MJC Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago The fact that Rangers lost today leaves me even less confident of us getting anything. They very rarely lose two league games in a row and we’ve seen this all too often over the years when one of the OF loses or drops points just before they are due to play us and we get the backlash. We will not beat either Rangers at Ibrox or Celtic at Fir Park. We might scrape a 0-0 in one of them but that will be our lot because we are not physical enough or nearly clinical enough to make it count when it will matter. I’ve heard detractors of this current Hearts side making claims that “they are a team of journeymen” or “a typical McInnes side, big and physical” but they are a well drilled team and being big and physical pays off in this league especially if you have that other critical ingredient that successful teams have…forward players who can score goals. And that is why Hearts are top of the league and deservedly so. Because they are well drilled, play as a team, have players who can mix it up and crucially have players who can score goals when it matters. We are a good side and I am really enjoying watching us this season. But we will always fall short when it really matters for the reasons I mentioned above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanwellfan Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 1 hour ago, MJC said: The fact that Rangers lost today leaves me even less confident of us getting anything. They very rarely lose two league games in a row and we’ve seen this all too often over the years when one of the OF loses or drops points just before they are due to play us and we get the backlash. We will not beat either Rangers at Ibrox or Celtic at Fir Park. We might scrape a 0-0 in one of them but that will be our lot because we are not physical enough or nearly clinical enough to make it count when it will matter. I’ve heard detractors of this current Hearts side making claims that “they are a team of journeymen” or “a typical McInnes side, big and physical” but they are a well drilled team and being big and physical pays off in this league especially if you have that other critical ingredient that successful teams have…forward players who can score goals. And that is why Hearts are top of the league and deservedly so. Because they are well drilled, play as a team, have players who can mix it up and crucially have players who can score goals when it matters. We are a good side and I am really enjoying watching us this season. But we will always fall short when it really matters for the reasons I mentioned above. Reasonable statements and time will tell if correct or not. Rangers Saturday followed by Celtic Tuesday is always going to be tough so maybe we’ll we see how we stack up after those two games. I’m sure both of us are hoping you’re wrong. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJC Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago 9 minutes ago, texanwellfan said: Reasonable statements and time will tell if correct or not. Rangers Saturday followed by Celtic Tuesday is always going to be tough so maybe we’ll we see how we stack up after those two games. I’m sure both of us are hoping you’re wrong. Absolutely and I will be delighted with 2 points, or 3 or 4 from the next two games. Obviously 6 would be the stuff of dreams but we need to be realistic. The reality is that we will probably get 0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twistandshout1983 Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago 7 minutes ago, MJC said: Absolutely and I will be delighted with 2 points, or 3 or 4 from the next two games. Obviously 6 would be the stuff of dreams but we need to be realistic. The reality is that we will probably get 0. 2 very tough games coming up, but I think potentially at least a draw in one of those games is very possible One comment I saw today from a Rangers fan today saying absolutely scunnered with his team in general, even said thinking of giving up football completly Does sound a bit dramatic of course, onto the other mob and I think if Celtic had lost Wilifred Nancy would have been away before we play them. Happy he is not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric Blues Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago 14 minutes ago, MJC said: Absolutely and I will be delighted with 2 points, or 3 or 4 from the next two games. Obviously 6 would be the stuff of dreams but we need to be realistic. The reality is that we will probably get 0. The only absolute certainty is that we won't get 5. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewarkfanclub Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago Having watched both Rangers and Celtic today, I dont see anything for us to be worried about. Rangers are a bit more solid than Celtic defensively but they look pretty toothless. Celtic have more going forward, but they have been extremely wasteful of late and are wide open at the back. They only won today because Aberdeen played the whole second half with 10 men. Not saying we will win both games or even one of them. But they are not the scarey proposition they used to be. If we turn up and play our usual game and dont make any stupid errors we will compete and hold our own with both of them. As for Hearts. Yes they are a good team and are well clear at the top, but they have also failed to beat us twice, so lets give ourselves a little bit of credit! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlyg Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago I am pleased celtic won as it keeps Nancy in a job. I expect them to beat Livi away also. Hopefully we can give them a right good game but first we have the rangers game and we should go in with belief Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigManTam Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago Next 2 games: 0 points - Dissapointing 1 point - meh 2 points - OK (surely not 2 goalless draws...) 3 points - Good 4 points - Fantastic 6 points - Could we actually win the league? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlyg Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 9 minutes ago, BigManTam said: Next 2 games: 0 points - Dissapointing 1 point - meh 2 points - OK (surely not 2 goalless draws...) 3 points - Good 4 points - Fantastic 6 points - Could we actually win the league? 0 points........taxi for JBA yes.......that was a joke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanwellfan Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 11 minutes ago, BigManTam said: Next 2 games: 0 points - Dissapointing 1 point - meh 2 points - OK (surely not 2 goalless draws...) 3 points - Good 4 points - Fantastic 6 points - Could we actually win the league? Let’s hope JBA pulls off a couple of tactical masterclasses and gets us 6 points. Both will be tough games especially since we don’t have Welsh for the Celtic game. Fingers crossed AP and Hendry find their shooting boots and start scoring, although I don’t care who scores as long as we do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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