First time I've watched hertz this season...
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It's leviens style through his whole career
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Greenmachine
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Didn't see today's game, but the result was predictable..
Hearts style is 100% Craig Levein as he is the real manager of that club. Neilson is no more than an apprentice.
Levein's teams always follow the same format...A solid organised back four, two very physical hard working central midfielders and two wide men with pace, plus a big lump of a target man striker. It's a system which can get wins on a semi-regular basis in Scottish football as it most certainly did last season against the timid part-time dross of the Scottish Championship, but it will get found out at a higher level and that is what is happening just now. Hearts good start this season was IMO down to momentum and the feel-good factor carrying on from last season, but that was never going to last. I think they will recover though and go on to have a reasonable season. My prediction for them pre-season was sixth..I think they may now finish fourth or fifth. If they finish in the top six they should look upon it as a fairly good finish for their first season back in the top flight...I doubt their notoriously unrealistic fan base will see it that way though.
Aberdeen are a good very well organised team and I expect them to put up a good challenge for the league, however Celtic have a superior squad and more strength in depth and if they are in trouble they will be able to strengthen in January which Aberdeen won't be able to do. I think Celtic will win the league by about 8 to 10 points.
Looking forward to Wednesday's match...I don't expect Hibs to win, but I do think we will have a go at them and you just never know. They are a much better team than Hibs though and I will be very pleasantly surprised if we are in the draw for the quarter-finals after Wednesday.
Hearts style is 100% Craig Levein as he is the real manager of that club. Neilson is no more than an apprentice.
Levein's teams always follow the same format...A solid organised back four, two very physical hard working central midfielders and two wide men with pace, plus a big lump of a target man striker. It's a system which can get wins on a semi-regular basis in Scottish football as it most certainly did last season against the timid part-time dross of the Scottish Championship, but it will get found out at a higher level and that is what is happening just now. Hearts good start this season was IMO down to momentum and the feel-good factor carrying on from last season, but that was never going to last. I think they will recover though and go on to have a reasonable season. My prediction for them pre-season was sixth..I think they may now finish fourth or fifth. If they finish in the top six they should look upon it as a fairly good finish for their first season back in the top flight...I doubt their notoriously unrealistic fan base will see it that way though.
Aberdeen are a good very well organised team and I expect them to put up a good challenge for the league, however Celtic have a superior squad and more strength in depth and if they are in trouble they will be able to strengthen in January which Aberdeen won't be able to do. I think Celtic will win the league by about 8 to 10 points.
Looking forward to Wednesday's match...I don't expect Hibs to win, but I do think we will have a go at them and you just never know. They are a much better team than Hibs though and I will be very pleasantly surprised if we are in the draw for the quarter-finals after Wednesday.
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Once the Gunts start playing with no strikers at all we will know that Potter is fully in control and Stig is languishing in the skip.