Tom Hardy’s Dug Posted March 26 Other than the Championship season Rudi Skacel effectively carried the team for any season we had a semblance of success in the SPL/Cup since 2005. Nobody else. Discuss. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DETTY29 Posted March 26 (edited) Paul Hartley could play a bit. Edited March 26 by DETTY29 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ominous Posted March 26 Fyssas, Jankauskis, Bednar, Pressley were not too shabby either. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smoked-Glass Posted March 26 Rudi left in 2006 and was missing till what year? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SectionDJambo Posted March 26 I think it’s fair to say he was a talisman for Hearts. We’ll not see his likes again any time soon. Similar to seeing John Robertson for years, we were privileged to see him play for Hearts. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigAlim Posted March 26 With Rudi - 05/06 - 2nd with cup win 10/11 - 3rd 11/12 - 5th with cup win Without Rudi - 06/07 - 4th 07/08 - 8th 08/09 - 3rd 09/10 - 6th 12/13 - 10th 13/14 - 12th 14/15 - 1st in Championship 15/16 - 3rd 16/17 - 5th 17/18 - 6th 18/19 - 6th So we've been third twice without him, one of the times with no Rangers in the league. We've had four league cup semi finals without him and one final. We've also had one Scottish Cup final without him Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cruyff Posted March 26 Pretty decent defence then as well. Elvis and Webster, Zal and Webster. Nowadays, not so much. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Slim Stylee Posted March 26 1 hour ago, Tom Hardy’s Dug said: Other than the Championship season Rudi Skacel effectively carried the team for any season we had a semblance of success in the SPL/Cup since 2005. Nobody else. Discuss. I think the man-love is a bit sad at times?😀 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jammy T Posted March 26 I mostly agree At the start of the seasons that JJ and Sergio managed us neither were keen on him/started him. When they started to play him our form improved dramatically We wouldn’t have won the cup in 2012 without Rudi. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Roller Posted March 26 Thank **** Vlad signed him. Twice. ❤️ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fozzyonthefence Posted March 26 1 hour ago, BigAlim said: With Rudi - 05/06 - 2nd with cup win 10/11 - 3rd 11/12 - 5th with cup win Without Rudi - 06/07 - 4th 07/08 - 8th 08/09 - 3rd 09/10 - 6th 12/13 - 10th 13/14 - 12th 14/15 - 1st in Championship 15/16 - 3rd 16/17 - 5th 17/18 - 6th 18/19 - 6th So we've been third twice without him, one of the times with no Rangers in the league. We've had four league cup semi finals without him and one final. We've also had one Scottish Cup final without him But won nothing (I don’t count lower league titles). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fozzyonthefence Posted March 26 35 minutes ago, Jammy T said: I mostly agree At the start of the seasons that JJ and Sergio managed us neither were keen on him/started him. When they started to play him our form improved dramatically We wouldn’t have won the cup in 2012 without Rudi. We wouldn’t have won it in 2006 without him either. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
East Lothian Jambo Posted March 26 30 minutes ago, Fozzyonthefence said: But won nothing (I don’t count lower league titles). Yip. Rudi had bottle and showed up and delivered when it mattered Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ainsley Harriott Posted March 27 10 hours ago, BigAlim said: With Rudi - 05/06 - 2nd with cup win 10/11 - 3rd 11/12 - 5th with cup win Without Rudi - 06/07 - 4th 07/08 - 8th 08/09 - 3rd 09/10 - 6th 12/13 - 10th 13/14 - 12th 14/15 - 1st in Championship 15/16 - 3rd 16/17 - 5th 17/18 - 6th 18/19 - 6th So we've been third twice without him, one of the times with no Rangers in the league. We've had four league cup semi finals without him and one final. We've also had one Scottish Cup final without him Most of those without Rudi years were also without Romanov years and therefore players on 10k per week. Probably the biggest difference. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Debut 4 Posted March 27 14 hours ago, BigAlim said: With Rudi - 05/06 - 2nd with cup win 10/11 - 3rd 11/12 - 5th with cup win Without Rudi - 06/07 - 4th 07/08 - 8th 08/09 - 3rd 09/10 - 6th 12/13 - 10th 13/14 - 12th 14/15 - 1st in Championship 15/16 - 3rd 16/17 - 5th 17/18 - 6th 18/19 - 6th So we've been third twice without him, one of the times with no Rangers in the league. We've had four league cup semi finals without him and one final. We've also had one Scottish Cup final without him It’s actually grim reading(our league performance) since the time we knew admin was coming and cut backs kicked in. (12/13) Rudi wasn’t just a player with bottle, we all know he had a talent which kept him edged ahead in quality terms of the opposition. It’s not often we see the full package in maroon. Fearless of the OF, a winner and talent rolled into one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr 3 Putt Posted March 27 A Rudi fact. During his first stint with us he never scored at the gorgie end. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
graygo Posted March 27 15 hours ago, The Roller said: Thank **** Vlad signed him. Twice. ❤️ This. God forbid but imagine he signed for "them" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
graygo Posted March 27 5 hours ago, Ainsley Harriott said: Most of those without Rudi years were also without Romanov years and therefore players on 10k per week. Probably the biggest difference. What a very Hibs comment to make. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robbo-Jambo Posted March 27 16 hours ago, SectionDJambo said: I think it’s fair to say he was a talisman for Hearts. We’ll not see his likes again any time soon. Similar to seeing John Robertson for years, we were privileged to see him play for Hearts. Absolutely this. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ainsley Harriott Posted March 27 3 minutes ago, graygo said: What a very Hibs comment to make. Not really our playing budget was higher under Romanov or am I wrong? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Roller Posted March 27 4 minutes ago, graygo said: This. God forbid but imagine he signed for "them" Don’t, man. But alas, he didn’t. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gorgiewave Posted March 27 We had a "semblance" of success in the Cup last year, without him. We've had a semblance of success in the Cup this year, without him. We've been to four successive semi-finals for the second time in our history, without him. We had our longest-ever run without conceding a goal (I think?) without him. We put Raith Rovers out the Cup, despite him. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
graygo Posted March 27 27 minutes ago, Ainsley Harriott said: Not really our playing budget was higher under Romanov or am I wrong? Our playing budget now is higher than most teams in the league yet we are winning nothing - go figure. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ainsley Harriott Posted March 27 Just now, graygo said: Our playing budget now is higher than most teams in the league yet we are winning nothing - go figure. We didn't have 5 years of Craig heading up recruitment back then. We did sign some real quality back in those days. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Gio Posted March 27 Bruno Aguiar carried is in Csabas first season, finished 3rd. OP would have done better to say how other seasons would have been enhanced by a Skacel Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
