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I keep wondering why East is always a starter.  Not that I think he's rubbish, just that I never seem to see him that much on the streams I've watched.  Although AJ must like what he brings to the team as he starts him most weeks, and I think SD said that he did a great job last night.  That's the benefit you get from going to the games in person because you can look around the team and see what hard work the guys are doing off the ball whereas the TV cameras tend to mostly follow the ball.
East did have a chance late on last night, ball sat up nice for a volley but he put it straight down the centre where Gordon was standing - if he'd gone more towards the posts we might have won that.  Easy for me to say though.
I'm finding that frustrating as well this season. I like to scan the park during a game and see what folk are doing off the ball. I haven't been blown away by any of our CM this season apart from the odd game and I think that's maybe why because I'm not used to just following the ball which is basically what we see as you say. East is a great example and maybe suffers more because he's out wide and doesn't go on runs. I've probably criticised Fitzpatrick more but he gets praise every now and again as he's a threat going forward and will take the ball a run at times. We don't see that from East. If we were at the games we could probably get a fairer idea of the defensive work he does.
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On 04/10/2020 at 02:46, TxRover said:

Just proving how bad at maths I am, Hearts have only 13 away games this "year", you willing to make it 11/12/13, or have I lost already?

 

On 04/10/2020 at 15:52, Skyline Drifter said:

12 or 13 Hearts away games on live you win.
11 No win, no loss
10 or less I win.

We've not agreed a stake yet. £20?

 

On 04/10/2020 at 15:55, TxRover said:

I was thinking £50, simply because it’ll be for a good cause, but anything between £20-50 works for me...and yes, I know I’m stupid for this bet, but sometimes the wallet has to back the mouth.

 

On 04/10/2020 at 18:04, Skyline Drifter said:

Go on then. £50 it is.

@TxRover where are we on this? I hadn't been paying that close attention to it but having just looked I think the position is that Hearts have played 8 away games.

Televised: 23/10 Arbroath, 20/11 Dunfermline, 2/1 Dundee, 5/2 Ayr United, 12/2 QoS
Not televised: 5/12 Morton, 16/1 Alloa, 326/1 Raith Rovers

They have 5 more to go. Inverness on 26/2 is scheduled for tv. Beyond that they have return visits to Arbroath, Dunfermline, Morton and Raith which lie beyond the tv selections so far but they can't get more than 10 at most even if every game was picked.

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1 hour ago, Skyline Drifter said:

 

 

 

@TxRover where are we on this? I hadn't been paying that close attention to it but having just looked I think the position is that Hearts have played 8 away games.

Televised: 23/10 Arbroath, 20/11 Dunfermline, 2/1 Dundee, 5/2 Ayr United, 12/2 QoS
Not televised: 5/12 Morton, 16/1 Alloa, 326/1 Raith Rovers

They have 5 more to go. Inverness on 26/2 is scheduled for tv. Beyond that they have return visits to Arbroath, Dunfermline, Morton and Raith which lie beyond the tv selections so far but they can't get more than 10 at most even if every game was picked.

I show that they have been on TV 5 times, scheduled for number 6 on 27/2. Raith  vs Hearts 19/12 was cancelled and rescheduled to a Tuesday and not shown, Alloa and Morton vs Hearts didn’t make the TV either. That leaves 4 matches...so you’ve won it. What’s the charity to be? To be honest, I had a sheet showing the Raith game in the count as cancelled and not played without TV yet, my oversight.

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11 minutes ago, TxRover said:

I show that they have been on TV 5 times, scheduled for number 6 on 27/2. Raith  vs Hearts 19/12 was cancelled and rescheduled to a Tuesday and not shown, Alloa and Morton vs Hearts didn’t make the TV either. That leaves 4 matches...so you’ve won it. What’s the charity to be? To be honest, I had a sheet showing the Raith game in the count as cancelled and not played without TV yet, my oversight.

I wasnt trying to pull you up for it. I was checking back through the thread for something else and stumbled across it. I actually thought it was still alive until I checked it. I remembered Raith and Morton werent live. I'd forgotten Alloa wasnt. 

Send it where you like. Give it to a Kirkcaldy Foodbank as you were going to do if you won. Cheers.

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12 hours ago, Skyline Drifter said:

, he's probably playing some of the best football of his career too.

Not a chance, Gibson was an absolutely fantastic winger for us under Jim McIntyre, so much so he ended up moving for 100k+ to Crawley Town, was during a period when absolutely no one was moving for money so it's a solid indication that he was playing pretty well!

Ended up nearly derailing our promotion that season, Graham and Cardle were good but Gibson was on another level for a good 12 months. He'd even started becoming a bit of a free kick specialist. 

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16 hours ago, Skyline Drifter said:

I wasnt trying to pull you up for it. I was checking back through the thread for something else and stumbled across it. I actually thought it was still alive until I checked it. I remembered Raith and Morton werent live. I'd forgotten Alloa wasnt. 

Send it where you like. Give it to a Kirkcaldy Foodbank as you were going to do if you won. Cheers.

That’s very generous, you can PM me the name you’d like the donation made in, QoS Supporters or such.

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1 hour ago, ALOREBURNE said:

Rumours of a Covid breach involving 3 rangers players circulating and one of the names mentioned is Mebude. Let’s hope it’s just a rumour. 

If true then we could lose Mebude for a number of games. Jones and Edmundson were banned for 7 in November for a similar offence. 

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16 minutes ago, SUPERSOUTH said:

If true he has to go back to his parent club & we will need to try & get another player in on loan.. 

Papers say it’s him along with Patterson, Bassey and Zungu , but then again can you always trust  a journalist 

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2 hours ago, SUPERSOUTH said:

If true he has to go back to his parent club & we will need to try & get another player in on loan.. 

As you say if true we just can't risk keeping him he could get a long suspension which is obviously no good to us .

This is the last thing we need with all our injuries 

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I will be the voice of dissent here because I think actually we should keep hold of him. I can't blame an 19 year old for behaving stupidly since it's part and parcel of being 19. No doubt he will have to self-isolate for a couple of weeks and we will want to get in a replacement for that time. We will also want Rangers to ensure we are not out of pocket. If there's another loan player available who is better, then by all means take the opportunity to cancel Mebude's loan without burning a bridge at Rangers. But otherwise I would choose to let Rangers discipline the boy how they think fit, and us continue to benefit from someone who looks a player based on Friday's performance. Appreciate others will feel differently given how much we are all sacrificing during covid, but for me there's no urge to punish the boy or worry that it puts our club in a bad light.

Edited by Margaret Thatcher
he's 19 no 18, but same goes
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6 minutes ago, Margaret Thatcher said:

I will be the voice of dissent here because I think actually we should keep hold of him. I can't blame an 19 year old for behaving stupidly since it's part and parcel of being 19. No doubt he will have to self-isolate for a couple of weeks and we will want to get in a replacement for that time. We will also want Rangers to ensure we are not out of pocket. If there's another loan player available who is better, then by all means take the opportunity to cancel Mebude's loan without burning a bridge at Rangers. But otherwise I would choose to let Rangers discipline the boy how they think fit, and us continue to benefit from someone who looks a player based on Friday's performance. Appreciate others will feel differently given how much we are all sacrificing during covid, but for me there's no urge to punish the boy or worry that it puts our club in a bad light.

The last Rangers players who broke the rules got a seven game ban. If Mebude is involved, he will presumably miss the ICT game. So, that would be 8 games, meaning he could play in a maximum of 4. 

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3 minutes ago, Flash said:

The last Rangers players who broke the rules got a seven game ban. If Mebude is involved, he will presumably miss the ICT game. So, that would be 8 games, meaning he could play in a maximum of 4. 

Ah is that right? Does change my perspective then. I had a look earlier and couldn't see anything about bans by the SPFL. I didn't read the articles about them being suspended by their club, if that's what it was.

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5 minutes ago, Margaret Thatcher said:

Ah is that right? Does change my perspective then. I had a look earlier and couldn't see anything about bans by the SPFL. I didn't read the articles about them being suspended by their club, if that's what it was.

It was an SFA ban. Obviously it will depend on the circumstances but the time any player involved is unavailable may be out of their club’s hands.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55004563

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