Hearts Documentary 9th November

**Yorkshire HFC** · 25-11-2020 05:46 AM

I watched the last episode while having breakfast yesterday - it was okay.

I'm sure it was interesting if you're a Hearts fan, but there wasn't enough real insight into the situation or personalities to make much of an impression otherwise.

**broondog** · 25-11-2020 07:01 AM

A complete waste of 3 hours.incredibly boring programme I wish I’d never watched. Seemed to be produced by the Hearts media team. Real lack of behind the scenes from what was another embarrassing ****show from the cheats

***WhileTheChief..*** · 25-11-2020 08:04 AM

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Excellent post CMurdoch.

The lad is clearly a passionate Jambo, and someone who also cares deeply about his work - the amount of care and effort he seems to put in to having the pitch looking pristine was admirable. His speech impediment shouldn't be a topic of discussion - doesn't matter if he's part of 'the enemy' - that's utterly disgusting patter.

Gary Locke is clearly a passionate Jambo but he’s fair game for anyone to have a go at.

The guy’s speech impediment isn’t the point of discussion or ridicule, it’s being a Hearts fud that is.

If he had said the exact same things perfectly eloquently he’d be getting pelters on here for what he said, not how he said it.

***McSwanky*** · 25-11-2020 09:27 AM

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Gary Locke is clearly a passionate Jambo but he’s fair game for anyone to have a go at.

The guy’s speech impediment isn’t the point of discussion or ridicule, it’s being a Hearts fud that is.

If he had said the exact same things perfectly eloquently he’d be getting pelters on here for what he said, not how he said it.

It's a good point. I don't think anyone on here actually said anything untoward specifically about the speech impediment.

Both he and Locke are passionate Hearts fans, and for that I can only pity them. Not sure what all the vitriol for Locke is about TBH, he's a bit of a joke character for me, a circus clown if you like. Always felt similar about Skacel, he loved playing the panto villain.

***Keith_M*** · 25-11-2020 09:39 AM

Did somebody actually criticise the guy's speech impediment or have the people complaining about it actually just made that up?

***Danderhall Hibs*** · 25-11-2020 09:49 AM

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Did somebody actually criticise the guy's speech impediment or have the people complaining about it actually just made that up?

Looks like an assumption has been made and a few have jumped on it.

**~~calumhibee1~~** · 25-11-2020 10:17 AM

With the size of Hearts 7 a side pitch it’s no surprise the groundsman found so much time to talk to the cameras.

***McD*** · 25-11-2020 08:46 PM

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On a Hibs public forum you appear to have made fun of a working man with a speech defect that he will have spent his whole life working to improve. An issue which he has to face every time he wants to speak. On this occasion he has spoken on camera knowing that it is going to be on national TV and will very publicly expose his issue. Most of the regular posters on here will have seen a man with real balls make himself heard and will respect him for that. You have embarrassed yourself.

excellent post

***McSwanky*** · 25-11-2020 08:56 PM

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excellent post

It would be if anyone had actually taken the piss out of his speech impediment....

**The Harp Awakes** · 25-11-2020 11:46 PM

My main observation from watching this, is that Hearts must have had considerable editing rights over the series prior to broadcasting. Even putting the green tinted specs to one side for a minute, last season was one from hell for jambos but somehow the series doesn't seem to capture that mood. Everything seems to have been upbeat and rosy in garden, with much of the process leading up to the eventual relegation brushed under the carpet/ignored by the BBC. A very poor reflection of events by the broadcaster.

There's also a clear attitude of arrogance displayed by many of the interviewees which although won't be a surprise to Hibernians, will be obvious to those outside the Edinburgh bubble. Definitely a display of 'we are the peepul' by the jambos similar to their West Coast cousins.

**NAE NOOKIE** · 26-11-2020 12:02 AM

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It would be if anyone had actually taken the piss out of his speech impediment....

Perhaps the guy should have worded his post better then, because it wasn't exactly a stretch to think he was making a comment on the guys speech difficulties rather than what he was actually saying.

**HUTCHYHIBBY** · 27-11-2020 05:09 PM

Did this get a mention on the programme?

Levein - Hearts got relegated as Celtic were going for 9 in a row

***jacomo*** · 04-12-2020 07:47 AM

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Did this get a mention on the programme?

Levein - Hearts got relegated as Celtic were going for 9 in a row

Nope. In fact they ducked almost all the bitterness and controversy as best they could. Budge was in friendly granny mode, not the increasingly deranged ranter we saw over the summer.

The third episode was the most disappointing of the lot, and it was just a very poor documentary series really. The team had the inside track on an incredible story with lots of drama and conflict - TV gold - and they just swept most of it aside. The final St Mirren game which was so pivotal to their season was basically ignored.

What I learned is that Hearts are an absolute shambles - even the most sympathetic edit couldn't hide that - and Jambos don't like eating vegetables because they are green.

***Sean1875*** · 04-12-2020 07:55 AM

Was buzzing at the thought of this coming out and had planned to binge it in a sitting but after reading all the comments about it it's definitely getting swerved - how disappointing.

**FilipinoHibs** · 04-12-2020 08:11 AM

You could do a guerilla documentary using press conferences, radio + TV interviews plus bits from their various statements. Call it the "The Real Hearts Story" . We must have some talented media fan that can do it.

**HUTCHYHIBBY** · 04-12-2020 09:11 AM

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Was buzzing at the thought of this coming out and had planned to binge it in a sitting but after reading all the comments about it it's definitely getting swerved - how disappointing.

That's where I am too.

**Sammy7nil** · 04-12-2020 10:36 AM

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Was buzzing at the thought of this coming out and had planned to binge it in a sitting but after reading all the comments about it it's definitely getting swerved - how disappointing.

Me too I have deleted the recordings without watching.

**heretoday** · 04-12-2020 11:59 AM

Hearts seem to be run by strong women who keep their coats on indoors.

Maybe the heating's off to save cash.

Nice to see Greetin' Jim Jefferies looking trim and cheerful though.

**~~EI255~~** · 04-12-2020 12:07 PM

Damn. It's been repeated and I've STILL missed it.

Oh well

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**~~EI255~~** · 04-12-2020 12:08 PM

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Nice to see Greetin' Jim Jefferies looking trim and cheerful though.

Probably more cheerful than 0-7 at the same pad.

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***Danderhall Hibs*** · 04-12-2020 12:26 PM

Just watched all 3 - special mentions to Gary Locke playing David Brent almost as well as Ricky Gervais did and to Lee McCulloch’s teeth.

**Since452** · 04-12-2020 01:12 PM

How did it end?

***Partyraiser*** · 04-12-2020 01:21 PM

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How did it end?

They got relegated, about 6 times!

**Rumble de Thump** · 04-12-2020 02:08 PM

They didn't get relegated. They were excreted from the top flight.

***Carheenlea*** · 04-12-2020 05:34 PM

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How did it end?

No idea. Stuck it out till about 20 minutes to go on final episode and gave up such was the dull viewing. Might catch up and finish it at some point, but it’s incredible that given the dramatic events of the season covered, the programme struggled to capture any of said drama. In what should have been a very watchable last episode it was just petering out and going nowhere and I’d lost any interest I’d had.
Unless the last 15-20 minutes built up to a dramatic finale, the whole thing was a bit of a waste of time. I’m sure Hearts fans must have felt the same. I don’t think anyone is really that more knowledgeable on what goes on behind the scenes at one of the bigger clubs in Scotland. Can’t see there being a clamour for a Season 2..