IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER

We just can't seem to put two passes or even two touches together and they are winning every tackle. The one thing that is going to save this for us now is the final whistle. Morrison fer Shinnie shows the clear intent,

Terry on the mic saying that we are giving the ball away too much but worryingly says that we need to weather the storm which to me means keep what we have got - risky stuff - attack, score and we win !!

Sutton could be a big danger

Question - has anyone witnessed a team completely wasting so many shots and crosses as hearts have and how many times have we tried to take players on and lost out every feckin time ?

ESPN shows that Shinnie was just offside - perhaps it is a ploy to play so feckin deep so we can surprise them on the break. Has anyone seen OTJ this half ?

Raven leads the charge !!

Roberts has lost the place. Big hearts call for a pen but hit Meekings on the back. We are simply letting them take control. Next goal now is crucial as they are now first to everything and they are getting the run of the ball.

How the feck didn't we get a second in that phase of play - Shinnie and OTJ should have scored. Is Raven having his best game ever though. This hearts team is as poor as I have ever seen - their shooting and crossing are dreadful - but they are still in it and we are sitting back. Roberts is totally out of the game.

Dear god - deliver us a second goal to calm these cuts down. We are simply letting them back in to the game.

Attacking the North stand and Hearts have made two changes. Ball is still being treated like a hot feckin potato. Suggest shopping Doran and Roberts and push Andy Shinnie rite up beside McKay.

And even that may not be enuff - by the way your font is the typing equivalent of a speech impediment.

Apart from the last minute - That was a dire 10-15 minutes - need regrouping and back to playing feckin fitba. Start the second as we started the first please.

Like I said - mouthing- kicked Foran in the mouth.

Butcher states that we are giving the ball away too easily - exfeckincactly - we have lost the rhythm. Bring on half time. Their shooting though is worse than Barcelona.

We need to get the ball down and start the simple passing again as it has been more long stuff fer the last 10 and we are letting them back into it.

Why the feck are they playing Tool so deep. Grainier gets the first yellow for mouthing as McKay goes close. A bit more end to end with Collum beginning to spoil it with too much whistling - we still look the more likely and the more they come forward the better. Clear offside missed but hearts corner wasted. Roberts wastes a good opportunity on the break.

Here is a wee prediction - Barr to give away a pen or be red carded or both.

Just what was needed - Roberts as I have alluded to before looks better on the left and with Shinnie and Foran around - Shinnie is a constant danger playing right across the pitch and just behind McKay - purr feckin would be a second.

Wait till you see this one - OTJ with a curling 30 harder into the top corner - and did I just love the Cantona like "celebration"

High pressure start - passing it around well - Foran and Shinnie have already had half chances. Our wide players are really stretching them and they look dodgy in central defence. Lets keep dictating but we need a goal to show fer all of this possession.

Impressed by ESPN fer once and despite having Burley and Craig Gordon on show. Worth having a peek at the wee feature on the Shinnie brothers - the crowd looks sparse to say the very least.

No surprises there but it would have been interesting if Draper had been fit. Still you can't argue with consistency, lets hope the confidence is there as well - and with Hearts in their present state please let's go fer the jugular from the off.

The hypos can have Mrs IHE if it helps.

The club have again done themselves proud by sticking by Hogg through a devastating period. I suspect that he will be released or loaned out after Xmas as I can't see him staying on as a squad player and when finances are so tight.

The bottom line though is that we are trying to secure them - and not on diddly contracts - and we are putting the intent out to the public domain. Wonder if Muirfield Mills and Orion could come together on this one - and also "advertise" the fact. To see this club coming together off the park would be just as heartening as seeing it on the park.