As Hearts were out of action last weekend, with Derek McInnes' players resting up to save energy for our Premiership title charge, you find yourself fixating on other Scottish football content. Speaking as someone who has richly benefited from being able to talk about my beloved team every week, I'm going to bat and argue the value of hearing from supporters in 2025. Looking at this through my maroon lenses, there is a plethora of Hearts-related content you can find Monday to Friday, and the opinions that emanate from Jambos are fairly balanced.
As Hearts were out of action last weekend, with Derek McInnes' players resting up to save energy for our Premiership title charge, you find yourself fixating on other Scottish football content.
Unless you've been totally out of the loop, you will have seen or heard the debate around 'fan media', which ironically stemmed from our victory against Rangers at Ibrox.
Speaking as someone who has richly benefited from being able to talk about my beloved team every week, I'm going to bat and argue the value of hearing from supporters in 2025.
Looking at this through my maroon lenses, there is a plethora of Hearts-related content you can find Monday to Friday, and the opinions that emanate from Jambos are fairly balanced.
Right now, the optimism from supporters for the team is well founded due to the impact of Derek McInnes in the dugout and the arrival of Tony Bloom in the boardroom.
We're joint top of the league and off the back of a convincing win at a venue we'd routinely be filleted at.
Of course, Jambos are never fully satisfied and there will be grumblings about team selection and cursing the missed opportunity of getting to a League Cup final, considering St Mirren's opponents after defeating us on spot-kicks.
It's important, though, to really give credit when it is due, as any supporter is naturally quick to voice concern – as we saw last season with a podcast-led protest against the Hearts board before the Motherwell game in January.
The support for the club has flipped 180 degrees since that day and you can now see the benefits of what a united support and team can bring on the pitch.
I'm looking forward to the Falkirk game, as you'd expect John McGlynn's side to play some expansive stuff in a mould similar to Motherwell last month and it should be an entertaining game.
It will be good to see the Bairns' new number one Scott Bain line up in goals. I went to school with Scott and while I cannot confirm 'his team' growing up, don't be surprised to see him appear on a Hearts podcast once he retires.
Category: General Sports
