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00:03 Well, from one team with momentum to potentially the only other team in
00:08 the Premiership with more momentum, Barry, and that's Hearts.
00:12 3-2 against Dundee's a scoreline that was a bit of deja vu in that, of course.
00:18 But just what's the feeling?
00:20 You're obviously the Hearts reporter for the evening news.
00:22 What's the feeling like at Tyne Castle at the moment,
00:24 like just amongst the supporters?
00:25 Because it's almost like we're waiting for the wheels to come off and
00:29 they're just not, they just keep going like some kind of mad maroon juggernaut.
00:33 >> Yeah, mad's probably a good way to describe it because a lot of the games,
00:39 they start off very slowly.
00:42 They're getting overrun in midfield a little bit, and
00:45 in a few games now they've been behind.
00:46 But there's just that, there is that belief and that resilience there.
00:50 And you can sense it, not just from the players and the coaching staff, but
00:53 you can sense it in the stand as well.
00:55 That although they know maybe the first half's been poor,
00:57 they know that they'll come out in the second half and
00:59 they'll have a right good go at it.
01:00 And if they're not gonna get three points, they'll at least salvage a point.
01:03 And that was criticized.
01:05 I spoke to Steven Naismith about that, and he made the point that even when he was
01:10 a player at Hearts, that that lack of character was criticized at times,
01:14 quite a lot, rightly so at the time.
01:17 And so now it seems to be there in abundance, and
01:20 that isn't something that you could ever overlook and underestimate.
01:25 Because I think any good team has to have that sense of defiance and
01:30 fight when things, because the chips will be down and
01:32 things will go against you in football at different times.
01:35 And you have to have that sense of togetherness and
01:38 belief to try and dig yourself out of it.
01:40 And Hearts have certainly got that, the way they came back.
01:42 I think they were always in the game on Saturday, even at 1-0 down and
01:47 2-1 down, because they were getting forward and creating chances.
01:50 But they were exposed a little bit at the back, and
01:52 that's why Dundee managed to get a couple of goals.
01:54 But again, when you've got players, everybody talks about Shankland, and
01:59 Shankland's been terrific for Hearts, absolutely their best and
02:02 most influential player without question.
02:04 But not far behind them at the minute is Alan Forrest,
02:06 he's been absolutely terrific for a good five, six weeks now.
02:11 Regular assists, winning penalties, scoring goals,
02:17 just as you know, all around player, running at defenders, creating chances,
02:20 getting by people, getting to the byline, delivering crosses.
02:23 He's just taken his game to a whole different level, and
02:25 that's had a lot to do with the momentum that Hearts have built up
02:28 since mid-December, really.
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