Insert Amusing Pseudonym Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 5 minutes ago, Elixir said: If Halkett is out next week: Gordon Smith Rowles Kingsley Cochrane Devlin Halliday Forrest Boyce McKay Shankland Cheers. Fucking Halliday? No 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 15 minutes ago, jamamafegan said: Honestly, when will some people learn. Zurich very much have the advantage and it will only take 1 goal from them to kill the game. There is absolutely no point in getting excited for Hearts yet. I fully expect another Scottish let down next week, maybe a first half Zurich goal to make it 3-1 and leave Hearts chasing the game. I won’t be surprised if Hearts indulge in a bit of shite defending and concede a cheap goal. They shite it on the big occasion and play negative football. Another miserable result for a Scottish diddy side. I want to be wrong though. I want Hearts to come out to a cauldron of noise and make the Tynecastle advantage count. I want them to become the first diddy team since Aberdeen in 2008 to get to the group stage. I’m just not getting my hopes up about it. Even if they don't win they've still got group football and apart from a poor ten minute spell Hearts looked pretty good. Tynecastle can be a tough ground to play at when the Jambos are up for it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wonder Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 47 minutes ago, jamamafegan said: Honestly, when will some people learn. Zurich very much have the advantage and it will only take 1 goal from them to kill the game. There is absolutely no point in getting excited for Hearts yet. I fully expect another Scottish let down next week, maybe a first half Zurich goal to make it 3-1 and leave Hearts chasing the game. I won’t be surprised if Hearts indulge in a bit of shite defending and concede a cheap goal. They shite it on the big occasion and play negative football. Another miserable result for a Scottish diddy side. I want to be wrong though. I want Hearts to come out to a cauldron of noise and make the Tynecastle advantage count. I want them to become the first diddy team since Aberdeen in 2008 to get to the group stage. I’m just not getting my hopes up about it. 1 goal from FCZ does not kill the game in the slightest. Slaver. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wonder Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Halkett injury clearly shook us, he is our best centre half and a leader. We played well in spells, and looked ropey at other points but overall it's hard to be too despondent. As much as it's easy to say Zurich looked shite, they were clearly a technically decent team when attacking. Going away to the Swiss Champions is never going to be a gimme for any Scottish team outside the OF. I am however a bit frustrated that we had about 3 or 4 who froze. Hopefully that isn't the case at Tynie now we know what we need to do. Will be a hard task but as said elsewhere, bin the 3 at the back and get in and actually pressure them and we can win. We never done it enough, but when we put them under pressure they looked very average, much easier to do that at home. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 58 minutes ago, Elixir said: The final was Roma v Feyenoord last season, with Leicester and Marseille turfed out in the semi's. The bigger teams come into the competition after the group stages when you get the drop outs from the Europa League. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardle is Magic Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Neilson thought Hearts were "outstanding" so he must be very easily pleased. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardle is Magic Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 2 minutes ago, kingjoey said: The bigger teams come into the competition after the group stages when you get the drop outs from the Europa League. Roma and Feyenoord both played in the Conference League group stages. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 (edited) Did well to not lose the heads after a mad couple of minutes. Conditions were a bit wild as well. Leaves us with a decent chance of progressing. Please never play Toby Sibbick at centre half again. He has zero awareness of what's going on around him. A total bombscare in that position. Edited August 18, 2022 by Darren 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 8 minutes ago, Cardle is Magic said: Roma and Feyenoord both played in the Conference League group stages. Yeah, but the really big teams come down from the Europa League. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wonder Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 4 minutes ago, Darren said: Did well to not lose the heads after a mad couple of minutes. Conditions were a bit wild as well. Leaves us with a decent chance of progressing. Please never play Toby Sibbick at centre half again. He has zero awareness of what's going on around him. A total bombscare in that position. He done some stuff really well, mainly when he doesn't have time to think. But he also has moments where you wonder what's going on. Think the whole defence could benefit from signing a proper leader though, someone to talk others through games. Was really evident we lack that once Halkett went off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted August 18, 2022 Author Share Posted August 18, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, DC92 said: Haring was surprisingly shite tonight but there's no way I'd be subbing in Halliday. Other than that, I agree. 1 hour ago, Insert Amusing Pseudonym said: Fucking Halliday? No Admittedly, I just have hopes of him pulling out a performance like when he bodied Hibs in the last derby at Tynecastle. Neilson will go with Haring again anyway. 1 hour ago, jamamafegan said: Of course but not at Europa League/UEFA Cup level. We were the first non Old Firm club to qualify for that (technically the first from these islands, in fact), so might as well also be the first non Old Firm club to qualify for the Conference League as well. 18 minutes ago, kingjoey said: The bigger teams come into the competition after the group stages when you get the drop outs from the Europa League. The finalists certainly didn't... Edited August 18, 2022 by Elixir 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted August 18, 2022 Author Share Posted August 18, 2022 7 minutes ago, kingjoey said: Yeah, but the really big teams come down from the Europa League. There's not much between the Pot 1 and 2 clubs in the Conference League and those in Pot 3 in the Europa League. Obviously, it won't strictly play out per seeding. Celtic dropped down and got leathered by that random Norwegian mob. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 2 minutes ago, Elixir said: There's not much between the Pot 1 and 2 clubs in the Conference League and those in Pot 3 in the Europa League. Obviously, it won't strictly play out per seeding. Celtic dropped down and got leathered by that random Norwegian mob. I was being a tad facetious. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leewood Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 2-1 was not that bad a result! At Tynecastle Hearts should be more than capable of winning this tie. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 17 minutes ago, Tony Wonder said: He done some stuff really well, mainly when he doesn't have time to think. But he also has moments where you wonder what's going on. He has the raw attributes and did some stuff well tonight. However, he also has no fucking clue what's going on around him. It's suicide playing him at centre half. He was very lucky that Zurich didn't take one gilt-edged chance in the second half, because it was entirely his fault for completely losing his man. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wonder Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 16 minutes ago, Darren said: He has the raw attributes and did some stuff well tonight. However, he also has no fucking clue what's going on around him. It's suicide playing him at centre half. He was very lucky that Zurich didn't take one gilt-edged chance in the second half, because it was entirely his fault for completely losing his man. Yep agree with all of that. The volley at the back post when he basically just stopped was nuts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Must have been watching a different game. That lot were very dangerous on the counter. With some better decisions they'd have bagged a couple more. Neilson is going to overthink it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doogster Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Apoligies if this has been covered before, but why do Hearts have so many Union Flag style banners at away games? Genuine question, just watched the highlights. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leith Green Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 I just heard Robbie Replay interview on the radio, talking about the "20000 hearts fans" at tynecastle next week. I confess, I must have missed the redevelopment work starting to expand the capacity of the stadium, but well done on getting this work all completed during the closed season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irrational Behaviour Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 800 fans lololol. #3rdbiggestclub 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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