Hearts ‘elephant’ about to fall off tree? – fan reactions

Hearts fans are fearing the worst despite their side’s four-point lead over reigning champions Celtic after a run of only one victory in four outings.

Alan: This result and performance more or less confirms that Hearts are not going to win the league this season – any Hearts fan who thinks otherwise is deluded. It’s all so frustrating as we have the worst Celtic and Rangers teams for such a long time, but no matter how bad they are, they’ve proved they are still capable of stringing victories together – that’s in their DNA. It’s a great opportunity for Hearts this season, but you can just tell that they don’t have the necessary bottle or composure to win the league. The misses by Pierre Landry Kabore, Tomas Magnusson and Harry Milne were inexcusable. A frustrating and concerning weekend for all Hearts fans.

Paul: Seeing Hearts at the top of the league is like seeing an elephant up a tree, you’ve no idea how it got there, but you know it’ll come crashing down to Earth very soon. Celtic will win the league, with an improved Rangers a close second. As you were. Nothing to see here.

Gordon: Didn’t play that badly, we missed a number of chances. The worry is that it’s dropped points in three of the last four games. The manager has been poor in these games and late to make changes.

Kenny: I think the bubble has well and truly burst! Throughout the decades, Hearts as a club completely lack the collective toughness that even the not so good Old Firm sides always seem to have.

Levi: Worst performance this season. Can’t be expected to win the league when players don’t turn up against a bottom club like Aberdeen. First time this season I’ve had my doubts about McInnes making us a great team. Selection was wrong, tactics seemed missing.

John: Wake up call for far too many who, despite a fair amount of evidence to the contrary, saw this team winning titles. The Old Firm are both dreadful, but the horrible reality for Hearts and Scottish football is they will still cruise first and second. I’d take third right now because that’s our place in things here and because I don’t believe that’s a given in any way yet.

Callum McGregor’s stoppage-time winner away to St Mirren did not placate Celtic fans after a week when they remain without a manager and their annual meeting descended into chaos amid fan protests against the board.

Joe: Whoever the next manager is has a monumental task ahead of them. The squad needs a complete overhaul. This won’t be a quick fix. We were awful.

Peter: Dreadful performance from a dreadful team. We are so poor it defies belief. It tells you a lot about the standard of Scottish football at the moment. Would any quality manager wish to take on this situation? Would need to be mad.

Patrick: A really boring performance, which might have been better if we had any squad depth. It’s never been more clear that the toxic relationship between the fans and the board is hurting the players and club. Something has to give and if the fans can’t communicate constructively then this will only continue.

Merky: The board are hurting the team, it’s as simple as that. With lack of recruitment, lack of professionalism when trying to make signings, lack of communication and lastly lack of changes in key board decision-making positions when there have been failings year after year. Simply winning the league isn’t enough. The team and club have to improve year after year and both have regressed.

Mick: The board needs to stop apologising for the mistakes and give the supporters a commitment to improve the team in the January window. Nothing less will be acceptable or the dissent will continue.

James: St Mirren pushed us hard. The first-half performance was dreadful all round. The game came much more to life in the second half, but Celtic still looked a little off the pace. I would like to think that the off-field issues aren’t affecting the team, but the realist in me knows it is.

Four straight league wins under new head coach Danny Rohl have not placated fans of city rivals Rangers after a narrow escape at home to Livingston, with the visitors controversially denied a penalty in their 2-1 defeat.

Stuart: A hard-fought victory. Not good on the eye, but at least the three points were secured. Again, James Tavernier and Nasser Djiga were a liability. Hopefully Dujon Sterling can replace Tav and we can send Djiga back in January.

Louise: It was a good start taking an early lead but turned into a hard watch. However, winning ugly is still three points. We must take the positive that Danny Rohl is still winning domestic games, but there is clearly still a lot of work to be done.

Allan: Difficult to break down that defence, which made the performance look worse than it was. I think Livi should have had a penalty, but Rangers deserved to win. Happy to get three points. We need more strength in depth in the squad.

Edwin: After so many dodgy refereeing decisions going against us, you would think Rangers fans would be happy to see some going our way. I’m not, though. We shouldn’t be relying on bad decisions to beat teams like Livi.

David: Despite the three points, it was backward steps. Desperately poor. Rohl must be wondering what he has to do to get a real tune out of this squad.

Bob: Unfortunately, the Russell Martin farce has left us bereft of quality all over the pitch. I hope Danny Rohl gets the time to correct the mistakes. Injuries didn’t help, but defence looks weak and the attack toothless – not a good combination.

Steven: This is the weakest, softest Rangers team I can remember. I don’t just mean the goals they concede, but all over the park we’re second best in challenges and physicality. Oliver Antman and Thelo Aasgaard are empty shirts and I don’t understand how the likes of Connor Barron and Lyall Cameron are sitting on the bench – at least these boys put in a shift and get stuck in.

Hibernian fans are the only happy bunch among the Premiership’s top four after their 2-0 win over Dundee.

Martin: Great performance where we controlled the ball for large periods. The pleasing thing for me is our midfield three are really starting to gel, especially Dan Barlaser, who was outstanding. Special mention to Raphael Sallinger, who made two top-drawer saves. Fir Park on Tuesday should be a cracker.

Willie: Some very good moments in the game, two good goals. The subs were an issue and goalkeeper makes two great saves. The last 20-25 minutes should have been a lot comfier than it was.

Gordon: Hibs cruised through this game and should have had it done and dusted by half time. Grant Hanley strolls through every league game and Jamie McGrath was excellent as well. Our keeper had two brilliant saves late on, but Hibs deserved the win and it could have been more.

Paul: A routine victory for the Hibees, total control. The only negative is that we didn’t score more goals. Man of the match for me was McGrath, he was immense. I think Sallinger is improving each game in goals. The next two games are huge. Maximum points would make us serious candidates to go close to winning the league.

Kenny: Great all-round performance, but just a pity we missed the early chances and the game would have been over by half time. Great to see Kieron Bowie scoring and there were some great individual performances and also some very good teamwork. This is more like it.

George: Best league performance of season so far. Great football, played Dundee off the park. But, again, sloppy finishing almost cost us as Dundee upped the anti in final 15 minutes.