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YOUNG Steven Naismith, below, is
said to be a signing target – and
he’s a player I’d pay to watch.
Steven deserved his Young
Player of the Year award and if
Make champs beach bums
Hearts go for UK-based players
this summer, he’d be on my list.
I’ve said all along we need a
IF HEARTS need any extra incentive to beat
20-goal-a-season striker. Velicka
Celtic this weekend they should just look at
has done OK with seven in the
the top of the league table.
league, but players like Naismith,
Chris Killen and Scott McDonald
well ahead of the rest. But that’
Statistics don’t lie. Celtic are worthy SPL
s another motivating
winners,
factor for Hearts. Beat the newly-crowned champs
and take them down a peg or two.
getting across this week to gee the boys up a bit
That’s something Stevie Frail might have been
more – although the UEF
it is Celtic in Glasgow should be motivation enough.
A Cup spot and the fact
the beach they’ll be lying on in a few weeks. If they
Hopefully the Celtic players’ minds might be on
take their eye of
On the other hand the pressure is of
f the ball we could steal something.
so they might play with a bit more freedom. Gordon
f Celtic now,
Strachan may even put the kids out – so it’
to predict how Celts will approach this one.
s difficult
have almost doubled that – while
Kris Boyd has hit 19 in the SPL.
much? Do they have the appetite for a battle?
I’ve no doubt Celtic will be up for it – but how
In the middle we look strong,
though a lot depends on whether
at Ibrox to see whether Celtic want a fight or not.
Hearts must get stuck in early doors like we did
we keep Kingston and Brellier.
At the back Christophe Berra
Ibrox and the fact Hearts started well and took the
We can take encouragement from the first half at has been superb – but as
lead. Berra, Brellier and Kingston were standouts
a team we need two or three
– but we need to do that over the full 90 minutes.
CONTR
Kingston,
OL:
quality signings.
But it’ll take hard work to get
goal, a good finish from V
It was a great play from Kingston that led to the
abo
Br
ve, and
sat back after that and they made us pay
elicka. Unfortunately we
.
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goal is rarely enough at Ibrox. W
We needed to be more adventurous as one in midfield
v
ellier will
e to rule
gone for the jugular and stopped Barry Ferguson
e should have
from running the show
On Sunday we must get on top of Paul
.
Showtime
them. With all the turmoil this
season some players may have
second thoughts about coming
Hartley and
play – which means Brellier and Kingston
Thomas Gravesen, if they
have to boss that midfield.
after Celtic
here. A lot may depend on
whether we are in Europe . . .
against Killie so we have to take some-
I can’t see Aberdeen dropping points
Parksaves
Intertoto snub is strange
thing. Do that and we’ll have every
chance going into the game against the
I ALWAYS saw plenty of the action
Dons the following Sunday.
at Celtic Park, like most visiting
goalkeepers. You knew you were
in for a tough shift.
That said I always enjoyed
going there and didn’t do too
badly. Penalty saves from Murdo
MacLeod and Mo Johnston, left,
I FIND it a bit odd that Hearts have Intertoto would at least have given
stick out in my mind.
decided not to enter the Intertoto Cup. the fans something to look forward
Early on in my career I recall
I don’t see the reasoning behind to through the summer.
we got a 4-1 doing there – but to
knocking back the opportunity. There is an argument that entering
be honest it could have been 12.
With the tough run-in we’ve got it’s it can cause burn-out later in the
I performed pretty well that
going to be hard to get a UEFA Cup season because you start so early.
day and after that game Saint
place, so having the Intertoto as a But it’s still a road into the UEFA Cup.
and Greavesie got me on their
back-up would have been sensible. It’s a strange decision. I just hope it
show and said that with a name
If we miss out on third spot then the doesn’t backfire on Hearts.
like mine I couldn’t be Scottish!
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