***Official Heart of Midlothian v Rangers Match Thread***

[tartofmidlothian]

At home after two outstanding victories and two weeks rest, can't wait for this one.

 

Reckon we can do it and put pressure on second?

[Homme]

Oh come on.

[Seaside Dave]

Hearts 2 rangers 1 

[neilnunb]

🤣 earliest match thread ever, tart! 🤣

 

Chance to go second 👍

[heartandsoul]

Great chance to get our title chase up and running.

[ri Alban]

4-0 

 

 

Shankland 2

Halkett 2

[Luckies1874]

2 massive Tynecastle games that week, Rangers then Fiorentina.

 

Huns will arrive with the opportunity to go top given Celtic's loss earlier.

 

Very good that the vast majority of the squad have nearly 2 weeks to recuperate before the start of a manic October. 

[JamboBoy]

If we can get our best team on the park we have nothing to lose or fear. A 2 goal victory would move us ahead of them in the league so plenty to play for in two weeks time for sure. HHGH

[NB GIN]

47 minutes ago, Homme said:

Oh come on.

50/50 v rangers at home for me 

[Luckies1874]

Why is there no tickets on sale for this? 

[D4nny_]

This is a very winnable tie in my opinion but we need to get in their face from the off!

[GinRummy]

58 minutes ago, Homme said:

Oh come on.

The early match thread or the possibility of a victory? Rangers have been shot and Dundee United had a chance to equalise yesterday. 

[Homme]

3 minutes ago, GinRummy said:

The early match thread or the possibility of a victory? Rangers have been shot and Dundee United had a chance to equalise yesterday. 

 

The early march thread! 

[tartofmidlothian]

1 hour ago, neilnunb said:

🤣 earliest match thread ever, tart! 🤣

 

Chance to go second 👍

 

Only two goals of a difference would do it!

 

'Only' two goals.  It feels like we can dream again, though. 

[GinRummy]

4 minutes ago, Homme said:

 

The early march thread! 

👍

[Luckies1874]

6 minutes ago, Homme said:

 

The early march thread! 

 

6 months early

[Peteg75]

I expect us to be kicked up and down the park tbh. Resulting in more injuries before we even think about Fiorentina. Also to weaken our chances in the league.  Assisted by our Officials.  

Spoiler

 

 

[Captain Sausage]

Hopefully have Halkett back for this one and Kingsley, Gordon and Cochrane ideally suffered little niggles so will be available. 
 

Means it’s just Rowles, Beni and Boyce out. 
 

Gordon

Smith Halkett Kingsley Cochrane

Devlin Kio

Forrest Grant McKay

Shankland

 

1-1

[Jambo Buckets]

1 hour ago, Luckies1874 said:

Why is there no tickets on sale for this? 

There will barely be any available. Almost all walk up tickets are available in K and L which won’t be open to home fans for this one. Think there will be 100-200 available mostly in Roseburn H and then the unsold hospitality seats released a few days before kickoff. Ticket exchange will be busy but don’t think it will be open till a couple of days before unfortunately.

 

If we get 3rd again we should cut Celtic and Rangers allocation to 1 section. Means we can sell another few hundred season tickets in the Roseburn.

[ramrod]

How many sections of the Roseburn are these arseholes getting ?

[Riccarton3]

Wonder if Collum will be back for that one? Or its just too soon since ER? Beaton or Robertson, probably.

[tartofmidlothian]

1 hour ago, ramrod said:

How many sections of the Roseburn are these arseholes getting ?

 

One or two? Season ticket holders in the rest.

[West Jambo]

1 hour ago, Captain Sausage said:

Hopefully have Halkett back for this one and Kingsley, Gordon and Cochrane ideally suffered little niggles so will be available. 
 

Means it’s just Rowles, Beni and Boyce out. 
 

Gordon

Smith Halkett Kingsley Cochrane

Devlin Kio

Forrest Grant McKay

Shankland

 

1-1

Any idea how much longer Rowles has to go? 

[Mr Kipling]

As a side note - what has happened to Souttar since joining Rangers? Has he become a glorified bench warmer or is he injured?

[Captain Sausage]

42 minutes ago, West Jambo said:

Any idea how much longer Rowles has to go? 

I heard he’s targeting a pre- Halloween comeback. But still 4-5 weeks away. 

[fila]

Excellent time for the break, we will be fresh and raring to tear them apart 

[davemclaren]

19 hours ago, tartofmidlothian said:

At home after two outstanding victories and two weeks rest, can't wait for this one.

 

Reckon we can do it and put pressure on second?

Certainly a possibility. I’ll miss this one unfortunately.  😟

[RedStarRiot]

Rangers will be up for this. Neither team has been at their best so far this season. 

 

Rangers have a chance to go top? Ideally we have some more players back

[TexasAndy]

It's nice to go in to a game v OF with a bit of form.  We always have a great chance in these games at Tynecastle.  My only slight concern is that they have been a bit of a bogey team for us recently.  

[HeartsandonlyHearts]

21 hours ago, Luckies1874 said:

2 massive Tynecastle games that week, Rangers then Fiorentina.

 

Huns will arrive with the opportunity to go top given Celtic's loss earlier.

 

Very good that the vast majority of the squad have nearly 2 weeks to recuperate before the start of a manic October. 

🤔Or Hearts can pick up 3 points and get closer given Celtics loss earlier🙄

[One five]

3-2 For the Jambos 3 great goals from us and a soft penalty and an offside goal for the huns.

[Bainy]

On 18/09/2022 at 19:12, ramrod said:

How many sections of the Roseburn are these arseholes getting ?

Sounds like we've shat it and gave them more than 1 section meaning there will be hardly any public sale tickets for the home end. Disappointing if we have they should get 1 section only. 

[gregzy2k7]

That Rangers team don't look as good as last season imo, they have lost key players in Bassey and Aribo and I don't think they have replaced them with similar quality, This will be an interesting game and will tell us where we are In terms of the quality of our team/squad.

I really fancy us to take something tbh, the confidence from our last two games should be giving the players a big lift, but obviously the international break has somewhat killed our momentum a little, while it wont be easy i think we can take the win, going for 1-0 hearts, first goal for Humphrys.

[WheatfieldWarrior]

On 19/09/2022 at 15:44, One five said:

3-2 For the Jambos 3 great goals from us and a soft penalty and an offside goal for the huns.

 

this.

 

 

[Bazzas right boot]

We are over due these hun *******s a proper do- ing. 

 

 

[Lord Beni of Gorgie]

They still look vulnerable, the international break not affecting them too much though with players away so they may have regrouped. An opportunity for us to show we can compete with them again, however going to be a difficult task as it always is, but not an impossible one by any means

[Vlad Magic]

If we even look like drawing the referee will do what he needs to do to give them the win.

 

 

[The Real Maroonblood]

On 19/09/2022 at 23:18, Bainy said:

Sounds like we've shat it and gave them more than 1 section meaning there will be hardly any public sale tickets for the home end. Disappointing if we have they should get 1 section only. 

Wait and see.

 

[Tom Hardy’s Dug]

Hopefully Snodgrass gets fit enough to have a key role.

[briever]

On 19/09/2022 at 23:18, Bainy said:

Sounds like we've shat it and gave them more than 1 section meaning there will be hardly any public sale tickets for the home end. Disappointing if we have they should get 1 section only. 

 

This is really disappointing if true.

[TheBigO]

On 18/09/2022 at 18:35, Captain Sausage said:

Hopefully have Halkett back for this one and Kingsley, Gordon and Cochrane ideally suffered little niggles so will be available. 
 

Means it’s just Rowles, Beni and Boyce out. 
 

Gordon

Smith Halkett Kingsley Cochrane

Devlin Kio

Forrest Grant McKay

Shankland

 

1-1

That team!

 

The bench will be strong too, which is often a big difference maker against the OF (see cup final).

 

Not going to predict a win or even a draw, but I give us a good chance in this game.  I'd maybe tweak one wee thing and make it more of a 433 than a 4231.  Be brave, play two high and wide to expose their fullbacks.  But 3 in mid to keep us tight.

[Luckies1874]

On 19/09/2022 at 23:18, Bainy said:

Sounds like we've shat it and gave them more than 1 section meaning there will be hardly any public sale tickets for the home end. Disappointing if we have they should get 1 section only. 

 

I'd imagine this will be a game where the ticket exchange really works for people. 

[Jambo Buckets]

1 hour ago, The Real Maroonblood said:

Wait and see.

 

Tickets for Motherwell and Livingston games have just been put on sale. Rangers and Celtic games are both before them and no tickets are available yet. 

[colinmaroon]

On 18/09/2022 at 19:14, Riccarton3 said:

Wonder if Collum will be back for that one? Or its just too soon since ER? Beaton or Robertson, probably.

 

Beaton dead cert.

 

 

[MattyK82]

Bit of a mixed bag in terms of recent home results against Rangers.

 

Last 5 home games read;

 

1-1 

2-1

1-0

0-2

1-3

 

So, 2 wins each and a draw, albeit the 2 defeats were the most recent games at Tynecastle.

 

I may be wrong, but since GVB has come in, we are yet to take anything from games v Rangers (seemed to regularly do so when it was SG in charge).

 

We need a big performance from all concerned. Get that and we have every chance of getting a result. It will be nice to keep this winning roll we are on, in terms of home league games (3 out of 3 so far).

 

[Riccarton3]

1 hour ago, colinmaroon said:

 

Beaton dead cert.

 

 

Remember, though, Robertson's star is on the rise after waving play on against Livi. 

[soonbe110]

On 19/09/2022 at 23:18, Bainy said:

Sounds like we've shat it and gave them more than 1 section meaning there will be hardly any public sale tickets for the home end. Disappointing if we have they should get 1 section only. 

Where have you heard that?  Not been in the media and certainly different to what club have been saying. Think season ticket sales in Roseburn make it virtually impossible to happen in any case. 

[soonbe110]

3 hours ago, Tom Hardy’s Dug said:

Hopefully Snodgrass gets fit enough to have a key role.

Big Celtic fan so I’m sure he will be up for it. 

[Jambo Buckets]

4 minutes ago, soonbe110 said:

Where have you heard that?  Not been in the media and certainly different to what club have been saying. Think season ticket sales in Roseburn make it virtually impossible to happen in any case. 

Already been confirmed they get the same allocation as last year. 

[NB GIN]

On 18/09/2022 at 17:56, D4nny_ said:

This is a very winnable tie in my opinion but we need to get in their face from the off!

We have a decent record at home with them. It will be a close one but think we will just shade it 

If away zero chance