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No need to apologise.. Appreciate your reasoned response.

I'll say at the outset here that I'm a Heart of Midlothian supporter. I've already stated this in my love for a former HMFC and Rangers player who had a massive impact on my life as I'm sure he did for a lot of yourselves : http://forum.rangers...pic=268445&st=0 There is nothing I can do to prove this but I can honestly say that I'm not here on the wind up. I love football and I'm interested in peoples opinions and especially on the opinions of footballs fans of other teams. Today on Off the Ball radio show a Rangers fan phoned up stating that he honestly thought Hearts would win the Championship next season, as he has not been impressed by the standard of football at Ibrox this season. He further stated (and I quote) that he felt the only reason that Rangers have found it fairly easy so far is because they have been playing part time teams. Obviously this is not going to be the case next season. Regardless of what you might think of this flea bitten radio show, it's a good point for debate, and I'd like get the gist of the Rangers fans mindset on what they are realisticly expecting next season. I've no doubt that you expect to get promoted (and rightly so). Do you think Rangers will do it at a canter? If this generates any interest then I'll give my own opinion. I just wanted to make sure that this post would be welcome here first. I realise that you probably get a lot of zoomers and WUM's posting. I can asure you that I like to think of myself as not one of them. If I'm not welcome here then I completely understand. Cheers.

Really? Was this your first thought when I posted this? I'll answer your question in any case. Do I want Rangers dead? Of course not. Any man that loves Scottish Football does not want Rangers dead. Do I think the old firm deserve some humility? Of course. I remember the days when Rangers and Celtic were not so dominent. I remember Dundee Utd and Aberdeen winning the premier league..... I would give so much to see a competitive scottish league again. I would go so far as to say that I don't give a shit about quality... I don't give a shit about wages... I don't give a shit about money... just give us a league that we can be interested in again. I think the amount of interest that the play off spot has given backs this up.

I remember the great man as a player. Could never forget. Strange that I remember him as a centre half though rather than a full back but most likely my memory is shite. I've no doubt that no love will be lost when we meet next season. For the record I think you will go up I don't think you'll find it quite so easy as you have in recent seasons. We have the making of some cracking young players (if we can keep them - I'd go so far as to say that I dont Think Templeton would get in the team) and in my opinion most of the pressure will be on yoursleves, but regardless it will be the most interesting season a Hearts fan has had in a long time In any case, I'm looking forward to some big games against yourselves and the Hobos (Hibs)

Outstanding comment. I wish had the opportunity to meet him in my adult life (I spoke to him when I was around 11 years old when a sponsered charity walk was done around the pitch at Tynecastle). I've no doubt the feelings I had from when I was a boy would be no different to the way I feel about the man just now. In that brief conversation I just remember him saying.. 'Just believe in yourself'.

I hope you dont take offence to this (and it's certainly not meant to be offensive), but I get the feeling from your post that you have been around a bit longer than myself my friend... which in turn leads me to believe that you perhaps seen Sandy at the peak of his career. I wish I could remember his earlier days but alas... my mum and dad took too long to get thier finger oot... or should I say that my father took too long to get something else oot All I can say is that I literally had tears rolling down my face when I seen the tributes on here and on Jamobs Kickback and couldn't help but think back to when times were much simpler, and I'm not normally one for sentimentality. It was just thinking back to the glorious days of my childhood, Sandy played a massive part in them and I'm forever grateful that I was there to witness it. He was captain of the first (and turns out only) ever football team I supported, and one of the reasons why I never strayed (and being brought up in East Kilbride, I was certainly tempted).

OK, no problem. As I said, it was more about the man than the football team but I respect the fact this is a Rangers Forum.

I didn't have access to post on any other topic. I hope I'm not out of order posting on here. It's just that I can't hold back my tears as I read some of the posts, on here and on Jambos Kickabck. I'm a Heart of Midlothian FC supporter. I'm 36 years old and started watching Hearts when I was 7 years old. Sandy Jardine was captain when I started watching my beloved football team (84/85 season). Being brought up in East Kilbride, supporting any other team other than Rangers or Celtic was a hard task in my surroundings. Constantly bullied at school for the team I supported etc.. I stuck with all the crap I took supporting a 'different' team (my father is from Edinburgh). I had no idea what the heck was going on... I was just being taken to all these football matches... I was 7 years old.... I didn't have a clue what was going on.... but I know I enjoyed it. What a team we had during the 85/86 season. It was my first full season watching football. Great players such as Sandy Clarke, John Robertson, John Colquhoun, and of course William "Sandy" Pullar Jardine. I'm convinced that the only reason HMFC became a reasonable force in scottish football again is because of 3 people. Wallace Mercer, Alex McDonald, and Sandy Jardine. As far as I'm concerned, McDonald and Jardine were / are the foundation on why Hearts are the third biggest supported club in the country. They brought us back where we deserved to be and for that I will be eternally grateful. There's an HMFC video called 'Back from the Brink' where Sandy is interviewed. Again, I hope I'm not out of order posting this on a Rangers forum, but it's all about the man... not the football team. I'm going to add it in here. Sandy talks at 17:25, 18:46, 33:30. He plays a great ball through on the first ever live televised league game in the top flight of Scottish football at 39:14 (Alex Ferguson was in charge of Aberdeen), 41:45, and then Wallace mercer comments on him from 46:30 followed by Sandy. Sandy, you inspired myself to love this game, and I'm sure I'm not the only one. My sincere condolences to your family on friends. RIP William "Sandy" Pullar Jardine. You inspired a generation. You will never be forgotten.

1st post here. woohoo! Was looking at the hearts forum and just had to piss myself laughing at some of the comments about McGayDay. http://www.hmfckickback.co.uk/showthread.php?t=64200 Superb!