Honours Even ?

The last time i went to Easter Road, Hearts won 4 - 1 and it was 1993 or something like that.
Yesterday Hearts were never going to win 4 - 1 and i may never go back down to that god foresaken place again.

It was good fun, dumping the kids for once and heading off for a few beers before the game.
School boy error notwithstanding - does this mean that

A) I have no life, i am a sad individual who hasn't had a life for so long that my only saviour is a crashing mid life crisis ( christ hurry up ).
B) As the years have passed i have, grown into a responsible adult who has developed some means of looking after himself, avoiding over indulgence along the way.
C) I am not an alcoholic.

Did you know - In Edinburgh on a Sunday morning it is impossible to get a pub to sell you alcohol until 12:30.

Arranging to meet for a few pre match beers then at 11:30 was not the best idea i had ever had.
Searched the length of Rose St to no avail but ended up thankfully in Hudsons ( a hotel so apparently gets to sell beer before 12:30 ) £6.20 for two cooking lagers mind you so we paid for the pleasure.

I had no fears about this game whatsoever
Hibs had been playing rubbish
The last time Hearts played we were looking pretty good
I had put on my maroon coloured specs days before and ignored any rational thought

I fully expected Hearts to cream Hibs and to walk out of Easter Road with Hibernian Football Club contemplating their future - Were they really cut out for football? and maybe they should consider some other more appropriate sport ( make it up for yourself here ) ?

Hibs tore into the game and tore into Hearts and pretty much tore us apart in the opening 20 minutes.
Low cross from the right had the Hearts back 4 looking unusually panicked. I think it fell to Zamama ( who had an annoyingly good game ) he had a couple of good touches ( should not even had had one ) and slotted the ball low into the far corner. It has been a long time since i have sat in the minority watching the majority celebrate - i don't like it!
The socond was a corner or free kick on the left, looked like a near post knock back for the finish but i read that it went straight in?
And that was us 2 - 0 nil down, looking shellshocked.

Immediately the analysis of the now expected, stupid team selection started.
Miko, why the hell do we play this character?
Zaliukas, we now know why he aims to be invisible in each game he plays - if he ever got involved he would get found out immediately.
Brellier or Aguar how come something so obvious can be so missed by the selection committee.
Valicka & Mole why this partnesrhip, you could pick any 2 from 6 so why this pairing it just doesn't look that dangerous.
It is now pretty clear that ( at least for some of the games a season ) the Hearts team selection is built to satisfy a Lithuanian watching public. The games being streamed back to the motherland to be watched by how many punters?

Right maroon specs firmly on here goes -
For all that glorious Hibee football, playing the beautiful game and playing it at pace - both their goals stemmed from mistakes by Hearts, right!
Sure Hibs were dominant, they almost reminded me of Hearts in the early part of last season. They simply rolled over us, we couldn't play and they hammered their point home.
The difference, the difference is .....
If Hearts had gone into a 2 goal lead after 20 minutes we would have won the game 4 or 5 nil.
Hibs they just don't got it man, they are a team hobbled by the belief in their own myth. They have a few players who can play. A midfield which looks great to watch at times. As much as i canny be daein with that Scott Brown character i think every team should have one.
But really thats it - listen up and listen good. A decent midfield does not = a good team. There is just plain more to it than that.

The minute Hearts scored i was convinced once again that Hibs would not sustain themselves and we would win the game, somehow. The goal came out of nowhere.
Dreadful goal keeping error allowed Valicka to get his head onto a speculative chip forward. It was either the keepers ball or he should have remained on his line - he did neither and the ball looped into the net over the keeper and the rest of the Hibs defence.

The rest of the half was pretty even, Hibs owned the middle third but just didn't do enough with it. You could argue the formation
3-5-2
versus
4-4-2
Gave Hibs the advantage in midfield but i prefer to believe that 3 out of the Hearts 4 were not up to the job, we needed Beslija and Brellier/Aguar in there to even up the score Miko, Zaliukas and Chesnauskis? Obvious we would struggle - to me anyroads.

Half Time

Hibernian 2
The Good Guys 1

Tall was playing right back in for Robbie, Zammama tormented him all day. I am never one to be the purest so the question is - would Robbie have kicked zammama in the first 10 minutes taken the booking and slowed him down a bit?
The second half started pretty evenly for me, hard to tell really as bucket loads of vitriol tends to cloud your judgement a bit.
I was getting really annoyed with Ivanauskas not changing things so i was pleased to see Beslija warming up. Miko will get hooked for him i thought, just as well because he has been murder. Suddenly there is a break on for Hearts and Miko is free screaming down the right wing. The rest of the team are up with the script as 3 are piling into the box ready for the cross and the equaliser. Absolutely inexplicably Miko cuts back and tries to beat the man rather than just play the cross. The defender wins the ball and Miko clips him in frustration. Second yellow so he walks and Beslija puts his jersey back on. Me and the rest of the South stand are furious - the absolute fanny.
2 - 1 down and now down to ten men we are obviously in trouble.
Another long ball knocked over the innefectual midfield looked hopeful and the defence's all the way, so how Valucka managed to get his shot in and more managed to get in round the near side of the keeper is beyond me - no it's not. Hibs are basically a bit crap, their keeper is shocking and their defence put under any real pressure are pretty much useless. So the goal was straight forward endeavour against bad football players. At the time tho i couldn't quite believe it.

Beslija came on but did not make an impression, Aquar however did, even down to ten men we competed much much better with him on the park.

Craig Gordon pulled off his customary stunning save in tha last few minutes to deny Hibs their victory. Great save but he is just a completely different class.

That was it 2 - 2, felt like a victory at the time but after a few more beers i was left with the nagging doubt that if we had played out best 11 the game would have been totally different.