26/27 football thread

[RedTwoster]

I n light of recent events, I take my previous back. Fuck.

Edited 11 hours ago by RedTwoster

[westlondonmist]

Didn't see that coming, honestly wasn't even confident Celtic would come away with a point. 

 

[RedTwoster]

1 minute ago, westlondonmist said:

Didn't see that coming, honestly wasn't even confident Celtic would come away with a point. 

 

Honestly, I expected a Celtic win. I didn’t expect them to score seven. And frankly, it could have been more if not for the goalkeeper. 

The most alarming part after was Vrancken’s interview, where he seemed completely unwilling to acknowledge or understand that his tactics may have been an issue here. Also, why the fuck is he so unwilling to play Stuart Findlay given how sloppy his defence has been at times this season?

[westlondonmist]

9 minutes ago, RedTwoster said:

Honestly, I expected a Celtic win. I didn’t expect them to score seven. And frankly, it could have been more if not for the goalkeeper. 

The most alarming part after was Vrancken’s interview, where he seemed completely unwilling to acknowledge or understand that his tactics may have been an issue here. Also, why the fuck is he so unwilling to play Stuart Findlay given how sloppy his defence has been at times this season?

I think he will struggle with his tactics playing 3 times in 8 days. It looks fairly high intensity. But he stuck with it post Benfica and Graz while there was pressure to change and it probably turned out ok. 

Actually think they play fairly similar to Celtic, which leaves them vulnerable on the counter. The difference today was probably Celtic just have better players. 

[RedTwoster]

8 minutes ago, westlondonmist said:

I think he will struggle with his tactics playing 3 times in 8 days. It looks fairly high intensity. But he stuck with it post Benfica and Graz while there was pressure to change and it probably turned out ok. 

Actually think they play fairly similar to Celtic, which leaves them vulnerable on the counter. The difference today was probably Celtic just have better players. 

Which is exactly why managers adjust. It was a needless routing. Maybe Hearts can play an intense style against lesser opponents but if the ambition is, as Tony Bloom has stated, to win the league within a decade, you have to have it in you to adapt to the circumstances. I don’t know if Vrancken is the right person for this project, but we’ll see.

[Devon Malcolm]

3 hours ago, RedTwoster said:

I don’t know if Vrancken is the right person for this project, but we’ll see.

He's done alright though, considering? Losing all those players and having to cobble together a team. Today might have been awful but they're doing a fair bit better than I expected after that team was broken up and McInnes left.

[westlondonmist]

10 minutes ago, Devon Malcolm said:

He's done alright though, considering? Losing all those players and having to cobble together a team. Today might have been awful but they're doing a fair bit better than I expected after that team was broken up and McInnes left.

I think getting Hearts through the qualifiers was a pretty decent. Rangers had a easier route, larger budget and failed. Can't remember the last time a side outside of Celtic and Rangers navigated qualifying. 

Wracken might not be the guy to win Hearts the league but is he expected to? I think the ten year aim wasn't necessarily Bloom saying it's a failure if it doesn't happen. He's still in the cups and I think that's a better expectation and I think the league cup this year is definitely winnable. Hearts not win anything since 2012 (St Johnstone won 3 trophies since then) , I think concentrate on regular Europe with cup trophies. 

I also think any manager doing well with Hearts will be poached fairly quickly. So success will bring about some instability too.