RicoS321

I remember when Tourette's used to be funny.

I don't disagree. I don't think Hearts winning the league will even make a dent in that though. If anything, it might actually restart the clock as it were. To be honest, I think that football is going so far in the wrong direction, there is very little that will stop it.

He's got a point though. Whilst it could be the start of a barren period for the scum, it seems unlikely. Hertz winning the league with zero further structural changes just means it's likely that the subject of the continued destruction of Scottish football gets delayed by another couple of decades. On its own, hearts winning the league does nothing for Scottish football.

We all knew that there was no update though. Many on here were crying out for there to be an update on the no update. He couldn't win, really.

I think Geiger would have to go a long way to be as good as Shinnie to be honest. I think fitness will make a big difference to him though, and we'll pass judgement when that comes. He did work hard, and once fit that suggests he'll have a lot more to offer. We regularly hear that we should be moving on from Shinnie because he's not technically brilliant and he's ageing. However, we've signed numerous midfielders over the years and none have got close to offering what he does. I think Shinnie would have been fine today, but he can't play at Wednesday's level twice a week regularly, so we'd have to pick and choose which games to play him in. Anyway, I don't think Geiger is here to replace Shinnie, I think that might be what Aremu is for, but he's weeks away from playing by the looks of it. If we can get Geiger to the level that Aouchiche was at before he left, then that'd be very good. I think he has more bite than Aouchiche, so if he can do the running then that'll be excellent. However, if we don't replace Shinnie then we'll be in the same predicament we were earlier in the season, with a weak as piss midfield of similar players. Shinnie, Geiger, Cameron is definitely our best midfield at the moment, so hopefully Geiger gets up to speed soon. I don't think forcing ninety minutes out of him yesterday was a good way to go about it.

There's no better version of VAR. The time was for the referees to talk about whether to send the player off or not. It's honking across the world, because it's a shite system, based on an idiotic premise. It always will be. That said, I couldn't believe that Morrison wasn't sent off before VAR intervened, I'm not sure what the ref thought he saw. Yep, this is where I am. I can't work the guy out at all. He could be completely shite, or he could turn out to be very good. Positionally, he seems to know what he's doing, and he's okay on the ball too. However, I thought he looked overweight, and is certainly not ready for a start. It was awful management. I don't think we'd have lost the third goal if we'd subbed Geiger. Nilsen would have been sitting in that area, and the defensive lineup would have just been more secure. Geiger wasn't offering a great deal going forward either, and a 70% fit player is rarely better than a fully fit one coming on. It was a glaring error by Leven. I'd argue not making a double sub in the first half, taking Aremu off, was also a mistake that led directly to us losing goals before halftime.

I like Leven. He makes some fairly astute calls at times (like recognising when certain players shouldn't be played on their wrong side), but then seems to follow them up with utterly inexplicable ones. To be honest, I'm not entirely sure what role he plays when understudy, so don't know enough to suggest he should be binned entirely. In his defence, he's overseen a big turnover of players in a short spell, and been exceptionally unfortunate that his players have decided to take up red cards as their new hobby.

There's a politics thread for this. Your use of the new thread button is getting out of hand. I'm not one that cares about such things, but I'd be surprised if you weren't well on your way to a final warning.

Well that was pish. I hadn't seen or heard the lineup beyond the first 11, so I couldn't believe it when Milne came to the sidelines after Morrison sold the shirts. A fucking ridiculous call to play him, he's not ready for first team football. Dorrington probably had less minutes than this lad. Should have been a double sub after the sending off, as that midfield three clearly wasn't going to have the legs to cope. Aremu way off the pace, Geiger might turn out to be decent, but he's fairly suspect positionally and doesn't seem to have the legs. He might have looked good on the telly, because he has a bit of bite to him, but he arrived late to almost every duel (is that what they call it these days?). Palaversa isn't the answer to anything, of course. Shinnie is head and shoulders our best midfielder despite his legs having been absent for some time now, which is a real concern. Olusanya can't play fitba really, and neither can Keskinen. Cameron decent but again does a lot while doing nothing. Nisbet very good, again, working hard and a beautiful free kick. They're goal was an absolute peach, worthy of winning any match. We're in the shite.

Bit worried about our midfield for this one. Shinnie a big miss. Don't think Geiger and Armstrong would work, and not sure about Aremu yet. Nilsen and Geiger might be best. The wide players are a big concern, but unfortunately we need to play them. I think 4-4-2 would be our best option, but we can't play that with Cameron in the side. Similarly, we can't play Olusanya wide. A reluctant game for Milanovic and Keskinen basically.

A hard watch?

Exactly. Ryan Jack loves his home city for example, and Connor Barron. Not to forget Scott Wright who can't stay away from the place. We should welcome them all home. Probably wait until they're past it though, so we get them cheaper.

Will he going today, or did that game put him off forever? I was also there. Of course. And will be today. Mainly so I can witness the booing of Wright while not booing Cameron.

He's also a fucking Hun That aside, he's working hard and looks decent on the ball with little in the way of end product yet. I still think that number ten role would be better filled by Armstrong.

Also, it was one of the hottest years ever last year and we didn't have rain from April to nearly November. He was just pish.