As promised, here's my update following Demi's first appearance of the season for us today.
Last season he played more as a left wing back. He carried out that role well, but always looked like he had more to offer going forward than in defence.
Today, Demi played in an attacking role on the left, with a fairly attacking left back behind him, and they combined well when going forward and caused our opponents, St Mirren, no end of problems.
To be fair, St Mirren were poor, but Demi looked a class above them and to coin an old phrase, their right back must have had twisted blood by the time Demi left the field.
The game was over by half time as we went in 4-1 up. It could have been more, and Demi came close to scoring a spectacular goal, only to see a brilliant overhead kick come off the bar.
He was substituted after an hour, with the game well and truly won, and left the pitch to a great ovation from the home support. He might have been a contender for MoM, but that rightly went to Steven Naismith, who scored a hat trick and assisted our other goal.
We're now sitting top of the league with 4 wins from 4 this season, including a win over Celtic, so the whole vibe about the club at the moment is tremendous. I'm looking forward to our next game, away to Motherwell in a couple of weeks time after the international break. Hopefully Demi can put in another sparkling performance and help us to another 3 points.
Hi guys, another update on Demi following our 1-0 win away to Motherwell today, a result that now puts us 5 points clear at the top of the mickey mouse Scottish league
We set up with a back 4 today, with Demi playing left back, so we didn't see as much of him in an attacking sense. Motherwell seemed to target us down that side probably hoping to exploit any defensive weakness in Demi's game, but he was solid enough if not spectacular. Motherwell like to shell balls into the box and feed off the second ball, and I was a bit worried that as well as Demi at LB, our two CBs were aged 20 and 21, but our defence coped excellently.
Demi did manage to make the odd foray forward, especially in the second half when we eventually reverted to a back 3 which allowed him to get forward more, and he carved out a decent chance which was well saved. He also showed a couple of moments of outrageous skill, one of which I will need to see in a slomo replay to work out what he actually did, his feet are just too quick watching in real time.
Overall, probably a 7.5/10 performance today. Our next 3 games are at home, 2 league matches with a league cup tie in between, and I'd expect we'll play Demi in a more attacking role in these games.
Theres a load of reports like this on hearts Forums. Or Hearts fans posting on red cafe
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