Ewan Murray
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It could be three.
Exactly.
We were talking about that in the pub after the game on Monday.
What margin would you be comfortable with going to Celtic Park?
And none of us came up with a margin that was sufficiently comfortable.
But listen, you know, I'm getting into this fanboy mode and I'm quite happy to do it because I think it's reasonable in this, given what's going on.
But for the Scottish game, this has been an almighty fillip.
I mean, you know, Celtic Rangers, say for the last number of years, just Celtic, it became monotonous, it became dull, it became non-competitive.
And the number of people, the number of messages I've had and people I've spoken to everywhere
who have now said, now they know my affiliation, but anyway, what about Hearts?
What's happening in Scotland?
It has generated a level of interest and intrigue and just that competition, that element of unknown that has been so badly needed and it's been fantastic for the game as a whole this season.
I mean, Tony Bloom has got involved, and Bloom's involvement is significant, obviously given what he can bring himself, but also he gave Hearts access to Jamestown, the analytics company, to source players, and a couple of them who they've sourced are very, very good.
And I think Bloom's involvement and the Jamestown link
I can't quantify this, but it raised the mood and it raised optimism among supporters where they thought, hang on, maybe this is possible.
Where Bloom came in and said, you know, I want to disrupt Scottish football.
He didn't think it would be this quick.
But the fact he spoke about it and said, I will do this, that brought an atmosphere that hasn't been seen for a long, long time in Scotland.
So that's one part.
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