***Official Stirling Albion v Heart of Midlothian match thread***

[whodanny]

Well, it's gone the way of most threads on here, so i'm done for tonight.

[Guest ToqueJambo]

4 minutes ago, Bongo 1874 said:

Yes Robbie has beaten Rangers before, not Celtic, Hibs and Aberdeen yes. 

 

Er, what? Come on mods. It's so obvious.

 

 

[Lfhearts]

30 minutes ago, alwaysthereinspirit said:

You are exactly who Robbie was looking at when he made his famous “go watch City or Utd” quote.

He saw you, he heard you and he thought to himself “he’s never been a Hearts fan in his cream puff”

I hated him before he said that and nothing much has changed, you pay your money you want entertainment, it will be sparingly available under Neilson, yet he is in denial.

 

[Diego10]

John Souttar overtook Eamonn Bannon in the Worst Miss Ever By A Hearts Player stakes tonight, well played

[Guest ToqueJambo]

2 minutes ago, Lfhearts said:

I hated him before he said that and nothing much has changed, you pay your money you want entertainment, it will be sparingly available under Neilson, yet he is in denial.

 

 

Does anyone in Scotland pay money to watch a football match expecting entertainment?

[Tott]

17 minutes ago, MTS1874 said:

Unfortunately I didn’t stick a bet on.

Sair one..would have been nice odds   😧

 

 

 

[Pasquale for King]

4 minutes ago, Diego10 said:

John Souttar overtook Eamonn Bannon in the Worst Miss Ever By A Hearts Player stakes tonight, well played

He’s not much of a scorer of goals 😆

[Morgan]

That’s plenty.  🙄

[Homme]

We used to be a win at all costs team. For some reason since admin fans have went all vermin on us and demanded style and suave. 

 

It never worked for them and it's no wonder it hasn't for us either.

 

I honestly couldn't give a shiny shit how we play as long as we win.

[Tott]

4 minutes ago, Diego10 said:

John Souttar overtook Eamonn Bannon in the Worst Miss Ever By A Hearts Player stakes tonight, well played

 

The feed(official)  was that shit,had no idea who missed that one .

[Jamiemac]

https://t.co/9ebPa5Q7WG 

Tonight’s match report

 

Heard the stream was a bit dodgy, can assure you that you’s didn’t miss much. 
 

Far from a classic but another win and another clean sheet. 
 

A win on Sunday and we’ll be seeded for the next round which is what we’d be aiming for. 
 

Delighted for Pollock 👍🏻
 

 

 

[Lord Beni of Gorgie]

3 minutes ago, Jamiemac said:

https://t.co/9ebPa5Q7WG 

Tonight’s match report

 

Heard the stream was a bit dodgy, can assure you that you’s didn’t miss much. 
 

Far from a classic but another win and another clean sheet. 
 

A win on Sunday and we’ll be seeded for the next round which is what we’d be aiming for. 
 

Delighted for Pollock 👍🏻
 

 

 

Workmanlike, some flashes, some mild trauma but as Hearts generally go in this cup as comfortable as I recall. 

[Pans Jambo]

That was boring. It was though. 
But. 
It is a win and this time last year we would have been getting beat by teams like this. 

Edited July 20, 2021 by Pans Jambo

[Lord Beni of Gorgie]

14 minutes ago, Diego10 said:

John Souttar overtook Eamonn Bannon in the Worst Miss Ever By A Hearts Player stakes tonight, well played

I thought it looked over the line but aye

 

GMS had a howler last season too, missing some sitters in this group 

[Lord Beni of Gorgie]

17 minutes ago, ToqueJambo said:

 

Er, what? Come on mods. It's so obvious.

 

 

It's the certainty in the factually incorrect pish that cracks me up, in a way

 

More fool anyone falling for it

[5jambo1]

I can’t remember the last time we were this comfortable in the group stages. Another easy win, clean sheet, qualified, job done! Play our strongest team v ICT to keep momentum going and keep building the confidence we seem to have! I know the opposition has not been the strongest but winning seems to be becoming a habit so long may that continue. Then bring on Celtic! 

[JamboGraham]

2 minutes ago, Pans Jambo said:

That was boring. It was though. 
But. 
It is a win and this time last year we would have been getting beat by teams like this. 

 

Played 4, won 4 against teams like this in last years competition.

 

[JackLadd]

1 minute ago, Pans Jambo said:

That was boring. It was though. 
But. 
It is a win and this time last year we would have been getting beat by teams like this. 

 

Not sure about that was the winter period Neilson had the poor patch.

[db211833]

29 minutes ago, Bongo 1874 said:

Mate we won well done, but don't tell me that was a great performance, be honest do you think we played a good game tonight?. 

You don't watch Scottish football,  you can't! The number of times bigger teams struggle against minnows is countless compared the the drubbings. We haven't conceded  a goal in this competition,t and have barely got out of 2nd gear. You have become a parody poster.

Edited July 20, 2021 by db211833

[Morgan]

8 minutes ago, Pans Jambo said:

That was boring. It was though. 
But. 
It is a win and this time last year we would have been getting beat by teams like this. 

No we weren’t.

[Guest ToqueJambo]

Just now, JackLadd said:

 

Not sure about that was the winter period Neilson had the poor patch.

 

None of us should be surprised we're starting a season in solid fashion under Neilson. He's done it 4 times now, and if he continues this way when the league starts that'll be 5 out of 5 good starts. Celtic though is a toughie for the first game, although so were Hibs and Dundee to a lesser extent in previous seasons.

[Sigma One]

1 hour ago, GinRummy said:

Commentator is having a race related nightmare here. 

Amateur hour started at the beginning of the stream.  What a mistake to make.

[Pans Jambo]

3 minutes ago, JackLadd said:

 

Not sure about that was the winter period Neilson had the poor patch.

Fair enough. Ive completely lost a year somewhere. Was definately boring though. 

[Governor Tarkin]

1 hour ago, jonesy said:

Like a faulty shipment delivered to Lourdes.

 

 

48 minutes ago, jonesy said:

This thread was great for poking fun at the potentially racist commentator and hearing about the squirrels in @Governor Tarkin's and @jonnothejambo's gardens. Otherwise...

 

Hundreds of the blighters, jonesy. I think they have a barracks in the wood over the back hedge. Stupid buggers though, and totally inept at the swimming. I'm fishing drowned ones out of the old neighbour's water butt several times a week.

 

Pity there's not much eating on them, really.

[Governor Tarkin]

3 minutes ago, db211833 said:

 and have barely got out of 2nd gear. 

 

And therin lies the issue that most folk take with Nheilson ball.

[Pasquale for King]

2 minutes ago, Sigma One said:

Amateur hour started at the beginning of the stream.  What a mistake to make.

If you have ambitions to do this line of work names like Ginnelly are not hard to pronounce and they look nothing like each other. 

[Bazzas right boot]

So many on here are  that we never ****ed up the LC group stages.

 

 

[JackLadd]

1 minute ago, ToqueJambo said:

 

None of us should be surprised we're starting a season in solid fashion under Neilson. He's done it 4 times now, and if he continues this way when the league starts that'll be 5 out of 5 good starts. Celtic though is a toughie for the first game, although so were Hibs and Dundee to a lesser extent in previous seasons.

 

 

Tough opener, will need to raise the level to take anything. If  Midge beat them mid week that would help.

[Cut The Crap]

Qualified without incident, our main striker amongst the gold and a young midfielder off the mark. Decent enough start.

[JamboGraham]

1 minute ago, Pans Jambo said:

Fair enough. Ive completely lost a year somewhere. Was definately boring though. 

 

Didn’t actually lose a game the season before either. Won 2, Drawn 2 but failed to get the bonus point from one of the shootouts. Pedantic I know, but I do take your point, the draws felt like losses in that 19-20 group.

[JackLadd]

6 minutes ago, Pans Jambo said:

Fair enough. Ive completely lost a year somewhere. Was definately boring though. 

 

was a shocking Jan-March he had. Boring is better than Brora.

[Lord Beni of Gorgie]

6 minutes ago, Barack said:

Bounce game against Leicester tomorrow.👀

Seen that on Bob's interview, quite chirpy, Pollock playing again 

[pointon]

We need better players that is all 

[davemclaren]

Just now, pointon said:

We need better players that is all 

Most teams do…always. 

[Tom Hardy’s Dug]

8 minutes ago, Barack said:

Bounce game against Leicester tomorrow.👀

Was about to post that...

[Lord Beni of Gorgie]

8 minutes ago, JamboGraham said:

 

Didn’t actually lose a game the season before either. Won 2, Drawn 2 but failed to get the bonus point from one of the shootouts. Pedantic I know, but I do take your point, the draws felt like losses in that 19-20 group.

Never been quite so comfortable in the matches I don't think. 

 

Except Irving debacle that made it difficult in the end 

[Lord Beni of Gorgie]

Just now, davemclaren said:

Most teams do…always. 

 

[db211833]

13 minutes ago, Governor Tarkin said:

 

And therin lies the issue that most folk take with Nheilson ball.

Grow up, Nheilson ball, absolutely tragic.

[The Future's Maroon]

This forum is astoundingly entertaining at times, like tonight!

Edited July 20, 2021 by The Future's Maroon

[Lord Beni of Gorgie]

3 minutes ago, Barack said:

And couple of changes against ICT, but not wholesale. Which is the right thing.

 

Expect Gnando will get a start.

Unless we are desperate to be seeded. 

 

Halliday or Haring, maybe even both to drop out, seems to be rotation for CMs mostly 

[Jamhammer]

Don’t care how we played as didn’t have to watch it.

Away win. 2 goals. Clean sheet. Need reinforcements for League campaign but that’ll do

[Pans Jambo]

3 minutes ago, Jamhammer said:

Don’t care how we played as didn’t have to watch it.

Away win. 2 goals. Clean sheet. Need reinforcements for League campaign but 

Edited July 20, 2021 by Pans Jambo

[JamboGraham]

16 minutes ago, Sir Gio said:

Never been quite so comfortable in the matches I don't think. 

 

Except Irving debacle that made it difficult in the end 

 

Irving was actually the season before that again and on the park we were won 3, drawn 1 (and got the bonus point). The points deduction made it seem more problematic than it was.

 

Cathro aside we do seem to be pretty solid at navigating these groups (as we should) but not a lot of memorable matches for me over the years.

 

Hopefully we get our act together this season and we can be done with the farce of our annual meet up with ICT plus selected others. Thanks to the regional split and the seeding structure it has all become very repetitive each year.

 

I agree though that despite concerns from many over ‘performance’ this does feel particularly comfortable in comparison to previous group stages.

Edited July 20, 2021 by JamboGraham

[Lord Beni of Gorgie]

2 minutes ago, JamboGraham said:

 

Irving was actually the season before that again and on the park we were won 3, drawn 1 (and got the bonus point). The points deduction made it seem more problematic than it was.

 

Cathro aside we do seem to be pretty solid at navigating these groups (as we should) but not a lot of memorable matches for me over the years.

 

Hopefully we get our act together this season and we can be done with the farce of our annual meet up ICT plus selected others. Thanks to the regional split and the seeding structure it has all become very repetitive each year.

 

I agree though that despite concerns from many over ‘performance’ this does feel particularly comfortable in comparison to previous group stages.

We have not been desperate for a goal this time or thrown any in.

 

One year ironically we drew with United under Neilson. 

 

Group games record for Neilson is not an issue, its a knockout though, needs to get his joker out

[Bazzas right boot]

1 hour ago, Bongo 1874 said:

 

 

 

You need help. 

 

[McCrae]

No real surprises from this game… 

 

Kingsley remains a weak link at the back.

Walkers best days are far behind him.

Our bench is very weak.

We need another goal scorer, CH and a creative CM.

 

We are playing better and look more dangerous…. But don’t look like a team able to challenge for a European spot this year.
 

[NANOJAMBO]

26 minutes ago, Jamhammer said:

Don’t care how we played as didn’t have to watch it.

Away win. 2 goals. Clean sheet. Need reinforcements for League campaign but that’ll do

100%.

Squad's done it's job but it's miles off what is required in the top tier. 

Hopefully JS is on the job. 

[Guest ToqueJambo]

9 minutes ago, NANOJAMBO said:

100%.

Squad's done it's job but it's miles off what is required in the top tier. 

Hopefully JS is on the job. 

 

We won't know what's required in the top tier until we start playing the other teams. So far none of Celtic, D Utd, St Mirren, Livvy and Well have looked anything special in their competitive games. In fact, we've been the most convincing top tier team so far as all the others have had a scare and/or a tough game, against similar opposition apart from Celtic.

Edited July 20, 2021 by ToqueJambo

[alwaysthereinspirit]

2 hours ago, Bongo 1874 said:

Yeah well done Pollock, for saving our blushes. 

😵‍💫

[Silvery_Moon]

1 hour ago, Pasquale for King said:

Better to go for it on Sunday 😜