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04 Mar 2026 22:44:49
Just so relieved to get 3 points, Aberdeen's form poor all season, but still a fretful night for us. Too much 'after you Claude' stuff in front of the Dons goal, and my nerves get shredded watching us play out from the back.

04 Mar 2026 22:17:59
That was absolutely pitiful. Hearts will win this league and the only tem who could catch them is Motherwell. Celtic and Sevco are simply not good enough.

Far too slow and predictable as usual. Our defensive press is now non-existent or at best in ones or twos. Someone needs to get this sorted.

Sinisalo, good game, quickly off his line and a great save which Schmeichel would have been nowhere near. His distribution looked a bit dodgy at times but he is faced with almost all his team running toward him closely followed by a red shirt.

A lot of our defensive problems are stemming from McGregor. Several times Aberdeen were sitting back when our CBs had the ball but as soon as CM dropped back to pick it up, it was obviously a pre-determined trigger for a rush of Aberdeen players pressing us into mistakes.

Also, CM and RH both too static and want too long on the ball, at least McCowan tried to drive forward with the ball and look for one twos. This is making our midfield look empty. Yang and Tounetki both entirely predictable and Yand appeared to be playing in gutties slipping and falling about all night. Maeda looks like an olympic sprinter having his first game of football, honking!

04 Mar 2026 22:52:34
Aye ok then, i'll put money on with you that Hertz and Motherwell don't finish 1st and 2nd. Hertz are dreadful and will drop copious points in the run in especially after the split.

If we stay in touch going into the split we win the League.
I agree that Motherwell will finish the season higher than they are now. Get the fans back in and we'll be fine.

04 Mar 2026 23:35:39
Based on what Stevie?

Hearts have lost 4 in 29 games, you think they will lose as many games in the 8 to go?

We haven’t even beaten them in 3 games.

You don’t sound toi confident either by saying if we keep in touch.

Let’s face it, 4 teams are in it and we are struggling big time.

Would have been a different story if we had beaten Hibs but we are running out of games and showing barely enough to beat the bottom 6 teams.

04 Mar 2026 21:59:19
I take everything back I’ve said about Meada he was really unlucky with his 20th one on one miss of the season.

04 Mar 2026 20:57:39
Like the look of the you boy Arthur, a big unit with pace and good positional sense. Yang honking, McGowan not great, half time subs could be Nygren for McGowan and Forrest or Mvuka for Yang. Would leave big tam on Nielson it's only a matter of time before he's carded again. Maeda's pace may be a benefit.

04 Mar 2026 21:44:18
Poor, poor, poor.

McCowan ran about like headless chicken. If he plays just behind the striker he is effective but further back is lost.

Scarrachi is just forward thinking, doesn't want to play the slow p**h.

Sinassalo very poor with his distribution. Had a great save.

Young Arthur looks assured.

Hatate and CM too close to each other.

Our 3 midfield players were far too close to each other, they didn't create space.

Tounekti quite ineffective. If he doesn't get past you first time he doesn't try again.

Maeda Just cannot score.

When we get closed down in defence, we are really poor, have absolutely no confidence on the ball and no one looking for the ball.

04 Mar 2026 21:59:35
Yang is in my worst 11 to wear the Hoops incredible he's lasted so long.

04 Mar 2026 22:01:30
Thought hatate and mcgregor were good like Arthur yang and maeda pish tounekti frustrating sinasola good cvancara still not sure but better than amadu.

04 Mar 2026 22:07:57
Feel sorry for any number 9, Yang and Tounetski create F all. Both of them keep cutting inside to already crowded areas or just pass it backwards. What I’d give for a greedy basa anywhere up front, everyone wants to pass the buck, nobody wants to shoot.

04 Mar 2026 22:16:15
Agree with most of that Maeda, but a bit harsh on Sinassalo.

04 Mar 2026 22:22:20
Jamsie did more in 20 mins than Tounekti did in 95 and Yang in 75.

KT played ok as did our right back.

Arthur looked good and Scales was all over the place, although he had a couple of good clearances. He was unlucky with the pen.

Side to side CM and RH played too close and McCowan did little after our first goal.

Big Thomas struggled for pace and looked clumsy.

We score then invited them into us.

When we play with pace and we cause them all sorts of problems but no we try and pass it out from defence and create all sorts of problems. Sinissalo slowing it down then kicking it up to our striker just gave the ball away.

If Thomas didn't win the ball we did not win the 2nd ball.

I look at Stuart Armstrong and he looks very comfortable on the ball, composed and doesn't panic.

We just don't have anyone who is like that, can create space and move the ball forward.

Say what you want about Nygren, he saves our a***s so many times. 19 goals for a midfielder is a great return, which means he will be sold in the summer.

We are a team that relies on any player other than a striker to score goals. Shocking!

04 Mar 2026 22:55:07
Donegal. His distribution was very poor tonight. He slowed it down when the ball went back to him allowing them to close him down and then it was a panic ball to a midfielder heading towards him.

They waited till the ball went to him or CM and rushed us closing us down.

We just don't have the ability to play out from their. 3-4 years ago CM could do that but not anymore.

Our defence did not move the ball quick enough but our midfield didn't make any moves to get the ball to feet and create space.

CM and RH were almost in each other's pockets.

When LM is playing forward he is a handful for defences as he tries to play one twos around the box, but when he plays slightly back with CM he is totally ineffective.

04 Mar 2026 20:32:34
When you hear that Celtic concede penalty you KNOW it is either Trusty or fekin Scales aka scare.

{Ed007's Note - Or it could be one of the softest penalties seen in many a day.}

04 Mar 2026 22:27:12
"When you hear that Celtic concede penalty you KNOW it is either Trusty or fekin Scales aka scare. "

Or Hatate! bawhair off giving another one away late on. Just doesn't look at what's going on around him.

We really need to keep Tounetki and Hatate on the half way line when defending set-pieces. They're both more likely to hurt us than save us and it might mean the opposition keeping 3 players back, making our box less congested and easier to defend.

04 Mar 2026 22:30:12
I kinda of agree the decision not to give us a penalty, however had the ball not hit his arm, which was raised, it would have went into the six yard area and been a potential opportunity for us.

I can imagine if that happens against us at the weekend it will be given.

Seen them given, although harsh, would it be worse than the one given against Bernaubi, our South American left back, when his back was to the ball and he was jumping in the air, arms by his side.