20th May 2023 Hearts 2 Aberdeen 1
At last back at football. After a couple of weeks off due to illness returned to Tynecastle today for the SPL match against Aberdeen. With an early 12.30 kickoff to allow Hearts to show the match on PFV I left home around 12.00 to walk to the ground. I arrived around 12.15 and headed to my seat in the main stand o wachthe players waring up. Had a chat with those around me and we all agree that this was a must win game for Harts if they wanet to guarantee group stage European football next season. Interim manager Steven Naismith made two changes to the side that drew in Paisley last weekend. Nathaniel Atkinson and Alex Cochrane came in for James Hill and Andy Halliday who both tarted on the bench. Cochrane missed last weeks match after being sent off against celtic in the previous home match. I had watched that match on Sky and still cannot see how the referee and VAR could see that the full-back denied a clear goal scoring opportunity. Aberdeen were missing top scorer Duk and Ross M