***Official St Johnstone v Heart of Midlothian Match Thread***

[feedthefox]

Please start Grant ahead of Devlin.

[JamboGee92]

3 hours ago, martoon said:

I'd happily take a draw which is feckin' tragic.

 

Nah we need the win.

[JamboGee92]

Hibs' only win of the season is against these lot. We must win tomorrow.

 

[DG_HMFC]

Lose and we're 7 points behind St Johnstone.

 

It's a must win game, and for that reason we will shit the bed as always. No confidence in these players to go out and produce when it matters.

[pettigrewsstylist]

Reckon we have used up our allocation of unchallenged, free header, sitter misses.

 

[The Maroon Jacket]

------🥅 Gordon------

----Kent----Rowles---

Oygocky______Penrice

 

-Spits-Benni-Boateng-

--------Dhanda-------

--Shanks-----Forrest--

 

[jamboozy]

13 hours ago, Ricardo Quaresma said:

 

Don't get dizzy and fall over, now

 

13 hours ago, Morgan said:

 

Boozy is always at the falling over stage by quarter to five on a Saturday anyhow.

 

 

Ah, you both know me so well 

[Penrices left boot]

If we don't win today then the season is officially a massive turd sandwich and we are officially in a relegation fight.

 

We'll be 7 points of st Johnstone,  behind a terrible hibs team and half the teams out of contract in 7 months knowing they are being punted.

 

Win and it's still shite but we at least we'd be in recovery( slowly), get beat and we haven't really improved  and the issues are with the players- who we are stuck with.

 

Wednesday and today were/ are massive games.

We ****ed Wednesday. 

 

 

 

[sandylejambo]

7 hours ago, feedthefox said:

Please start Grant ahead of Devlin.

Oh please don't let Grant anywhere near the park, we have more than enough people who contribute nothing to the cause, we will need players who have more heart than a mouse to beat St Johnstone 

[buzzbomb1958]

7 hours ago, feedthefox said:

Please start Grant ahead of Devlin.

The two of them should be nowhere near Hearts mediocre at best

[selkirkhmfc1874]

It's game day, cmon the Hearts HHGH 🇱🇻 

[fabienleclerq]

7 hours ago, feedthefox said:

Please start Grant ahead of Devlin.

 

I've been critical of Devlin, but I'd start critchley ahead of Grant.

 

Win or we will be bottom two until January I reckon. 

[Debut 4]

I don’t know where you go with team selection?   We truly are in that place we need character in volumes.  
 

It’s these times that expose what players are really about.  

[Gordon_1874]

7 hours ago, feedthefox said:

Please start Grant ahead of Devlin.

Hopefully neither of them play

[Jambo dans les Pyrenees]

14 minutes ago, Debut 4 said:

I don’t know where you go with team selection?   We truly are in that place we need character in volumes.  
 

It’s these times that expose what players are really about.  

 

Really Important - we have to hope Halkett comes good (which is looking doubtful), Beni’s fitness/health improves and he plays more regularly, and the Hoff comes back and picks up where he left off.

 

Hope for - I’d be looking at Tait and Wilson and thinking we have to give them more time - I hope we can recall Pollock in Jan also, he has pace.  Musa to get his chance too.

 

Plus a new CB and FW as has been suggested in Jan.

 

Boyce, McKay are both out of contract at the end of the season, and should be encouraged to find themselves new clubs asap, hopefully departing Jan.

 

 

[King prawn]

Come on Hearts - need a win today!!!

[MTS1874]

Come on Hearts, we need a good performance, win your individual battles and bring the 3 points back to Tynecastle.

 

[Valois No1]

Must win game. A draw isn’t good enough. Our next three games are the old firm and Aberdeen I think which we could easily lose. We need these 3 points badly. 

[GorgieFifeLife]

21 minutes ago, Gordon_1874 said:

Hopefully neither of them play

Exactly.  Neither would even be in my squad.

[loveofthegame]

This is huge. Nothing other than a win is a good enough result. 

 

Gordon

 

Oyegoke  Kent  Rowles Penrice

 

forrest Beni boateng spittal

 

shanks Wilson 

 

[ramrod]

13 minutes ago, loveofthegame said:

This is huge. Nothing other than a win is a good enough result. 

 

Gordon

 

Oyegoke  Kent  Rowles Penrice

 

forrest Beni boateng spittal

 

shanks Wilson 

 

I'll be amazed if Halkett doesn't come in for Kent and I can't see Wilson starting .

Hopefully Beni is back as he is absolutely essential .

[loveofthegame]

5 minutes ago, ramrod said:

I'll be amazed if Halkett doesn't come in for Kent and I can't see Wilson starting .

Hopefully Beni is back as he is absolutely essential .

I criticized Kent midweek but don’t have any real faith in Halkett anymore.

 

Would also be surprised to see Wilson but feel like it’s time for something different and hearing Halliday, Ferry and Savage talk about him on open goal has made me think why not.

Edited November 2, 2024 by loveofthegame

[DixieNormous]

41 minutes ago, Jambo dans les Pyrenees said:

 

Really Important - we have to hope Halkett comes good (which is looking doubtful), Beni’s fitness/health improves and he plays more regularly, and the Hoff comes back and picks up where he left off.

 

Hope for - I’d be looking at Tait and Wilson and thinking we have to give them more time - I hope we can recall Pollock in Jan also, he has pace.  Musa to get his chance too.

 

Plus a new CB and FW as has been suggested in Jan.

 

Boyce, McKay are both out of contract at the end of the season, and should be encouraged to find themselves new clubs asap, hopefully departing Jan.

 

 

Halkett did look like he was coming along nicely i thought (especially under more pressure than usual in a side playing pish)

 

No score predictions but can you imagine its 0-0 and we get a penalty ? ................no pressure fat man

 

Controversial Clark back in the net ?

Edited November 2, 2024 by Berrassobad

[Rudy T]

Is Beni fit? There can be no real prediction on the game until we know if he’s playing. 

[1971fozzy]

1 hour ago, Bazzas right boot said:

 

We'll be 7 points of st Johnstone,  behind a terrible hibs team and half the teams out of contract in 7 months knowing they are being punted.

 

 

……this.

knowing your getting punted is not a good thing.  Likely why the likes of Barrie and Boyce don’t give a flying Fek. And they are just the obvious ones.

It’s exactly what happened to Butchers Hibs. Told they were getting punted, downed tools  and that was that as we know.

[DixieNormous]

1 minute ago, Rudy T said:

Is Beni fit? There can be no real prediction on the game until we know if he’s playing. 

dont think its a fitness issue - more a recent injury free, worth risking question

[skacel103]

7 minutes ago, 1971fozzy said:

……this.

knowing your getting punted is not a good thing.  Likely why the likes of Barrie and Boyce don’t give a flying Fek. And they are just the obvious ones.

It’s exactly what happened to Butchers Hibs. Told they were getting punted, downed tools  and that was that as we know.

I'm lost where they told they were getting punted? 

[AC Mallin_51]

Seriously nervous for today. Bad times when you’re bricking it against st johnstone 

[One five]

10 hours ago, Pasquale for King said:

http://www.fawanews.com/

Cheers mate 👍

[One five]

Just now, AC Mallin_51 said:

Seriously nervous for today. Bad times when you’re bricking it against st johnstone 

Same here, indeed it is.

[Opinionated Jambo]

Today’s game is a must win. Our next 3 league games is Rangers, Celtic and Aberdeen which based on current form are games I can’t see us getting anything from. Let’s bare in mind we have 2 tricky European games aswell and a lot of our players look unfit/tired as it is

[RudiSkacelsLeftPeg]

4 minutes ago, AC Mallin_51 said:

Seriously nervous for today. Bad times when you’re bricking it against st johnstone 

Ffs actually spot on. Tough ****ing times. 

[Leveins Battalion]

Benni starts today.

[Graham Thomson]

God help us if we are hanging all our hopes on Benni playing, the guy breaks a nail and is out for a fortnight. 

Quite literally only plays when he wants. 

Yet people still adore him 😲

 

[copa-mundial]

Just do whatever it takes to win today. 3 points is all that matters. 

[basscom]

Hopefully Benny and Boateng in midfield. 
 

If Halkett is fit he’s our best centre half. I’d play him instead of Rowles. 
 

I doesn’t matter if both our CB’s are right footed. It didn’t bother Webster or Pressley.

[RudiSkacelsLeftPeg]

God knows what to expect today. 
 

We really need 3 points though.

[DixieNormous]

15 minutes ago, Graham Thomson said:

God help us if we are hanging all our hopes on Benni playing, the guy breaks a nail and is out for a fortnight. 

Quite literally only plays when he wants. 

Yet people still adore him 😲

 

help us ? he disnae help Beni !

[Bairnjambo]

1 hour ago, Jambo dans les Pyrenees said:

 

Really Important - we have to hope Halkett comes good (which is looking doubtful), Beni’s fitness/health improves and he plays more regularly, and the Hoff comes back and picks up where he left off.

 

Hope for - I’d be looking at Tait and Wilson and thinking we have to give them more time - I hope we can recall Pollock in Jan also, he has pace.  Musa to get his chance too.

 

Plus a new CB and FW as has been suggested in Jan.

 

Boyce, McKay are both out of contract at the end of the season, and should be encouraged to find themselves new clubs asap, hopefully departing Jan.

 

 

Spot on. First paragraph the most important in the short term along with Shankland's drought coming to an end.

[jamboozy]

37 minutes ago, skacel103 said:

I'm lost where they told they were getting punted? 

There’s a fair few coming to the end of their contracts, if there’s no talks to renew at this stage it’s fair to assume they will be ,indeed, punted.

[skacel103]

Just now, jamboozy said:

There’s a fair few coming to the end of their contracts, if there’s no talks to renew at this stage it’s fair to assume they will be ,indeed, punted.

Well we gave devlin a new contract when we knew bloom was getting involved. Think there's about the same amount of players in last year of contract just like any season. 

[jamboozy]

Just now, skacel103 said:

Well we gave devlin a new contract when we knew bloom was getting involved. Think there's about the same amount of players in last year of contract just like any season. 

Boyce & McKay are just two out of a few that are out of contract at the seasons end, do you think or want the club to give them new contracts?  What I am pinning my hopes on for these players is that they use what time they have left to put themselves in the shop window so prospective future employers see them.

   It’s actually concerning for me that the game against the vermin on Boxing Day is just before the January window opens, I can only hope that they want to prove themselves.

[DixieNormous]

1 minute ago, jamboozy said:

Boyce & McKay are just two out of a few that are out of contract at the seasons end, do you think or want the club to give them new contracts?  What I am pinning my hopes on for these players is that they use what time they have left to put themselves in the shop window so prospective future employers see them.

   It’s actually concerning for me that the game against the vermin on Boxing Day is just before the January window opens, I can only hope that they want to prove themselves.

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/heart-of-midlothian-fc/vertragsende/verein/43

[cookieboy]

come on you Hearts  1/3 Vargas Forrest and Dhanda 

[4marsbars]

29 minutes ago, Graham Thomson said:

God help us if we are hanging all our hopes on Benni playing, the guy breaks a nail and is out for a fortnight. 

Quite literally only plays when he wants. 

Yet people still adore him 😲

 

 

Just look up how many games he's actually played since returning from that long-term injury.

 

We adore him because he's a great footballer, who improves our performances every time.

 

Also provide some evidence that he's missed games because of trivial injuries. Sorry, you can't. Please stop making things up.

[jamboozy]

1 minute ago, Berrassobad said:

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/heart-of-midlothian-fc/vertragsende/verein/43

Thanks for posting Bsb. Well , there’s almost a full team there of players that could, and some of them should be, away. 
      This is where Niel Critchley will have his work cut out. I can only hope that the players out of contract conduct themselves as the professionals they are supposed to be.

[Morgan]

9 hours ago, feedthefox said:

Please don't start Grant ever.

FTFY 👍

[Morgan]

51 minutes ago, Leveins Battalion said:

Benni starts today.

Great news. 👍❤️

[DixieNormous]

5 minutes ago, jamboozy said:

Thanks for posting Bsb. Well , there’s almost a full team there of players that could, and some of them should be, away. 
      This is where Niel Critchley will have his work cut out. I can only hope that the players out of contract conduct themselves as the professionals they are supposed to be.

Indeed - That list is a xmas turkey shoot.

[Jambo Buckets]

New manager just in and it's been a mixed bag so far, but the fans will be right behind the team. Hopefully we start climbing up the table today