Well, here we go. I’ve decided to stop feeling guilty for lack of bloggage in recent months and just accept the fact that sometimes, life just gets in the way. To those who manage to write every day – kudos to you all, I have no idea how you manage it.
So let’s just jump right in…where are we? Well, May brought a much happier finale than the season before and the final run-in ended up going surprisingly smoothly thanks to the tenacity of the team and – let’s be honest here – some rather convenient results elsewhere. Still, there’s absolutely no doubt whatsoever in my mind that our final position in 3rd place was thoroughly deserved. The sight of the players chucking Csaba up in the air and a Tynecastle full of delighted Jambos might have provoked some rather sneering comments from other, less maroon-tinted corners of Scottish football but it was a reaction borne of as much relief as it was excitement. Things had worked out rather nicely last season, but I know I couldn’t really enjoy it properly until I knew we’d actually achieved something or had something to show for our troubles – our Europa League place was just the tonic we needed.
So here we are, a bunch of new signings and the start of a new season is just around the corner. Ian Black has finally arrived after what felt like the longest pre-contract arrangement ever, we have a couple of new faces in Kucharski, Bouzid, Witteveen and Suso, and the return of a familiar face in Jose Goncalves. We’ve lost a few players – most notably Bruno Aguiar, Christos Karipidis and Robbie Neilson – and we’ve been linked with tons of names, some interesting and some far less so. I don’t know why today seemed like a good day to revive this blog, perhaps it was the news that we’ve been linked with a striker who actually seems to have a record of goal-scoring? Of course, it would be churlish to think that we’ve completely acted out of character – apparently Izale McLeod could give Mikey Stewart a run for his money in the hothead stakes – but all cool, calm and reasoned judgement went out of the window when I saw his wee video on youtube. 2 minutes and 48 seconds are all it took to convince me that this is the man who will solve our goalscoring problems, see what you think…
So let’s just jump right in…where are we? Well, May brought a much happier finale than the season before and the final run-in ended up going surprisingly smoothly thanks to the tenacity of the team and – let’s be honest here – some rather convenient results elsewhere. Still, there’s absolutely no doubt whatsoever in my mind that our final position in 3rd place was thoroughly deserved. The sight of the players chucking Csaba up in the air and a Tynecastle full of delighted Jambos might have provoked some rather sneering comments from other, less maroon-tinted corners of Scottish football but it was a reaction borne of as much relief as it was excitement. Things had worked out rather nicely last season, but I know I couldn’t really enjoy it properly until I knew we’d actually achieved something or had something to show for our troubles – our Europa League place was just the tonic we needed.
So here we are, a bunch of new signings and the start of a new season is just around the corner. Ian Black has finally arrived after what felt like the longest pre-contract arrangement ever, we have a couple of new faces in Kucharski, Bouzid, Witteveen and Suso, and the return of a familiar face in Jose Goncalves. We’ve lost a few players – most notably Bruno Aguiar, Christos Karipidis and Robbie Neilson – and we’ve been linked with tons of names, some interesting and some far less so. I don’t know why today seemed like a good day to revive this blog, perhaps it was the news that we’ve been linked with a striker who actually seems to have a record of goal-scoring? Of course, it would be churlish to think that we’ve completely acted out of character – apparently Izale McLeod could give Mikey Stewart a run for his money in the hothead stakes – but all cool, calm and reasoned judgement went out of the window when I saw his wee video on youtube. 2 minutes and 48 seconds are all it took to convince me that this is the man who will solve our goalscoring problems, see what you think…
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