fraser54 0 Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Hearts majority shareholder Vladimir Romanov has warned his players they are all for sale if they do not win this weekend, BBC Scotland has disclosed. And captain Steven Pressley responded with a statement voicing the players' unhappiness at affairs at the club. Romanov says he will move players on to "Kilmarnock or whatever club will take them" unless they defeat Dunfermline. And he has warned that he would then play a team of youngsters against Celtic the following weekend. Statement: Hearts captain Steven Pressley BBC Scotland disclosed the latest turn of events only days after Romanov granted head coach Valdas Ivanauskas two weeks' leave on the grounds of ill-health. Second-top Hearts had lost 2-0 at home to Kilmarnock last weekend, leaving the Edinburgh club eight points adrift of holders Celtic. While publicly I have expressed the needs for unity, behind the scenes I have made my concerns abundantly clear Steven Pressley Eduard Malofeev was appointed interim head coach of the Tynecastle club during Ivanauskas' absence. And, at Fridays pre-match media conference ahead of Dunfermline's visit, Pressley revealed that there is "significant unrest" in the dressing-room. Flanked by team-mates Paul Hartley and Craig Gordon, Pressley said in a statement that the last two years had been "testing for the players". He said the squad wished Ivanauskas well but stressed that trying to maintain team discipline and unity had become "an impossible task". "This is a statement on behalf of a number of players," he said. "This statement is no reflection on Eduard Malofeev. My first impression is that he is an honest and diligent man. MESSAGEBOARD "Will those that speak out be dropped like Webster was? I suspect they might be." Hearts supporter Message board: Have your say "I would like to wish Valdas a speedy recovery, but whether he returns or not is almost incidental in association with the problems related to this football club. "I have tried, along with the coaching staff and certain colleagues, to implement the correct values and discipline, but it has become an impossible task. "There is only so much coaching staff, a captain and certain colleagues can do without the full backing, direction and coherence of the manager and those running the football club. "While publicly I have expressed the needs for unity, behind the scenes I have made my concerns abundantly clear. "The last two years have been testing for the players and together they have faced a number of challenges. "I would have worked hard to have retained unity. "However, due to circumstances, morale understandably is not good and there is significant unrest in the dressing-room vlad is mad if i was the players i would purposly lose i would be fed up with all that 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elderslieblue 0 Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 No doubt the guy's crazy. But what use is a successful team if they don't have a pitch to play on ? Flats, flats, glorious flats. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraser54 0 Posted October 27, 2006 Author Share Posted October 27, 2006 go to bbc1 in 5-10mins and you will see it 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewarty 1,877 Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 With a bit of luck it galvanises the team into getting a result vs Celtic next weekend but it's not looking good for the Jam Tarts. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewarty 1,877 Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Steven Pressley is going to make a cracking manager when he hangs up his boots BTW. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ascender 352 Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 How bizarre. It just gets stranger and stranger. The funny thing is that living in Edinburgh I'm around a lot of Jambos and not one of them thinks that Romanov is bad for the club. I've been saying from the start it'll end in tears and I still stand by that. Even funnier to see that some Jambos want to walk out at 3.15pm or so if the guys are dropped and you have some other fans saying that you can't just walk out because you don't agree with the team selection. i think its gone a bit beyond that now.. So, do you think there's anyone we should bid on in the January window if we had the cash? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudbertz 0 Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Perfect time to snap up Craig Gordon... keep up the good work Vlad you crazy bastard. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jezzy Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 if hes selling the team we will have Craig Gordon please 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 743 Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 HA HA Romanov is hilarious - "i'll sell you to Kilmarnock" Id tell him to fuck off and sign for Hibs 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,499 Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 I guess you have got to choose these days. A Chairman that nearly gets you bankrupt. Or a Chairman that picks the team . 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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