Originally Posted by
joe t
Never mind that. It should be enough that this is another derby. Not a relegation tie. Not a top six decider. Not a euro play off.
A derby.
This fact alone should have every member of our squad prepared to run through brick walls for whatever the number of minutes they have on the pitch. It is this lack of approach to this game that has left us wanting this season.
Despite recent results, here are the facts
They are not a better team than us
If each player plays to their ability, we are better than them
I sometimes wish I could actually get these words printed out large font on wood and smack our players over the head with it.
There are very few pro players who genuinely feel the passion and desire that we, the fans, actually feel. This is where the disconnect lies. It's their job. They've been in the 'system' since they were 13.
My only aim for next sun is a win. Theirs is how to balance their monthly salary win bonuses with their direct debits, together with all the other that goes along with anyone's everyday life. All I want is for them - for one game- to put that to the side and run themselves into the ground for one solitary win. It doesn't have to be pretty, it just has to be a win.
They can think TB is a
They can laugh at the training sessions at east mains if they like.
I really don't give a
What they can't do is show an indifference to playing for a team that means so much to so many fans. A team that most of us would genuinely give our left baw to play for once in our life.
If we lose next week, then so be it. It's happened before and it will happen again. But we can't go down again so timidly as we have this season already. Every man needs to better his opposite. We need to be in the refs face about every 50/50 decision against us, even every 25/75 decision. We can't get sidetracked by either taking the lead or going behind - all we need to focus on is winning.
I realise I'm slavering a bit now, but I really wish I could take even 10% of the hurt and disappointment I'm feeling after today and tramline it straight into the veins of our 1st team squad.
I've just had 2 hrs of some jambo twat bending my ear in the raeburn hotel about hibs 'bending over' to his team and it's frankly embarrassing. He knows that his teams mentality for these games is right, and that ours isn't. As much as jamie hamill is a ******ed jakeball and that Ryan Stevenson is on a fife special needs day pass, they will both end up bullying our powder puff players.
This needs to stop.
If we go one up, we bury them 4 nil
If we go one down, we're level by half time and bossing the second half.
If any of the hibs squad do actually take the time to read .net, please give some attention to this post. It's not put up for a laugh. It's put up because I really love what you represent, and because I think you owe me something next Sunday.
Slaver over.
the hearts
7 nil