Roger Hanna
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I was just going to say, just beforehand, that we talk about the physical presence that Rangers have.
I mean, Craig Halkett is, what, six, seven inches shorter than Yusuf Chermitty?
And then Ryan Nadir in that last occasion.
The amount of first balls, direct headers he's won...
in this second half has been really important for Hartz I've played with him he's such an aggressive attacker of the ball and at this moment in time if he keeps defending the way he's defending there's no doubt that Rangers aren't going to create many more chances Oh that's a bit of a missed opportunity for Hartz because oh my goodness I think it might just be Craig
well I can actually remember a couple of incidents that Hearts have done this this season you know Denz Park when they go down to 10 men they have a back four I think it was Frankie Kent Craig Halkic Stuart Finlay and Jamie McCart I mean it was four centre halves and they actually encouraged Dundee to go wide and put crosses into the box because they felt they could defend it
and they needed Craig Gordon to produce the save of the season yeah and they needed Craig Gordon obviously a spectacular moment the 96 minute but one thing's for sure with the Kibori entering the fray I mean it's real pace to try and hit Rangers on the counter attack any time it breaks down as Rangers also reply by Bojan Miosi coming on for Diamandis that's three strikers on the pitch for Rangers this is going to be an aerial battle for the next by the time they add the time on it'll be about 15 17 minutes probably
It's difficult to see.
I mean, Jeddi Gassama tries to make a run in behind.
It's not going to get given, I don't think.
And there is a collision.
Whether there's intent from Stuart Finlay to...
maybe it's not the camera's just zooming in on Gassama we didn't actually get a great look from it but it's one of them well it's playing on so it's not a penalty anyway but it's one of them as soon as you see the two players go down in the box in that scenario at this stage of the game button ups play on
but anyway I think that was a that's John Beaton everything's a claim at the moment I don't think that was a massive claim from Rangers when you see it back am I being unfair or have I just not seen it enough we didn't really see a clear reput but like I said it didn't look as if there was much in it at all it just looked as if that Jeddi Gasama's trying to run round the back of Stuart Finlay and they just collide and he goes into the box
but for me the angles that we've seen so far I think John Beaton gets the correct decision 85 gone but there's a long time to play here for sure there has to be at least 7 minutes would we say I think there'll certainly be more than 5 like you said there's been so many stoppages there's been head knocks there's been physios coming on there's been I think probably 10 or so subs or something like that I've lost track of the number of substitutions the Rangers goal came from a Tavernier throw in when Asgard hit the bar it came from a Tavernier throw in
Yeah they had a lot of pressure on the ball before they made it 2-1 and Rangers found it very difficult to get up the pitch but you can see now that they're trying to kind of hold on to what they've got they're almost inviting Rangers pressure they've obviously got that flat back five but they're defending well on this so far no Rangers other than that
I think it's at this stage of the game Gordon I mean Rangers have been extremely direct all game and when it comes from like you said desperation mode and they've got three strikers on the pitch they're actually playing short of passes now they've got to keep the ball it's you've brought on the three strikers to try and make hearts defend and put the balls into the box and Rangers haven't done that I mean
almost at all in the second half and you can see there's a lot of nervous home supporters in the crowd as the camera's panning across them and no wonder because what a huge three points this will be in the context of this title race this must be unbearable for Hearts fans Roger Hanna just to try and see this out from here because they know just how big
I didn't think there was any left I forgot about Frankie Kent right runners through them so they now have Frankie Kent they have Craig Alcott they have Stuart Finlay they have Jamie McCart Jamie McCart Steinvinder Steinvinder so they have five centre-halves on the pitch and they've got a couple of wing-backs in there as well but I tell you what if we're playing injury time bingo what's this going to be now when it flashes up Jim Jefferies who we mentioned earlier was a hard centre-half in his day he'll probably be getting stripped to come on for the last two or three minutes of stoppage time I didn't know that was he?
Yeah, 7, you were right.