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'Such a shame Fox is to leave' & 'get VAR in bin'

'Such a shame Fox is to leave' & 'get VAR in bin'

BBC News19-05-2025

We asked for your views on Hearts' end-of-season victory at Kilmarnock.Here's what you had to say:Alistair: Definitely not a memorable season, but four victories in a row at the end speaks volumes about Liam Fox. I think he needs to be given lots of credit and he didn't deserve the decision by the board to remove him from the club altogether. I understand the new manager will bring his own men in, but surely a place could have been found for Liam.Alan: Get VAR so far into the bin. To overturn the referee's initial decision of a free-kick to Yan Dhanda then send him off for a challenge that wasn't a challenge was ludicrous. After that it felt good to snatch the three points in a fairly meaningless game on a horrible pitch.Ronnie: Not a great game to be fair and why Dandara decided to keep his foot in is beyond me, pressure of being at a bigger club maybe. Hopefully new manager comes in and clears a lot out and brings in fresh faces because some of these players are really not worth a wage. Bad season all round and the board really do need to look at themselves I am afraid. They have carried out a lot of good things but have certainly left a lot to be desired on the managers they have brought in. Good luck to the departing interim manager and I really hope he gets a gig somewhere good because he has been good for Hearts.Paul: If it wasn't for the Neil Critchley experiment we would have been comfortably in the top half. Tippy-tappy passive football will get you nowhere in the SPFL. We ended up just a couple of points from fourth.Moray: A very poor season and such a shame Fox is too leave the club, he deserved to be kept on in some role. Hopefully next season will be more stable and we all have something to look forward too.

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