by Ruaraidh Mackay | Apr 27, 2022 | 2021-22, Writing
Robbie Neilson’s thunderous roar after leading Hearts to another cup final in his second spell looks set to become meme worthy. As he basked in the glory of consecutive victories over our hopeless rivals, he may even have afforded himself a wry smile. After all, it...
by Iain Lobban | Apr 6, 2022 | 2021-22, International, Opinion, Writing
I had almost forgotten the mixed emotions an international break can conjure up when your own players are involved. Naturally, you want them to play, do well and report back for club duty feeling ten feet tall, but above all else you want them to come back in one...
by Ruaraidh Mackay | Mar 22, 2022 | 2021-22, Tactics, Writing
He had only been officially confirmed as a Hearts player three hours before, but even during Ellis Simms’ second half debut against Celtic in January, you felt Hearts had signed a living embodiment of the word ‘handful’. Leaping in the cold Gorgie air, Simms’ sizeable...
by Iain Lobban | Jan 18, 2022 | 2021-22, Opinion, Writing
Loyalty is a volatile commodity in football. Jerry Seinfeld once joked that fans of team sports are actually “rooting for the clothes” due to the rate of player turnover, which can see a fan favourite become an overnight folk devil by virtue of him wearing a different...
by Iain Lobban | Dec 20, 2021 | 2021-22, Opinion, Writing
Back in July, when Jamie Walker emerged from the bench during Hearts’ final Premier Sports Cup group match at home to Inverness, he took just ten minutes to break the deadlock after a comparatively laboured effort from his teammates in the preceding 65 minutes. ...
by Ruaraidh Mackay | Dec 17, 2021 | 2021-22, Opinion, Writing
Sunday in Gorgie was noticeably a tale of two sides. In the victorious blue half was a clinical Rangers, striking two killer blows in the first quarter of the match to hurt the Jambos, who despite this early setback, delivered one of their better performances against...
