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| Jim Jefferies 2nd | <-auth | Michael Grant | auth-> | William Collum |
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| 8 | of 009 | David Templeton 19 ;Stephen Elliott 67 | L SPL | A |
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Plenty of smoke but no fire for Colin Calderwood's team Michael Grant at Easter Road 8 Nov 2010 Hearts left the neighbours with all sorts of headaches after a predictably intense and meaty derby at Easter Road. Running in a comfortable victory lifted them to fourth in the table, the win decorated by a majestic goal from David Templeton which can be entered in Jambo lore. Hibs are in a bit of a state, though. What was already unfolding as another sorry performance became even more wretched when their captain, Derek Riordan, was given a straight red card for scything down Rudi Skacel. It was a disgraceful tackle by a player who had talked last week of his new maturity. When Skacel was helped to the touchline for treatment a hail of missiles came down on him from the new East Stand. The SPL match delegate is duty bound to report all of that along with the smoke bombs lobbed from the Hearts end during the celebration of their first goal. Hibs have all sorts of mopping up to do. This was Colin Calderwood's first home game but his third straight defeat since taking over and they looked a deeply ordinary side, lacking toughness, leadership and morale. There is every prospect that they will lose a fourth game on the bounce at Ibrox on Wednesday. After only two wins in 14 games this season they remain anchored at the bottom of the table, above St Mirren only on goal difference. Only a little over 13,800 Hibs supporters turned up for the first derby at their newly expanded stadium and many of them trooped off long before the end. The derby is a great occasion, a passionate game with commitment. It shouldn't be spoiled by idiots throwing things. The structure and attitude of Jim Jefferies' side will be put to the test when Celtic come to Tynecastle on Wednesday - oddly they have delivered better away results than home ones - but they had few difficulties putting Hibs away. Goalscorers Templeton and Stephen Elliott contributed strongly and so did the other attackers, Kevin Kyle and Skacel. There wasn't much football exhibited by anyone in what was generally a scruffy, ugly match, but what there was came from Hearts. Considering virtually everything that went on before and after it, Templeton's goal was a thing of unimaginable beauty. A gem amid the dross. He gathered the ball near the halfway line and didn't stop until he had slalomed his way through Hibs and planted it past their goalkeeper. A one point there were four green shirts surrounding them but he mesmerised Danny Galbraith, Liam Miller, Michael Hart and Sol Bamba before finally running across Paul Hanlon. The space had opened up for him and he didn't let himself down with a poor finish. He cut a low shot to Mark Brown's right, well inside the post. From Hibs' perspective, they can reproach themselves about the fact they mobbed Templeton but not one of their men actually made a challenge on him. For Hearts, it was a goal to savour and a flash of the balance, control and poise which can make Templeton such an exciting talent. The goal had a predictable effect on the afternoon. The Hearts support exploded into pandemonium in the South Stand, as did the smoke bombs they hurled on to the pitch. It took over three minutes before order was fully restored and the game could restart. "You're going down" sang the Hearts lot at Hibs, louder now than before. Hibs aren't a first division side but nor are they one playing with any confidence in the SPL. The spirit palpably sapped out of them after falling behind. Riordan was their captain and their lone striker but he was no positive figure in the game as Hibs failed to get any sort of supply to him and instead became bogged down in drab midfield scuffling. Playing with only one forward in a home game - especialy against Hearts - wasn't the sort of decision which will endear Calderwood to his new fanbase and it cannot be claimed to have worked. They were a little more purposeful for a while when Valdys Trakys came on for John Rankin at half-time and the formation was altered from 4-5-1 to two up front. This, their most encouraging spell of the match, was mercilessly aborted by Hearts' second goal. There was no dance through the defence this time, just an Ian Black free-kick directed long to Kyle, whose header across the box was touched on by Templeton towards Elliott. The finish was emphatic, burying the ball deep into Brown's net to hurl the Hearts fans behind the goal back into delirium. When an Eggert Jonsson cross was flashed towards Ismael Bouzid Hearts would have been three up had he not directed his free header wide of the far post. Riordan's awful tackle near the end was an act of frustrated petulance. The final act of the game, a shot by Trakys, was about the only time Marian Kello was remotely troubled. There's no end of troubles at Easter Road, though.  Taken from the Herald |
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