Welcome to Episode Twenty of the Talkin' Tynie Podcast.

In this episode, Alastair and Euan change from their usual podcast style and instead have an episode that focuses on player contracts, incomings and outgoings. Due to the club having 10 current first team players out of contract at the end of the season, the episode is dominated by debate over certain individuals in relation to whether we would extend their deal or not. The 3 loanees: Cochrane, Woodburn & Moore are also assessed. 

Potential outgoings are briefly touched upon, with a few individuals clearly heading for the exit door. Whereas Hearts have already officially announced their first January transfer, an Australia that goes by the name of Nathaniel Atkinson. The boys provide a low down on him and give an insight on what he will hopefully bring to Tynecastle. 

Another player rumoured to be joining Hearts is Japanese striker Tsuyoshi Ogashiwa, like Atkinson the boys provide an (more brief) overview of what we might be getting should the deal materialise.  The episode finishes by having a look at the pre-contract options for Hearts across the Scottish Premiership with a few names standing out as potential options. The lack of rumours circulating within the media made name picking certain players in this section very difficult!

Player contracts - 4:02 to 48:15
Assessing the 3 loanees - 48:16 to 59:10
Outgoings - 59:11 to 1:01:55
Nathaniel Atkinson - 1:01:56 to 1:08:47
Tsuyoshi Ogashiwa + other striker related chat - 1:08:48 to 1:17:36
Other incomings -1:17:37 to the end

As always, we hope that you have enjoyed this episode and noticed a difference in using new mics (although I have covid so did sound quite blocked at times). If you did enjoy the episode, please give us a rating if possible and share the episode across social media.

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