Broken Hearts?

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Hearts captain Steven Pressley says there is "significant unrest" in the dressing room over affairs at the club.
Backed 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 head coach Valdas Ivanauskas well, after he took two weeks off due to ill-health.

But the Hearts captain said trying to maintain team discipline and unity had become "an impossible task".

Eduard Malofeev has been appointed interim head coach of the Tynecastle club during Ivanauskas' absence.

While publicly I have expressed the needs for unity, behind the scenes I have made my concerns abundantly clear

Pressley told a media conference: "This is a statement on behalf of a number of players.

"This statement is no reflection on Eduard Malofeev. My first impression is that he is an honest and diligent man.

"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.

Hearts owner Vladimir Romanov faces a dressing room revolt

"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."

[citygent]

Do we really care about the pop n crisps league?

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NO!!!

[Wild_Rover]

Sorry, but I care!!!

Try spending a short time in Scotland and finding yourself so far away from your normal team that you just have to have football.... any football!!

You get quite addicted after a time!