mitch14 Posted February 27, 2018 Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 Firstly, great point, would have taken that before the game and the conditions played a part for sure. Are we allowed to say it or will I be banished? Steve Clarke... got it wrong. We looked transformed with Erwin up front. I could see what we were going for with Brophy but it was too defensive and we kept lumping long balls at him. I think Tshbola did OK but we could have used Dickers bite. An odd night to have Mulumbu and Power both way below par. As someone said walking out - hopefully saving the performance for Aberdeen. All that said, the belief was still there, coming back into a game so strongly away from home is brilliant and they kept fighting. On to Pittodrie. -3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gdevoy Posted February 27, 2018 Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 Would have taken a point before the game. We had chances to nick it right at the end but it turned into a real nail biter with the penalty. Well done to Jamie getting us the point. We will have to up the standard on Saturday though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Y Posted February 27, 2018 Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 Did BB borrow his grandson's jaiket? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakyarmadillo Posted February 27, 2018 Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 I managed to catch a dodgy stream for the second half. I heard barely a whisper from the hearts fans and that strong Killie away chimed up every 3 or 4 minutes. Great effort to all who made it. A decent point. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMO Posted February 27, 2018 Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 I have moaned about our pitch and how skillfull players struggle but seeing that pitch tonight skillfull players would struggle on that too. Played a massive part in the Hearts goal. Torn now about whether we want a grass pitch or not as the 'great' pitch I remember was when the ground was a bowl so well aired, you do feel a grass pitch in our current stadium in the West of Scotland winter might not be so great 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewarty66 Posted February 27, 2018 Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 After being a bit under pressure we came on to a game again when the 2 changes were made. A good point. Hearts are strong at Tynecastle. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killie71 Posted February 27, 2018 Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 A scrappy first half, then pretty much controlled the second half, apart from the last few minutes. A deserved point. Power was poor tonight, but we'll forgive him (because he has been immense for the last few months). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken T Posted February 27, 2018 Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 Was a strange atmosphere - the Hearts fans (those who showed up anyway) didn't get behind their team at all and it was a piss poor game in horrible conditions. Deffo take a point. Thawing out on train home! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangodog Posted February 27, 2018 Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 9 minutes ago, Mister Y said: Did BB borrow his grandson's jaiket? Ann Budge gave a reciprocal present of an iron for Billy Bowie's troosers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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piffer Posted February 27, 2018 Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 12 minutes ago, IMO said: I have moaned about our pitch and how skillfull players struggle but seeing that pitch tonight skillfull players would struggle on that too. Played a massive part in the Hearts goal. Torn now about whether we want a grass pitch or not as the 'great' pitch I remember was when the ground was a bowl so well aired, you do feel a grass pitch in our current stadium in the West of Scotland winter might not be so great Were Hearts not supposed to be putting in one of those fancy mix of natural grass and synthetic pitches for this season? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfc_superteam Posted February 27, 2018 Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 To be fair Naismith didn't celebrate scoring against us. From his interview on Alba if conditions were right I think he'd like to be playing for us! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killie1961 Posted February 27, 2018 Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 24 minutes ago, kfc_superteam said: To be fair Naismith didn't celebrate scoring against us. From his interview on Alba if conditions were right I think he'd like to be playing for us! He would if if it was a grass pitch 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR1869 Posted February 27, 2018 Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 Should we jump on the bandwagon and blame the pitch for not winning the game? I suspect SC will not be banging on and on and on about it. Good point away from home 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraz65 Posted February 27, 2018 Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 1 hour ago, mitch14 said: Firstly, great point, would have taken that before the game and the conditions played a part for sure. Are we allowed to say it or will I be banished? Steve Clarke... got it wrong. We looked transformed with Erwin up front. I could see what we were going for with Brophy but it was too defensive and we kept lumping long balls at him. I think Tshbola did OK but we could have used Dickers bite. An odd night to have Mulumbu and Power both way below par. As someone said walking out - hopefully saving the performance for Aberdeen. All that said, the belief was still there, coming back into a game so strongly away from home is brilliant and they kept fighting. On to Pittodrie. I'm not sure that meant SC got it wrong. It's easier to play against tired central defenders when you come on after sixty minutes. It was probably the intention all along. I don't agree that Mulumbu was way below par. I thought he was excellent. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillinger Posted February 28, 2018 Report Share Posted February 28, 2018 For me, one of the most disappointing performances of the Clarke era. The early goal probably wasn't part of the game plan, but regardless, from there it looked to be the plan to sit deep and let them have the ball right in to the middle third. When we had the ball, we didn't look particularly interested in doing much with it - none of the lovely, quick passing football we've come to expect. Don't know if that was the conditions or a deliberate tactic - the pitch certainly seemed slippy, as evidenced by two or three slips in the lead up to the equaliser. Thought we were quite niggly too - Hearts fans seemed quite aggrieved. No idea why Mulumbu has committed that foul on the wrong side of Lafferty, but we have Macdonald to thank for rescuing the point. It probably says a lot about how much expectations have risen that we're going up against a good Hearts side away from home and coming away disappointed we didn't give a better account of ourselves. A point is probably not a bad result from a none-too-easy on the eye performance. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJout Posted February 28, 2018 Report Share Posted February 28, 2018 1 hour ago, kfc_superteam said: To be fair Naismith didn't celebrate scoring against us. From his interview on Alba if conditions were right I think he'd like to be playing for us! He was an absolute dick all night. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C4mmy31 Posted February 28, 2018 Report Share Posted February 28, 2018 Jamie's Penalty save........ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted February 28, 2018 Report Share Posted February 28, 2018 Any pics of away end? Hearts wouldn't have taken that midweek. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thebigguy68 Posted February 28, 2018 Report Share Posted February 28, 2018 Wow.............some people on this forum disappointed with that tonight? Hearts..unbeaten at tynevastle since April...above us in the league...4 times the player budget...yet w3 took it to them and the result ( which was deserved) keeps us favourite to finish above them. Would lafferty have given Jamie Mac a chance to save that penalty if we were killie of last few seasons? No....things like this happen because we are a force and opposing teams are intimidated....there are three leagues within the spl....we are prime position now to win the middle league.....after 3 points in 8 games....massive result and performance tonight. Proud of this squad. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pompey Repatriated Posted February 28, 2018 Report Share Posted February 28, 2018 Funny sort of match. Don't think I've seen a game where both teams have dominated for such long periods. Us for the first 15. Pressing, doubling up and Mulumbu running the show. Then we seemed to stop and Mulumbu disappeared and it was all Hearts till about 60 minutes then we dominated till near the end. Soft penalty but shouldn't have happened. Thought Jones was fairly anonymous 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C4mmy31 Posted February 28, 2018 Report Share Posted February 28, 2018 (edited) Jamie MacDonald produced a dramatic late penalty save to ensure Killie returned from Tynecastle with a hard-earned point. The Killie shot stopper was forced into action to deny Kyle Lafferty in the final minute after the Northern Irishman had been fouled in the box. Eamonn Brophy gave Killie the lead after just two minutes, latching onto a fine long pass before beating Christophe Berra and nutmegging Jon McLaughlin, who had a fine night for the hosts. Killie settled into the match well in tough conditions with a heavy pitch making good football difficult on a cold winter night in the capital. Just as the visitors had settled the home side responded with a series of errors and slips allowing former Killie ace Steven Naismith to head home his first Hearts goal. Craig Levein’s men were on the up and it took a fantastic goalline clearance from Greg Taylor to keep Killie level at the break. The conditions began to take their toll with both Gordon Greer and goalscorer Brophy forced off with minor injuries ahead of Saturday’s cup clash with Aberdeen. Stuart Findlay and Lee Erwin came on and both players contributed to a controlled Killie display in the second period. McLaughlin was called into action to deny Erwin as well as a fine late header from Jordan Jones. As the match moved into the final stages and the fine Killie support must have feared the worst. First Jones was denied a winner by another excellent McLaughlin save. And at the other end Mulumbu put his hands on Lafferty’s shoulder and a penalty was awarded. Just as he had at Ibrox earlier this term, MacDonald stood tall and guessed the right way to stop the spot kick. And Killie then held on to maintain their recent momentum and head to pittodrie on Saturday with confidence. Kilmarnock: MacDonald; O'Donnell, Broadfoot, Greer (Findlay), Taylor; Power, Mulumbu, Tshibola (Wilson); Jones, McKenzie, Brophy (Erwin) Att: 15,862 Edited February 28, 2018 by C4mmy31 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pompey Repatriated Posted February 28, 2018 Report Share Posted February 28, 2018 Thought Naismith not to be booked for persistent fouling 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killieboykfc Posted February 28, 2018 Report Share Posted February 28, 2018 Was there f**k 15k people there!!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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