Hearts' Big Noise has Gone Quiet ; Romanov Is Conspicuous by His Silence As Promise of Big-Name

Mail on Sunday › August 13, 2007

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LAST summer it was supposed to be World Cup stars on Hearts' radar; this year a host of British-based players to redress the balance in a squad overloaded with foreigners. But, for the second close-season running, Vladimir Romanov has failed to deliver on his transfer pledges.

Cynics might suggest the Hearts owner has ramped up expectation in order to fuel season-ticket sales but, whatever the truth, his club have once again commenced an SPL campaign looking in worse shape than the season before.

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Hearts' Big Noise has Gone Quiet ; Romanov Is Conspicuous by His Silence As Promise of Big-Name

It would be foolish to damn a team on a single result or performance, but the manner of the opening-day defeat to Edinburgh rivals Hibs had its roots in the unrest which hindered the clu...

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