It’s inarguable that Hearts gamers made dangerous selections in large moments at a spot the place their title goals crumbled final Might.
Certainly, former Tynecastle defender Ryan McGowan recommended “a variety of gamers went lacking” and that no matter directions Vrancken gave them “went fully out their ears”.
Former Scotland striker Kris Boyd, although, was extra astonished by how Hearts approached the journey to a venue the place they gained final autumn.
“I’ve by no means seen defending like that in all my life,” he mentioned on Sky Sports activities. “Hearts are nonetheless attempting to go toe-to-toe with Celtic on 89 minutes.
“You have to pay respect to Celtic. When you go man-for-man, they are going to demolish you and that is precisely what occurred there.”
Halliday picked up that theme and recommended that Vrancken may profit from adapting his most popular method in circumstances resembling these.
“There was no accountablity,” he added on Sportsound. “He was speaking about gamers’ errors, relatively than his personal errors, which have been fairly obvious for me.
“Anybody who’s watched Celtic this yr will know they aim the entrance publish from set-pieces, however Hearts’ set-up did not attempt to negate that.
“I’ve praised Vrancken to the hilt – and I nonetheless assume they will end within the prime three – however my fear is that if he had the chance to play that sport once more, I do not assume he’d do something in another way and what he mentioned simply proved that.”
