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00:03 - Speaking about pressure,

00:03 I think that takes us nicely on to Hearts against Aberdeen.

00:06 This is a really interesting fixture for me

00:09 because I think whoever loses that game,

00:13 the pressure is gonna be ramped up on them

00:15 about whether it's Barry Robson

00:16 or whether it's Stephen Naismith.

00:18 'Cause Aberdeen's start to the season has been

00:22 way below what the Aberdeen fan base were expecting

00:26 given the investment in the squad so far

00:30 and given the success Barry Robson had last season.

00:33 Hearts, on the other hand,

00:34 things just, there's just something

00:36 that's maybe not quite clicking there.

00:38 I think you'd be better placed to answer that.

00:40 But what do you sort of think it is at Hearts at the moment?

00:43 I mean, is it gonna make any difference

00:45 now that Stephen Naismith,

00:47 we've sort of done away with this technical director,

00:49 Frankie McEvoy's the head coach.

00:51 Stephen Naismith is the head coach now,

00:53 but everyone within Hearts already knew

00:55 that was the case anyway, as far as I can see.

00:58 So is that gonna make any difference, just that clarity?

01:01 Or do you think there's something else there

01:03 with the players that's maybe just not quite clicking?

01:06 - Yeah, it does provide clarity.

01:09 And I think that's important.

01:11 Football players, football fans, football pundits,

01:15 everybody like clarity.

01:17 Everybody likes to know who's in charge,

01:19 what the situation is, et cetera.

01:21 So Hearts have got that now.

01:23 So there isn't that sort of,

01:24 you can't hide behind any excuses,

01:27 and not that they were doing that to begin with.

01:28 But there's a clear structure in place now,

01:32 and you know who the box stops with.

01:34 You're right to say that things

01:36 haven't been clicking there at all.

01:38 And the league table shows that.

01:40 Likewise, Aberdeen, both of them in a similar predicament.

01:42 So there's a lot riding on this game at the weekend.

01:46 Hearts-Aberdeen games are always good,

01:48 good fixtures anyway.

01:49 There's always a lot going on.

01:50 They're always intense and quite dramatic at times.

01:53 And I don't see this one being any different,

01:55 even though it's earlier in the season.

01:57 - It'll be interesting to see

01:58 how both teams approach the match.

01:59 I didn't get the chance to see Aberdeen-Hibs.

02:02 I saw Aberdeen's second leg against Haken

02:06 in the Europa qualifiers.

02:07 I did see Motherwell-Hearts.

02:10 Hearts, it was frantic.

02:13 And Stephen Nesmith, if you could tell

02:15 by his instructions on the touchline,

02:17 he wanted them to take more risks,

02:19 go for that through ball or that overlap,

02:22 or just be a bit more punchy, if you like.

02:25 Aberdeen, they're going with this back,

02:28 sort of Scotland set up, kind of, a back three.

02:31 I think the idea behind it is to make sure

02:34 that Duke and Miovsky can both play through the middle,

02:38 rather than Duke maybe being pushed out wide

02:40 where he's potentially less effective.

02:42 But the back three for Aberdeen,

02:45 it just, it doesn't seem to be working.

02:47 The defenders, I just,

02:49 they clearly haven't played together enough

02:52 and they're just not on the same wavelength.

02:54 And there's so much space just in between them.

02:58 A back three, I feel, it needs to be compact.

03:00 It needs to be tight, doesn't it?

03:03 'Cause if you leave space in between,

03:04 then that's where the ball's gonna go.

03:06 And I think that is something Hearts could exploit,

03:09 but rather than how they approached the Motherwell game,

03:12 where it was sort of fifth gear from kickoff,

03:16 they maybe just want to take their time

03:18 and try and break that, break it down a bit slower

03:21 and just, they don't need to take as many risks,

03:24 I don't think.

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