The Goalscoring Knee Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 As a guide to how much better off we are this season, we're only (only!) 15 points off the top and 13 off second - after the corresponding number of fixtures last season, we were 37 and 28 behind. Headed in the right direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Libertarian Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 It's a real pity that we threw away so many silly points early in the season as we could be right in the mix for the championship. However the way that the club is now set up it must surely only be a matter of time until we do seriously challenge for the league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BackOfTheNet Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 7 minutes ago, The Goalscoring Knee said: As a guide to how much better off we are this season, we're only (only!) 15 points off the top and 13 off second - after the corresponding number of fixtures last season, we were 37 and 28 behind. Headed in the right direction. And this is what a lot of us were talking about when we could see Neilson had taken us as far as he could. It wasn’t necessarily bridging the gap as in being level or better than 2nd, it was at least having less points between us at the end of the season. And we build on from there. Neilson reached his zenith, Naismith is just starting out… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex member of the SaS Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 41 minutes ago, BackOfTheNet said: And this is what a lot of us were talking about when we could see Neilson had taken us as far as he could. It wasn’t necessarily bridging the gap as in being level or better than 2nd, it was at least having less points between us at the end of the season. And we build on from there. Neilson reached his zenith, Naismith is just starting out… Said many times no matter how well we do we will never be allowed to get second or first. But getting the gap down is what we need to see. Getting third more often ( and hopefully one after the other ) means more cash and we can attract better players. No reason why we can't get within 5 to 10 points off second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamboozy Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Qualifying for European group stages next year will be harder, so with that in mind , we have to get closer to their heels and push them. We are getting more consistent and we are progressing greatly, on the pitch and off it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnking123 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 We have to spend a bit of cash next season and think we are planning too. But again, no big over hall. Should only be a few out and a few in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandjambo3 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Not pissing on anyone’s cornflakes but, don’t forget the OF have been poor…………we’re in a great place though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bongo 1874 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 1 hour ago, The Goalscoring Knee said: As a guide to how much better off we are this season, we're only (only!) 15 points off the top and 13 off second - after the corresponding number of fixtures last season, we were 37 and 28 behind. Headed in the right direction. 👏 proud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex member of the SaS Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 1 minute ago, johnking123 said: We have to spend a bit of cash next season and think we are planning too. But again, no big over hall. Should only be a few out and a few in. Splashing some cash is a must( without going overboard ) We should be looking at getting 3 or 4 better players every season going forward. The ones we have then dropping to the bench for cover and dumping those who now hardly play. Recruitment is key, get that right and we should kick on and third becomes the norm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VALDOS' Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 4 minutes ago, highlandjambo3 said: Not pissing on anyone’s cornflakes but, don’t forget the OF have been poor…………we’re in a great place though. There's definitely a bit of both here. I said it during the good run that some of the hysterical claims of this team were wide of the mark, this last 8 days has shown it's a steady ship, but it needs added to in the summer to push on. The departures will be as important as the in coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger Rudi Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 If we can keep Beni, keep Shanks then add one or two. A settled squad going into next season on a high, there's no reason why we can't have some lofty ambitions. Closing the gap is at least a possibility. Was listening to Tam Cowan (not that I normally take much notice of that gob-shite) but even he was saying that if Hearts can keep the team together, can remain injury and suspension free, then he thinks they possibly could mount a challenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie1874 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 5 minutes ago, tiger Rudi said: If we can keep Beni, keep Shanks then add one or two. A settled squad going into next season on a high, there's no reason why we can't have some lofty ambitions. Closing the gap is at least a possibility. Was listening to Tam Cowan (not that I normally take much notice of that gob-shite) but even he was saying that if Hearts can keep the team together, can remain injury and suspension free, then he thinks they possibly could mount a challenge. Agree if we can somehow keep most of squad together add just a couple of quality players and we also have the emergence of Tait & hopefully Pollock things look good. We also now have a good tactically aware manager in Naismith. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bongo 1874 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 9 minutes ago, tiger Rudi said: If we can keep Beni, keep Shanks then add one or two. A settled squad going into next season on a high, there's no reason why we can't have some lofty ambitions. Closing the gap is at least a possibility. Was listening to Tam Cowan (not that I normally take much notice of that gob-shite) but even he was saying that if Hearts can keep the team together, can remain injury and suspension free, then he thinks they possibly could mount a challenge. We are missing one midfielder that could change it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heatonjambo Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 8 minutes ago, Bongo 1874 said: We are missing one midfielder that could change it all. I like your posts bongo lets enjoy today and leave the vids till midweek 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger Rudi Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 36 minutes ago, Bongo 1874 said: We are missing one midfielder that could change it all. It would be Spittal for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelgeJambo Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Coping with Thursday/Sundays needs to improve somehow. That is a tough nut for us to crack. Perhaps if we keep repeating 3rd as a minimum, then we will get stronger financially for sure. if we are doing that, unfortunately, Naismith will attract attention from down south Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Berry Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Our pre-season needs to be better, I think they (the coaching team) themselves would admit the planning/matches were all a bit shambolic last year. I'd like to think that we have a couple of different plans in place based on group stages guaranteed or not, to enable us to hit the ground running. There won't be any League Cup games to get upto speed, so friendlies need to be in place (one of which I assume is the 150th match). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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