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Hearts Appoint Youth Coach Stephen O'Neill as new Manager
The appointment of Stephen O'Neill has surprised many Hearts fans. He was an ex Hearts youth player before a tragic leg injury ended his promising career at the young age of just 22. After a 4 year break, he decided to start a youth project for Hearts as he wanted to give young talents a better chance at becoming top quality players. This project brought through players such as Jack Hamilton (GK) and Jamie Walker (MID). After 2 successful years doing this, he became a youth coach, and has now been appointed the full time manager.

"I'm 100% delighted to be the Hearts manager. This is the type of thing I dreamed of doing when I was a boy, and now I can't wait to get to work." - Stephen O'Neill.

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O'Neill wastes no time to improve staff setup
New Hearts manager has replaced assistant Edgaras Jankauskas with Ricky Sbragia and has also brought in 2 scouts and a new physio. With the new staff in place, O'Neill has stated that he is to do some transfer business before the new season starts.

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I hope you liked the start of this story! If you could leave some feedback below that would be great! Also, I'm using LFCMarshall's Summer 2012 update, so Rangers are in the 3rd division. :)​
 
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Hearts sign 6 new players
I decided to buy 6 players in the transfer market. I had a budget of £0 so it was a little difficult and I had to sell a few players for cash. Here are all the transfers.

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Transfers In:
The fans were "cautious" about the signing of Jeffers, but we were so low on strikers, I just had to get him. Plus he has a lot of experience. Giles Barnes is a quality signing in my opinion. He can play on both wings equally as well and he can whip a great cross in. Halliday is a useful player, as he plays on the wing and he's a pacey striker, which I need, and as for Lalkovic, I asked for a Parent Club, Chelsea was chosen and they sent him here on loan. He's actually a decent little player so I'm happy! I leave the best 2 'til last. Martin Cranie is an absolute coup! He can play RB and CB and he is an amazing defender. Kalifa Cissé was bought by the board because we had some long term injuries in CM so I needed a defensive midfield player. He's not outstanding, but he's good enough.

Transfers Out:
Novikovas and Smith were actually decent players with good potential, but I really needed the cash, and I have other good youngsters in those positions, so it's not the end of the world. Barr just isn't good enough, and I have 3 other RB's that are much better, and Holt needs some first team experience.

Pre Season Friendlies:

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An okay pre season. Some wins, some losses and a draw. But overall we were okay. Nothing to get too worried about as the games we lost were to top Championship teams.

Competitive Fixtures (July/August):

(SPL) Hearts 3-1 St. Mirren
Sutton, Zaliukas, Barnes

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(EL 3rd Qual. Round 1st Leg) Aktobe 0-2 Hearts
Zaliukas, Walker

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(SPL) Dundee Utd 0-0 Hearts

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(EL 3rd Qual. Round 2nd Leg) Hearts 2-0 Aktobe
McGowan, Halliday

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(SPL) Hearts 3-0 Kilmarnock
Jeffers, Sutton, Driver

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(SPL) Aberdeen 0-3 Hearts
Robinson, Sutton (2)

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(EL 4th Qual. Round 1st Leg) Hearts 1-4 Levante
Sutton

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(SPL) Hearts 3-2 Motherwell
Hutchinson O.G, Lalkovic, Webster

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(EL 4th Qual. Round 2nd Leg) Levante 1-1 Hearts
Jeffers

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(SPL) Hibernian 0-1 Hearts
Barnes

Wow, what a start to the season! Unbeaten in the league, and getting to the 4th Qualifying Round (which is what was expected by the fans and board) is remarkable! The League Cup 3rd Round pits us against First Division Hamilton at home, so an easy win (hopefully!) and if we can do this again next month, we can possibly win the title! Here's the league table:

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Please leave your thoughts and suggestions people! :)








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September
Still unbeaten in SPL
Through to 4th round of League Cup
Sutton continues to fire in the goals

(SPL) Hearts 3-1 Dundee
Sutton, Halliday, Driver

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(SPL) Celtic 1-1 Hearts
Sutton

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(SLC 3rd Round) Hearts 2-0 Hamilton
Zaliukas, Jeffers

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(SPL) Hearts 2-1 St. Johnstone
Sutton, Tuffey O.G

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A solid month! Still unbeaten in the League and still in with a chance in the League Cup. Very happy!

Something I forgot to do for the first post...

Player of the Month

Sutton

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An absolute tank up front with 3 goals in 4 games. I don't usually like target men in my team as I think they are a bit pointless but Sutton is proving me wrong!

SPL Table and Player Stats
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Thanks for reading :D remember to leave your feedback, and look forward to the next post tomorrow! :)


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October
Going strong at the top of the SPL
Through to the League Cup Semis

(SPL) Ross County 0-2 Hearts
Robinson, Sutton

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(SPL) Hearts 1-0 Inverness CT
Barnes

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(SPL) St. Mirren 1-3 Hearts
Jeffers (2), Samson O.G

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(SLC) Motherwell 1-1 Hearts (5-6p)
Barnes

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(SPL) Hearts 2-2 Dundee United
Grainger, Driver

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Still going strong at the summit of the table, and I'm hoping to win the League Cup, although we will have to get past Celtic in the semis.

Player of the Month

Grainger

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He's been really solid this month. A MotM against Inverness, his match rating hasn't been lower than 7.0 and he scored an absolute screamer against Dundee United.

League Table

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Thanks for reading :)



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Nice story, Celtic are having a stinker of a season
 
Sam91 said:
Nice story, Celtic are having a stinker of a season
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Thanks :D yeah, and they lost their first two games of the season! I don't think they'll drop points again though, so I will have to keep winning :)
 
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November
8 goals in 3 games
STILL unbeaten
Crazy signing

(SPL) Kilmarnock 2-3 Hearts
Driver, Sutton, Halliday

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(SPL) Hearts 1-1 Aberdeen
Cissé

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(SPL) Hearts 4-0 Hibernian
Cissé, Barnes, Jeffers, Sutton

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Great month and to top it off a smashing victory in the Derby! We are well clear at the top of the table!

Scottish Cup 4th Round and League Cup Semi Final Draw

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Player of the Month

Cissé

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2 goals and some top class defensive work this month. Players like him often go unnoticed but he deserves Player of the Month.

League Table

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Some big news at the end of the month, as we snap up Ivan Klasnic on a free transfer. Hopefully he can strike a partnership with Sutton quickly, and start firing in some goals.

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Klasnic is a massive coup and you've already achieved the title of the story, aim higher if you can do this well.
 
gogogo golem said:
Klasnic is a massive coup and you've already achieved the title of the story, aim higher if you can do this well.
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Oh he is ;) yeah I'm pretty sure that if you win the SPL you get Champions League football, so I'll aim to do well in Europe over the next few seasons, whilst still challenging for the league :)
 
clarky1683 said:
Oh he is ;) yeah I'm pretty sure that if you win the SPL you get Champions League football, so I'll aim to do well in Europe over the next few seasons, whilst still challenging for the league :)
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I think top two is CL.
 
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December
Hearts finally lose
Sutton finds his form again

(SPL) Motherwell 1-2 Hearts
Sutton, Zaliukas

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(SPL) Dundee 1-3 Hearts
Klasnic (3)

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(SPL) Hearts 2-3 Celtic
Sutton (2)

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(SPL) St. Johnstone 1-1 Hearts
Sutton

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(SPL) Hearts 2-0 Ross County
Sutton (2)

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A mixed month. Sutton was on FIRE! He should have had a hat-trick against Ross but the linesman said he was offside when he wasn't. Bit disappointed with the Celtic game but I guess they just about edged it. Still top of the table though.

Player of the Month

Sutton

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Need I say why?

League Table

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Thanks for reading!








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