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Not often that happens budQuote:
Originally Posted by Since452
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I would expect us to be fulfilling our duty of care and not risk exposing any of our players if we believe these games are unsafe. I do think we'll field largely a reserve side in these games though due to fixture congestion next month.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Count
We may have some called up for international duty.Quote:
Originally Posted by mal
You can’t do that! You need to have a duty of care to everyone you employ, they’re not cannon fodder!Quote:
Originally Posted by The Count
Saw a report yesterday that Leyton Orient have recorded a lot of positive tests after Spurs funded their testing on Saturday and the game is expected to be cancelled today with Spurs given the win due to no schedule availability to reschedule.Quote:
Originally Posted by Since452
If Spurs didn’t fund the testing for them then it could have caused major issues for them in regards to the three competitions they are currently having to play over a short period of time had their players/staff caught the virus.
EFL has told League Two clubs in England that regular testing is not necessary, and that testing before the season begins and half way through the season is the only requirement.
I feel like we are going to have a lot of issues with the lower league clubs up here.
Cannon fodder is a tad strong i would suggest !!!! I am not General Haig !!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by horseflesh
That article repeats the myth that Hearts were voted down. Not a single club voted to relegate them - they voted to curtail the season, which was the only sensible decision. Hearts were relegated because they were bottom of the Premiership by four clear points and easily the worst team in the league. That's what happens every season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peevemor
I thought that lower league teams had to test when due to play Premier teams hence the reason Zlamal was one of the few keepers who could go to St Mirren given Hearts are the only or one of the few lower league teams testing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stanton Spence
I think you could be right JimQuote:
Originally Posted by JimBHibees
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Originally Posted by Caversham Green
Same thing gets trotted out with the Huns. Piss poor journalism and just helps to perpetuate the myth they were victimised and that teams voted to expel/demote etc because of who they are.
As it is starting to look a distinct possibility that the championship season could be delayed further or even mothballed...what happens to the scottish semi? On one hand its would be hilarious to watch another meltdown in gorgie if they have to spend another season down the leagues....i really want to get this semi final played.
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Link doesn't work :confused::greengrin
[QUOTE=The 90+2;6306977]Link doesn't work :confused::greengrin[/QUOTE
Best post on this thread 😂
The way things are shaping up it looks very like scottish teams out with the premiership might be forced to abandon the season before it starts.Quote:
Originally Posted by DIXIHIBS
Its a shambles but its looking like a bye into the final for Hibs ..
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Don't see why the Hearts game would be stopped? Hearts would be justified in whining about no match practice but that doesn't stop the game going ahead.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Greenworld
I admit I tried to click on itQuote:
Originally Posted by The 90+2
Hearts have been testing no reason they cant play games whether that be friendly or competitiveQuote:
Originally Posted by HoboHarry
They have been playing friendly games, they played Eat Fife the other day, they just playes Falkirk today winning 3-0 and they have a game soon against Partick Thistle at Tynecastle that they arentest streaming.Quote:
Originally Posted by JimBHibees
Sounds like they are flying.Quote:
Originally Posted by 04Sauzee
Stendels got them playing Hearts are backQuote:
Originally Posted by 04Sauzee
Are equally classy scarves available?Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveHFC
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Have they re signed Nade?Quote:
Originally Posted by 04Sauzee
Which reminds me, Hearts can't be that happy with this, is this really what their all important "special relationships " have come to?Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveHFC
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Well that's pish.Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveHFC
Begs the questionQuote:
Originally Posted by SteveHFC
Can we afford to make such powerful enemies?!
I'd forgotten already.Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveHFC
It's Inverness I feel sorry for, their wee man jumped up and down to be relevant at Hearts and look what happened to them. Never even made the flag.Quote:
Originally Posted by SouthMoroccoStu
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Stranraer, Heart of Midlothian and Partick Thistle - Scottish footballs great triumvirate
toot tootQuote:
Originally Posted by Carheenlea
... just waiting for them to release the half-n-half scarvesQuote:
Originally Posted by SteveHFC
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Originally Posted by SteveHFC
Or half-n-half-n-half.Quote:
Originally Posted by Radium
I get that I'm suggesting that testing may be compulsory for all leagues going forward. That would mean no football for the lower leagues i understand most cannot afford it . Hearts could play the semi and thats there season over [emoji16][emoji16]Quote:
Originally Posted by JimBHibees
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If I was Hearts I wouldn't have spent all that money specifically to avoid relegation. They'd have been able to play football this season if they'd used it differently.Quote:
Originally Posted by Greenworld
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It's incredible what an irrelevance Hearts have become. Forgot they existed until this thread popped up.
Spending money wasn't the issue, it was spending it on crap players and geriatrics...... :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Bostonhibby
Didn't Benny not pay for the lower leagues to have testing or am I misremembering?
I asked the same thing a couple of days ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by Haymaker
[QUOTE=Bostonhibby;6307165]Are equally classy scarves available?
That flag is trashy and offence in my opinion.Nobody died for Gods sake a few football clubs got relegated.Some people really need to get a life and maybe a brain.
What a complete and utter waste of money.Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveHFC
No one cares. No one will ever be bothered hahaha
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half-n-half-n-half-witsQuote:
Originally Posted by 007
He made a charitable donation to the SPFL foundation which clubs could request a grant from. The grants had to be used for purposes which benefited the wider community and could be used to cover testing if the club wished.Quote:
Originally Posted by Haymaker
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Originally Posted by SteveHFC
hopefully that doesn't make an appearance at the cenotaph on rememberance day, i feel for the sad sack that thought that up.
I’m sure Budge in one of her early reconstruction crusades also claimed that hertz could fund testing for all clubs - but only if they remained in the Premiership. That was a few weeks before the Anderson gift came to fruition. I still think that happened by accident after the old bat let slip in her weekly Sportsound sermon that the donation had no strings attached - much to Neil Doncaster’s surprise.Quote:
Originally Posted by CapitalGreen
I had a brief look at the back page of the EEN last night and the pro-hertz brigade among them still can’t seem to acknowledge the word relegated exists. Demoted was the term used in the bit I read. Utterly pathetic myth peddling.Quote:
Originally Posted by Caversham Green
Conversely, I hope it does. We can’t be forgetting.Quote:
Originally Posted by cabbageandribs1875
[QUOTE=The Count;6307292]They did well getting Stranraer on it though. Kudos. Bonehead boat folks will think it right staunch.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostonhibby
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Originally Posted by Iggy Pope
wonder if PT fans will start using the maroon pound as currency :hmmm:
They can dress it up all they want, but in the end, you can put lipstick on a pig, it's still going to be a pig.Quote:
Originally Posted by tamig
Let them have their comfort blanket, their 5-1, big team, 1902, etc. everyone else knows the truth.
That picture of that wummin with her Romanov bedsheet out that windae would compliment this post poetically.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryan91
I mentioned this picture a while back on this thread but nobody seemed to have a link. :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Iggy Pope
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Originally Posted by 007
Just waiting on the South Park inspired Man-Bear-Pig scarfs - One half Stranraer, One half Partick Thistle and one half Hearts - that's proper Jambo Economics :thumbsup:
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Originally Posted by Ryan91
But a bit of an improvement surely - especially after a couple of beers. :greengrin
Brilliant 😂 😂Quote:
Originally Posted by gloryhunter
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Originally Posted by gloryhunter
Aye but imagine the shock when you wake up in the morning.
And Hearts and Stranraer are still lying next to you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith_M
Pray for Partick, they'll get decent leadership eventually.
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IIRC Doncaster asked her to submit this in writing and it caused a bit of a stir. I’m sure budge went on a rant about it!Quote:
Originally Posted by tamig
He did mention that it was witnessed by a n other. He wanted it in writing to ensure things were done correctly .
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Originally Posted by Bostonhibby
Fair enough.... the pig's not looking too bad in comparison.
It was in her main reconstruction proposal document. Any decent journalist would have identified the attempt to misrepresent a third party's charitable donation as the club's own funds and the hint that the money would only be made available if a decision was made that benefited Hearts commercially as out and out corruption and it would have been back page headlines for a long time. Sadly, we have the exact opposite of decent journalists reporting on our game.Quote:
Originally Posted by tamig
Erotic threesomeQuote:
Originally Posted by Bostonhibby
Scottish Championship clubs have rejected a proposal to permit up to 5 substitutes per game. SL1 and SL2 will both adopt the 5 subs rule. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54353395
I wonder if this is a deliberate attempt by other teams in the division to limit the advantage that Hearts' spending power gives them. It could be quite crucial when it comes to how they manage the likes of Naismith's game time.
If it is quite right. They voted the same way in the EPL.Quote:
Originally Posted by mal
I can sense Hearts taking an early lead in the statement league.
That's exactly what I thought when I read it :agree:Quote:
Originally Posted by mal
I like that analysis. :aok:Quote:
Originally Posted by mal
Apparently Ann Budge is bewildered and astonished at the decision
I'm not surprised, it beggars belief. :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by Since452
....... not to mention ‘incredulous’. :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Since452
Three nondescript clubs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dashing Bob S
Jog on.
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See Dundee have loaned a striker from Celtic. Convenient :thumbsup:
They've assembled a side to put up a decent challenge this season actually
I've always* had a soft spot for Dundee ! come on the Dark Blues !Quote:
Originally Posted by GreenNWhiteArmy
*for always please read, for a short time in 1986 and since they started looking like the main competition for Hearts this season
Along with Tom EnglishQuote:
Originally Posted by Since452
I was aware there was a BBC documentary about them, I hadn’t realised there was also a 4 times a week radio sportsound programme about them too...great investment the BBC are making into this challenger club ...
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Originally Posted by bigwheel
Tom English is waiting for Mrs doctor Budge to decide what his state is to be, I'm going for fandangulous.Quote:
Originally Posted by Billy Whizz
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:greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Bostonhibby
I'll take a stab at profusciously scandangulously jamblistic.
Probably right, especially after his team were expungulated from playing top flight football as a result of being bottom of the leagueQuote:
Originally Posted by RitchieHibs
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Originally Posted by Bostonhibby
:aok:
Are Hearts still a Championship team?
Only until they get relegated/demoted this season:greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Magpie
Aye, but they're a big Championship team.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magpie
First go at the badminton courts at the Oriam and everything...... that big.
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You forgot to add in ... of the biglyness order 😁Quote:
Originally Posted by RitchieHibs
I'm sure that can be treated with penicillin? If there's enough left over from treating what they caught from their sisters obviously......Quote:
Originally Posted by RitchieHibs
Some say the third biggest Championship team in world footballQuote:
Originally Posted by Bostonhibby
Imagine playing Ann Budge at Scrabble.Quote:
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Teams aren't just going to let hearts walk the league and content themselves with a playoff spot.Quote:
Originally Posted by mal
This is shaping up to be a interesting league .
Dundee have signed really good players and are looking strong.
There will hopefully be plenty of twists and turns to keep us amused along the way.
The great leveler of no crowds will kill the intimidation of tynecastle .
I am going for these positions as a finish.
DUNDEE
ICT
Hearts
Dunfermline
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Hearts aren't great, but they will win the Championship with ease.
As long as we beat them in the Semi Final. There can be no excuse from Hibs for losing this one.
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Originally Posted by Steve20
why no excuse?? They've got a decent squad - would likely be a top six side if they were in our league - it's as hard as a game against (say) Motherwell... Will be a tough match - if we turn up, we can certainly win though.
Have they though? Would they though?Quote:
Originally Posted by bigwheel
They've lost a lot of players from the side that was bottom of the league last season and in poor form for much of the season before that under three different managers. They've lost Hickey on a transfer and Souttar and Berra are both out injured. Unless they do something spectacular before the end of the window the players they'e brought in don't look like SPFL top 6 quality. I don't think they've got a single player who would get in our starting 11 and not many who would get on the bench.
Hearts' first team squad (according to their website, which is out of date, and their wiki page):
GK: Craig Gordon, Zdenek Zlamal, Ross Stewart, Colin Doyle (on loan to Killie)
Defenders: Michael Smith, Aidy White, John Souttar (long-term injury), Christophe Berra (out for 6-8 weeks), Ben Garuccio, Jamie Brandon, Craig Halkett, Mihai Popescu (currently in quarantine), Chris Hamilton (loan at Dumbarton)
Midfielders: Jordan Roberts, Peter Haring (just back after career-threatening injury), Jamie Walker, Olly Lee, Harry Cochrane (flopped on loan at Dunfermline last year), Anthony McDonald (was on loan to Dunfermline last year and could barely get a game), Loic Damour, Lewis Moore, Andy Irving, Elliott Frear, Josh Ginnelly, Andy Halliday (added to original post)
Forwards: Steven Naismith, Craig Wighton (loaned out to Arbroath last season, has never scored a competitive goal for Hearts), Liam Boyce, Euan Henderson
How could you miss out the great Andy Halliday?
I could have sworn I put him in. Must have got too excited when I was typing Loic Damour (still under contract until 2023 by the way).Quote:
Originally Posted by oneone73
A wee quote from Kickback that puts Hearts' squad in a bit of context:
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Still baffled by the decision to send Hamilton out on loan. Even waiting to ensure that when Popescu comes out of quarantine he can get match fit quickly would have been more sensible.
We currently have Halkett as our only match fit centre back. Popescu hopeful should get up to full match fitness quickly. Other than that our options are Smith but that leaves us looking short at right back and Haring who is apparently still a fair bit away from being fit enough to play regularly.
What makes you think they’d be top six and have a decent squad? They’re still full of the garbage that got them in to the position they find themselves in. Gordon probably improves them in the goalkeeping position but apart from that?Quote:
Originally Posted by bigwheel
History tells us it’ll be tough though. Despite our respective positions they’ll all expect to win while we’ll hope to win. This is absolutely in the must, must, must win category for me. Losing would undo a lot of Ross’s good work so far.
Bearing in mind the number of players they lost....can't believe their squad is still so bloated!Quote:
Originally Posted by mal
You would Doidge and Nisbet would run riot against this defence.Quote:
Originally Posted by mal
Saying Halket is their only match fit CB is a bit of a stretch too. Anyone who's played football at a reasonable level knows that you're not fully match fit until you're 6/7 games or more in to your season. Friendlies and training just don't cut it. You could be fit yes, but match fitness and sharpness is a different thing. Usually the same reason teams from Sweden etc do well in Europe against us. Plus Halket is a fat *******.Quote:
Originally Posted by mal
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Originally Posted by HFC93
I purposely ignored them for all of September and it was good. I’m back for the laughs.
Have they resolved their ‘18 live games guarantee’ squabble yet? Or are just content to forgo any season ticket income for season 21/22? They are dead rich so could no doubt afford it.
Halkett and match fit are two words (ok three) you don't hear strung together often by the Jambos
Last season's top scorer as well[emoji23][emoji23]Quote:
Originally Posted by Skol
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Is Berra really going to play for them again? Is last season’s wee falling out all forgotten?