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 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 | 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 | 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 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...
