New Manager - Critchley confirmed

[Rudi5kaceldream1ng]

7 minutes ago, FarmerTweedy said:

Why? Three of them are games we'd be likely to lose under the best of circumstances (a bundesliga team and the arsecheeks), so why seriously worry about them now? And Brugge isn't where most people are likely to picture us picking up the point or three that we probably still need to get through the league stage.

 

As for the mutton molesters after that (which I suspect you were mistakenly counting in the next 4), it'd be a bummer to lose to them, but at this stage, we're probably not catching them this season even if we go well from here, so it's hardly going to be a pivotal result in our season.

 

The games that really matter start with the following fixture at home to Dundee. 

The euro games are there to be savoured tbh. Just like when we went to anfield.

 

They are special games, the pressures off atm anyway given we've had a great start in Europe. 

 

The manager looks completely buzzing to be managing in Europe which is a good thing. 

 

 

[Rocky jamboa]

I liked Critchleys interview today. Despite only being in for a couple of weeks, he seems to know a lot about the players. For instance, saying Beni wouldn't be used to having the ball outside the box and knowing what to do. I'm sure he said something similar the other week about someone else.

 

He's obviously done his homework on the players and did say he'd watched all the games.

 

So far so good for me. Unlucky to lose v killie but I saw a marked improvement in the way we played. Hoping the board back him in January and he gets to bring in the players he feels we need to strengthen the team and squad. 

[zeke1874]

Critchley.. 3 wins and a draw from 5 matches. Killie was hugely disappointing but mcinnes will do that to plenty other teams and they were 4th last year. If it wsnt for the shitshow start to a season naismith gave us we'd be doing alright under Critchley. Cos we re at the bottom every game and result is magnifyed and the pressure is on. Europe as much as its great is causing us issues in the league but this is the level we need to compete at.

2nd round of fixtures we have hibs, dundee, St Johnstone and well at Tynecastle. No reason we can't win all them and power up the table. Obvs need to pick up a few wins on the road as well...

[Rudi5kaceldream1ng]

2 minutes ago, Rocky jamboa said:

I liked Critchleys interview today. Despite only being in for a couple of weeks, he seems to know a lot about the players. For instance, saying Beni wouldn't be used to having the ball outside the box and knowing what to do. I'm sure he said something similar the other week about someone else.

 

He's obviously done his homework on the players and did say he'd watched all the games.

 

So far so good for me. Unlucky to lose v killie but I saw a marked improvement in the way we played. Hoping the board back him in January and he gets to bring in the players he feels we need to strengthen the team and squad. 

I liked how active and vocal he was on the sidelines today. 

 

Him and his coaching staff have a thumbs up from me right now. 

 

He'll learn from the Killie game to manage the squad with the congested fixture list. 

[Rocky jamboa]

7 minutes ago, Rudi5kaceldream1ng said:

I liked how active and vocal he was on the sidelines today. 

 

Him and his coaching staff have a thumbs up from me right now. 

 

He'll learn from the Killie game to manage the squad with the congested fixture list. 

Yeah me too. He's made a real difference since he came in. Great to finally have a proper manager.

[bobby bombscare]

3 hours ago, Rudi5kaceldream1ng said:

I liked how active and vocal he was on the sidelines today. 

 

Him and his coaching staff have a thumbs up from me right now. 

 

He'll learn from the Killie game to manage the squad with the congested fixture list. 

I agree, I think he is the right man to take us back to where we are but I think we won't see the best of him until next season.

 

This season will be avoiding relegation in the league, getting some good euro results and aiming to win the scottish cup! Otherwise it's just a season where we finish 5th only to play multiple euro qualifiers, early in the season, that knacker us at the start of the league. 

 

Forget the league, 9th is fine.. win us a cup to get that guaranteed euro place and cement your place as a legend and a couple more euro results for good measure. 

[Shanks said no]

He's only here on a 3 month contract, when will peeps reaalise this?

[One five]

7 minutes ago, Shanks said no said:

He's only here on a 3 month contract, when will peeps reaalise this?

Never knew that mate.

[JamboGee92]

36 minutes ago, Shanks said no said:

He's only here on a 3 month contract, when will peeps reaalise this?

 

Eh?

[tartofmidlothian]

48 minutes ago, Shanks said no said:

He's only here on a 3 month contract, when will peeps reaalise this?

 

Two and a half years.

 

https://www.heartsfc.co.uk/blogs/news/neil-critchley-named-new-head-coach

[Tommy Brown]

4 hours ago, bobby bombscare said:

I agree, I think he is the right man to take us back to where we are but I think we won't see the best of him until next season.

 

This season will be avoiding relegation in the league, getting some good euro results and aiming to win the scottish cup! Otherwise it's just a season where we finish 5th only to play multiple euro qualifiers, early in the season, that knacker us at the start of the league. 

 

Forget the league, 9th is fine.. win us a cup to get that guaranteed euro place and cement your place as a legend and a couple more euro results for good measure. 

You do remember how last season panned out after a shit start?

Admittedly, this has been about 6 points worse.

[EH11 2NL]

Really pleasing start tbh. From the way we were going to 7 from possible 12 league points, we should have beaten Killie. That loss is on the players not NC. Also a great win and performance in Europe. 

[Baxfee]

6 hours ago, Shanks said no said:

He's only here on a 3 month contract, when will peeps reaalise this?

Might want to re-check that! 

[Tommy Brown]

11 hours ago, Sasha Shulgin said:

Are you ok?

 

I like the guy. He’s been dealt a shite hand.

 

Willing him to get us clear of this mess and be given time to bring his own men in. I’m sure he knows already there’s players within the squad who aren’t to be trusted.

It's kickback, mate

Sarcasm is king

[gregzy2k7]

For me he should be judged in May not November, I would like to see what he can do over a few months of working with the players and actually after having a transfer window where he can sign players etc.

 

There's too many players who are not arsed, that he is having to try and get a tune out of and I don't think that is fair.

 

It's been a decent start for him and I hope it continues but my feet are firmly on the ground at the moment.

[Jack Torrance]

13 hours ago, zeke1874 said:

Critchley.. 3 wins and a draw from 5 matches. Killie was hugely disappointing but mcinnes will do that to plenty other teams and they were 4th last year. If it wsnt for the shitshow start to a season naismith gave us we'd be doing alright under Critchley. Cos we re at the bottom every game and result is magnifyed and the pressure is on. Europe as much as its great is causing us issues in the league but this is the level we need to compete at.

2nd round of fixtures we have hibs, dundee, St Johnstone and well at Tynecastle. No reason we can't win all them and power up the table. Obvs need to pick up a few wins on the road as well...

60% win rate 

Edited November 3, 2024 by Jack Torrance

[Turkishcap]

NC has a real glint in his eyes when he talks, compare that to the waffle of wee lee, night and day different planet etc.

[AC Mallin_51]

One thing I didn’t like about Naismith was the straight up the tunnel, win lose or draw. Can already see NC’s effort to try and connect with the fans. He says a lot of the right stuff in the media aswell. It doesn’t come across like it’s just him trying to say the right thing to score brownie points though, he genuinely looks like a guy that realises how great a club he is at and is drinking in every minute. I really like this guy and I hope he keeps up the good work.

 

lets not forget he hasn’t been afforded the luxury of time that a lot of new managers get. It’s really been a case of sink or swim. Must win game v st Mirren to get our first league win - delivered. European tie - delivered. A stuffy derby draw and a setback v killie left him facing another must win game only 2 weeks after his first must win game. He delivered a big result yesterday too

[gorgieshuffle]

15 hours ago, vegas-voss said:

I just like every interview this guy does.He is quite infectious I think he already gets the club and the fans and I genuinely think he means it when he says he wants to work during the week to get results for the fans on match days.

I agree, I’ve been impressed with his interviews. Really positive and likeable guy too. 

[MoncurMacdonaldMercer]

11 hours ago, Shanks said no said:

He's only here on a 3 month contract, when will peeps reaalise this?

at least that’s what McKinley will confirm if we need to empty him

 

 

 

 

[davemclaren]

6 minutes ago, MoncurMacdonaldMercer said:

at least that’s what McKinley will confirm if we need to empty him

 

 

 

 

I imagine he has a relegation clause. 

[MoncurMacdonaldMercer]

He’s doing well but Easter road and yesterday were little different to naisy performances last year

 

naisy continually went on about it not being a great performance but we found a way to get a result and the hope was this season (from me anyway) that the mentality to find a way would still be there but we’d need it less as we’d be playing much better 🙈

 

critchely found a way at Easter road to get a point against a particularly poor and fragile hibs side and found a way yesterday to win against a decent st Johnstone side

 

it’s all about results at the moment so he’s doing well and hopefully that improvement in performance (consistency) will happen especially if we get some back up in January 

 

 

 

[MoncurMacdonaldMercer]

Just now, davemclaren said:

I imagine he has a relegation clause. 

I don’t know I’m assuming the poster is referring to naisy’s 3 month pay-off which effectively makes it’s a 3-month contract  (ignoring the nuance you raised at the time of naisy being binned)

 

 

[davemclaren]

8 minutes ago, MoncurMacdonaldMercer said:

I don’t know I’m assuming the poster is referring to naisy’s 3 month pay-off which effectively makes it’s a 3-month contract  (ignoring the nuance you raised at the time of naisy being binned)

 

 

Ah, I see. 

[Jambo-Fox]

Good luck tonight Critch! Show us what you can do …

♥️♥️♥️♥️

[Baxfee]

I’m quite intrigued by what Critchley will do against the Huns. He’s still new to Scotland so isn’t tarnished by the west coast shite. Should go into that with no inferiority complex. 

[We_are_the_Hearts]

On 03/11/2024 at 00:50, Shanks said no said:

He's only here on a 3 month contract, when will peeps reaalise this?

Its 3 months notice, Like Naisy and his crew

[We_are_the_Hearts]

1 minute ago, Baxfee said:

I’m quite intrigued by what Critchley will do against the Huns. He’s still new to Scotland so isn’t tarnished by the west coast shite. Should go into that with no inferiority complex. 

Unfortunately some if of his squad have

[bigdav]

On 03/11/2024 at 11:50, AC Mallin_51 said:

One thing I didn’t like about Naismith was the straight up the tunnel, win lose or draw. Can already see NC’s effort to try and connect with the fans. He says a lot of the right stuff in the media aswell. It doesn’t come across like it’s just him trying to say the right thing to score brownie points though, he genuinely looks like a guy that realises how great a club he is at and is drinking in every minute. I really like this guy and I hope he keeps up the good work.

 

lets not forget he hasn’t been afforded the luxury of time that a lot of new managers get. It’s really been a case of sink or swim. Must win game v st Mirren to get our first league win - delivered. European tie - delivered. A stuffy derby draw and a setback v killie left him facing another must win game only 2 weeks after his first must win game. He delivered a big result yesterday too

Agree- I didn't like that about Naismith either and credit to Critchley when we got beat off Kilmarnock he stayed out and applauded the fans so not just milking the victories- it makes fans feel a bit more engaged with the manager if they get involved a bit.

[Baxfee]

2 hours ago, We_are_the_Hearts said:

Unfortunately some if of his squad have

True. But will see what his tactics are. May be a huge learning curve for him 

[jtkb]

Sure critch will give it ago but the standard of german players is way above ours . Celtic did well but they have paid 10s of millions to compete we have spent buttons. I am happy to just enjoy the night and see if we could nick a point and qualify for another game next year which would be amazing considering how Naiclue left us. Good luck Critchy Boy go get those damed bosch 😁 Bah....

[Rory Mcilroy]

At least we’ve seen from the Omonia game that he knows the right way to approach euro games at Tynie. None of that sit off and let them pop it about nonsense. 

[PapaShango]

If we lose tonight then you don't mind if the players have burst a gut and had a real go and left it all out there. Sometimes the opposition quality just takes over. What I don't want to see is how Neilson set up against Istanbul and Fiorentina where we sat off them and let them treat it like a training match. Crowd didn't get involved once as we were camped in our own half the entire game. 

Edited November 7, 2024 by PapaShango

[joondalupjambo]

NC/Fox to 1st January.

Thereafter NC's team.

Judge him in May after seeing how he handles any new players being inserted into the team,how we fare in the cup(s) and where we end up in the League.

Those six months will tell us a huge amount.

[Kinghorn Hearts]

Thought the managers tactics were good tonight.Nothing he could have done to make us better .We just ran out of steam .Remember we were playing a team from the top league in German football

[Ricardo Quaresma]

2 minutes ago, Kinghorn Hearts said:

Thought the managers tactics were good tonight.Nothing he could have done to make us better .We just ran out of steam .Remember we were playing a team from the top league in German football

 

We could've brought Vargas on after 20 - 30 minutes and maybe scored first

[colinzeal]

1 minute ago, Kinghorn Hearts said:

Thought the managers tactics were good tonight.Nothing he could have done to make us better .We just ran out of steam .Remember we were playing a team from the top league in German football

Agreed, we also have very little quality on the bench. So as we ran out of steam, the result  was inevitable, no game changers to come on and make an impact. 

[Italian Lambretta]

We struggle to play with 10 men for longer than 60 minutes as shown against Killie.

The opposition manager would have seen that.

[Cruyff]

Massive evidence of improvement. We're miles better than what we have been but we're about 50% there.

 

We're unbalanced and we lack certain attributes and sufficient quality in a few areas. We have got absolutely nothing attacking wise e.g. wingers and strikers although Forrest has been really good under NC. 

 

I think you've got to give NC a couple transfer windows before we can really see a real good side come together. 

 

I don't get any criticism levelled at NC right now. 

[Debut 4]

3 minutes ago, Cruyff said:

Massive evidence of improvement. We're miles better than what we have been but we're about 50% there.

 

We're unbalanced and we lack certain attributes and sufficient quality in a few areas. We have got absolutely nothing attacking wise e.g. wingers and strikers although Forrest has been really good under NC. 

 

I think you've got to give NC a couple transfer windows before we can really see a real good side come together. 

 

I don't get any criticism levelled at NC right now. 

Totally agree.  His determination to play more positively and be braver is exposing the cracks in the squad because we’ve not got the quality reinforcements to call on when we need to freshen up.  
 

He’s pretty much decided what his best 11 is allowing for rotation of 2 or 3, but beyond that i think he doesn’t have confidence in others.  

 

He’s going about it the right way and not just accommodating players.  

[frasermck11]

Just now, Debut 4 said:

Totally agree.  His determination to play more positively and be braver is exposing the cracks in the squad because we’ve not got the quality reinforcements to call on when we need to freshen up.  
 

He’s pretty much decided what his best 11 is allowing for rotation of 2 or 3, but beyond that i think he doesn’t have confidence in others.  

 

He’s going about it the right way and not just accommodating players.  

Yeah I thought this. Think the starting 11 tonight plus Vargas, Grant & Oyegoke are the only ones he trusts. Wilson’s time will come. The rest of that bench could be emptied in January with 3 maybe 4 quality replacements and I don’t think we’d be any worse off. 

[gorgieshuffle]

I don’t know what the accounts mean for us in terms of a budget but January should be expensive for us. We need players in and we should be offering deals to pay players up and get them out the door. Or they go out on loan so we can create space in the squad. You look at the bench and we’re just carrying dead weight. 

[gwd1957]

5 minutes ago, Cruyff said:

Massive evidence of improvement. We're miles better than what we have been but we're about 50% there.

 

We're unbalanced and we lack certain attributes and sufficient quality in a few areas. We have got absolutely nothing attacking wise e.g. wingers and strikers although Forrest has been really good under NC. 

 

I think you've got to give NC a couple transfer windows before we can really see a real good side come together. 

 

I don't get any criticism levelled at NC right now. 

Quite clearly the manager has got a game plan , he knows how to set up a team and play's to the teams limited strengths ,give NC time he will make Hearts a very good team in the future ,glad he's here the football tonight was very good on the eye first half ,quite a few lost their legs in the second half  but that comes down to pre-season and lack of fitness program ,out on the drink with the fans  ,instead of getting in shape for the new season , that won't happen again , NC  has very high standards he wouldn't have survived at Liverpool if he didn't , progress will come with this man in charge .

[Drylaw Hearts]

17 minutes ago, Cruyff said:

Massive evidence of improvement. We're miles better than what we have been but we're about 50% there.

 

We're unbalanced and we lack certain attributes and sufficient quality in a few areas. We have got absolutely nothing attacking wise e.g. wingers and strikers although Forrest has been really good under NC. 

 

I think you've got to give NC a couple transfer windows before we can really see a real good side come together. 

 

I don't get any criticism levelled at NC right now. 

Absolutely bang on.

 

 

[Section Q]

48 minutes ago, Ricardo Quaresma said:

 

We could've brought Vargas on after 20 - 30 minutes and maybe scored first

Vargas added very little to what we managed in the first half.

[MrBones]

Critchly is doing what he can with what he has, and i prefer watching his teams actually trying than Naismiths. Unfortunately he's not got much to work with

[Hogan3012]

Wasn’t sure when he got hired but the whole shape of the team and positivity compared to the last two managers we have had is night and day. Can see hearts actually have a plan of how to play and attack something you never felt Robbie or Naismith really had and when he gets some of his/starlizard players in think it will be a good watch.

[pettigrewsstylist]

Does he have a budget at all for January to change anything? I lookat recent accts wage bill. I look at Tagawa not being replaced and I wonder if he actually has any spending lolly. 

[hearts00]

Really enjoyed watching us tonight. The shape, the intention, the interplay. Miles better to watch and you can see a game plan. 
 

You have to take your chances though. Simple as that. We are alos getting no luck this season. No breaks at all.  

[1971fozzy]

I’m very positive about him. Exciting times ahead I feel. He’s had zero time on the training pitch etc as we’ve played so many games. The only negative for me tonight was we needed subs on earlier but that’s just my opinion.

Edited November 7, 2024 by 1971fozzy