OrlandoDon

Yeah, hearts got a late win. But that costs energy playing that hard. would rather see duk off the bench than Ambrose, even sokler. Could be the game all is forgiven when duk comes on and scores the winner??

I don’t really know what to expect. We were poor second half against Dundee but obviously are on a great run. At the same time, hearts results have been very poor despite a euro win. Don’t think we lose, but a draw, maybe, sneak a 2-1 maybe, plus we’ve missed quite a few chances in games, maybe we take them and it’s 3 or 4-0. our winning run will end, but why tomorrow. Hearts should tire and our high pressing should wear them down. And is it set up for unlucky 13 at parkhead?? 3-1 us, nisbet, McGrath, shinnie

I don’t understand what we are missing and I’m trying to be as impartial as possible. Rama was better shinnie is better, sivert is better, palaversa so far appears better or at worst on par. I’d compare Barron to polvara, who I see struggling for game time when fit, as would Barron if he were in this squad. Obviously there are different types of midfielders, but Barron isn’t particularly fit, fast, strong, skilled, dominating, aggressive, scoring threat etc….??

Too late to get var involved and rule out the rangers goal?

When are the Huns being told what they owe us for the wee central midfielder we more than adequately replaced?

No disrespected intended to pape, but he’s been a bonus. I expected clarkson flanked by McGrath and topi with Morris and Vinny filling in wide, adding duk somewhere too. Opportunity for others to shine, including Nisbet to be the main scorer now.

Offer them Ambrose as a replacement? Nothing better than the real thing.

I’ll argue that it was autocorrect. At the same time, I nearly called the thread Scott Nisbet. That would have been worse. how do we correct this ??

Bringing on Ambrose, and I must have had the volume down as I didn’t hear the almighty roar when he came in, what does he offer that sokler does not? Sokler is decent in the air, has pace, works his bollocks off, and is fit. Haven’t seen much of any of that of Ambrose to date. The comments were aerial ability which I don’t see much difference, and sokler is pretty capable running in behind. Baffling decision. said this before, I almost think Ambrose gets in the way and is a clear liability.

Didn’t see a thread of this title so figured it was time as he’ll be discussed quite a lot over the season. Thoughts on him so far? I’m not overly impressed, doesn’t appear overly sharp or fit, or mobile in my opinion, but I haven’t seen much of our games to date. At the same time he’s scored 3 so far. I’d assume it would be 1-2 mill to get him on a permanent deal, and that’s significantly more than we paid for miovski. And at the same time, for every miovski there’s a sokler or Ambrose. is he a penalty taker? That pads out numbers and we’ve yet to get one.

I know he has to earn it but really wanted to see duk up top the last 20 instead of Ambrose. Duk wants to play thru the middle and may get his chance. Ambrose is awful and sokler is almost playing himself out of the team. May end up duk gets what he wants, and to be honest, is probably the biggest threat behind nisbet.

Autocorrect! Looks lethargic and unfit! Although probably pathetic too. agreed, while we were poor in attack in the second half, strong defensively and that’s a good battling win. Still concerned about Malloy and ruby, the penalty was preventable and almost every goal we lose involves one or both of them.

Ugh. Poor second half but to win that, I’ll take it. First 40 mins were good, the rest was pretty piss. Good god, Ambrose…. Yet to see anything to suggest he’s ever played before. Looks pathetic and unfit. How?? Like playing with 10!

Another shitty goal to lose, Molloy is not the best in the air, doesn’t win or judge the long ball header, much like the first game of the season.

I think he really helped with the transition to the new management team, and clarkson speaks highly of him in the Dundee pregame press conference. But is/was he simply this years Barry Robson? Robson did all the right things last year, it was leven this year, how much of a loss would he be? It’s not been that long, but JT now has a grasp of Scottish football, and I think leven staying was a condition of JTs hiring. Would think JT would bring in someone as good if not better as a replacement, no??

Yup. If it wasn’t for his goals Gueye is straight to the bench. Clarkson is a talent and probably brings more out of those around him, and either McGrath left and topi right, that’s a creative attacking 3. I think clarkson is a natural fit and, not trying to be negative, I expect gueye’s purple patch to end and clarkson returns to the 10 with topi on the right. much like with morris, I do see gueye as a good player to bring off the bench when we need a change or are chasing a goal.

Meh. Not a fan of grey, I think we had grey before. Looks like washed out white. Or at least what my whites look like eventually…

Curious to see how center mid lines up, I’d say palaversa is more of a sivert than a shinnie, and we maybe miss shinnie’s runs when he’s not in there. Hard to drop shinnie though when fit, do see palaversa on the bench. topi back to right mid or gueye again? Clarkson at 10 or gueye? Manager has some decisions to make. 2-1 us, McGrath and nisbet.

I think we all agree, and kinda why I listed many of them, what a pile of shite they are. Most mentioned the last few years when we were looking for a manager, and I agree hearts wouldn’t consider a few of them. No real candidates stand out domestically, or being Scottish, I suppose Tony Doc could be the up and comer, and would Del go to his 4th premiership team, I’m not so sure. I’d say foreign is the route to go, but as I said, we’d done more than enough research on JT, could see this taking a while.

Really curious to the direction hearts go. There’s Neil, mcinnes, Lennon, Tony mowbray, Paul lambert, and, pretty please, Craig levein. I suppose maybe callum Davidson, Scott brown, and Rhys McCabe should be considered too? Then you look at rangers and Celtic who have gone the foreign route, as have we and with a very positive start. And, Neil warnock is available! i don’t think hearts have planned for a new manager, and I doubt they’ll rush into it. I’d be surprised if they have anyone in place for our game. Popcorn at the ready, intrigued as to who comes in.

Sure, or not. 50/50. But I don’t see them hiring anyone over night and they have a bitch of a travel right before our game. New manager or not, tough ask of them.

Even with Naismith gone, to find a new guy right now and get their shit together will be tough. We play them in 3 weeks right after they’ve traveled to Minsk, it’s a tough ask just like we experienced last year. We appear to have aced it with JT but that took a couple of years in the making. Don’t see or hear of anyone legit that would impress me.

Think we put today in perspective. While a strong performance, they’re a league 2 side. I did like our press though, we never let them settle, it was relentless. think we have a player in palaversa. Curious to who are our best two in center mid. Clarkson is class and gueye isn’t a winger. Nice problem to have but we’ll have depth off the bench and maybe 6-7 are guaranteed to start. Competition for places keeps standards high and effort strong. Thought JT managed the game well with good subs. Interesting to see that we never saw Ambrose. Wonder if we see him again.

Hmm. Thought this may happen, but not a fan. Little bit of a square peg round hole, don’t see gueye as a wide player, more of a free roaming type.

Loving hearts season to date!