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It seems so strange to say that. How did this even happen? A year ago I would have laughed if I was told we could win the league in my life time.

Dont think i was even this bad before the Hibs cup final. I cant think of the game tonight without my stomach doing cartwheels. 1981 was my first game at Tynecastle & I've never felt like this. I just want to get to the geound now, sit in ny seat & wait.

How arw the rest of you coping?

Hello Hearts fans!
First of all I wish you the best on your championship effort.
Secondly I am a football fan from Greece.
Mainly because of the story being written here (and secondary because I need you to win for my team to get better cl ticket) I would love to watch today's game.
If you could tell me how an outside fan can watch the game I'd be grateful!
Thanks in advance!

My club (Internacional) also hasn't won the league for 46 years, so I kinda know how it feels

Honestly can’t believe how quickly some people are willing to give up on this after today.

Celtic still need to go and get a result at Fir Park to even earn the right to take it to Parkhead on Saturday.

And even if they do, if we win on Wednesday - we don’t even need to beat them. Just avoid defeat.

Either way - worst case is, we will be in with a game next Saturday to take the title.

Really hope the team have more fighting spirit than some of the folk who are already waving the white flag this afternoon.

Just saw an email from Scotland's Coefficient laying out the different potential scenarios for the title. Seeing it there, it hit me that even if we beat Motherwell and Falkirk, if Celtic also win their next two games they can win the title by beating us by three goals at Parkhead.

Fuck that.

Mon the Rangers on Sunday.

Fuck you Charlie Mulgrew and your shite about Colin Chisholm. The man is a national treasure and you’re a wee bitter baw bag that could nae stick it as the manager of Kelty Hearts.

Beat it ya wank.

That is all

Just got news my dad has got tonight off work after fighting for it for weeks.

I know there is a slim chance of getting some now but if it was at all possible then that would be amazing.

Happy to meet at the ground and pay a little over face value if need be.

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Bias out front, Celtic fan here. But also a football fan. Followed closely the data revolution ushered in by Bloom over the last decade, fascinated by Hearts success this season.

But that's brought me to an opinion which I can only evolve talking to Hearts supporters.

I feel McInnes is not getting even close to the credit he deserves for his work.

To me, this season is much more about McInnes than it is about Jamestown. When I watch Hearts, I see a very similar side to McInnes' Aberdeen sides.

Now, without doubt, Jamestown has helped by sprinkling in the Bragas etc. But this is a side powered by hard work and consistency defined by an excellent spine of the team, none of whom are Jamestown finds. I'm thinking Halkett, Devlin, Shankland etc.

To look back to the Aberdeen comparison, McInnes TWICE finished above a huge spending Rangers side and had Celtic not been organised under Rodgers Aberdeen would have won the league back then without a doubt.

But this is counter to the popular narrative that this has been sparked by Jamestown.

The truth? Jamestown haven't even started yet. This is a McInnes project. Once Jamestown's influence gets going it will be a different kind of competition. Hearts will have players throughout the squad who physically and technically are better than Celtic and Rangers players.

If Celtic & Rangers continue operating so incompetently a Jamestown Hearts will not just compete but will walk the league.

To me, that's not speculation. That's fact. Brighton, St Gilloise, Como, Ipswich all prove this.

So I was wondering, am I wrong? Is this really more about those players Jamestown have found than the work of McInnes? And will Jamestowns influence lead to simply more of the same, or should we expect to see this version of Hearts evolve into one who can compete with the very best versions of Celtic & Rangers consistently?