Official: Heart of Midlothian v Aberdeen match thread

[Victorian]

Just now, Ricardo Quaresma said:

 

We've tried that 20 times already

 

It's logical to remove the problem and just pure fear trying the same and still sticking with it

 

It's like a battered housewife on a council estate, there she is, black eyes again

 

We're in a sorry state.   I would start these cretins again but maybe be more inclined to hook them quickly if it's going down the shitter.

[IveSeenTheLight]

Morning all,

I’m looking forward to todays game.

 

Dont think we’ll win though and reckon it will be a 1-1 draw

[wavydavy]

6 minutes ago, Victorian said:

Ideally Shankland would be rested but the shitshow has resulted in the situation of even a poor or disinterested Shankland probably being more likely to contribute than anything else we have.

 

In chess this is called Zugzwang.   A position that can only worsen with any of the available moves a player can make.

 

Shankland and maybe Vargas to start and hope for the best.  

 

Maybe we need to be getting some of the luck Aberdeen have had this season with goals against the run of play and jammy deflected shots that go in etc.

 

Or maybe a goal from the left peg of Kingsley such as the one at Parkhead would be nice. We just need a break and maybe it will all come good.

[Sarah O]

Booooooooooooooooooooooooo

 

 

[wavydavy]

1 minute ago, IveSeenTheLight said:

Morning all,

I’m looking forward to todays game.

 

Dont think we’ll win though and reckon it will be a 1-1 draw

 

I think you are just being kind.

[Pasquale for King]

47 minutes ago, Debut 4 said:

He’s struggled but do you think we’ve been playing Dhanda wrong?  If there’s anyone that can maybe play more centrally and find passes it’s him.  
 

This playing on the left isn’t working and needs nipped in the bud.  He looks uneasy there and too often turns back with the ball and takes the momentum out our attempts to work up the park.  You’re almost watching him take the ball from halfway back into the left back area.  
 

However, when he got switched he looked far more comfortable taking the ball on his natural side and came alive much quicker.  

No movement ahead of him to pass too, the Captain wont run channels or move basically. 

[Kidd’s Boots]

9 minutes ago, Victorian said:

Ideally Shankland would be rested but the shitshow has resulted in the situation of even a poor or disinterested Shankland probably being more likely to contribute than anything else we have.

 

In chess this is called Zugzwang.   A position that can only worsen with any of the available moves a player can make.

 

Shankland and maybe Vargas to start and hope for the best.  

Let’s see if Critchley has the decency to resign the King before kick-off rather than getting to Zugzwang when it’s too late again.

[Ricardo Quaresma]

1 minute ago, Victorian said:

We're in a sorry state.   I would start these cretins again but maybe be more inclined to hook them quickly if it's going down the shitter.

 

Hmm.. I'm all for hooking a player if it's necessary, even before the 1st half ends

 

Don't think fox or critchley have ever done it though

[IveSeenTheLight]

Just now, wavydavy said:

 

I think you are just being kind.

 

We’ve a terrible record at Tynecastle, not won there since 2017.

that could change but only if we play Palaversa, which I’m not sure Thelin will

[Victorian]

Just now, wavydavy said:

 

Maybe we need to be getting some of the luck Aberdeen have had this season with goals against the run of play and jammy deflected shots that go in etc.

 

Or maybe a goal from the left peg of Kingsley such as the one at Parkhead would be nice. We just need a break and maybe it will all come good.

 

The analogue is Hibs actually.

 

Shite.  Weak.  Keep ****ing it up.  Suddenly they score 3 times and do it again with a clean sheet.   They'll be treating this week as a big reset and looking forward to a run.   

[Chuck Berry]

Gordon

Oyegoke - Kent - Rowles - Kingsley

Beni - Boateng

Oda - Musa - Spittal

Shanks

[Pasquale for King]

22 minutes ago, Diadora Van Basten said:

I would like to see us play Devlin, Boateng and Beni together as it worked well against Celtic and they are all playing consistently well unlike some of the others. 
 

                Gordon

 

Adeoke Kent Kingsley Penrice

 

                  Boateng

 

        Beni.                Devlin

 

Forrest.                            Spittal

 

                    Musa 

Who the **** is Adeoke and Penrice is suspended. Those 3 in midfield worked well at nullifying the quality Celtic have in midfield, today we play against two slow 33 yo sitters and McGrath.

[Hearts007]

13 hours ago, Aussie Jambo said:

100%. 👍

We can’t play him no matter what Critchley thinks. He needs to miss a few games. We’ve got options up front. I’d like to see no Vargas and definitely no Shanks.
E have to play to win. Full on attack first half. Score 2-3 goals then sit back second half. Be nice to scout some more but inevitably the case will be we don’t. 
It’s a must win game. All or nothing. 

It's all wishful thinking sadly 

[chrystaf]

56 minutes ago, Debut 4 said:

He’s struggled but do you think we’ve been playing Dhanda wrong?  If there’s anyone that can maybe play more centrally and find passes it’s him.  
 

This playing on the left isn’t working and needs nipped in the bud.  He looks uneasy there and too often turns back with the ball and takes the momentum out our attempts to work up the park.  You’re almost watching him take the ball from halfway back into the left back area.  
 

However, when he got switched he looked far more comfortable taking the ball on his natural side and came alive much quicker.  

You have a point there.  So far he's been nowhere near his potential.

[Star Lizard]

A win today I think . Narrow though probably . Off the foot of the table and a point off a couple of teams above us . Turning point of our season . Should never have gotten as bad as this though 

[chrystaf]

10 minutes ago, IveSeenTheLight said:

 

We’ve a terrible record at Tynecastle, not won there since 2017.

that could change but only if we play Palaversa, which I’m not sure Thelin will

What a palaver.

[GBJambo]

3 minutes ago, Star Lizard said:

A win today I think . Narrow though probably . Off the foot of the table and a point off a couple of teams above us . Turning point of our season . Should never have gotten as bad as this though 

Need win by 3 to get off the bottom I think 

[Star Lizard]

Just now, GBJambo said:

Need win by 3 to get off the bottom I think 

Oh well , looks like it is probably bottom on goal difference then . After that as long as we get three points today , then we have some games that there are no excuses for not winning between now and Christmas . Every single one of our players had better realise that they have an opportunity here to prove they are up to it between now and the opportunity to replace them in January 

[Scott980612]

                       Gordon. 
 
Oyegoke.  Kent   Rowles  Kingsley  

 
 
   Forrest  Beni Boateng  Spittal  

 
 
              Musa   Shankland  

 
 
Vargas 

Dhanda  

Wilson  

Devlin  

Forrester   
Oda ?? Is fit available  

Salazar 

 
all options to bring on 

[Ricardo Quaresma]

5 minutes ago, GBJambo said:

Need win by 3 to get off the bottom I think 

 

3-1, 4-2, 5-3 etc would work 😏

[pheonix55]

9 minutes ago, Star Lizard said:

A win today I think . Narrow though probably . Off the foot of the table and a point off a couple of teams above us . Turning point of our season . Should never have gotten as bad as this though 

A narrow win keeps us bottom. Needs to be by 3 clear goals...and as Shanks couldn't score in a brothel at the moment where are we getting that number of goals from?

[PapaShango]

22 minutes ago, Victorian said:

 

The analogue is Hibs actually.

 

Shite.  Weak.  Keep ****ing it up.  Suddenly they score 3 times and do it again with a clean sheet.   They'll be treating this week as a big reset and looking forward to a run.   

Celtic away next probably brings them back down to earth!

[PapaShango]

4 minutes ago, pheonix55 said:

A narrow win keeps us bottom. Needs to be by 3 clear goals...and as Shanks couldn't score in a brothel at the moment where are we getting that number of goals from?

I think any win will do today. Do that and follow it up next week and we will move up a few places. StJ at Aberdeen and Hibs at Celtic is a chance to claw some places back but only if we do what we should be doing.

[PapaShango]

9 minutes ago, Scott980612 said:

                       Gordon. 
 
Oyegoke.  Kent   Rowles  Kingsley  

 
 
   Forrest  Beni Boateng  Spittal  

 
 
              Musa   Shankland  

 
 
Vargas 

Dhanda  

Wilson  

Devlin  

Forrester   
Oda ?? Is fit available  

Salazar 

 
all options to bring on 

The amount of games Forrest plays is a sad indictment of the terrible recruitment at the club.

[feedtheroman2]

I'm actually worried as to how it's going to be if we get beat today. 

 

It's going to be a honking atmosphere. 

[The_razors_edge]

Hearts nil if shankland plays. If we try something different we might have a chance of sneaking a goal. Need pace, power and mobility up front 

[Victorian]

1 minute ago, PapaShango said:

Celtic away next probably brings them back down to earth!

 

Good.  St.Johnstone have got Rangers and Aberdeen.  Kilmarnock are away to Rangers and Dundee Utd.   Ross County have Rangers.   Dundee away to us.   

 

If this all goes badly we're getting into a very deep hole.

[Aussie Jambo]

31 minutes ago, Hearts007 said:

It's all wishful thinking sadly 

Not really. I am thinking that we will win easy today. If we want to score goals then we can’t play shanks. 

[gwd1957]

35 minutes ago, Chuck Berry said:

Gordon

Oyegoke - Kent - Rowles - Kingsley

Beni - Boateng

Oda - Musa - Spittal

Shanks

That looks good

[Gundermann]

39 minutes ago, Chuck Berry said:

Gordon

Oyegoke - Kent - Rowles - Kingsley

Beni - Boateng

Oda - Musa - Spittal

Shanks

 

Promising but not sure if Oda is match fit. Maybe better as a sub.

[Hungry hippo]

28 minutes ago, Scott980612 said:

                       Gordon. 
 
Oyegoke.  Kent   Rowles  Kingsley  

 
 
   Forrest  Beni Boateng  Spittal  

 
 
              Musa   Shankland  

 
 
Vargas 

Dhanda  

Wilson  

Devlin  

Forrester   
Oda ?? Is fit available  

Salazar 

 
all options to bring on 

 

That's my guess.

[Hans Eskilsson]

47 minutes ago, IveSeenTheLight said:

Morning all,

I’m looking forward to todays game.

 

Dont think we’ll win though and reckon it will be a 1-1 draw

Thanks for giving an opinion zero folk care about. 
 

Absolute weird behaviour signing up and participating on a rival clubs forum. 

[JudyJudyJudy]

51 minutes ago, Ricardo Quaresma said:

battered housewife on a council estate, there she is, black eyes again

“ bartered wife’s “ can be of any social class and area . Just a comment . 👍

[Carter]

47 minutes ago, Pasquale for King said:

No movement ahead of him to pass too, the Captain wont run channels or move basically. 

In a nutshell. It's killing us. 

[Chuck Berry]

3 minutes ago, Gundermann said:

 

Promising but not sure if Oda is match fit. Maybe better as a sub.

 

Yeah perhaps gives the chance to hook Forrest earlier if needed.

[Carter]

17 minutes ago, The_razors_edge said:

Hearts nil if shankland plays. If we try something different we might have a chance of sneaking a goal. Need pace, power and mobility up front 

Shankland offers none of that. Absolutely woeful. 

[AC Mallin_51]

A win today could give us a big opportunity to get out the hole next week v dundee with the fixtures the teams round about us have. Then puts us in a positive place heading to Rugby park for another massive game 

[JimmyCant]

47 minutes ago, Chuck Berry said:

Gordon

Oyegoke - Kent - Rowles - Kingsley

Beni - Boateng

Oda - Musa - Spittal

Shanks

This, but in 4-4-2

[heartmussel]

No team information as yet and just about to leave, hopefully my mole / hole has been blocked. However I can say Montell has been eliminated from strictly 💃 

[Jambof3tornado]

Bit worried at who the fans target if it all goes wrong today...my money is on sack the board chants,surely nobody will get on critchleys back so soon.

 

We've amassed a bunch of shitebags that continually kick the ball away or put each other in trouble with crap slow hospital balls and nobody taking responsibility.

 

Today is giving me a real fear. I've seen little to think we're suddenly clicking.

[Star Lizard]

Wonder if we might see Salazar and Musa today ? Hoff must be due to return soon as well 

[Hans Eskilsson]

2 minutes ago, Star Lizard said:

Wonder if we might see Salazar and Musa today ? Hoff must be due to return soon as well 

I’d like to see both on the basis of it’s something different. 
 

 

[gwd1957]

29 minutes ago, PapaShango said:

The amount of games Forrest plays is a sad indictment of the terrible recruitment at the club.

Wilson should be in front of Forrest, Wilson is the future at Hearts ,Forrest will be gone end of contract .

[Captain Sausage]

I reckon we'll see Salazar in for the suspended Penrice.

 

Beni back in for Devlin, Spittal in for Forrest and Oyegoke in for Forrester.

 

I'd also like to see Musa in for Shankland, but I reckon the above will be enough change for Critchley to contend with.

 

Just get three points Hearts, I could not care less how it is achieved.

[Hans Eskilsson]

5 minutes ago, heartmussel said:

No team information as yet and just about to leave, hopefully my mole / hole has been blocked. However I can say Montell has been eliminated from strictly 💃 

Was it somebody connected to the club?

[Rick Sanchez]

Gordon

 

Oyegoke

Kent

Rowles

Kingsley

 

Baningime

Boateng

 

Spittal

Dhanda

Vargas

 

Musa

 

Missing Penners is massive. If we're to replicate what he does it would need to be Salazar but I don't think he will. Kingsley will need to be conservative.

 

Everyone says the ball just needs to fall for Shankland....it has been. Musa has scored 4 in 2 closed door games and a raker against Celtic. Let's see what he can do if the ball falls for him.

 

If his all round game isn't deemed great then play for the second balls and try and get him a chance. Some utter shan strikers have bagged goals in the SPFL.

 

I prefer Vargas cutting in from the left. He can atleast get some power on his shots when he can wind up. And he'd be ideal for getting in behind Duk/Morris.

 

Musa is scoring again today.

 

 

 

 

[heartmussel]

Through a third party to me ,but I believe so yes. 

[Hungry hippo]

8 minutes ago, heartmussel said:

No team information as yet and just about to leave, hopefully my mole / hole has been blocked. However I can say Montell has been eliminated from strictly 💃 

 

Keep us updated about your hole being blocked.

[gwd1957]

3 minutes ago, Hans Eskilsson said:

I’d like to see both on the basis of it’s something different. 
 

 

Halkett ,Salazar , Tait ,Wilson , Musa , should ALL be given a chance ,the others have all let the club down so far this season

[sirwalter]

17 minutes ago, JudyJudyJudy said:

“ bartered wife’s “ can be of any social class and area . Just a comment . 👍

Smetana..?