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It's not good for the nerves, but great for the competition. Lose three in a row and you're thinking of playoffs. Win three in a row and you're thinking of Europe.

It's in our own hands, and that's all you can ever ask for.

MIchael Stewart on Wednesday, "Now Hearts are in the top six they'll be there for the rest of the season" *Checks table three and a half days later....*

I doubt he was match fit as he came to us with with almost no first team appearances. So not surprised it took him a few weeks to get up to speed

With Miller, Slattery fully fit again and AP on the way back, I don't think we'd have been relegated, regardless of who was in the gaffer's seat. But irrelevant now, unless we lose the next 5 on the bounce.

Well he assisted the Rangers goal, if that counts.

Nah, not for me. We'd have been in a lose 4, win 2, draw 1 cycle for the remainder of the season with half the points picked up due to late goals. 8th or 9th, sure, but we didn't have the rabbit in the headlights look that the relegated teams have. Livi at the end of last season was a perfect example.

Absolutely. Coaches from the continent also tend to do more training with ball-at-feet, so hoping to see even more football in the coming weeks. In his first interview he said one of the things that made him a good match for the club was being data driven. I doubt they had much of that at Alloa.

Slattery for me has been back to top form and really enjoying his current role. In the Dundee game he was in their faces literally right from kick off and was at it again today. Plus he can play a bit of football too. It's also two games in a row where he hasn't been booked. And this idea Wimmer has of playing two number tens is really making a difference.

And he already tweaked the approach with a deeper press to catch a breather every now and then. An actual Plan B. Of course winning the Dundee game was a big help, because players are never sure about new tactics unless they see results.

Sky Sports report was either written by a Rangers fan or a 'Well fan who started celebrating early.

I didn't think we'd win this one, but I have had no worries about relegation this season.

I'm old enough to remember when posters were saying we were going to get relegated.

No

I can't find it now, but there was a quote on the BBC website about how the man who coached in the Bundesliga and top Austrian league had out-thought the man whose coaching experience is the Scottish 2nd Division. That pretty much sums it up.

While it hasn't been a revelation - because we know Miller, Slattery and Halliday can play football - it's been great to see them all getting a chance to remind us.

Correct. Just not in the way you thought.

You okay, hun? Take your pick...

Aye, Cerny has been consistently their most dangerous player all season.

You're not wrong, but I've seen so many ridiculous calls from VAR I would not have been surprised to see it chalked off.

Have I ever said how much I love VAR? I'm assuming it's Butland's dad running the line.

I'm voting for feeling sick.

From what I read (and it was an interpretation of the the rules, not the actual rule book), because he signed as a youngster with no fee. The Financial Fair Play is different from the UEFA development compensation, and for these transactions is focused mostly on transfer costs. So Mika was essentially bought for zero, sold for £4 million. And yes, apparently it's one of the unintended side effects of the rule and why EPL teams load up on youngsters that you never see near the first team before they are moved on for a fee. While not the only side that do it, I read an article a couple of years ago how Chelsea were taking significant advantage of the rules during their high spending Abramovich years. Signing youngsters, loaning them out, selling them on with no intention to ever play them in the first team.

He'll probably think "Why are they celebrating Armed Forces Day today when its official date is 28th June. Must be idiots running this club" (but in German).

I took a look at the rules, and it's a bit more complicated than that. Clubs are allowed to amortize an incoming transfer fee over 5 years. As youth players are considered to be "free" any profit from their sale is regarded as pure profit. That means Mika's £4 million fee can be offset against £20 million worth of incoming transfers - £4 million a year over five years. So it might not be a huge number, but still means those academy players are worth 5 times more than than their transfer fee to a club. Of course, from a footballing perspective, it looks like it was a terrible idea and Arsenal played themselves out of the title race by having no available strikers. A quick look at the Arsenal fans' opinions and they couldn't believe he was ever sold.