What a win

What an atmosphere

There were terrible, just a shame we didn't hammer them, but given all the 1-0 wins they've had over us in recent years I'll take that with bells on.

 

Surely we must win on tue, then it is a huge game at the Hunnery.  After that it should only be ours to throw away. 

Was impressed with the posh bits grasp of the English language though. Unusual for them 😂

4 hours ago, manc_don said:

Was impressed with the posh bits grasp of the English language though. Unusual for them 😂

Even managed an apostrophe in the right place. I expected him to use "Their" twice

Kingsley’s hamstring injury looks like putting him out to end of the season. 

44 minutes ago, Jute said:

Kingsley’s hamstring injury looks like putting him out to end of the season. 

Oh dear

What a shame

Looks like my season ending injury wish has borne fruit after all 😉

48 minutes ago, BigAl said:

Oh dear

What a shame

Looks like my season ending injury wish has borne fruit after all 😉

Wasn’t going to mention your dark powers……..

Hearts, Hearts, Glorious Hearts

24 carot gold comedy

Actually on reflection that should maybe be 25 😂

On 02/12/2024 at 11:57, RicoS321 said:

oxymoron

/ˌɒksɪˈmɔːrɒn/

noun

noun: oxymoron; plural noun: oxymorons

a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. faith unfaithful kept him falsely true ).

"that fashionable rhetorical novelty, the humblebrag, is itself an oxymoron"

ibroxymoron

/ˌeɪbrɒksɪˈmɔːrɒn/

noun

noun: ibroxymoron; plural noun: the peepul

a figure of ridicule in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. "we're still the same club but we don't owe any money" ).

13 minutes ago, OxfordDon said:

ibroxymoron

/ˌeɪbrɒksɪˈmɔːrɒn/

noun

noun: ibroxymoron; plural noun: the peepul

a figure of ridicule in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. "we're still the same club but we don't owe any money" ).

And yes, I know this is a thead about Hearts but it was an open goal.

Although thinking about it that wouldn't apply to Hearts either.  An easy win?  A.... tap-in....... hmmmmm.

 

A joke.  A terrible joke.  There, we're back on topic.

Bottom 6 shite again. 11th season in last 13 that this yo-yo  club has finished below us. 
 

I dont like Hibs. But I do enjoy it when they finish above the Jambos. They were only third biggest when Romanov fes them his crooked cash. In terms of hate, I rate them marginally below the Old Firm. 

Really looking forward to this weeks press release

Just a shame county didnt win as that would have pulled jambos right into the playoff mix

Pretty sure the unfair second yellow on devlin last week was the reason Dundee won today. 

https://www.hmfckickback.co.uk/index.php?/topic/207235-critchley-post-dundee/#comments

 

For those looking for some schadenfreude

23 minutes ago, tom_widdows said:

https://www.hmfckickback.co.uk/index.php?/topic/207235-critchley-post-dundee/#comments

 

For those looking for some schadenfreude

https://www.heartsfc.co.uk/blogs/news/club-statement-critchley-garrity-depart-2

McInnes in? 

Liam Fox in as interim manager. 

Hilarious. Who the fuck listened to that man and thought "he's a manager"? In Scotland? Fucking hell. 

2 year payout too.

Nice work if you can get it

3 hours ago, Jute said:

Liam Fox in as interim manager. 

Looking forward to next week's statement - "Another Manager Fox Off"

Edited April 26, 20251 yr by OxfordDon

Happy Albert Kidd day!

Mcinnes to Hearts appears to be done deal according to my Jambo neighbour.  That's a depressingly good appointment for them. 

1 hour ago, tlg1903 said:

Mcinnes to Hearts appears to be done deal according to my Jambo neighbour.  That's a depressingly good appointment for them. 

Mcinnes did a good job for us, but he’s nothing special. He came to us when the Huns went to shit, and at a time we signed McLean Hayes mcginn, arguably three of the top players to have played in our league in a while (outside of the old firm), and a goal scorer in Rooney. He had a good squad and still only won one trophy, and that was arguably a primarily Craig brown squad. Im one of those who felt he underachieved with us and the resources he had, so I’m fine with mcinnes there, you know what you get and he’s not an overly creative mind.

Edited May 8, 20251 yr by OrlandoDon

I am not sure McInnes will work well in system where he is not going to have much say in who is signed. 

1 hour ago, Jute said:

I am not sure McInnes will work well in system where he is not going to have much say in who is signed. 

Fixed it.  Don't see him accepting what they want (or he'll just blame that when it all inevitably goes tits up - hopefully after a long, drawn out struggle in the lower reaches again next season - and the season after in Championship).  That said, the pair of them are made for each other

5 hours ago, tlg1903 said:

Mcinnes to Hearts appears to be done deal according to my Jambo neighbour.  That's a depressingly good appointment for them. 

It's an interesting appointment. Is it a good appointment, I don't know.

You could argue he couldn't have timed his arrival at Aberdeen any better. Craig Brown had fixed a lot of the mess from the Mark McGhee era, Rangers, Hibs and Hearts all fell off, even Celtic weakened with Lennon then Deila. He struck gold with signings like Rooney, Logan and Shinnie, and his loans all filled the holes he needed to. He never really sorted the defence post- Russell Anderson's retirement, but midfield and attack were solid.

The last three years were chronic though. Was it all his fault? Did he just get unlucky when before he had the luck? Did the lack of a head of recruitment hinder him? Did managers just figure out his tactics, with McInnes unable to have a plan B?

It all begs the question, how good is Derek McInnes really? Did his last three seasons show us the truth, a man unable to turn around a club on a downward spiral, or was that unfair on account Glass and Goodwin didn't fair any better?

I don't think his Kilmarnock stint answers it either. He got them fourth with a very decent squad, but has struggled this season.

Although I'm sure he still has some affection for Aberdeen, he would be desperate to go and finish above Jimmy Thelin, not just once but consistently, win trophies with them, and show that in all our searching for new bosses we never found better than him. Hearts are the club that can give him that chance.

I think if he goes there (and should be said, while he's on the shortlist, he's not the only name on it), it'll be fascinating.

He's a good manager. He's good at getting points. He's pragmatic. It's a good move for him, as hearts are performing below expectations, and he's undoubtedly a better manager than the Critch and Wee Naisey. 

Two of the last three seasons with us it was beginning to be clear that Cormack was having an interest in the transfers and the wider running of the club. Hernandez wasn't a McInnes signing, for example. Certainly his last season can be entirely discounted, as it was clear he was being set up to fail (no transfers in the January took us years to recover from). It was also a frustrating thing for me that we never really worked with McInnes to try and get the new structure in place with him here. But perhaps his salary covered the director of football (how is that going?) and recruitment director roles anyway. I think he'd have worked quite well with his hands off recruitment to a large degree. Guys like Storey, Tansey, Morris (Callum), Main etc just wouldn't have happened had we a stronger recruitment role in the building at the time. We'd have made other failed signings of course, but there would have been the opportunity to learn from those errors too, where McInnes just kept making the same mistakes (and has continued at Killie). 

Anyway, it'll be interesting to see how Greg Stewart gets on up front for Hearts next season.