Hearts now relying on wind power
By: Graham | February 25th, 2008Stephen Frail is reported today suggesting that games should be called off when it’s too windy. The temptation to link such a remark to the normal status of commentary emanating from Tynecastle is severe but I shall pass.
And it was passing that gave Hearts victory against Motherwell on Saturday. Both teams struggled with the conditions but Hearts simply coped the better. A poor game, made poorer still by the wind (as spotted by Mr. Frail) but Hearts ended up slightly less poor than Motherwell. Last week, Hearts played as well as they have done in recent weeks and got thumped 3-0: this week they were back to the form of their slump phase and snatched a win. That’s football, of course, and Hearts especially.
With Andrius Velicka out ‘injured’, we had to rely on Motherwell to score our goal. Stephen Craigan’s winner was a belter, hitting the roof of the net before Graeme Smith could raise his mits. As soon as the goal went in, Hearts seemed to think the game was won and began to sit back. Perhaps they assumed the rest of the Motherwell defence was going to add further goals.
Oh, and Mr. Frail? It was windy and Hearts won. That’s 3 points. We need points. I’ll take a win in the wind any day.
I doubt Hearts can rely on other teams being as generous and Wednesday’s game against the ‘Gers may well be hairy if we’re expecting Cousin and Boyd, for instance, to start cracking them in at the wrong end. If Velicka’s £1m pelvis is better, then that would be something at least. However, it seems increasingly likely that this is one Lithuanian pelvic injury that will be getting better on the other side of the North Sea.
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