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Kingston believes newfound spirit of togetherness can bring silverware back to Tynecastle



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Published Date: 27 July 2008
By Ewan Smith
in Germany
LARYEA Kingston insists Hearts don't need a squad laced with superstars to be a success this year – they simply need to play as a team.


Kingston will go into his third season at Tynecastle as Hearts host Motherwell on August 9. And with new manager Laszlo Csaba stamping his authority all over the Hearts dressing room with his insistence that big-money slackers will be kicked out
of the club, Kingston insists Hearts are back on form.

The Ghana international midfielder, one of Hearts' biggest earners, said: "Football has changed from what it used to be like. In the past it used to be about the names you had in your team. Now it's no longer about the names. It's about the team and how they can play together.

"That's important for Hearts this year. We must all show the fighting spirit and togetherness to make it happen. Since the new manager has come in everyone has had a big lift. I think everyone at the club likes him and respects what he can do for Hearts.

"It's been a shame that we haven't had the success I wanted since I joined Hearts but I still believe I can win a medal with this club this year. We have good players and if we can all work hard together then it could be a very good year for Hearts."

Kingston has shown in flashes the ability that earned him a regular place in the Ghana national side and a reputation as one of the most skilful midfielders in Scotland. But injury and suspension have prevented him doing this over the course of a season. Many believe a fit and impressive Kingston could play himself into a big money move but for now he is more than content to help mend Hearts' broken dreams of glory.

He said: "I am very happy and settled in Edinburgh and so too are my family. I have just moved into a new home in Livingston and that makes me even happier. I want to be here and want to play for Hearts. It's a big season for me and everyone else at the club and I want to make the fans happy again."







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  • Last Updated: 26 July 2008 7:41 PM
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1

Daillyman,

27/07/2008 05:06:56
Silverware back to Tynecastle, has Romonov bought a new tea set for the club?
2

Jambo Dave,

Edinburgh 27/07/2008 09:15:14
Its early days but Im liking what I hear from all fronts at Tynie at the momment.
A manager who is not going to take anybody who is not prepared to work hard for the team is all most fans can ask for at any club.
What the fans have to do is give him time to see who the guys are who are going take this on board.This may take a bit of time because I think this element has been lacking for a long time now.There are players there who need a boot up the backside but they did not have a respected boss to do it.
I hope that all the players on the books are given the chance to have a fresh start and even they may surprised how there game can improve.
I also hope the press can give the club a bit more positve coverage soon and cut all the negative stuff all the time, some of it was deserved but some of it is just people who should know better having an agenda.(I live in hope)
JT till I die.
3

Mr Weir's sore chuff,

27/07/2008 09:54:12
Nade is on the gak. Allegedly
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victorian of gorgie ,

27/07/2008 11:11:02
#2 JD, like you i'm liking the noises coming from laszlo about work ethic, togetherness, players having to earn their money, etc etc...

tell you what though, i couldn't help but take a sharp intake of breath when i see comments like "romanov has made a mistake..." and "he must change his attitiude..."

lets all hope that romanov will see those kind of comments for what they are, well meaning observations about the lax attitude of the players.

lets hope he doesn't see those comments as any kind of criticism of him personally.

dunno if anyone else has noticed but he doesn't do 'criticism of vlad', tends to not like that.

TOGETHER

5

Talk o' the Toun,

27/07/2008 11:52:02
Vic: did cross my mind that our VLAD might not take to open crtisisism...we will find out tomorrow if Csaba is still here ! However Csaba is openly stating what VR has already said & the rest of us realised about two years ago.

The thought of watching players whom play for the jersey fills you with optimism (Hearts are not the only club to have suffered).

HHGH
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victorian of gorgie ,

27/07/2008 12:05:56
#5 CJ, yes great to see the big man spell it out in no uncertain terms that things are a-changin', whether they like it or not.

we all pay good money to go along to the games and we are well within our rights to be furious with players who don't give their all for the cause. it might not be a fortune that we pay, that's not the point. the least we deserve in return is for every player to give themselves over to the manager and be part of his vision for the club. there is no opt out available for the players, they can't simply decide to take an easy way out and get well paid for producing nothing.

if any player, scottish, english, lithuanian, french, martian, whatever doesn't want to be part of laszlo's regime and wholeheartedly participate in his revolution.......... leave now.

where this will fall down is when laszlo identifies a bad apple and wants shot of it. he must have the final say on whether a player is shown the door, regardless of nationality.

george burley wanted shot of miko at the beginning, he was countermanded. that should never happen again.

TOGETHER

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victorian of gorgie ,

27/07/2008 12:24:59
to go of at a tangent for a bit, well done and fair play to gordon waddell of the sunday mail for his main article today, well worth a gander for anyone with a distaste for the ugly sisters.

he's spot on, this 5% levy business is the OF's attempt to introduce a protection racket on scottish football clubs and their surrounding communities. it's a case of pay up or we can't be held responsible if the worst of our 'supporters' end up on your doorstep.

to hell with that.

this doesn't apply to all clubs but hearts don't need OF money. i would be delighted if hearts were to withdraw all spl tickets from both OF clubs.

i estimate hearts only turnover about £200,000 from ticket sales to the OF for spl matches. i would wholeheartedly welcome that money being divided up amongst all our season ticket holders and added to the price of their book, it would be about £20.

a very small price to pay for teaching these jokers a lesson and an OF-free gorgie. i'll be writing to hearts with that proposal and i urge everyone else to do the same.



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Mr Weir's sore chuff,

27/07/2008 12:32:04
A previous poster noted that it is in fact a cynical ploy by the ugly sisters to avoid a points deduction for singing 'folk songs'

Views please.
9

Mr Weir's sore chuff,

27/07/2008 12:33:16
PS Nade IS on the gak. Allegedly
10

Ex-Pat Stanton,

Melbourne 27/07/2008 13:31:33
I seem to remember Kingston saying something along these lines before last season started too...

Not that that really means very much now right enough. I just simply cannot see HEarts doing better than a top 6 finish this season, not with that squad anyway.

Just for the record I fully understand that Hibs are not about to have a stellar season either, which is rotten for us all from the capital...
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27/07/2008 13:34:31
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Waspy100,

27/07/2008 14:05:17
Georgina Pimplenut
you have become boring and tedious.
13

Waspy100,

27/07/2008 14:06:05
As well as not being a full shilling
14

busbyfh,

27/07/2008 14:14:12
# 7
As stated before ....Celtic and Rangers will try to bluff their way to the 5% - Make no bones about it - They dare not let their unregistered fans get hold of the away tickets.
The embarrassment would be far too acute once the songs - the bottles and the fighting started.
Especially of all seasons - straight after the the attempted sacking of Manchester.
The Weegies will retract their demands.
Can they afford the newspapers(apart from the record) to highlight that Scotland is still a religiously driven backwater ?
The press in England would absolutely jump on any further Rangers crowd trouble. Don't forget UEFA are also monitoring the Rangers fans behaviour and are just looking for an excuse to get involved - IF RANGERS ALSO LET THEIR EUROPEAN TICKETS GO UNMONITORED - NO CHANCE
Why do you think that Murray gifted the Rangers fans their away tickets in Florence - So he new exactly where these tickets were going to for such an important and much publicised match.(He knows what they are like)
Why would Murray have a verbal agreement in place that Scottish papers play down Rangers fans bad behaviour and yet risk matters going out of control by cocked up "liberated" ticket allocation ?
Celtic and Rangers are about to make a slithering u-turn..
15

Mr Weir's sore chuff,

27/07/2008 14:27:45
Busby

Thanks.
16

Waspy100,

27/07/2008 19:32:05
#14
Slithering is a thing the of have been good at for years
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27/07/2008 19:37:01
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27/07/2008 19:39:16
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victorian of gorgie ,

27/07/2008 19:52:07
#14 busby, very well said. i still advocate hearts withdrawing all tickets for the OF though. time and time again our fans have been subjected to outrageous treatment from stewards and police when hearts travel through to ibrox and parkhead. some of the treatment which has been reported verges on the illegal.

what we know is that l&b police and the stewards employed by hearts do not indulge in the types of intimidation tactics which are imposed on some fans who visit glasgow. when these OF types come through here, they are treated like human beings, even though some of them are dubiously entitled to be.

the best way to let the world know what the OF followers are like is to refuse to have them in our grounds. many, many times we have seen our streets trashed, vehicles damaged, residents intimidated/assaulted, stairs and gardens urinated in, and stadiums subjected to sectarian celebration.

what better way to let people know that these 'supporters' cannot be trusted in our midst have we got than to refuse to host them any further. we all know they can't behave themselves, they are only 'behaving' to a certain degree because they have been put under some scrutiny. the clubs themselves are 100% complicit in allowing their knuckle scrapers to get away with it for far too long.

we have an opportunity here to fight back against the inhumane treatment that we get in glasgow. ban them all for good i say.

20

busbyfh,

27/07/2008 20:16:33
Vic

Yep - Put the tickets back to normal prices and we would fill the end ourselves .......the OF fans would then turn on their own clubs for being responsible for getting their own supporters effectively banned from the away games.
They have painted themselves into a corner - Thick or naivety brought on by their sense of "superiority" ?

Campbell Ogilvie said he could not reduce their allocation of seats at Tynie any further as far too much trouble would ensue - sod it - If they stick with demanding a 5% levy - GIVE THEM F*** ALL.
Plus we have to pay for our away tickets in weegieland up front - The ugly Sisters do not.
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victorian of gorgie ,

27/07/2008 20:56:02
#20 busby, glad to have you on board old bean. a new campaign is in the offing.

KEEP OUT THE LOUT.

22

Glorious Hearts,

27/07/2008 21:52:54
The problem is that teams in the SPL HAVE to allow at least a set percentage of tickets for away fans.
Locking them out simply isn't an option.

Celtic and Rangers fans won't like this one little bit- all of a sudden their priority access to away tickets disappears and they're up against every Tom, Dick and Harry for a ticket.

Also, when one of the OF next visit Tynie, what happens if this isn't sorted out? Hearts then sell tickets to fans with no way of checking (nor any great desire to check) who they are.

How many celtic fans would jump at the chance of dressing up in royal blue and making rangers look bad for the day? (and vice versa of course)

Great trouble will come of this if the OF don't back down!
23

smithy1874,

27/07/2008 22:43:37
SHUN THE PLUM
24

Indy Rep Kid,

28/07/2008 08:41:08
#25

Thatcomment shows just how ignorant you are when it comes to following a football team (for reasons other than religion, of course)
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28/07/2008 10:20:43
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Waspy100,

28/07/2008 22:40:10
#23
I larfs

 

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