Hearts game next week

Last updated : 21 January 2014 By Stuart Gillespie

The two teams were due to meet at Tynecastle in the first weekend in February, however the game was postponed as Hearts are playing in the League Cup semi-finals that weekend. As a result we're playing Celtic instead, but until today there was no news of when we'd play the Jambos.

The fact the game has been arranged with little more than a week's notice is a little odd, but is almost certainly to do with the fact Ryan Stevenson has a two game ban after being sent off in Hearts' draw with St Johnstone on Saturday. The midfielder - who has been linked with a move to ourselves - will now sit out next Wednesday's game, but will be available for the semi-final. Funny that.

I have mixed feelings about this. Hearts didn't move a game to a Sunday after we had to play a Scottish Cup replay on a Thursday night for Sky back in 2009, so why should we help them out now? And if I was a Caley Thistle fan - the Jambos' semi-final opponents - I'd be livid.

However, the flip side is Hearts' youngsters will be even more tired for the cup game and we get to play a team missing Stevenson, Rudi Skacel and whoever else they were planning to sign.

Let's just hope we don't mess it up!

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