve ate too many bars of tablet. Have a pop at the scummy shite at every opportunity. Hibs tramps.

 

This.

 

Folk having a bleat about Budge taking the atmosphere at Tynie and then complaining when she has a little joke at the expense of our tiny neighbours whilst announcing a major managerial hire. Mad.

[Redhelen]

To get facts straight Sunderland finished 5th under Ross not 3rd. 

[Hairdryer]

2 hours ago, E6 Inc said:

Bet you lot are fun on a night out.

 

They are our rivals, we had a pop, they responded, all light hearted.

 

Much better to be the weegie arse cheeks signing about 17th century religious wars...

Exactly a little banter between our rivals which goes both ways is good 

and let the old firm sing there poison today which the newspapers will ignore 
 

 

 

 

 

 

[Seymour M Hersh]

12 hours ago, Auld Reekin' said:

I have it on excellent authority that Daniel insisted upon the inclusion of this into the Hearts' statement...   

 

ITK post imo. 

[Nookie Bear]

3 hours ago, Kiwidoug said:

This so called dig at Ross is trivia.

 

Were all glad to see the back of levein but Natural Order is a very important part of his legacy.  The reason it will continue to have impact is because it's true.  It always has been and it still is.

 

Best of it is that our great friends in the East also know it's  true and they are utterly frustrated and angered  as a result.

 

Brilliant job there Craig.

You mean failing to back up his words on the pitch? Yeah, I suppose you’re right. 

[Forever Hearts]

Pathetic putting that in the statement. No need for it at all. 

[Beast Boy]

18 minutes ago, Nookie Bear said:

You mean failing to back up his words on the pitch? Yeah, I suppose you’re right. 

Did he? What is his derby record? Don’t think that’s one of his failures, tbh.

[Gregorski]

In two minds about this.

 

One part of me says that I don't want to in any way legitimise Hibs by even referencing them.

 

It puts them on an even level which is something the club obviously doesn't merit (for reference, one of their key brags is about having floodlights). If Hearts have serious ambitions then they shouldn't even be on the radar. 

 

The other part says, chill out, football is way too serious in an already very serious world.

[Gregorski]

4 hours ago, Kiwidoug said:

This so called dig at Ross is trivia.

 

Were all glad to see the back of levein but Natural Order is a very important part of his legacy.  The reason it will continue to have impact is because it's true.  It always has been and it still is.

 

Best of it is that our great friends in the East also know it's  true and they are utterly frustrated and angered  as a result.

 

Brilliant job there Craig.

Fair enough on the natural order stuff Kiwi but the cold fact is, we are currently on course to finish below them for a third season in a row.

 

I feel that if we want to be making points about 'natural order' then we should be getting our heads down, getting to work and showing it on the park.

 

After that, we can make all the digs on the official site that we like.

Edited December 8, 2019 by Gregorski

[Marvin]

13 hours ago, Dunks said:

I laughed

 

 

Me too. Just a bit of banter. Much better and classy compared to the old squirm.

[The Real Maroonblood]

48 minutes ago, Forever Hearts said:

Pathetic putting that in the statement. No need for it at all. 

[Nookie Bear]

1 hour ago, Icon of Symmetry said:

Did he? What is his derby record? Don’t think that’s one of his failures, tbh.

I judge Hearts on more than just how we do against that lot. 
 

But yeah, he ‘got’ the Derby more than others did. 

[Independence]

14 hours ago, Silvery_Moon said:

All I am interested in is beating Hibs on the pitch. Not daft comments. Stupid statement from us. 

Why? Its banter! Too many H1b5 fans on this thread, again!

[The Real Maroonblood]

3 minutes ago, Independence said:

Why? Its banter! Too many H1b5 fans on this thread, again!

The team being soft has affected the fans.

[John Findlay]

1 hour ago, Nookie Bear said:

You mean failing to back up his words on the pitch? Yeah, I suppose you’re right. 

Could have swore we won the last Edinburgh derby

[¼½¾]

It probably wasn't even meant as a dig, just a badly worded continuation of the cosying up to the tramps. What was meant was something like 'Our managers will continue their friendly rivalry'.

[John Findlay]

9 hours ago, weehammy said:

Kim Basinger is almost as old as Ann Budge.

I'd still do Kim Basinger.

[ramrod]

Nearly every Hibs fan I've spoken to about Stendel follow up with the question who ?  All Hearrs have done is explain that's the guy that finished above Sunderland when Jack Ross was the manager. 

 

[It should have been ten]

14 hours ago, Saint Jambo said:

 

Absolutely. The desperation of some folk to find things to criticise the club for is beyond belief. But we're a 'brilliant' support apparently.

Totally agree. ‘Brilliant support’ 

[BobbyJenkins]

14 hours ago, Tom Hardy’s Dug said:

Come on guys - get a life

 

Slag us when we are too cosy with Hibs - slag us when we give some banter out.

let’s get a grip eh?

Lol exactly, can’t win.

[It should have been ten]

3 hours ago, Maroonblood22 said:

 FFS, imagine actual Hearts fans getting upset about us having a dig at the tramps!

 

**** Hibs and all who sail in her!

 

 

Correct! This forum is getting worse by the day 

 

FTH!

[WageThief]

13 hours ago, Nucky Thompson said:

Everything in this post reeks of vermin

 

Also see: all his other posts

[Silvery_Moon]

28 minutes ago, Independence said:

Why? Its banter! Too many H1b5 fans on this thread, again!

It's pointless crap trying to get the fans onside. 

 

Do the talking on the park. Let H1b5 talk the nonsense like they used to. 

[Forever Hearts]

Mentioning another manager and a league down south in our official statement when appointing our new manager, there's not enough facepalms for that. Utterly cringeworthy. 

[Hackney Hearts]

Pathetic and petty minded - that's what having a go at this statement is.

 

Yes it could have been worded more blandly... "Stendel will already be familiar with new Hibernian manager Jack Ross from their time in English League 1 with Barnsley and Sunderland respectively"  ... but the way they've done it saves the uninitiated from having to Google where those clubs finished in the promotion race. It doesn't mention Hibs, and it doesn't say that Ross will be a bad manager for them. If anything, it highlights the fact that the two men have been managing at a very similar level. It's not much of a slur. 

[Forever Hearts]

5 minutes ago, Hackney Hearts said:

Pathetic and petty minded - that's what having a go at this statement is.

 

Yes it could have been worded more blandly... "Stendel will already be familiar with new Hibernian manager Jack Ross from their time in English League 1 with Barnsley and Sunderland respectively"  ... but the way they've done it saves the uninitiated from having to Google where those clubs finished in the promotion race. It doesn't mention Hibs, and it doesn't say that Ross will be a bad manager for them. If anything, it highlights the fact that the two men have been managing at a very similar level. It's not much of a slur. 

Why even mention Jack Ross? 

[Hackney Hearts]

3 minutes ago, Forever Hearts said:

Mentioning another manager and a league down south in our official statement when appointing our new manager, there's not enough facepalms for that. Utterly cringeworthy. 

 

In some ways, it would be a bit odd not to mention it. What connection does our new manager have with Scottish football? Absolutely none. Oh no, hang on - he's directly competed with a former Hearts employee who is now manager of our main rivals. Is it the words 'ahead of' that's cringeworthy? Should it have been 'competed with'? Perhaps - but we need at least a couple of facepalms for that level of pedantry on a good news day.

[The Real Maroonblood]

8 minutes ago, Forever Hearts said:

Mentioning another manager and a league down south in our official statement when appointing our new manager, there's not enough facepalms for that. Utterly cringeworthy. 

Just as well it wasn’t about Sevco.

You would probably explode.

[Mac80]

15 hours ago, ...a bit disco said:

A statement of fact.

 

Nothing more, nothing less.

Exactly 

[Hackney Hearts]

Just now, Forever Hearts said:

Why even mention Jack Ross? 

 

As I just replied - he's a legitimate (and indeed the ONLY) connection Stendel has to Hearts and to Scottish football. People are interested in that sort of background stuff (I know most of JKB is already aware, but others aren't).

[Mac80]

4 hours ago, Maroonblood22 said:

 FFS, imagine actual Hearts fans getting upset about us having a dig at the tramps!

 

**** Hibs and all who sail in her!

 

 

yipe. 
 

unbelievable. 

 

Who honestly cares???

 

have a word folks 
 

 

[Forever Hearts]

5 minutes ago, The Real Maroonblood said:

Just as well it wasn’t about Sevco.

You would probably explode.

Mods have given out plenty of warnings for that stuff. Just a wee heads up. 👍

[CJGJ]

The reaction is another example of people being 'too precious' these days

 

The reaction is being fueled by the media and of course social media on here and other fan/football sites

 

It's a throwaway comment which really did not have to be made but it's hardly worth the overboard reaction some of the press are giving it

Press need stories..any stories and will skew the statement to suit their agenda....what can appear a bit of fun is twisted as if someone has been accused of murder

[Independence]

18 minutes ago, Forever Hearts said:

Why even mention Jack Ross? 

......because they are our closest rivals! Jeez some of these posts!!! 

[AlphonseCapone]

This is very unbecoming of Heart of Midlothian Football Club, and I for one am shook to the very core of my being. I must say.

[The Real Maroonblood]

14 minutes ago, Forever Hearts said:

Mods have given out plenty of warnings for that stuff. Just a wee heads up. 👍

You must have deserved it.

[Tom Hardy’s Dug]

You’ll all remember that Jack Ross suggested he turned us down to go to Hibs to ingratiate himself to those inbred family ****ers when it was a blatant lie.

 

We have made a Jack Ross related dig and given the lack of moral standards the guy has and the disruption he caused at Hearts when he was with us, quite right too.

He’s lucky a club is prepared to touch him.

 

So honestly save the bleeding hearts for somebody that deserves it

 

Edited December 8, 2019 by Tom Hardy’s Dug

[OTT]

6 minutes ago, Tom Hardy’s Dug said:

You’ll all remember that Jack Ross suggested he turned us down to go to Hibs to ingratiate himself to those inbred family ****ers when it was a blatant lie.

 

We have made a Jack Ross related dig and given the lack of moral standards the guy has and the disruption he caused at Hearts when he was with us, quite right too.

He’s lucky a club is prepared to touch him.

 

So honestly save the bleeding hearts for somebody that deserves it

 

 

Yeah, he mentioned us first. Wee tit for tat. Just a bit of banter  

 

Although I suppose we should 'rise above it'  

[Auld Reekin']

3 hours ago, Seymour M Hersh said:

 

ITK post imo. 

 

 

(For the record, and in the light of some folk apparently getting very agitated about the whole thing, I don't give a 5h1t about the wording of the statement.)

[Sooperstar]

I appreciated the pettiness of it.

[Forever Hearts]

39 minutes ago, Independence said:

......because they are our closest rivals! Jeez some of these posts!!! 

And do other clubs mention their rival's manager when appointing their new boss? Totally unnecessary. 

[Irufushi]

5 hours ago, Maroonblood22 said:

 FFS, imagine actual Hearts fans getting upset about us having a dig at the tramps!

 

**** Hibs and all who sail in her!

 

 

[Ribble]

3 hours ago, Forever Hearts said:

Pathetic putting that in the statement. No need for it at all. 

Always a need for it, far too long we’ve been to pally pally with those tramps, get a dig in at every opportunity to remind them that despite brief moments in time where they gather a couple of points more than us that this is our city and we have utterly ****ing dominated them for more than a century

[The Real Maroonblood]

6 minutes ago, Ribble said:

Always a need for it, far too long we’ve been to pally pally with those tramps, get a dig in at every opportunity to remind them that despite brief moments in time where they gather a couple of points more than us that this is our city and we have utterly ****ing dominated them for more than a century

[jackal]

22 minutes ago, Forever Hearts said:

And do other clubs mention their rival's manager when appointing their new boss? Totally unnecessary. 

Jack Ross was apparently a contender for the Hearts job so to state we have appointed a manager who finished above a candidate we looked at just says we think we got better. The fact he is at Hibs is easy to connect because they are supposed rivals and its current to our league. 

 

Time will tell who the better manager will be but I think Stendel will be backed more by our club in what he wants to do than Ross will art Hibs unless they pony up.

 

If the situation had been reversed and we signed Ross and they had Stendel do you not think they would take great delight in informing everyone they thought they had the better manager. The EEN couldnt wait to say Ross chose Hibs over us. I dont recall you starting a thread complaining about that.

 

Every chance Hibs get to put one over on us they take it, through the EEN or their own site. Tash with his financial figures comparing them to us or the attendances fantasy they come out with, Aberdeen sang what a shi##y home support. Within hours it was in the EEN with average attendances showing hibs above Aberdeen. Any time you look at any of these stats click through pages on the EEN you know the only reason it is done is to try and show Hibs as the more successful club.

 

Now if you are not fooled by all the made up facts anyone will know Hearts are by far the more successful club. We have suffered a blip in the last few years after Vlad but make no mistake we will always be superior to Hibs and they know it.

[Forever Hearts]

19 minutes ago, Ribble said:

Always a need for it, far too long we’ve been to pally pally with those tramps, get a dig in at every opportunity to remind them that despite brief moments in time where they gather a couple of points more than us that this is our city and we have utterly ****ing dominated them for more than a century

Announcing our new manager was not the time to have a dig at Hibs.