Thorpe Groyney
Open your mind
My laddo and I had the pleasure of watching Heart of Midlothian v Aberdeen last weekend. I can safely say it was the best game we've seen all season. Crunching tackles, superb goals, and both teams going for it. Terrific stuff from beginning to end.
The first half an hour was all Aberdeen and it was interesting to see Charlie Mulgrew bombing forward regularly. More interesting, too, that he set up Aberdeen's goal with a piece of sublime vision and skill. On the left halfway touchline, he looked up and saw the forward making a run down the middle, and produced this wonderful cross-field pass which was met with the perfect volley home from 15 yards. Even the Hearts fans were applauding.
The home side came into it and equalised in first half injury time and afterwards it was all Jambos. Their winning goal was partly Charlie's fault too. Another somewhat keen Aberdonian tackle left everyone waiting for the free kick, including the Dons defence. The referee, though, played a great advantage, the ball was quickly put into the box and Andrew Driver had easily eluded Mulgrew and his absent marking to head home.
Charlie on the whole, though, had a fine game, and has obviously upped his game since last year. Forget about the relative merits of the SPL, both these teams would be easily challenging the likes of Wolves, Reading and Birmingham in the Championship title race, and Mulgrew would be very comfortable at that level. We've missed a trick there.
The first half an hour was all Aberdeen and it was interesting to see Charlie Mulgrew bombing forward regularly. More interesting, too, that he set up Aberdeen's goal with a piece of sublime vision and skill. On the left halfway touchline, he looked up and saw the forward making a run down the middle, and produced this wonderful cross-field pass which was met with the perfect volley home from 15 yards. Even the Hearts fans were applauding.
The home side came into it and equalised in first half injury time and afterwards it was all Jambos. Their winning goal was partly Charlie's fault too. Another somewhat keen Aberdonian tackle left everyone waiting for the free kick, including the Dons defence. The referee, though, played a great advantage, the ball was quickly put into the box and Andrew Driver had easily eluded Mulgrew and his absent marking to head home.
Charlie on the whole, though, had a fine game, and has obviously upped his game since last year. Forget about the relative merits of the SPL, both these teams would be easily challenging the likes of Wolves, Reading and Birmingham in the Championship title race, and Mulgrew would be very comfortable at that level. We've missed a trick there.
