Hearts 1 - 0 Inverness CT

League Match
Saturday, April 26th, 2008, 3:00 PM at Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 15,423
Referee: Dougie McDonald
Hearts Inverness CT

Goalscorers
Glen (80) None.

Team Managers
Stephen Frail Craig Brewster

Starting Eleven
Banks
Thomson
Karipidis
Berra
Goncalves
Jonsson
Palazuelos
Cesnauskis
Mikoliunas
Elliot
Glen
Michael Fraser
Richard Hastings
Ross Tokely
David Proctor
Barry Wilson
Roy McBain
Russell Duncan
Don Cowie
Dennis Wyness
Marius Niculae
Dougie Imrie

Bench
Screpis
Rapnik
Ivaskevicius
Ridgers
Zbigniew Małkowski
Guy Kerr
Ian Black
Markus Paatelainen
Iain Vigurs
Graham Bayne
Rory McAllister

Substitutions
Cesnauskis => Wallace (52)
Elliot => Zaliukas (76)
Glen => Robinson 992)
Graham Bayne for Dennis Wyness (65)
Markus Paatelainen for Barry Wilson (72)
Rory McAllister for Marius Niculae (83)

Bookings
Jonsson (51)
Mikoliunas (70)
Roy McBain (90)

Red Cards
None. None.
Appearances & Goals To Date
Michael Fraser (GK) 57 apps -
David Proctor 63 apps4 goals
Richard Hastings 333 apps3 goals
Ross Tokely 437 apps29 goals
Barry Wilson 335 apps81 goals
Don Cowie 38 apps8 goals
Roy McBain 297 apps18 goals
Russell Duncan 257 apps9 goals
Dennis Wyness 242 apps101 goals
Dougie Imrie 12 apps1 goal
Marius Niculae 35 apps10 goals
Markus Paatelainen (sub) 22 apps3 goals
Graham Bayne (sub) 130 apps20 goals
Rory McAllister (sub) 55 apps4 goals

Starting Lineup
Youngest Player:David Proctor (24 years 58 days)
Oldest Player:Marius Niculae (2009 years 270 days)
Average Player Age:29 years 18 days
Domestic Players:10 (90.91 % of starting eleven)

Matchday Squad
Youngest Player:Iain Vigurs (19 years 359 days)
Oldest Player:Zbigniew Małkowski (2009 years 270 days)
Average Player Age:27 years 196 days
Domestic Players:17 (94.44 % of matchday squad)

First Team Debuts

Milestones

Caley Thistle travelled to Tynecastle off the back of 2 victories and some much improved performances.

Unfortunately, this game turned out to be a pretty drab affair that had 0-0 written all over it until Hearts youngster Gary Glen played a nice one-two before slotting the ball away on the 80th minute. Caley Thistle stay in 9th spot and now wait for the visit of Gretna on Saturday.

Immortal Howden Ender has this Starometer for us. He's no a happy bunny.

Fraser **** Looked very assured today and saved us from a much bigger defeat - Impressed - MOM

Rosscoe ** Real Jekyll and Hyde performance

Proctor ** Despite what the eejit Brewster may think - he proved today that he is not a central defender.

Hastings ** If only Caley 100 was here - he would have been crucified - Sturdy enuff defensively but hoof hoof hoof.

McBain - ***: Looked good in the first half but went a bit Invisible in the second - but that is Ok at left back - Worth a run here as I had strenuously advocated.

Bazza - ** Struggled - why is he playing him from the start - he is a half hour man away from home :029:

Cowie ** can someone tell me where he was supposed to be playing. Brewster is totally wasting him.

Duncan ***: Excellent defensively until he is forced to pass !!! :029:

Imrie *** Played his heart out but still looks like an SFL player in the SPL.

Wyness * Bye Bye Denzil - why did you last so long today - ANSWER - Brewster humiliation.

Niculae ** Usual totally ineffective away performance.

I am NOT going to say anything about the subs

BREWSTER was totally INEPT tactically - we went 4-4-2 when it was crying out for a 4-5-1. :018: :018: :018:

He played Marius as the hole and Wyness and Bayne as the front men - FECKIN RIDICULOUS. What a feckin waste - Marius played a few good touches but did bugger all :023: :023:

Brew actually appeared to be taunting Black - The game totally cried out for his introduction. Brew is an arrogant power mad .......... censored :laugh:

Match report written by tm4tj



Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1. Celtic 34 24 5 5 76 23 53 77
2. Rangers 31 24 3 4 74 26 48 75
3. Motherwell 33 16 5 12 44 41 3 53
4. Dundee Utd 35 14 10 11 51 41 10 52
5. Hibernian 35 14 9 12 49 41 8 51
6. Hearts 35 13 9 13 46 50 -4 48
7. Aberdeen 35 13 8 14 45 55 -10 47
8. Falkirk 35 11 10 14 40 45 -5 43
9. Inverness CT 35 12 3 20 44 59 -15 39
10. St. Mirren 34 9 9 16 25 51 -26 36
11. Kilmarnock 35 8 10 17 35 50 -15 34
12. Gretna 35 4 7 24 30 77 -47 19