Lambert Simnel
One across
Now this won't mean a lot to most of you, but it's just about the last straw for me.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/heart_of_midlothian/6165375.stm
Steven Pressley is not a natural rebel, and his statement 7 weeks ago was born of desperation, and of no longer believeing that things could be put right inside the club. Have a look at the video link on this article.
After that statement, Pressley was dropped. And now he's been discarded.
It's pretty heartbreaking to see the team you grew up with transforming itself like this - I guess I blinded myself to incidents such as George Burley's departure when we finally won something (the Scottish Cup), but the totalitarian nature of Vladimir Romanov's rule at Hearts was clear from long ago, and I feel dirty and somewhat ashamed of being prepared to put up with as long as it seemed to be partnered by success on the field.
Well, no more. I'd rather Hearts became a run-of-the-mill provincial team in the lower half of the Scottish Premiership (or lower) than a byword for the worst sort of dictatorial rule by the owner - as it now has. (By the way, please be clear that this is no Lithuanian version of Abramovic - Roman might want to buy his way to success, but he at least respects his manager and players as he goes along.)
I'd rather we got beaten, relegated and humiliated, if we could get rid of Romanov and his coterie and get back to being a genuine football club, with a respect for our players, and for our fans. It really would be the best option for Heart of Midlothian.
But, for now, I feel dirty, sickened, and, above all, desperately sad.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/heart_of_midlothian/6165375.stm
Steven Pressley is not a natural rebel, and his statement 7 weeks ago was born of desperation, and of no longer believeing that things could be put right inside the club. Have a look at the video link on this article.
After that statement, Pressley was dropped. And now he's been discarded.
It's pretty heartbreaking to see the team you grew up with transforming itself like this - I guess I blinded myself to incidents such as George Burley's departure when we finally won something (the Scottish Cup), but the totalitarian nature of Vladimir Romanov's rule at Hearts was clear from long ago, and I feel dirty and somewhat ashamed of being prepared to put up with as long as it seemed to be partnered by success on the field.
Well, no more. I'd rather Hearts became a run-of-the-mill provincial team in the lower half of the Scottish Premiership (or lower) than a byword for the worst sort of dictatorial rule by the owner - as it now has. (By the way, please be clear that this is no Lithuanian version of Abramovic - Roman might want to buy his way to success, but he at least respects his manager and players as he goes along.)
I'd rather we got beaten, relegated and humiliated, if we could get rid of Romanov and his coterie and get back to being a genuine football club, with a respect for our players, and for our fans. It really would be the best option for Heart of Midlothian.
But, for now, I feel dirty, sickened, and, above all, desperately sad.
