According to the Hearts goalkeeper Jamie McDonald the reason that Hearts lost to Hibs this weekend was down to karma.
What should we make of this? Well if you were the person who bought him the My Name is Earl box set at least you know that he has watched it. Relief in the knowledge that at least one Christmas present did not go straight back for a refund.
Is he right though? Was Hibs winning some kind of divine retribution being? Was Fletcher’s bundling the ball over the line an act of cosmic or divine justice? The individual in black whose parentage was continually questioned certainly had a bizarre interpretation of what constitutes right and wrong as specified by the rules of the game. When I discovered that the referees name was Charlie Richmond I for one believed that fate was conspiring against Hibs. Talk about premonitions though, talking with fellow Hibs fans before the game we all predicted a Hibs player would be sent off for reasons known only to Richmond. Quelle surprise - Richmond sends off Hibs player in controversial circumstances. Is is not about time that something was done about Richmond’s bias?
Getting back to karma though - McDonald’s claim shows that he believes Hibs are morally superior to Hearts. It is nice to think that the universe has chosen to use Hibs as its tool for righting wrongs and enforcing divine justice. It is not the first time that I have felt like that watching Hibs, when Sauzee and Latapy were at there it was easy to feel as if there was a divine plan as well as a divine idea of beauty. Just think of the 6 - 2 game or the Millennium derby if you need convinced of that. to the yams?
The way that Vladimir Romanov, Hearts shall we say 'eccentric' Russian owner is currently running the club the ‘death’ of Hearts is something that looks increasingly more imminent. What shape or from will Hearts be re-incarnated in? If they were to come back as a dung beetle would that be considered an improvement on their present existence?
Maybe it is time that Hearts fans learned. Hearts fans all together now - “ We are Hearts fans - we are just trying to be better people!”.
