(02-20-2020, 04:04 PM)Hendricks Wrote: A close family member, rumored to be his mother, is terminally ill. Ffs man, an oft good poster, you've lost the plot the last couple of days. I'd worry for your sanity if we don't win on Friday.

What is your source for this? If it's true then I retract that but I'm not just taking your word for it. There were tons of rumours going around at the time.

I'm really not bothered on what you think about me as a poster btw, no offence. Just add to the discussion or don't.

(02-20-2020, 04:06 PM)Neaven Staismith Wrote: Alex Ferguson would probably play a deeper line and have signed a goalie in the window tbf.

What fucking nonsense eh.

Aye but Levein

Getting a couple more wins in the span of 11 league games, including a window to improve the squad = impossible task  

Such is Levein's nefarious influence that it renders a squad that includes 5 current internationalists completely unable to perform marginally better than St. Mirren and Hamilton over the course of two months.

Let's be fair here grumblebum was the wee Irish wingers biggest fan and AP had Washington down for the golden boot. Absolutely worthless the pair of them

Don't think we need to go digging about Stendel going home again. It was over a sick family member, just leave it at that

(02-20-2020, 03:35 PM)Ross Kemp On Spice Wrote: We signed 4 players and so did Hibs. We spent money to get the best signing of the window and they let one of their top strikers go. What do you mean by they actually backed him?

The problem is we needed more than just four players. And as mentioned Stendel had to empty plenty players before he could bring anyone in. However Levein was allowed to spend and do whatever the fuck he wanted with the budget.

We're in a relegation dog fight and now, after more than five years of frivolous and unchecked spending Budge decides it's the time to tighten the purse strings.

We spent money only because some daft American mob inexplicably chucked money at us for Mulraney.

Hibs let one of their top strikers go as he wasn't interested in being there. They got a solid midfielder in Docherty in exchange for him. And they got McNulty back to replace Kamberi.

As I said, we fucked about too long in getting Stendel (or anyone for that matter). We fannied about with getting his assistants in. We tried to shoehorn Daly and MacPhee into being part of his backroom team. We've got the previous manager still on the books and lurking around the club and up at Riccarton. It's a mess and undermines the current manager. Stendel had made mistakes but he's not been properly backed.

Still sure we'll stay up and looking forward to seeing what he can do next season.

Having Levein lurking in the background is our major problem. Players who were loyal to him are obviously finding it difficult under Stendel. Until he's gone then we won't really prosper.

Btw why the fuck is he still loitering about? We're a fucking shambles of a club and Budge and Levein and at fault.

(02-20-2020, 04:44 PM)Our Daniel Tatum Wrote: Let's be fair here grumblebum was the wee Irish wingers biggest fan and AP had Washington down for the golden boot. Absolutely worthless the pair of them

Would love to swap Avdijaj for Mulraney.

(02-20-2020, 04:06 PM)Neaven Staismith Wrote: Alex Ferguson would probably play a deeper line and have signed a goalie in the window tbf.

Fergie would have called them all cunts and fined them for not beating Hamilton, probably chucked cups of tea at cunts anaw. That's what we need.

I don't buy into this “he should've bought a goalkeeper” rhetoric. 

No-one on here knows what transfer targets he went after. By all accounts, there were a few deals that fell through for one reason or another. We need an improvement on what we have, but there's no guarantees that better was available within our budget. 

Also most people on here said we'd be fine with Periera when the Gordon rumour came up

We keep going around in circles about these internationals by the way. Same internationals who make simple mistakes and get out fought and out played by the diddies at wee Scottish clubs each time we play them. Maybe they aren't that good and the international tag is overrated

This place(AP) has went fucking doolally the last couple of days. We all realise what state we are in and how much fight it's going to include staying up. Stendel genuinely has walked into the most toxic cliquey Hearts side I have ever seen. I know from horses mouths just the shit he is up against on a daily basis.

He has a few black marks against his name however such as not re-jigging the formation slightly and random cameos for the young pups(even though he has said he is picking the best performers in training) Poppadom-gate is another but his hands were tied with that to an extent.

(02-20-2020, 05:27 PM)Frank Uchewood Wrote: Also most people on here said we'd be fine with Periera when the Gordon rumour came up

We keep going around in circles about these internationals by the way. Same internationals who make simple mistakes and get out fought and out played by the diddies at wee Scottish clubs each time we play them. Maybe they aren't that good and the international tag is overrated

I think citing an array of internationals is pushing the truth to serious extremes:

Who are we talking about here, a handful of guys on the fringes of Northern Ireland and Scotland setups. Naismith apart none of them have done much at all at international level and he's way past his best and has an international career averaging 3 games a year.

Michael Smith (9 apps and 1 goals since 2016)
Liam Boyce (21 apps and 1 goal since 2011)
Connor Washington (21 apps and 4 goals since 2015)

John Souttar (3 apps)
Steven Naismith (51 apps and 10 goals since 2007)

Not exactly our class of 05-06 is it.

(02-20-2020, 05:36 PM)Fraggle Wrote: This place(AP) has went fucking doolally the last couple of days. We all realise what state we are in and how much fight it's going to include staying up. Stendel genuinely has walked into the most toxic cliquey Hearts side I have ever seen. I know from horses mouths just the shit he is up against on a daily basis.

He has a few black marks against his name however such as not re-jigging the formation slightly and random cameos for the young pups(even though he has said he is picking the best performers in training) Poppadom-gate is another but his hands were tied with that to an extent.

Would be interested to hear more of what he's up against?

(02-20-2020, 05:36 PM)Fraggle Wrote: This place(AP) has went fucking doolally the last couple of days. We all realise what state we are in and how much fight it's going to include staying up. Stendel genuinely has walked into the most toxic cliquey Hearts side I have ever seen. I know from horses mouths just the shit he is up against on a daily basis.

He has a few black marks against his name however such as not re-jigging the formation slightly and random cameos for the young pups(even though he has said he is picking the best performers in training) Poppadom-gate is another but his hands were tied with that to an extent.

Tbh it's been quite a decent wee debate, and keeps the forum interesting. Only Underwood hasn't been able to rise to the challenge when it comes to people putting across their opinion and decent rebuttals.

Lists of players he had compiled for January he was firmly told to fuck off. Weren't even breaking the bank either.

The 2 cronies forcing their favoured agents players on him.

The 'older pros' ripping the pish out of his poor english on the training ground.

(02-20-2020, 05:58 PM)Fraggle Wrote: Lists of players he had compiled for January he was firmly told to fuck off. Weren't even breaking the bank either.

The 2 cronies forcing their favoured agents players on him.

The 'older pros' ripping the pish out of his poor english on the training ground.

Do you know if Stendel was interested in boyce?

Last point is disgraceful if true.

Wasn't his first choice but due to Levein having his previous interest in him and the fact he knew the league made it a no-brainer anyway.