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Critchley off to a Hearts flier with Omonia | Hearts Digest Podcast
Edinburgh Evening News
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24/10/2024
Lewis Anderson sits in the host chair as Barry Anderson looks over Neil Critchley's appointment as Hearts head coach, and first game in charge.
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It'll be another different test of course on Thursday night, St Mirren were very poor
00:06
by their standards, a lot of defensive lapses offered very little in the final third, Hearts
00:12
is back four in particular, very rarely tested. As you say Barry, Ammonia will present a totally
00:18
different test.
00:19
Yeah, I think you're looking at probably two games at the opposite end of the spectrum
00:23
in terms of what kind of opposition you're facing because Ammonia will come and try and
00:27
keep the ball. Their ball retention skills are good, they've got pace out wide. The style
00:35
of their play isn't massively suited to what you might call the traditional British football
00:38
so yes, there'll be an element of things at Hearts where they'll say, right if we can
00:43
get in their faces we can unsettle them and we're aggressive and we're pressing them and
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we can knock them out of their rhythm. That'll be when Hearts don't have the ball. When Ammonia
00:50
have got the ball and Hearts will need to be after them, closing spaces and pressing
00:54
them back, not giving them any space. When Hearts have the ball they have to be really
00:57
careful with it, they have to use it really sensibly. Keep it moving at a tempo but not
01:03
give it away. For me, Thursday night a big part will be about ball retention, what you
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do with the ball and how well you keep it. I think that's a key part of Hearts game plan,
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I'm pretty sure Neil Critchley will know that.
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