We are the Hearts Blog

Are we heading down the same road again? The defeat at Ibrox at the weekend upset a few but not as much the alleged meddling in team affairs, once again from Vladimir Romanov. Earlier this week Hearts announced the signing of Kaunas goalkeeper Marian Kello, which almost instantly had some supporters bashing away at their [...]

Rangers 2 Hearts 0
Of all people, Miko should know better. The man who was nationally chastised after his dive that earned Lithuania a penalty against Scotland in a World Cup qualifier last year, was again caught in the act at Ibrox today, only a matter of minutes after taking to the field.
He went on to [...]

After their home defeat of Motherwell last week, Hearts tomorrow take on a very ordinary looking Rangers side at Ibrox. If both teams play to the standard they played last week, then Hearts will have a real chance of leaving Glasgow with the three points. Rangers are without several key players due to injury, including [...]

Hearts 3 Motherwell 2
A winning start to the season looked to have been snatched away with just nine minutes remaining, when David Clarkson’s deflected shot found its way past Steve Banks in goal. However, just one minute late, substitute Saulius Mikoliunas won the game for Hearts with a fabulous strike with the outside of his [...]

I was one who wasn’t going to believe that David Obua would be granted a work permit until I seen it. We have had players knocked back in the past, most recently when Belarusian midfielder Gogita Gogua – voted best newcomer in the Russian Premier League when playing for Spartak Nalchik. There was a time [...]

Csaba does speak a good game. In a thirty minute press conference, the Hearts manager continued to convey the types of ideas that are only going to make him popular with the Hearts support. He spoke of avoiding the situation where Hearts would be a club with little or no home-grown talent in the squad, [...]

Greek defender Chritos Karipidis could be on his way back to PAOK Salonika, the club Hearts bought him from for a fee of around £200,000, according to the Edinburgh Evening News. Karipidis, who can play right back or central defence, has only one year remaining on his contract and it is understood that Hearts want [...]

Hearts today announced their squad numbers for the forthcoming season. The list was released on the offical Hearts website, whith only one noticeable absentee, the clubs’ record signing Mirsad Beslija.
Before the list came out, numbers one, five, six, seven and nine were empty and three of these have been filled by Christos Karipidis, Ruben Palazuelos [...]

Hearts owner Vladimir Romanov has targeted being “involved in the business of the team less and less often”. Does this mean he is still involved in team affairs? Maybe this is what manager Csaba Laszlo meant by “together” during his appointment.
“Csaba has plenty of experience working in the football world that allows him to work [...]

Hearts striker Christian Nade has been been ordered to lose weight before he can be considered for the first team again. The former Sheffield United player arrived at Tynecastle at the end of last years’ summer transfer window and has rarely played a full match since.

On arrival we were informed that Nade was short of [...]