Match Preview/Thread - Hearts vs Morton (Championship 20th Feb)

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[dunning1874 1482]

If there are any lessons to be taken from Queen of the South's performance against them last week, it's that we should crowd the midfield with a load of physical hardworking jobbers to sit deep, force them out wide and put pressure on the ball there. You need to maintain organisation and composure defending crosses and it helps to have one pacy and skilful player who can create chances on the counter attack or even just move you up the park enough to give the defence a breather.

While we have plenty of players who could be described as jobbers, beyond Jacobs and Lyon we don't have any energetic or physical central midfielders, we've shown no indication that we're capable of basic marking when defending set-pieces and we don't have anyone who's pacy and skilful. That game plan is out then.

With the inevitably of defeat here we should just go 4-4-fucking-2 with Oliver and Muirhead up front for the potential hilarity of one of them scoring at Tynecastle.

[The Bewilderedbeast 230]

Anyone got a quick link to the stream?

[Jamie_M 1071]

53 minutes ago, The Bewilderedbeast said:

Anyone got a quick link to the stream?

Aye but i will charge you a tenner to post it. 

Well, anyone considering paying £18.50 to watch us get a skelping on a shite steam deserves to be fleeced for everything.

[Toby 4191]

The £18.50 pricing shouldn’t be the main factor in folk deciding whether or not to buy the stream for tomorrow’s game- rather the point that Hearts are an appalling football club, ran and supported by bullies who have tried to throw their weight around by crying victim and shouting boycott at any club who did the right thing over the summer.

Yes, the stream is extortionate, but if it cost a fiver, it would’ve been a fiver more than that rancid club would’ve deserved from any of us.

[TONofmemories 1612]

Not be getting my blue pound. 

[Ton4life 92]

Yes first game I will give a miss this season, pricing is a joke and tit for tat on that Hearts currency.

Will also be giving the Inverness pixelate coverage a miss. Really irritated my Queen's supporting mate on Weds by shouting on IC to get stuck in and get the goal back only for him to confirm the live stream was still 0 v 0 and not only late but poor quality. So much so he couldn't make out which Queen's player was on the ball.

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[Stevie Aitken's Love Child 186]

First away game this season I'm really disappointed to be missing. Been waiting a long time to get to Tynecastle to complete the set, and the 2 seasons Hearts are in the championship, we also get relegated and then there's a pandemic.

[Alibi 331]

If someone posts a link to where I can watch for free, great. If not, will follow on Twitter. £18:50 is ridiculous. Might stick a pound on us winning 1-0 at odds of probably about 500/1 as that sort of result would be so Morton.

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[Mr.Blue 221]

Mcadams

Ledger. Mclean. Fjortoft. Strapp

Salkeld. Lyon. Jacobs. Millar. Newbie

Sterling

Thats hoping that everyone is fit and available. Genuinely struggled to pick that team as we have been so poor. Mcginty needs dropped but can't see it. Pack the midfield - if there was a better option than Millar then put him in. 

I'd start Johnson and sterling in the hope that they have the same impact that the new signings at Queens have had. Pace, power and workrate and a great outlet. In saying that I'd be shocked if the team looks anything like that. 

[pink_panther 63]

https://www.vipleague.lc/football-sports-stream

 

It'll probably be crappy pixellot stream though

[Alan_Partridge_Ton 424]

13 minutes ago, pink_panther said:

https://www.vipleague.lc/football-sports-stream

 

It'll probably be crappy pixellot stream though

What time is kick-off?

[Pedrodelawasp 132]

31 minutes ago, Alan_Partridge_Ton said:

What time is kick-off?

3pm. VIP league may have ECT rather than GMT.

[Boogs49 1]

No goalie on the bench !!

[dunning1874 1482]

Blues ahead of Lyon

Assuming that's another 4-2-3-1 and Salkeld is the lone striker, that's only Omar for Jacobs away from being the most lightweight midfield we could pick. Delighted to have Jacobs back obviously but it should always be Lyon in there with him.

Notice that Butler still isn't on the bench either.

[EanieMeany 1011]

Butler has said repeatedly that he’s not ready to play, which is just farcical really.

Also, Johnson has been in on trial for a while, so if his signing was so necessary that it could happen without moving players on, which we were told only days ago was the case, you’d have thought he’d be right in to the team; ditto Sterling.

We shouldn’t be paying for players who aren’t going right into the team (or who aren’t fit enough to play, as is the case with Butler by his own admission).

[bigB 12]

41 minutes ago, Boogs49 said:

No goalie on the bench !!

That is eventually going to bite them on the arse.

[Ton4life 92]

Best outcome today is all lower placed teams fail to get a point.

Yes a bit negative but that is where we are.

Maybe a miracle will happen.

[TheGoon 668]

Matter of time here unfortunately.