DC92 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 It seems like the 3-4-3 will be making a return. I don't really get why. Last year the three had nice balance with Souttar and Kingsley strong on the ball and Halkett good at defending the penalty area. The usual disadvantage in midfield occasionally hurt us, but the energy of Devlin and Baningime was able to make up for that against most teams. Now I don't think it makes much sense at all. Souttar is gone and we haven't replaced him with a right-sided CB. Shifting Halkett from the centre to the right weakens two positions at once and Sibbick has always looked lost at RCB. In midfield, Baningime is injured so some of that energy and ball-winning ability is gone. I think 4-3-3 is probably the way to go. Firstly, because Halkett and Rowles seem pretty close to the ideal centre-back partnership at our level. One is left-footed, one is right-footed, and one heads everything away while the other is more of a reader of the game. The 3-man midfield should also free up Snodgrass a bit more. I guess the advantages might be that we start seeing the best of McKay again and Kingsley can return to his best position at LCB but I'm not sure the pros outweigh the cons. Anyway, this would be my team today: Gordon Smith Halkett Kingsley Cochrane Devlin Snodgrass Halliday Ginnelly Shankland McKay I suspect we'll see Devlin on the bench and Sibbick slotted into the back three somewhere instead. Maybe Kio instead of Halliday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gannonball Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 Seen this today didn’t realise Killie had such a good record at Tynecastle. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoid android Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 I thought Cochrane might have been suspended after that carry on in Spain - a cheeky bonus if he can play. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted December 17, 2022 Author Share Posted December 17, 2022 (edited) Happy Hearts vs Killie day everybody and instead of an angel at the top of the tree we have an Angolan. Ladies and gentlemen, the one and only Jose Quitongo. Now running a football academy in Uddingston Edited December 17, 2022 by topcat(The most tip top) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empty It Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 Having to be told to stop time wasting after 14 minutes, how embarrassing for the Killie keeper. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empty It Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 Jesus Killie are bad, McInnes must play the worst most boring football in Scotland. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoid android Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 Our last 1 home games against Kilmarnock: 1 Hearts wins 0 draws 0 Kilmarnock wins. Great result that - delighted. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 Kingsley and Halkett back and it's a routine victory for the Gorgie. We are going to stroll to third again now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolf Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 (edited) Decent game,should’ve been out of sight by HT.Players coming back from injury willl be a game changer,Beni back training next week Edited December 17, 2022 by woolf 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welldaft Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Elixir said: Kingsley and Halkett back and it's a routine victory for the Gorgie. We are going to stroll to third again now. So team with 3rd largest budget strolls to 3rd again. Almost like congratulating Celtic for finishing 1st with largest budget. Well done 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted December 17, 2022 Author Share Posted December 17, 2022 1 minute ago, welldaft said: Well done Thanks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wonder Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 33 minutes ago, woolf said: Decent game,should’ve been out of sight by HT.Players coming back from injury willl be a game changer,Beni back training next week Where did you see that about Beni? I thought he still had a while to go before even running. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 11 minutes ago, welldaft said: So team with 3rd largest budget strolls to 3rd again. Almost like congratulating Celtic for finishing 1st with largest budget. Well done Pretty much, assuming we are paying more than Aberdeen again, which should be expected given we're in a bustling capital city - one of Europe's finest - and not some far-flung grey hellhole. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgie greatness Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 Surprised no sheep on here bitching about hearts tackling! Like the last two games! The gorgie looking to be third before the fat lad with the white beard starts his annual shift 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolf Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 28 minutes ago, welldaft said: So team with 3rd largest budget strolls to 3rd again. Almost like congratulating Celtic for finishing 1st with largest budget. Well done Think you’ll find that this season we’re on the 5th highest wages 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentGuerin Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 That'll do, eh? Was a wee bit worried about this one, as I'd expected a bit of rustiness. Thought we generally looked good going forward, if a bit shot-shy. The defending from set pieces is baffling. How can we still be so bad at it? Good day overall, though. We're on track. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welldaft Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 2 hours ago, Elixir said: Pretty much, assuming we are paying more than Aberdeen again, which should be expected given we're in a bustling capital city - one of Europe's finest - and not some far-flung grey hellhole. I live in Barnton mate, but crack on 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin McCann Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 1 hour ago, woolf said: Think you’ll find that this season we’re on the 5th highest wages shuuu, the facts don't matter when it comes to Hertz. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wonder Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 Thought we were excellent in the first 45 and should've went in more than 2 ahead but a combination of bad finishing and not making good enough choices in the final 3rd stopped that. Killie were awful though, but fair play to them they came out and made it more difficult in the 2nd half. We disappeared for about a 15 minute spell and let them back in with an awfully defended goal, but I was pleasantly surprised with how we responded. Rather than just try and see it out at 2-1 we went on the offensive again and had a few half chances before the penalty. All in, a good performance with a few players still to come back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentGuerin Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 6 minutes ago, Tony Wonder said: Thought we were excellent in the first 45 and should've went in more than 2 ahead but a combination of bad finishing and not making good enough choices in the final 3rd stopped that. Killie were awful though, but fair play to them they came out and made it more difficult in the 2nd half. We disappeared for about a 15 minute spell and let them back in with an awfully defended goal, but I was pleasantly surprised with how we responded. Rather than just try and see it out at 2-1 we went on the offensive again and had a few half chances before the penalty. All in, a good performance with a few players still to come back. This part for me as well. Had the fear when we lost the goal, but this team is proving repeatedly that it is made of stern stuff. I should probably start giving them the benefit of the doubt. Back-to-back away games now. I'm quite excited to see how they go. Much more excited about them than I would have been a few weeks back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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