MJC

Can’t be missing chances like that in games like this.

O’Donnell nearly selling the jerseys for us again. For the folk who keep asking why he’s out of favour, perhaps brain farts like that are a big part of the reason.

Penney is having a nightmare here.

Not in it atall, only a matter of time before Hearts score.

Got away with it there, defence caught absolutely flat footed with the long ball and fortunate they didn’t take the chance.

McKinstry starts, as does Shields. Moult & Tierney on the bench.

Burrows on Twitter saying we’ve now sold out our allocation for tomorrow.

It was pointless because he has barely kicked a ball in the last two and half years due to injury and like Moult we would have been well aware of this, or at least we should have been. And even more pointless imo because he did little to impress during his previous, albeit brief spell with us in early 2020. The only saving grace for this deal was that the deal was a loan and not a permanent one.

Aarons loan terminated due to injury. Correct decision but reinforces what a totally pointless signing this was. If Moult can’t get match fit asap then the same should happen with his deal.

I actually think we might give a good/better account of ourselves here, but it won’t be enough to prevent “Oh-ho-ho it’s magic” blaring out over Tynecastle’s fine sound system at full time as Hearts firepower will be too much for us. 4-2 to the men in Maroon.

Going by the rules of the game regarding intent I can completely see why Watt was red carded and that still only supports it for me. Look at his boot and his studs, that is dangerous play no matter how you dress it up and Goss does well to anticipate it otherwise that is a potentially serious injury for him.

Absolutely and I am delighted that that prediction was wrong.

Definitely, it feels like ‘justice done’ in a way for the Fir Park game in September where we played significantly better than we did today but just couldn’t get the goal or the luck we deserved. That was a 0-0 type of game today yet we’ve nicked it and it feels extremely satisfying.

Dreadful stuff again performance wise but an absolutely priceless result. This is the kind of win that keeps you up in a relegation fight. We badly needed those three points.

We’ve always had this bad habit of playing poorly against a side with 10 men, regardless of how good a side we have at the time. If we can manage to hold out for a 1-0 here it’ll be a great result.

We can’t seem to get out here, Kelly yet again saving our arses with another superb save.

Well pretty poor stuff so far from both sides but thankfully we’ve managed to take one of the two best chances we got. This team tends to do better once they go ahead so fingers crossed. As for Watt’s red card I think it’s a stonewaller. His studs were up and the intent was clear, that was dangerous foul play and the VAR decision was spot on.

Cheerio Watt ya neddy wee Coatbridge bam!

Get in!!!!

Aye pretty poor so far and fortunate that Fletcher’s effort went wide.

Fuck so he is! Didn’t even notice that at first. Good to see.

Shields starts with Tierney dropping to the bench today, otherwise the same starting eleven as last week.

SH saying that Moult had a “small procedure during the week” but he hopes he won’t be out for as long as Efford. I’d be surprised if we see Moult feature atall before the World Cup going by that. I reckon we should cut our losses with this deal.

Not good. He might not be good enough but he is a better option than what we are left with, that in itself shows the mess we are in. Our problems are certainly building up and I don’t envy Stevie Hammell one bit with the task he’s got.

Nah, we’ve got enough former players on the books just now that aren’t making any impact without adding another. I know the club like this ‘recruitment policy’ of looking backwards and re-signing ex players but we really should look ahead, not backwards. Plus I never rated Erwin one bit to be honest.