Frankie Kent makes an appeal to Hearts fan
The Tynecastle team was severely impacted by their European loss against Cercle Brugge on Thursday.
In Edinburgh, there is a lot of talk about the irate response from certain Hearts supporters following Thursday’s UEFA Conference League loss in Belgium. The cries were heard by the coaches and players both during and after the team’s 2-0 defeat at Cercle Brugge. They all understand the frustration. But before Sunday’s league matchup with Aberdeen, defender Frankie Kent is appealing to the team’s supporters.
As Hearts try to find a way out of the bottom of the Premiership table, the game at Tynecastle is crucial. Their guests are only two points behind the leaders. Kent is well aware that in order to get a win, Hearts need the support of their supporters. He surveyed the apparent and vocal rage of over 3,000 fans as he stood in front of the away end at Jan Breydel Stadium. From here, the Englishman believes there is only one path forward.
Kent added, “Listen, I’ll watch what I say, but one thing that we all value is the support that the fans give us and how much they enjoy attending our games.” “We completely understand that, and we adore it.” You see, we visited Bruges on Thursday and saw a tonne of them, photos and all, and we know that they adore it, and when it’s fantastic, everyone adores it. Even though we’re receiving accolades and other things, we must accept the consequences and move on.
“They have a 100% right to their views. All I would say and beg is that we must remain together for the sake of the club and the changing room moving ahead. Listen, I appreciate that we haven’t won enough games this year, so feel irritated. Everyone is grateful for that. All the players in the locker room know it. We haven’t performed well enough or won enough. However, I believe that if we remain united and they continue to support us as they usually do, nothing will go wrong.
“There will be a longer and more significant impact if we support players who aren’t having the best of times right now and aren’t getting the benefit of the doubt.” It is our duty to provide them with something to shout and cheer about. But I would only ask for that.
Lawrence Shankland, the captain, is the player who receives the most criticism. Some spectators reacted angrily to a missed penalty late in Thursday’s game when Cercle was leading 1-0. Over the past two seasons, he scored 28 goals and 31 goals for Hearts, respectively, but he is having trouble maintaining that level of play this season.
He’s not in the best of ways, as you can undoubtedly understand, but let me say it again: without him, this team and this club wouldn’t be in the Conference League. We are aware of that, and I think the fans are as well. He is experiencing a difficult period. We’re on his side. Since that geezer has brought us to this point, all I would ask is that they support him.
“With the number of goals he scored and his performance in play, he put us in that situation even the previous season. No one has anything against Shanks, then. He’s the important man, I repeat. He is the geezer who brought us to this point. To ensure that it succeeds, we must support him and the team as a club, as a team, as players, and as a whole.
Kent does not fully support the idea that Thursday’s game was just another tale of wasted scoring opportunities. I wouldn’t say, no. everything’s all of everything,” he answered. We are giving up bad goals that are either the result of their luck or our own inadequacy. For us, it’s not coming off. I am unable to identify it. However, as I mentioned earlier, I’ve been in this situation before and I simply stated that something needed to change. It is our duty, and we must fulfil that obligation. We must act quickly.
“This is what we wanted last year, and we have a lot of games. To get here and accomplish that, we all put in a lot of effort. It is now our responsibility to accept it and go forward. The big game is on Sunday. I’ve been playing football long enough to know that things can change drastically. It hasn’t been good enough, and I’m positive that’s not where we want to be. However, we are responsible for changing it, and I am at a loss for words.
