CtS Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Official attendance 1090. However, despite the defeat and against all the odds, it seems Hearts have succeeded in their battle against relegation. Credit to Stevie Frail for guiding the Jambos to safety. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest swaddon Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 If Gretna are going to go bust, then at least they've ended in style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheChimp Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 If Gretna are going to go bust, then at least they've ended in style. I think Gretna going bust is a certainty. Perhaps it was Hearts' last game too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajja Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 They provided commentry for the last 5 minutes of this game on the radio and I actually raised my arms in the air when Gretna scored. No matter how trivial and unimportant this game was it still provided me with great pleasure Of the 1090 they said there were around 700-800 Gretna fans there to witness their swan song. Wonder why Hearts fans were not doing the same ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Hearts official website has now added the following to their "honours" list: 2007/08 - SPL Bottom 6 - Runners Up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest swaddon Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Hearts official website has now added the following to their "honours" list: 2007/08 - SPL Bottom 6 - Runners Up When's the open-topped bus parade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 This weekend - they are making it a whole weekend thing. Hired Murrayfield as Tynecastle wont be big enough for Mad Vlads Maroon Balloon Army. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glasgow sheep Posted May 14, 2008 Author Share Posted May 14, 2008 Some Hearts fan on P&B claimed to be happy with the result as it would mean Frail wouldn't keep the managers (sic) job. Quite who he sees replacing him was not explained. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest swaddon Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 Some Hearts fan on P&B claimed to be happy with the result as it would mean Frail wouldn't keep the managers (sic) job. Quite who he sees replacing him was not explained. Sven Goran Eriksson is going to be out of a job soon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TENEMENTFUNSTER Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 Sven Goran Eriksson is going to be out of a job soon... Only if he takes the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penfold Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 October 2004: Russian businessman Vladimir Romanov says Hearts' debt would be cleared by the end of the year if he become the major shareholder. And he told also told Russian newspaper Izvestia that he wanted the Edinburgh club to rival Celtic and Rangers. Romanov has agreed to take a 20% stake in the club and wants a larger stake. "My job would be to make sure they don't overspend the money and go over the club's budget, which should be around £10m," he said. Lithuania-based Romanov, who described Hearts fans as "the best in the world", stated that he wanted to build a new stadium for the club. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/h/heart_of_midlothian/3710698.stm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TENEMENTFUNSTER Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 No harm laughing at that all over again, one of those things that just won't get old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackie's ace! Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 I see Tynecastle is hosting a major tournament next week! The Coca-Cola Sevens finals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Bobby Clark Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 HM-Loyal grooming stalking trying to make friends with lassies on bebo http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=4316208435 Man, there are some seriously screwed up people on that page. I mean, dere is sum wack jobs representin', a'rite. Young people of today..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc_don Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 quite shocking that page really! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunk Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 I see Barca have binned Hearts in favour of Hibs as part of their pre-season warm up. This must be down to them not wanting to give the psychological edge to potential Champions League opponents... http://www.sportinglife.com/football/scottishpremier/dundeeutd/news/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harcus Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Either that, or they want to play a team who plays with the same beauty and style, and sheer love for the game. Ahhh Hibs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mg_don Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 HM-Loyal grooming stalking trying to make friends with lassies on bebo http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=4316208435 From that page: "billy boys and gorgie boys together we will fight the feinian scum for god and ulster" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizer Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Ibrahim Tall: Romanov acts like 'dictator' BRAHIM TALL has spoken candidly for the first time about his treatment at the hands of Vladimir Romanov. The defender returned to his home in Paris last week at the end of his Hearts contract. Whilst retaining fond memories of the club, he explained how Romanov left him embittered by his dictatorial methods. The majority shareholder ordered Stephen Frail, Hearts' interim manager, not to play Tall during the second half of this season. The Frenchman had refused the offer of a contract extension on reduced terms and therefore became subject to exclusion from the team at Romanov's request. He appeared only once at first-team level following the defeat at Falkirk on December 29 last year. Despite finding the process disturbing, he maintained a dignified silence on the issue until severing his ties with Hearts. Tall spoke exclusively to the Evening News to reveal the extent of Romanov's ruthlessness during negotiations and subsequent interference in team matters. His three-year, £10,000-a-week contract was sanctioned in 2005 against the wishes of Hearts' then-manager George Burley, so keen was Romanov to have the Senegalese internationalist involved in his Tynecastle revolution. However, when a proposed extension was rejected earlier this year, the owner's mindset altered. "When we were to talk about a new contract I was open to discuss it with Mr Romanov, but he told my agent he would give me one offer and if I didn't sign I would never play again," said Tall. "I was hoping to talk normally but with him it's like a dictator. You have to do what he says. "He offered me less money, but the problem wasn't money, it was the way he spoke. "I think it was very arrogant. It was a problem because I would not sign the new contract so Mr Romanov said to Stephen Frail not to put me in the team. I knew I wouldn't play after that and it was difficult." In that sense, the 26-year-old's Hearts career petered out in similar fashion to the way it began, inconspicuously. Eight months lapsed between him arriving in Edinburgh from the French club Sochaux and his first-team debut, as first Burley, then Graham Rix, deemed him not good enough for Tynecastle. Romanov required to sack both managers and place Valdas Ivanauskas in temporary charge before he could facilitate Tall's promotion. The defender's case was helped, ironically, when Romanov banished Andy Webster from the team following a contract wrangle with the Scotland internationalist and his agent in spring 2006. The acrimony surrounding Tall's departure means that, for varying reasons, he was considered "unselectable" for a full year in total at Hearts. He stressed that several players had received similar unethical treatment to that which tainted his final five months in Edinburgh. "My situation was like Julien's (Brellier]. But it's not only him, I think a lot of players have gone through this," he said. "Hearts is a very good club, the people who love the club work very hard and they are nice people. But the owner, I don't think he does his job well. "He did many bad things to me. A lot of players were happy there but they didn't stay because of Mr Romanov." "I have a lot of good thoughts and a lot of bad ones. He watched Hearts undergo a moderate transformation earlier this year when Frail was appointed caretaker manager but believes Romanov's managerial rotation policy has undermined the efforts of everyone at the club. "Mr Romanov must not change the manager all the time, it's not good for the team. 10k a week for him no wonder they are in debt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 See Frail has got his reward and been binned by Romanov. Reported on BBC Scotland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_widdows Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 BBC website Mark McGhee has been widely tipped to take over at Hearts after leading Motherwell to third place in his first season at Fir Park. who the fuck has tipped that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glasgow sheep Posted May 21, 2008 Author Share Posted May 21, 2008 BBC website who the fuck has tipped that? I've heard folk talking about it on the radio. Surely McGhee isnae that fucking stupid. I thought he was getting the celtic gig anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TENEMENTFUNSTER Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 BBC website who the fuck has tipped that? Chick Young all over it. Total bollocks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest swaddon Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 What loyal fans the Jambos have. Presumably Mad Vlad won't now be pressing ahead with his stadium expansion plans? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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