.....The official Ross County v Heart of Midlothian match day thread .....

[Leveins Battalion]

We are pish,and will remain pish until we sign some decent ****ing players.THAT is how simple it all is really.We have signed pish and so are pish.PISH

[alwaysthereinspirit]

So we moved one point closer to the team above us.

Yeah us.

Baby steps.

[Maple Leaf]

2 minutes ago, Fort Vallance said:

94 minutes and not one shot on target. Frightening. 

 

Woeful, unacceptable. The annoying part is that this problem is not new and, if not fixed, we are heading for the drop.

[Cruyff]

Just now, busby1985 said:

Am seriously contemplating deleting my kickback account. The levels of stupidity on here from that group is incredible. Stendel has signed one guy, has only one of his coaches and has been on the post 6 weeks? Actual crazy. 

Don't. 👍 

[StevenNaismith]

One of those games I’m afraid. Few decent chances where a calmer head would’ve seen a better attempt. The best goal scorers are the most relaxed players. We don’t have a natural goalscorer in the team.

Edited January 22, 2020 by StevenNaismith

[flem]

The clowns on here suggesting we should see this as some sort of positive must be hobbits on the wind up surely to ****. 

[kingantti1874]

Just now, Jambos4life said:

Anyone know why machino wasn’t on the squad?

no idea - was excellent against Aberdeen.. we need 2/3 signings in pronto

[mitch41]

I must admit I’m massively disappointed that we never managed 3 points against a poor Ross County team.

[coatbridgejambo]

conor washington next to be thrown under the bus methinks

[cameron79]

We created plenty in the second half but couldn't hit a barn door. We know we need a proven goalscorer, the club are trying to get one. 1 point gained on rivals. It will be the home games we need to win to stay up. In the meantime I'll take a point at ding wall.

[RustyRightPeg]

the further into this season that we’re getting, the more it is becoming apparent that the so called upper echelon of this club that we love, and have supported have “at heart” so to speak have nothing but financial interests in this club. 
 

The mess that the absolute Charlatan Craig Levein has left, supported and trusted by the one time saviour of this club, have fu****g buried it into the ground with a negative, losing mentality. Both him and Budge were once seen as saviours, they should now hang their heads in shame. 
 

Budge, who promised financial backing to our new manager, has vanished since Levein went upstairs to do nothing apart from literally steal a wage is now becoming more and more invisible on a day to day basis. 

[Hectormasson]

1 minute ago, Space Pirate said:

Seriously? Is that true?

 

Get boyce in asap !

[1971fozzy]

Could of been worse given the first half.

A point gained on teams above but really disappointed that we never tested them.

with Clare, Smith and Hickey back we should do better.

Uche and Washington are really not helping the cause. They badly need a goal.

not a disaster but thankfully we got a hand from other teams tonight

[ford donald]

4 minutes ago, Kiwidoug said:

Hopefully adds impetus to getting Boyce in.

 

Surely must be a priority now.

[been here before]

1 minute ago, Jambos4life said:

Anyone know why machino wasn’t on the squad?

 

The manager, the player himself...

[ShedBoy]

Shit happens. The games over. Move on 👍🏻

[Jambo92]

Just now, indianajones said:

This is a game we would've lost 4-5 weeks ago.

 

Slow improvement but improvement is improvement. 

 

Still confident we will be safe. 

 

This, it could be a massive point come end of the season, it was always going to be a nervy night and can't remember last time we went to Dingwall winning comfortably. Two clean sheets and fingers crossed some goal scorers to be signed in coming days, fans have to stay on side.

[Debut 4]

1 minute ago, savage said:

Why do people keep saying dingwall is a hard place to go.  They leak so many goals and would again tonight if we could hit the bloody target

Because alot of fans have been brought down by the previous management and their dour, cautious outlook.

 

You get called entitled expecting to win. I know where we are coming from and how bad we have been that a point may be decent, but when you need big characters and people to step up to get 3 points it’s not really happened. 
 

Hearts used to prepare for 3 points in places like Dingwall, we used to go with the attitude we could win. Not entitled, but had the mentality we should be getting the points.  Now it’s an honour to get a draw in some people’s minds. 😬

[Dia Liom]

Any ITKers about????

[GinRummy]

Just now, graygo said:

Better than it was this morning.

Is it right st Johnstone’s game in hand are against rangers and Celtic?

[Stuart McNeill]

Regardless of how poor we are today. 

 

We gained 1 points and closer to 11th

[Rogue Daddy]

If these stats don’t scream ‘GET A FECKIN DECENT STRIKER SIGNED!’ I don’t know what will! 9 corners! Only 4 shots... nowt on target. 
Need a striker as a priority!

[Hectormasson]

1 minute ago, VALDOS' said:

What's that 2 points from 7 league games since the change? 

It's bizarre, things look better, yet somehow seem worse. 

A STRIKER is a must. 

At least 1 ,,,

[Jamhammer]

Point gained away from home and on our relegation rivals. A clean sheet. For the 600 souls who made THAT trip fair play to ya.

Hoped for better but I’ll take it. On to Sunday. Please gies a striker worthy of the name Hearts 

[iantjambo]

Well that was disappointing.

 

At least we gained a point on our rivals though. Every cloud and all that.

[JAYEL]

Unbeaten run continues

 

55% possession 

 

onwards and upwards
 

🇱🇻❤️🇱🇻

[gowestjambo]

4 minutes ago, allystrachan said:

I agree. Washington done very little before he got injured & because he was t involved in all the recent crap performances everyone seemed to think he was a world beater. 

 

Stephen Elliot Mark 2. We needed a Goal Scorer - Craig Levein chose Washington.....

[corkie64]

1 point away from home is better than 0  points away from home especially when those around you lose.

[1874robbo]

Hopefully this gives us the push to go out and get the striker we need!!

[Victorian]

Not what we wanted but overall a small gain after it looked like we might go backwards.    Rangers next so another gain looks unlikely.     Then we'll need to win a game before Celtic.

[Gambo]

Clean sheet.

Yes, we wanted 3 points, but point gained on the three teams above us.

More game time for returning injured players and 1hr on the park for Donis.

 

We do though need a striker.

 

[Leveins Battalion]

Just now, ShedBoy said:

Shit happens. The games over. Move on 👍🏻

FFS this stat could be any game from the last 2 years.

[Vlad Magic]

3 minutes ago, Space Pirate said:

Seriously? Is that true?

 

We had 3 shots on target.

[jambogaza]

Budge needs to get her personal cheque book out and bail us out of this mess. 

Edited January 22, 2020 by jambogaza

[Francis Albert]

5 minutes ago, Fort Vallance said:

94 minutes and not one shot on target. Frightening. 

BBC stats said we had 3 but Hearts TV audio commentary suggested none of them were a threat.

[Jambo 4 Ever]

2 minutes ago, Leveins Battalion said:

We are pish,and will remain pish until we sign some decent ****ing players.THAT is how simple it all is really.We have signed pish and so are pish.PISH

Couldn’t agree more

 

our players are dog poo 

[Ethan Hunt]

Some people need to wake up. This is a team that will be relegated. If Budge thinks that this lot will keep us up she’s fecking delusional. Whatever the budget is, it’s time to expand it to get what we need.

[Jambof3tornado]

1 minute ago, Hectormasson said:

Get boyce in asap !

This. 

[SMJ_1874]

9 minutes ago, Diadora Van Basten said:

Uche shouldn’t be allowed to shoot.

Uche shouldn’t be allowed to be stripped for the bench. Horrendous player. 

[Cruyff]

1 minute ago, Natural Orders said:

Washington is not a striker

strikers score goals 

He's a Sleeves type. Does the dirty work but couldn't score in a barrel of ******s. 

[Thomaso]

28 minutes ago, Sir Gio said:

I can't understate how desperate that makes me feel 

Would you not have been more desperate if we had fallen 7 points behind Hamilton?

[Clark Griswold]

18 goals in 22 games this season  

Edited January 22, 2020 by Clark Griswold
typo

[busby1985]

2 minutes ago, Cruyff said:

Don't. 👍 

It’s a tough gig tho eh. Someone even posted earlier if we’d even seen a change in style of play 🙈🙈🙈

[1953]

Could have been better but also could have been a lot worse. Move on and keep trying. Still got everything to play for.

[Robbo-Jambo]

Maybe should be getting a double session of shooting practice. 

 

This woeful number of shots at goal has been going on for a long time now. 😏

[Henrysmithstaxi]

6 minutes ago, Smith's right boot said:

Point gained on the teams above. 

Unbeaten in 3.

 

Not great, but not bad. 

 

Washington, Naismith get more game time. 

New guy got a run out. 

 

Shut out with Hickey, Smith, Clare, Brandon out. 

Only Dikamona injured. 

 

Shame some fans are already questioning the manager rather than getting behind him already. 

Called that weeks ago tho. 

Same group all the time. 

 

 

Draw away, win at home we'll be ok.... 

 

Precisely this. Very good perspective in the circumstances. Some people need to get a grip. Rome wasn’t built in a day. We’re making progress. Well said.

[kila]

A number really need to work on their shooting. Washington, Uche, Naismith... How many would've done what Clare did at the weekend?

[RustyRightPeg]

They literally could’ve played without a goalkeeper, I never thought it would ever get this bad, ever. 

[Hercules]

2 minutes ago, Jambo92 said:

 

This, it could be a massive point come end of the season, it was always going to be a nervy night and can't remember last time we went to Dingwall winning comfortably. Two clean sheets and fingers crossed some goal scorers to be signed in coming days, fans have to stay on side.

Jesus ****ing Christ. 

[Class of 75]

3 minutes ago, indianajones said:

This is a game we would've lost 4-5 weeks ago.

 

Slow improvement but improvement is improvement. 

 

Still confident we will be safe. 

Totally agree. All journeys begin with small steps. A point up there is not bad considering the dross he inherited. The team is not losing which is a start. We just need a goal scorer to convert chances into goals.