269miles Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 The appointment of Rix and the farce that came with it. Post match strop in the dressing room after that great win in Basle - seriously made me wonder WTF was going on at the club and whether Vlad actually understood the passion. Firework Phil getting fired off. For me, the first real signs that the club was out of control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hate_hibs Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6m2wS_Oojk Ha ha ha that guy is a freakin loony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Chat Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 when you look at how utterly dull and drab other clubs are, I'm glad we are on the rollercoaster still, and not the tea-cups. 100% THIS. At least we aint boring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redm Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Party pieces from dancing bears... Buying submarines...and then some cow parade cows.... Messages in latin left for Vladimir in the EEN classifieds His love-in with Brooks Mileson (they made quite a formidable duo... ) The wonderfully batty 'agents and the road to hell' Christmas message, frog poetry, that pic of him on a beach with his trousers all rolled up just below the knee.... The much anticipated but woefully bad BBC documentary that revealed absolutely nothing remotely interesting or dodgy whatsoever (allegations re pension schemes excepted) The hatkicking episode This is fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 was there not a machine brought in where players had to stick their finger in it to see if they were fit to play? i'm sure big edgaras got told he had a leg injury from his finger reading. could have been a lot worse right enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 seem to remember a tale about how vlad was up at inverness for a game (0-0 in 05/06 i think) and got his driver to stop on the way back down. he's supposed to have dragged his entourage away into the woods so he could have a meditation session. he was also said to be right into his new age stuff like crystal pyramids and eating volcanic dust and stuff. i believe it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego10 Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 The 'Courting' of Claudio Ranieri. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redm Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 The room in Lithuania somewhere full of arch lever files crammed with player profiles....and marked with Vlad's personal ratings... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Merse Posted February 8, 2011 Author Share Posted February 8, 2011 Has pyjama man been mentioned? What about the Screpis contract situation - that was all a bit weird? Same with Nade - what contract Christian? Alex Koslovski and his "statistical analysis". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 The room in Lithuania somewhere full of arch lever files crammed with player profiles....and marked with Vlad's personal ratings... complete with the highly scientific rating system. 1, 2 or 3. i wonder what players vlad had down as a 1. apart from julien brellier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leginten Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Charlie "Doormat" Mann and the bananas in the press-box. Seriously dodgy. Koslovski and the xenophobia claim as already mentioned. "None" on here. WTF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leginten Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 seem to remember a tale about how vlad was up at inverness for a game (0-0 in 05/06 i think) and got his driver to stop on the way back down. he's supposed to have dragged his entourage away into the woods so he could have a meditation session. he was also said to be right into his new age stuff like crystal pyramids and eating volcanic dust and stuff. i believe it all. You've just made all this stuff up. But I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leginten Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 The Twelve Words of Rodney in the match programme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Crane Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Anyone remember the thread which claimed that Vlad phoned up some old guy at a boozer in down town Edinburgh for advice on tactics and transfer buys!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigieboy Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 The sacking of Burley was my Hearts 'JFK' moment. I truely couldn't believe that we were throwing this amazing period straight down the toilet. The signing of Rix made me unbelievably angry. His displays in the dug out, sipping bovril with that ****ing lizard tongue of his made me so, so frustrated. We had went from having a master in the dug out to having an absolute clown of a man leading the team. I knew then that things were going to get very, very bad in terms of VR's decision making. I don't think anything prepared me for Malofeev. I remember feeling during the his days that we were simply ****ed. My feeling for Hearts was at an all time low. Utterly dejected. The ER league cup game was quite simply dreadful. I don't want to return to those days. Ever. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juan Rom?n Riquelme Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Can look back at all this shite and find it hilarious. Totally raging when these things were actually going on though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cut The Crap Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 The sacking of Burley was my Hearts 'JFK' moment. I truely couldn't believe that we were throwing this amazing period straight down the toilet. The signing of Rix made me unbelievably angry. His displays in the dug out, sipping bovril with that ****ing lizard tongue of his made me so, so frustrated. We had went from having a master in the dug out to having an absolute clown of a man leading the team. I knew then that things were going to get very, very bad in terms of VR's decision making. I don't think anything prepared me for Malofeev. I remember feeling during the his days that we were simply ****ed. My feeling for Hearts was at an all time low. Utterly dejected. The ER league cup game was quite simply dreadful. I don't want to return to those days. Ever. . It was tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun.lawson Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 None. Remember him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigieboy Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 It was tea. I loved the poster called 'heres Rixy'. Had an avatar of the shining with Rix' face. What happened to him. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommythejambo Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 None. Remember him? Who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanley_ Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 None was great. Did he not end up getting banned under millions of different names? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redm Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Anyone remember the thread which claimed that Vlad phoned up some old guy at a boozer in down town Edinburgh for advice on tactics and transfer buys!? Ah yes, the Mystery Man by the payphone in the Jolly Judge. That was tremendous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie-Brown Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 None was great. Did he not end up getting banned under millions of different names? a million is probably an exaggeration but it was certainly a helluva LOT of different user-names .... sometimes several a day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 a million is probably an exaggeration but it was certainly a helluva LOT of different user-names .... sometimes several a day! sounds a bit like the M.O. of a complete lunatic who used to infest the EEN boards called 'riley hamish'. an utter fruitcake but could also be extremely funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxteth O'Grady Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 a million is probably an exaggeration but it was certainly a helluva LOT of different user-names .... sometimes several a day! Do you ever hear from your old friend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinger Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 That mental doctor guy with the magic wand that that claimed our our injured players were faking it. That was madness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droid Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Mans a misunderstood Genius imho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nookie Bear Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Remember the open letter to Vlad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nookie Bear Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 sounds a bit like the M.O. of a complete lunatic who used to infest the EEN boards called 'riley hamish'. an utter fruitcake but could also be extremely funny. I used to spend hours each day fighting with that tool. Think I wasted a month of my life trying to out him as a Murderwell fan - a complete lunatic but a master wind-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maroonplatoon87 Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Anyone remember when we hired a comedian to relax the players prior to a derby at Easter Rd?? The Romanov documentary on BBC1, said something about press becoming "skeletons in coffins" Crazy times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo4pm Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEU0rH3XYgY I know this was prob made by a hobo but some of it made me laugh as alot of the players mentions were in the 1st team during the 'funny' times jUst for Shats and gigglos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 I used to spend hours each day fighting with that tool. Think I wasted a month of my life trying to out him as a Murderwell fan - a complete lunatic but a master wind-up. he was a genius. probably now long since chucked into a soft walled room and forgotten about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Kilpatrick Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 This thread is gold! Reflecting on it, I think Vlad was testing our loyalty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bajthejambo Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 The sacking of Burley was my Hearts 'JFK' moment. I truely couldn't believe that we were throwing this amazing period straight down the toilet. The signing of Rix made me unbelievably angry. His displays in the dug out, sipping bovril with that ****ing lizard tongue of his made me so, so frustrated. We had went from having a master in the dug out to having an absolute clown of a man leading the team. I knew then that things were going to get very, very bad in terms of VR's decision making. I don't think anything prepared me for Malofeev. I remember feeling during the his days that we were simply ****ed. My feeling for Hearts was at an all time low. Utterly dejected. The ER league cup game was quite simply dreadful. I don't want to return to those days. Ever. . My mate and myself were doing surveys at a Tescos in Ireland the day he was sacked. When I got the call from my old man my mate genuinely thought someone had died by the expression on my face. To be fair, it almost felt like someone had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cut The Crap Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 The sacking of Burley was my Hearts 'JFK' moment. After a busy Saturday morning, I was driving past Tesco at Eskbank on my way to the game. Tuned in to Radio Scotland for Off the Ball only to hear Stuart Cosgrove deliver the breaking news from Tynecastle that GB had left the club. Thought it was one of their wind-ups at first. Took a few minutes to realise it was actually happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanley_ Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 I got a text from a friend who supports Partick Thistle saying that Burley had been sacked. I thought it was a wind up at first... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bighusref Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 I hate this thread. It is a reminder of the difficult times and I find it really hard to read a lot of this. We are a hugely strong club and, please excuse the pun, have a loyal support which dragged us through it. Some of the times mentioned on here are on par with the "not fit for purpose" AGM and standing in the rain at Saughton Park. What I will say, is I shudder at some of the things Romanov DIDN'T do because he was convinced it was a bad idea at the last minute. Do you ever hear from your old friend? Seriously?!?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulleted_jambo Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 I actualy hung up on my mate as I was convinced he was talking rubbish about Burley being sacked. I just didn't think it was possible. One of my worst moments a sa Hearts fan. Lots to laugh about on this thread though. Mainly because it appears those crazy days are behind us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pettigrewsstylist Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Any time under Malofeev. Seriously bad times under him. Went to Easter Road for a CIS cup tie and played shockingly bad, his tactics that night were outrageous. Another that sticks in my mind is the infamous Kurskis game at home to Inverness. Made an error for one of the goals (I think) then got sent off, Lee Wallace went in goals and we lost the game in the last minute. He was one crazy goalkeeper. Just noticed this has been mentioned, oh well . When we came out for 2nd half and we all stared at RN lining up at RM???? Mental Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heres Rixxy Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 I loved the poster called 'heres Rixy'. Had an avatar of the shining with Rix' face. What happened to him. . I'd love you too if you knew I was here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Merse Posted February 9, 2011 Author Share Posted February 9, 2011 The weekly 2:30pm text - "have you heard the team?" 5 words to make your heart sink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redm Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Anyone have a note somewhere of Vlad's poem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Crane Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Another memory was Five Live hosting a fans forum which had Brian Alexander flapping in desperation into getting Hearts supporters to slag off our club. He was no doubt expecting the programme to feature this lynch mob against the nasty foreigner but instead had punters who were still defiant and those sniping at our beloved. It ended with one fan giving quite possibly one of the best eulogies on what it means to support Hearts. For the life of me I wish I could remember what he said but the applause over the airwaves was quite loud - as was the praise for this individual on JKB shortly after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johanes de Silentio Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 After a busy Saturday morning, I was driving past Tesco at Eskbank on my way to the game. That's pretty much where I was, although I was on the 141 from Loanhead to Dalkeith - the boy sitting in front of me answered his mobile and said "Hello - ******* what?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 the pre-cursor to the madness was the after-match celebrations incident in basle. vlad's 'advisor' anatoly byshovets walking into the dressing room, going over john robertson's head and telling a bemused group of players to turn down their music and their celebrating. i remember when this was reported thinking that there was no way something like that would happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Merse Posted February 9, 2011 Author Share Posted February 9, 2011 That's pretty much where I was, although I was on the 141 from Loanhead to Dalkeith - the boy sitting in front of me answered his mobile and said "Hello - ******* what?" It was broken to me by my Hibby flatmate. He was off to the Hibs game and my Jambo mates had just turned up at my flat. My phone rings... "Have you heard the breaking news in Scottish football?" "No" "George Burley is no longer the manager of Heart of Midlothian" "Shut the feck up you arsehole." Hang up. By the time I'd hung up I had 3 texts saying Burley gone. Weirdest atmosphere ever at Tynie that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johanes de Silentio Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 i remember when this was reported thinking that there was no way something like that would happen. It was kind of on the cards with Vlad signing players over Burley's head, I think - I still think it's mental to sack the manager when your team is doing so well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo Ell Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Ha yeah that was the weekly letdown!! I remember my Dad telling me that his mate and his pals used to run a sweepstake on guessing the team during those times. Nobody ever got it right!! The weekly 2:30pm text - "have you heard the team?" 5 words to make your heart sink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboRossi79 Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 To be fair, Robson was phenomenal that day. Hat-trick IIRC. Another shite moment was when Koslovski (PRICK) claimed that we were being xenophobic in our booing of the Lithuanians/foreign players. Think you'll find that was true. This guy was totally cringworthy. His team and tactics at Fester in the CIS was the most embarrassed I've ever been as a Hearts fan. bad in any game but unacceptable in a derby. The same team and tactics that played very, very well against Celtic the week before with the exception that Elvis was added into the team for the derby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 The opening game of the 2007/08 season. One nil home defeat to Hubz on a Monday night. It was obvious that Angel Chernenkov (sp?) the Bulgarian chap, wasn't up to it. Frail tried his best I suppose... Beniusis - not good enough but hung out to dry that night. The whole gig was awful. And we finished 8th that season. Meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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