Blastronaut 1368 Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 26 minutes ago, PaddockLad said: Are you a closet Jambo or just a fan of amusingly surnamed midfielders? Hate them and their shite haired cunt manager, but I'll concede tynecastle is a good testing ground for an 18yo loanee that already has full international experience and genuinely look forward to seeing the lad up here in some of the more hostile fixtures. My love for Snoddy is routed in him single-handedly getting us (Stirling Albion) promoted during his short loan back in his youth. It's rare we see a player like that pass though these parts and go on to have such great careers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 18940 Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Blastronaut said: Hate them and their shite haired cunt manager, but I'll concede tynecastle is a good testing ground for an 18yo loanee that already has full international experience and genuinely look forward to seeing the lad up here in some of the more hostile fixtures. My love for Snoddy is routed in him single-handedly getting us (Stirling Albion) promoted during his short loan back in his youth. It's rare we see a player like that pass though these parts and go on to have such great careers. You should share your thoughts with Toonpack, he’s our pet Jambo I’ve had a pint with the goalie the Binos put 20 past v Selkirk sometime in the 80s, he worked with a lad I was at the local tech with. Id have never known but our mutual friend introduced us …..”mind when Selkirk Vics lost 20 nil? this fellae was the goalie!!” … Edited January 5, 2023 by PaddockLad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6799 Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 2 hours ago, Blastronaut said: I bet he felt a right tit doing that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blastronaut 1368 Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 1 hour ago, PaddockLad said: You should share your thoughts with Toonpack, he’s our pet Jambo I’ve had a pint with the goalie the Binos put 20 past v Selkirk sometime in the 80s, he worked with a lad I was at the local tech with. Id have never known but our mutual friend introduced us …..”mind when Selkirk Vics lost 20 nil? this fellae was the goalie!!” … That game was before my time man, know it well but won't claim to "remember" it. Send him up here if he's ever down on his luck, like Snoddy he's an bonafide local hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Whitehurst 996 Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 One of my dad’s best pals was a jambo and I remember going to a preseason friendly at Tynecastle between Hearts and Newcastle in the late 80s (may have been early 90s). I think it may have had something to do with the John Roberston transfer. Anyway, the subs were warming up at half time and one the balls went into the sparsely populated away end, triggering a roughly 20 v 20 kickabout on the terraces. If anyone can beat that for the dullest anecdote about Heart of Midlothian then I’ll send you £5. 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 12427 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 9 hours ago, t00nraider2 said: They get sent to Scotland because they aren't very good. Kuol is no Messi. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 23518 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 basically saying show us the money and he's yours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6799 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 If it came down to Tielemans OR Maddison, which would you prefer? Maddison for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 22678 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 Maddison for me too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBass 3006 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 Likewise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 23518 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 yeah, madison is the game-changer statement signing. i think we also need a ball-playing number 6. i'm not sure tielemens is that player. i think he's more of a longstaff upgrade. my only concern with him is whether he can do the work required off the ball to fit into howe's system, but if we get him i'll trust their judgement 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 36618 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 Maddison is more realistic in the summer imo. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTF 8376 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 18 hours ago, Craig said: If it came down to Tielemans OR Maddison, which would you prefer? Maddison for me. If they're the same price Maddison, if Tielemans is a fair whack less due to when his contract expires, Tielemans who is also younger. They're both quality so we'll get neither for cheap unfortunately and they'll be looking for a nice bump in their wages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTF 8376 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 18 hours ago, Dr Gloom said: yeah, madison is the game-changer statement signing. i think we also need a ball-playing number 6. i'm not sure tielemens is that player. i think he's more of a longstaff upgrade. my only concern with him is whether he can do the work required off the ball to fit into howe's system, but if we get him i'll trust their judgement The good thing about the system is the better you get at it, and the better the players enacting it are, the less work you need to do. I don't think Tielemans or Maddison would have trouble with it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 7506 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 (edited) 20 hours ago, Dr Gloom said: yeah, madison is the game-changer statement signing. i think we also need a ball-playing number 6. i'm not sure tielemens is that player. i think he's more of a longstaff upgrade. my only concern with him is whether he can do the work required off the ball to fit into howe's system, but if we get him i'll trust their judgement Yeah, I get that and its working at the moment so I would be hesitant to change the personnel and system too much. However, somewhere down the line we will start trading blood and guts for more ball retention and technical ability. Edited January 7, 2023 by Holden McGroin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 23518 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 39 minutes ago, Holden McGroin said: Yeah, I get that and its working at the moment so I would be hesitant to change the personnel and system too much. However, somewhere down the line we will start trading blood and guts for more ball retention and technical ability. we definitely need players with better technical ability than the likes of Longstaff. But this high intensity pressing game seems to be the identity Howe is trying to stamp on this team so ideally we will sign technical players who also buy into his philosophy. I trust the recruitment staff to identify who those players are based on the work they’ve done so far. It’s only Wood really who has failed to impress - what’s that, one out of about 10 signings? That’s a decent hit rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 14618 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Tielemans would also help us keep the ball which can be a bit of an issue sometimes. He’d be able to sit behind Bruno, get the ball on the turn and feed it into him when Bruno finds the space between the lines. Then Longstaff becomes the option you use to see games out. He comes on, presses and covers their passing lanes like a mad man for 15 minutes 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 23518 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 10 minutes ago, Ayatollah Hermione said: Tielemans would also help us keep the ball which can be a bit of an issue sometimes. He’d be able to sit behind Bruno, get the ball on the turn and feed it into him when Bruno finds the space between the lines. Then Longstaff becomes the option you use to see games out. He comes on, presses and covers their passing lanes like a mad man for 15 minutes do you see tielemens coming in as the “number six”, as the youngsters put it? I thought he might be better suited as one of the two “number 8s” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7594 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Not sure if Tielemens personality fits the group mind. Comes across as a bit of a prima donna and he will no doubt be asking for £200k pw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonatine 11899 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 22678 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 37 minutes ago, Kid Dynamite said: Not sure if Tielemens personality fits the group mind. Comes across as a bit of a prima donna and he will no doubt be asking for £200k pw That was my thinking. If he joins, he wont be getting 200k surely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 14618 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Dr Gloom said: do you see tielemens coming in as the “number six”, as the youngsters put it? I thought he might be better suited as one of the two “number 8s” Not sure it’ll be that rigid tbh. All our midfielders have the legs to run beyond and I’d think he’d fit in with that. Tielemans, Bruno, Trippier and Almiron on that right hand side is genuinely fearsome. Especially if ASM gets back up to speed on the left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 22678 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Tielemens playing for them today so a cup tied player if he leaves. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 7303 Posted January 7, 2023 Author Share Posted January 7, 2023 Cunt tied more like. Eh @wykikitoon? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 22678 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 4 minutes ago, trophyshy said: Cunt tied more like. Eh @wykikitoon? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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