27 Dec 2025 13:51:06
Watching the Hibs v Hearts game and have to say that I'm impressed by Hibs. Showing aggression and determination and Hearts are 2nd all over the park, but they are also playing decent football. Aggression, determination and decent football- something we seem incapable of. It really is soul destroying seeing how much Martin and Thelwell have set us back.

27 Dec 2025 16:05:03
and yet despite how poor we are we have won each of the 3 games we have played the this season showing that aggression and determination. or did they not show that during those games and only turn up for Edinburgh derby. not a dig just a genuine attempt to get an answer on why those 3 qualities weren't enough to even score against us.

23 Dec 2025 15:08:26
Hearts about to sign young promising player from holland. Honestly think they will become a major force in Scotland for years to come just like USG in belgium.

23 Dec 2025 19:05:56
Paul he is a Dutch second division 22yo who will need to develop. spent last year as an amateur in the third tier. will cost £500k as well. USG who Bloom also owns were linked so perhaps Hearts being the feeder club to see if he comes good. Hearts just bought Borchgrevink as well as first choice. so development as identified by Bloom. still a risk.

23 Dec 2025 22:52:39
If we were signing the players hearts were from lower leagues around Europe people would be going mental 😁.

23 Dec 2025 23:11:06
Paul they've also signed a young Kazakistan winger with a lot of talent and potential

I also believe we now halve 3 clubs in Scotland and in absolute over the moon to say that.

24 Dec 2025 08:20:20
Stevie I do agree the more teams competing at the top the better for the game and its reputation in this country. Hearts are doing what we should have been doing and building on that core of players every year. we however continue to change the whole team.

I think Jamestown's idea would be to buy young, develop with Hearts and flip them for a profit quickly so will be interesting to see how they manage that and stay competitive. interesting times.

24 Dec 2025 10:52:05
Interestingly, I know you'll appreciate this Angus, the Jamestown model works a little differently from the typical 'buy young' model.

In simple terms, first of all it evaluates every player in your squad and each player gets a rating (like the FIFA games).

When recruiting they never bring in a player who is rated lower than they have in that position - so theoretically they are always improving the squad.

They also don't apply ratings to players, outside the the Bloom Group, until the have played a minimum number of games - it's usually around 2 seasons worth of data. So they avoid buying young untested, or reputational, talent.

They also only buy players who's data is trending up consistently - again looking to avoid those players who hit purple patches and with a higher likelihood of developing further.

Over the last window, I think the average age of signings was around 24/25.

It's a fascinating approach.

24 Dec 2025 13:22:13
EHL you are right I do find that interesting as I always wondered how they approached it. A bit different from our fans approach as they vote to sign if someone has a decent game against us 😂.
I can see how that approach works with the young Kazakh winger as he is the bets young player in the country and has performed it seems for the last few years.

but with the young Dutch lad he played amateur last year and then only a handful of games this year. so they must have an algorithm which evens out the difference in league quality etc.
would our supposed pursuit of MCCulloch be with a view to learning and implementing a system from Brighton to improve our current system. always easier to copy than innovate.

24 Dec 2025 14:14:27
I think you may need to double check the Dutch player - unless there is 2.

The RB they are linked to is 22, played c30 games in the Dutch 3rd tier last year and almost the same again in the second tier this year.

I double checked, the Jamestown tool requires players to have recorded 3,000 minutes of first team game time before they are captured and the analytics begins.

On McCulloch, nope - as the analytics is locked down and managed by Jamestown Analytics - not by any of the clubs.

24 Dec 2025 17:39:30
Bit different to our standard approach, had one decent game, has a Gammy leg, kecks his pants in front of a big crowd and spends more time on the treatment table than Joan rivers.
Dobbertown analytic it could be could.

24 Dec 2025 18:39:29
EHL when I looked he played last year for amateur side De Treffers in the third tier. so his 23/24 side were amateur so I assumed he was as well. wondered how the data analysis would compare that level to say Dutch 1st division or even second. a bit like comparing the Junior leagues over here but may be well wide of the mark.

knew the system would be locked down but wondered if we thought he could add to the process re scouting and using a data system if any sort.

25 Dec 2025 15:30:09
Hearts with need to work very smart because they just won't have Celtic and Rangers turnovers, but other teams challenging can only be a winner for our league.

26 Dec 2025 22:17:30
As hearts improve they will be able to command a higher % of tv rights and so on to try match up with old firm.

27 Dec 2025 08:51:23
Just for comparison,

Celtics turnover was +£140m, ours was, +£90m and Hearts +£20m.

At a really high level the UEFA cost control rules limit clus to spending 70% of revenue on players wages and transfers.

So you can see just how significant an impact this has on both Rangers and Hearts - who are both in a position where their owners would be willing to spend.

It's also restrictive on Celtic as even though they are cash rich, they are limited in what they can spend.

20 Dec 2025 20:48:53
Can't wait until tomorrow a lot is going to show just what / how the season is going to progress, think Celtic will win tomorrow Aberdeen are shocking our game take a draw at the worst.

20 Dec 2025 22:08:46
Aberdeen are one of the form teams in the league right now so could well get a result tomorrow though don't think they will.

20 Dec 2025 22:53:48
A win for gers and it will pile the pressure on Celtic who play later.

20 Dec 2025 03:12:30
Guys are Celtic headed for admin? Few people told me tonight that there trying to sell McGregor maeda to try and stop it, wondered if anyone in the know has heard anything?

20 Dec 2025 10:21:34
Can't see it.
Desmond has plenty of money.

20 Dec 2025 12:58:25
With 70 mills in bank?

20 Dec 2025 16:30:47
Don't believe everything you here bud.

20 Dec 2025 17:29:11
Not a chance unfortunately. Would love to see their words come back to bite them but ain't happening.

20 Dec 2025 18:37:02
I would start speaking to different people 😱. they had £70m in their bank balance in summer and didn't buy anyone according to their fans.

20 Dec 2025 19:54:59
I've posted a few times don't think they've got the money the fans think, a stand to be demolished and rebuilt, Tick Tock💣.

20 Dec 2025 22:55:30
According to accounts to 30th June 2025 got £73M in bank so Humpty Dumpty needs to be put back together 😄.