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Offering misguided musings on Heart of Midlothian FC since 2015. From the wandering mind of @ilobb.bsky.social. Now on Substack. Subscribe via maroonspecs.substack.com. #HMFC

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Maroon Tinted Specs @maroonspecs.substack.com · Dec 1

At what point do you stop plugging a starter pack on here? Not sure how many more have made the maroon and white migration from the other place in the last few weeks. go.bsky.app/H4mm751

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Maroon Tinted Specs @maroonspecs.substack.com · 8d

Full Bloom: Hearts ride to the top off investment and analytics www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Full Bloom: Hearts ride to the top off investment and analytics

The Edinburgh side host Celtic on Sunday five points clear, boosted by the Brighton owner’s access to ‘the best dataset in the world’

www.theguardian.com

Maroon Tinted Specs @maroonspecs.substack.com · 10d

Great piece! Certainly exciting times ahead for Hearts fans, regardless of how Sunday and the rest of the season pan out.

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Opta Analyst @optaanalyst.optajoe.com · 12d

Hearts could open an eight-point gap at the top of the Scottish Premiership this weekend if they defeat Celtic.

Backed by Tony Bloom’s analytics and clever player recruitment, @mattfurniss.bsky.social looks at how the Edinburgh club could change the landscape of Scottish football.

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Maroon Tinted Specs @maroonspecs.substack.com · 29d

This was actually a four-game run though, as Cathro kept the same lineup in his first game away to Rangers.

Maroon Tinted Specs @maroonspecs.substack.com · 29d

Last time we did it in the top flight was between 26 Nov 2016 (a 3-0 win v Motherwell in the penultimate game of Neilson's first spell) and 3 Dec 2016 (a 2-2 draw v County with Daly/Kirk as caretakers).

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Maroon Tinted Specs @maroonspecs.substack.com · 29d

Revised my earlier findings to @sked21.bsky.social's query about the last time we kept the same lineup three times in a row. Looks like it was the 2020-21 season between 6 March 2021 v Dundee and 20 March 2021 v Arbroath.

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Maroon Tinted Specs @maroonspecs.substack.com · Sep 28

I missed that game so couldn't count it on a personal level. Even then, Humphrys' goal (as great as it was) was an opportunistic one that I'm not convinced he'd score again in similar circumstances. There was something so deliberate about Kyzi's yesterday that made it even better.

Maroon Tinted Specs @maroonspecs.substack.com · Sep 28

It may be recency bias at play, but I'm struggling to think of many Hearts goals I've seen at Tynecastle that would rank above Kyziridis' yesterday.

Maroon Tinted Specs @maroonspecs.substack.com · Sep 14

Strange feeling around that win yesterday. Considering Hearts wins at Ibrox are like hen's teeth, the elation should be off the charts. I never expect anything from that fixture. And yet this Rangers side is such a bin-fire just now that I would've been incredibly disappointed if we hadn't won.

Maroon Tinted Specs @maroonspecs.substack.com · Sep 10

🌎 🇨🇷 | In the wee small hours this morning, Kenneth Vargas opened the scoring for Costa Rica with a cool, composed finish less than a minute into their World Cup qualifier against Haiti. He also set up his side's second goal on the night. Hope yet for his Hearts career?

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Maroon Tinted Specs @maroonspecs.substack.com · Sep 5

While I agree with the sentiment, Hanley's played three games for Hibs.

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Maroon Tinted Specs @maroonspecs.substack.com · Aug 16

Good piece but at this stage, for Hearts fans, it's preaching to the converted. For those that still need this broken down (mostly fans and pundits not affiliated with Hearts) it's almost futile trying. They'll maintain wilful ignorance regardless. Best we can do is quietly go about our business.

Maroon Tinted Specs @maroonspecs.substack.com · Aug 16

If I had a pound for every time I saw a Scottish football pundit say something along the lines of "£10m won't be enough for Hearts to challenge the Old Firm", I'd probably have enough to match Tony Bloom's investment. We should welcome this widespread ignorance (wilful or otherwise) of Bloom's work.

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Oldfirmfacts @oldfirmfacts.bsky.social · Aug 15

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Maroon Tinted Specs @maroonspecs.substack.com · Aug 13

They won't admit it openly, but deep down they know this has potential, that it's not some clueless crackpot like Romanov, and it's causing them concern. In public, they'll double down, dismiss it, mock it, wilfully misunderstand it, but it's nothing more than a coping mechanism.

Maroon Tinted Specs @maroonspecs.substack.com · May 24

Fair play! The fact that you've denied Hibs guaranteed Europe until December is absolutely hilarious from a Hearts fans' perspective. Never thought it would happen given how honking Aberdeen have been lately, but I'm all for it. 👏🏻

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Maroon Tinted Specs @maroonspecs.substack.com · May 24

Shades of Rousset 1996 about Schmeichel's error today. Only difference is Rousset's mistake wasn't the main catalyst for the eventual defeat.

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Maroon Tinted Specs @maroonspecs.substack.com · May 19

Quite strange seeing him on our side. Hopefully turns out to be a good fit.

Heart of Midlothian Football Club @thejamtarts.bsky.social · May 19

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Maroon Tinted Specs @maroonspecs.substack.com · May 17

As funny as it would be for Aberdeen to win the cup and deny Hibs guaranteed European group stage football, I fully expect Celtic to annihilate them. The 5-1 on Wednesday could end up looking like foreplay.

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Maroon Tinted Specs @maroonspecs.substack.com · May 17

Deserves credit for stepping up when required but this is for the best. Despite a period away from the club, he was always part of that Levein "boot room" legacy that seemed to linger around every head coach appointment. First clean break we've had in a decade.

Heart of Midlothian Football Club @thejamtarts.bsky.social · May 17

We can confirm the Liam Fox will leave Hearts at the end of the season.

Thank you for everything, Liam ❤️

📖 Read more, including an update from CEO Andrew McKinlay, here ➡️ tinyurl.com/yc563sbc

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Maroon Tinted Specs @maroonspecs.substack.com · May 17

Watching that Aberdeen team slide to fifth place, I simply cannot overstate how galling it is to have not beaten them in four attempts this season. Thelin will be gone before the year is out.

Maroon Tinted Specs @maroonspecs.substack.com · Feb 9

For all the recent positivity around Hearts just now, there's a lingering irritation that we've not beaten this honking Aberdeen side in three attempts.

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Maroon Tinted Specs @maroonspecs.substack.com · May 14

I'd love Beni to be our captain next season but I also imagine any chance of holding onto Shankland would involve him keeping the armband.

Maroon Tinted Specs @maroonspecs.substack.com · May 13

Massive missed opportunity for a final day heel-turn from McInnes: steps into the home dugout, shakes everyone's hands, then plants a couple of chair shots on Kyle Vassell and Bobby Wales, before putting on a Hearts jacket and stepping into the away dugout; JR on the PA system damning him to hell.

Joel Sked @sked21.bsky.social · May 13

🚨 Hearts and Kilmarnock have reached an agreement on Derek McInnes.

McInnes is set to become the new head coach but will remain Killie manager until the end of the season.
www.heartsstandard.co.uk/news/2515848...

Maroon Tinted Specs @maroonspecs.substack.com · Apr 26

I really hope so. It's certainly not like this board to act so swiftly.

Maroon Tinted Specs @maroonspecs.substack.com · Apr 26

Constantly refreshing YouTube hoping to see a live reaction video from @sked21.bsky.social and @craigcairns.bsky.social.

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