See, I don't agree with that tbh. 3 120 minute matches in the last month, the players 62nd match of the season (more than any other team in world football), the emotional drain of losing Wednesday in 30+ degree heat that the fans couldn't even handle sitting watching yet the players are expected to be bang ready fitness and mentality wise today, 2 training sessions of which one was light recovery, Jimmy's funeral and the emotions of that and just 62hrs between full time on Wednesday and kick off today will all impact player availability and team selection. There will be numerous personnel changes today and Hearts will be right up for it and are a good team.
If we don't win I won't be happy but to say there'd be no acceptable excuse if the worst was to happen is entitled, hubristic crap which we've accused the other lot of being full of since we returned to the league. Boyd nailed it in his article, if it was a better team than QOTS in 2008 we would likely have lost that final as the players were absolutely spent. This team is no different. Hearts aren't QOTS, this will be a fantastic win given the circumstances imo if we were to finish on a high.