[Official TC Thread] Hearts V Celtic Sunday17th December 12:30 Sky Sports Football

We’re being bullied all over the pitch, to the point where some of our players don’t look like they want to be out there.

Hearts are playing at 100 miles an hour with their pressing game. Our defence has been absolutely shocking and seem to have forgot how to pass the ball 5 yards.

The good thing is, it can’t get any worse.

I expect at least two changes at half time.

 

Think some people are going to need * counseling if we get beat today, we can't be brilliant every week, it soon catches up and the full team has an off day while the other team step up. Still plenty time anyway folk need to calm the * down.

 

All three of them have been dreadful.

Tierney has been abysmal - the pass out from Boyata for their first goal wasn't as bad as made out, the slip from Tierney allowed them possession.

Change yer * boots son, get the ol' black yins back on...

 

Time for Erik to get another go imo

 

They ain’t gonna beat us lol they are gonna get mauled

 

Simunovic nearly gave Hamilton a goal with a slack pass on wed and today he is passing the ball across to the invisible man the team are causing themselves problems and why are the midfield players unable to put a tackle in and win the ball

 

Can still turn it around 3-2 us...

Mon the Hoops..

 

What would make me happier than us maintaining this unbeaten run we are on ,is if Craig Gordon could once ,but just once , fin his own teammate with a long * pass.

 

Wouldn't be that much fun if we all are calm tho...

 

I hate to be beaten mate, if we are beaten today it cerrtainly won't be the end of the world.

What is * concerning though is the MANNER in which we are being beaten so far, going down with a whimper.

 

Off day? More like an off season so far.

 

Broony has one if Brendan doesn’t.

 

Hardly a consolation. They're an irrelevance. We're right to be unhappy at the downwards spiral in form the last 2 months.

 

Think Jozo got a free pass for months because he sent rat Miller into orbit.

We've lost the "must win" metality we had last season and it's been replaced with a "must not lose and keep the run going" mentality.

Who's going to step up?

 

I think teams are onto sinkys little "run into the box, stop, then attempt a shot at goal".....Need more from him now.....they stopping him far to easy

 

are you trolling wee Jamesy about having nae neck?

 

Losing the streak makes no difference to how we will perform. Unless something is fixed this run of form will continue regardless of the pressure of the unbeaten run.

 

Brendan will kick their baws and we will come out a different team cmon the hoops

 

Alloa & St Mirren (both managed by Ross incidentally) showed teams last year how to play us, pressed us & let Boyata alone banking on misplaced passes. I don't remember many teams trying to emulate that, most sat back hoping on damage limitation.

But Anderlecht did it brilliantly in the Champions league match, Hibs were quite good at it last week and now Hearts have been superb at it today.

We can still get something here, Brendan has some big decisions to make at half time & then I think a long hard look at the squad, especially the current mentality which to be honest seems a little fragile.

C'mon the Hoops

 

Too many players out of form or who aren't really suited to a game like this.

Boyata - Useless *.
Jozo - Not at his best.
Ntcham - Not convinced about him in a helter skelter game like this.
McGregor - Never been a fan.
Brown - Hasn't got to grips with it today.
Sinclair - Done nothing.
Griffiths - Not in it.

Don't like seeing N'tcham AND McGregor in midfield. One of them we can get away with but not keen on both.

Whole half has been a shambles. Wish we had Tom Rogic to bring on, he's a miss.