Heart of Midlothian: Too many loan players?

Apologies in advance for an FM 2008 question when all the buzz is for '09, but some of us are marooned in the past due to lousy, under-powered PCs...

I decided to start a career in the SPL at Hearts. Looking at my squad, I find that I've got a load of players from Lithuania on loan. Nine (-9-) to be exact. Now, my grasp of SPL rules is somewhat weak, but I do know that -9- is a wee bit over the limit (4 or 5 I believe is more like it).

My question: does Hearts have some sort of exemption that allows them to carry -9-, or is this a bug? I'm going to assume that in reality, some of these players came on later in the season, but for some reason, when the game starts, it lumps them all with the pre-season squad.

irl i believe that hearts have alot more than 9 loan players i could ofcourse be wrong, i heard at one point 2-3years ago hearts where looking at 30odd new players a week all from lithuaina, you can get round it buy having short term and long term deals i think, isnt it.

Not sure of the exact Scottish rules, but teams are often only limited on the number of loanees they can play rather than how many they can have on their books.

Hearts have MORE than NINE Lithuanian players on loan - Vladimir Romanov loves to see them in his team on a weekly basis

i think its something to do with the link hes got with a lithuanian team

Yes as a Hearts fan I can tell you that it's not a mistake at all, there are millions of players on loan at Hearts probably more than in the game to be honest with you.

Many thanks for the quick replies. It appears that what I'm seeing with my Hearts squad is consistent with reality and not, I hope, some kind of bug. If anybody out there who managed Hearts in FM 2008 can confirm that their pre-season squad is packed with loan players, that would put the lid on my concerns that I've got a corrupted DB file.

thanks much.

Yes as a Hearts fan I can tell you that it's not a mistake at all, there are millions of players on loan at Hearts probably more than in the game to be honest with you.

Well, there you go. THANKS.

In Scotland, the only loan restrictions is on how many loaned domestic players you may have. You can have as many international ones as you like.

Many thanks for the quick replies. It appears that what I'm seeing with my Hearts squad is consistent with reality and not, I hope, some kind of bug. If anybody out there who managed Hearts in FM 2008 can confirm that their pre-season squad is packed with loan players, that would put the lid on my concerns that I've got a corrupted DB file.

thanks much.

ive played as hearts and you're fine thats how its supposed to be

In Scotland, the only loan restrictions is on how many loaned domestic players you may have. You can have as many international ones as you like.

i didnt know that. is that domestic as in scotland or uk?

Lol look at this it is ridiculous!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBK_Kaunas_to_Hearts

Gorra luv MadBadVlad!

Hearts may aswell be in the Lithuanian league TBF.

Ach Hearts will be down the tubes by the time FM2010 comes out. No biggie.

I remember the days of George Burley , when they were challenging the old firm . Since then , they have tumbled.

Lol look at this it is ridiculous!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBK_Kaunas_to_Hearts

Thats totally out of date.

My brother does the Hearts research for FM. The only mistake with the data is that a few youngsters have been released since data lock. Tomas Kanchelskis should be at Kanaus - but I'm told that is a mistake made by the Lithuanian researcher.

IRL - Hearts have 8 players on loan - Janos Balogh (Hungary), Mike Tullberg (Italian club), Mrowiec (a pole from Kanaus), Cesnasukis (Lith from Kanaus), Kello (Solvak from Kanaus), Zaliukas (Lith from Kanaus), Ksanevicus (Lith from Kaunas) and Mikoliuanas (Lith from Kanaus).