NOT BY THE HIBS, THE CELTIC OR THE RA-ANGERS

Originally sent on 19th October

WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED !!

Ok lets get this into some kind of perspective, thats 2 points from the last six - just not championship form and would be viewed as a slump, verging on a crisis if it had happened to either of the gruesome twosome ( wait a minute it has happened to both of them, crisis all round then ). I felt sure we could muster 4 out of 6 but we have to settle for 2 and if you read last times match report it was an excellent point we managed to muster at Falkirk.

This one tho was the real deal, all questions were answered on saturday.
The phone in's were jam packed with happy Jambo's and frustrated Tims - it is a measure of their begrudged and never utterred respect or is that fear, that so many of these blinkered fools from the west called in to spit their venom across the airways.

Hearts my arse, it was a steal, they are shite and as soon as a couple of injuries kick in they will slope back down to where they belong.
Let's face it they were never in the tic's half in the 2nd half, it was only that orange git of a ref that kept them in it!
We should have had a penalty, naw 2!!
Sellik ya bass...............grunt!

These are just a few of the misguided dialogues from the mass of green and white prol that spend their saturday afternoons phoning James Trainer on radio Scotland.

So here is the truth behind the myth.
A short match report, leaving plenty of room for the summary.
Celtic's biggest crowd of the season and they were up for this big time. All pundits claiming that the atmosphere was 'just like an auld firm game'.
Kick off and for the first 15 minutes Celtic can't get out of their own half. This is now familiar Hearts have the capacity to completely dominate a midfield - there is no team in the league that can live with them. It is not so much a tidal wave of energy more an expression of superior quality - like when you see Scotland playing Holland and just not getting near them ( well nearly ).
In this time Hearts miss a half decent shot and a sitter of a header from 4 yards out.
Completely against the run of play Celtic score with a deflected effort from 12 yards out, in truth this was a pretty well taken goal.
Hearts were without suspended keeper Craig Gordon, sent off in that Falkirk game a couple of weeks back, you just wonder if he would have got to it to turn it round the post.
Within 10 seconds the pundits are gearing up for their " thats it then the Tynecastle bubble has burst - we never thought they were that great anyway, the natural order of things is now re-balanced and the MIGHTY Celtic will now go on take their place at the summit of the table". They actually started to talk in these terms, i can't believe those f*%£ers.
Hearts are unfazed, it's early in the game so plenty of time, but many a Hearts team has crumbled at this point. Celtic almost go 2 up within a minute before a mix up between their keeper and centre half allows in, who else but RUUUUDI SKAAACEL, he steals from the keeper falls, gets up and lashes the ball into the empty net. 1 - 1.
I don't know what else i can say about this game other than it was toe to toe, end to end, chance to chance about as even as they come and that is exactly the point. I keep harping on about it - against the old firm you either play out of your skin or you get beat unless you are Hearts where you just play your game.
Celtic had the majority of possession in the second half but they didn't create anymore than Hearts did and the game could easily have gone either way. It didn't, Hearts remain 3 points clear, Rangers failed to capitalise on the draw at Parkhead by drawing themselves at Tannadice. Hibs however came from 2 down to beat Kilmarnock 4 - 2 at Easter Rd to make back a couple of points. Hibs are probably the best football team in the league, lots of young guys and play an exciting open passing game, with lots of threat up front. I think they are much better than Rangers, but may not be strong enough for the long haul.
Next we have Dunfermline on Saturday and Kilmarnock next Wednesday, both at Tynecastle and both must win games. It has been a tough couple of weeks tho and although it feels like there has been a mini break with the International games, out of all the Scottish teams Hearts had the most on international duty, 8 of the first team.
So we beat Dunfermline and Kilmarnock and are at least 3 points clear when.............................
We go to Easter Road a week on Saturday, it is just relentless!!!
Here is my parting thought at this stage. That game, Hibs.
Normality dictates that a win against Hibs is fantastic, a draw in Leith is acceptable. Not this time, this is a must win game. The mind set of league winners must see that as a win or bust game. Both the old firm only see a draw as acceptable on the others ground and that is what wins them the titles they win. So make no mistake the game at Easter Road must be won and it will be.