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Really not sure how to feel about that. Would have bit your hand off for a point before kick off, but 3-0 up the game should be done! Jens is going to have to think about where the balance lies between playing our football and making sure we take home the 3 points. Think we lost the midfield when Slattery came off and Spittal came on. Totally understand taking him off on a yellow card with the lead we had, but hindsight would suggest that is a mistake. Poor defending for the first allowing the overload back post and poor keeping for the second (through his legs) and the 3rd (palming it out). Still a work in progress and we kinda knew this is how our "style" couldl pan out, but still a sore one in the end.

Thats about as comfortable a 45mins as Ive seen us have at Tynecastle. We have got right in the heads of the Hearts players and their fans know it! Some of the howls from their fans after backpasses have been delightful! Played exactly the same as we did in Paisley and Perth but with a little more menace in the final third. Need to keep doing what we are doing and get the second goal......

It would seem unlikely. He appears to be more "languid" than the type of player we have gone for this season. Not to say he wont get an opportunity, but I dont see him fancying a high press.

I expect him to be back tomorrow! 😆 With Sparrow injured, every chance SOD goes to RB......

You auditioning for the part of "Yin" 😆

We have enough numbers wise. But 2 of them are ageing RBs who are keeping the replacement CB out the team. I think we need dto move Balmer on and find someone like him that finds the managers playing style. That might mean Gordon moving to the bench, or both SOD and McGinn plalying less....

We have some array of forward options now. Even if we accept the midfield is Watt, Slattery, Fadinger We now have Said, Just, Stama, Hendry, Cooke, Maswanhise and Osong And thats without even including Robinson, Nicholson and Stuparevic who are all injured. Safe to say we are done on the forward dept. Just need a decent defender and potentially a DMF.

Regan Charles-Cooke incoming! The mysterious "lights out" post is up!

If we can get any of our wide plalyers to get to the by-line and put in a ball like that, there's every chance....

I wouldnt necessarily see him as an out and out winger though. More of a wide forward. We are currently struggling to score goals. If CRC can bring his Ross County form to the party, we should certainly be interested in him.

I think we are probably fine as we are. But we ecould defo do with moving Balmer on for a ball playing version. Having someone on the bench the manager doesnt fancy isnt a strong place ro be.

Next you will be telling me the lyrics to Dignity are "Sail her up, sail her up, sail her up, sail her up, sail her up" 🤪🤪🤪

So it is! Ive mistakenly been calling it ying and yang for 50 years! 😆😆😆

Thats not how some human beings work though, is it? Competition for places is healthy. I know that you know that!

Re Saturday, I think Id like to see McGhee at RB rather than SOD or McGinn. Better to change one position than 2. Unless of course Gordon is fit to start then maybe SOD to RB with McGhee making a cameo late on. Hard to know what to do for the best, but keeping McGinn in the centre is a must. Re MJC he is the ying to my yang. Long may he continue to be our Profit of Doom! We're gonna win the league! 😆😆😆

Not suggesting we should get into any sort of virtue signalling. But given the circumstances, it would be nice if we as a club/support could reach out in some way and show some support to Imrie and his family.....

You've decided he is shite. As have one or two others. You may turn out to be right. But I would say based on the body of evidence to date, it is inconclusive. He spent most of last season injured. He is now on his 3rd manager in a year and a brand new style of play. If we get to December and he/we dont look any better in the goals for column then you might be proved right. Until then, how about we cut him some slack and give him a little support?

I dont think he is struggling. This is the longest he has stayed fit for us, so Im kinda hoping he will get better as time goes on. In no hurry to chase him out the door as I think we will need options until Sule, Robinson, Nicholson and Stuparevic all get fit (although, I fully expect some of them wont play for us again).

The newspapers (I know!) did report an offer of £800k from a Norwegian club that was turned down. I accept that the report could be a lot of shite, but hardly something to pull someone up about.....

I know, but they might come back with an improved one before the window closes......

Lots of St Johnstone fans in the other place, being very complimentary of Hendry. All saying we have a good striker on our hands. Should come with the health warning that these are the same guys that thought Bair was shite......

Apparently his work permit hasnt gone through yet..........

Had a look at his highlights reel and most of his goals are into feet. The odd header but few and far between. Scores a few different types of goals which is good although most with his right foot. Hadnt realised he had scored 2 against us at McDairmid a couple years back. Not sure he offers anything different from Stama. Maybe we are gonna accept the money from the Norwegian team?

Dont remember him at St Johnstone so no idea if he will be any good or not. If we are using analytics to identify targets this season you have to trust he is the type of player we need. We will find out soon enough.

Hearts appear to be a team in transition with McInnes tinkering with his squad in search of his best 11. They have a lot of players and some of them are very good, so how this goes could rely on whether he finds the right formula against us. We have Slattery to come back in, but a few of our players limped off on Saturday, so it will depend on our recovery who is available. Hopefully they all just had cramp given what they put into the game! Osong, clearly isnt going to be fit enough to start, he looks a longer term project, so its likely to be Stama up top, unless we have signed Callum Hendry and he is ready to hit the ground running (unlikely). We really need to work hard on delivery in training this week. Get Said on the right (he has no left foot), TJ on the left and have Slattery and Just working on passes down the channels for Stama to run onto. I suspect it will be another very close game with only a goal in it either way. Id settle for another hard earned draw and keep the unbeaten run going for another week.