by Ruaraidh Mackay | Aug 30, 2021 | 2021-22, Opinion, Writing
Fifteen minutes in and Hearts are spraying the ball about in comfort, hitting bold passes with players alert to receive it on the half-turn. This is how it should be. The fluidity on display is genuinely encouraging from the men from Gorgie. John Souttar glides into...
by Iain Lobban | Apr 17, 2021 | 2020-21, Opinion, Writing
Yesterday morning, the club tweeted the news that Harry Cochrane’s time as a Hearts player will come to an end this summer, after he rejected the club’s offer of a new deal. With the 19-year old seeing out the current season on loan at Montrose, it means the Betfred...
by Martin Taylor | Apr 16, 2021 | 2020-21, Opinion, Writing
It’s a somewhat embarrassing reality that season 2020/21 was the second season HMFC have spent in the second tier in the past six years. The outcome is ultimately the same – league champions with games to spare – but this season could not feel any...
by Ruaraidh Mackay | Apr 12, 2021 | 2020-21, Opinion, Writing
One graphic declaring ‘Champions’. That’s all the celebration that was needed on Saturday night, as Hearts were duly confirmed to have won the Scottish Championship following – rather fittingly – rival sides dropping crucial points. Immediately, supporters’ heads...
by Iain Lobban | Apr 7, 2021 | 2020-21, Opinion, Writing
Afternoon all. I’d like to start off today’s piece by paying tribute to an absolutely wonderful tweet many of you will have seen over the weekend, which appeared in response to Robbie Neilson’s post-match claims that it would have taken a “decapitation” for the...
by Iain Lobban | Mar 25, 2021 | 2020-21, Opinion, Writing
When the Hearts players were left to stand and survey Celtic’s celebrations back in December after coming so close to securing last season’s Scottish Cup, many of us noticed the raw emotion etched on their faces. In the dressing room after, Robbie Neilson would most...
