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Published Date: 22 August 2008
HEARTS have appointed Arturas Ramoska as their new goalkeeping coach.
The 44-year-old former FBK Kaunas player and coach will start work today.

Ramoska, who holds a Uefa pro-licence, has also been involved with Lithuania's senior and Under-21 set-up. Hearts manager Csaba Laszlo revealed earlier in the week he was looking for a new specialist keeping coach. "I think this will strengthen the coaching staff," he said.



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  • Last Updated: 21 August 2008 10:11 PM
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  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Heart of Midlothian FC
 
1

Leithjambo,

22/08/2008 00:29:46
The new goalie coach looks like hes taken a few balls in the napper. Excuse the expression.
hes obvously from the get your face behind the ball school of goalkeeping.
hes never been anywhere else but Kaunas so he obviously taught Eduardas Kurskis everything he knows.

2

Cammy,

Edinburgh 22/08/2008 01:02:53
New keeper from Kaunas, now a new keeper coach from Kaunas.

Sure seems like Csaba is in total control of the playing and coaching squad.

The only "free hand" here is the one up his back. Gottle of Geer.
3

Daillyman,

22/08/2008 03:14:35
Hearts have had some decent keepers in the past its a pity they dont get a shot at the job.

Oops sorry none were Lithuanian.
4

RoyaIty,

22/08/2008 04:42:19
oooh hilarious stuff scrounger. Hows that illness coming along? Anything yet?
5

scorchio,

West of the Pecos 22/08/2008 07:46:42
Let's hope we don't see another schism in the squad or backroom staff, because that is a genuine possibility.
There is a great deal of goodwill for "Banksie" right now, so Laszlo better be on his toes.
The notion I had that Csaba had full control seems naive now.
Time for a lie doon!
6

Stotty,

22/08/2008 08:12:38
So Banks has been axed, big deal, this is football.

2 new keepers and a goalkeeping coach who holds the uefa pro license. I hardly think this cause for despair.
7

tommytommy,

22/08/2008 08:18:45
Yes its another sign that the same rules apply.

The list of employees at Tynecastle who have been treated shabbily grows.

The credibility of the manager crumbles.

You expect your line manager to stand by you if you have worked hard and been loyal to the company.

What does Banks get?

The knife in the back.

I said before and I repeat.

The manager talks nonsense.
8

CBJambo,

22/08/2008 08:22:29
#8

No, but the manner in which we go about our business is!

The Csaba 'feel good' factor has been blown out the water and whilst a goalkeeping coach is welcome... a coach from Kaunus who has no experience of playing ANYWHERE else does not seem like strengthening the squad to me... it remains to be seen whether Balogh and Kello are any better than Banks, Macdonald and Basso (who hasn't left yet!).

We may yet be the first club to play 4 keepers in the first 4 games of the spl.
9

Stotty,

22/08/2008 08:33:21
#9 - The feel good factor hasn't been blown out the water for me.

Laszlo wanted the goalkeeper situation clarified ASAP, which has now been done.

The goalkeeper coach has also coached and played at international level and holds the uefa pro license. What coaching experience did Banks have?

I feel sorry for Banks, but ultimately he is a journeyman at the end of his career and I've seen FAR better players leave Hearts in the past.

Roll on tomorrow.
10

Stotty,

22/08/2008 08:35:54
Also, why does everyone assume that Laszlo rates Steve Banks and wanted him either as no 1 or coach anyway?
11

victorian of gorgie ,

22/08/2008 08:40:50
#12 stotty, 'cos that's either what their preconceptions allow them to believe, or what they actually want to believe. inability to think dispassionately.

all personal opinion of course and obviously doesn't apply to everyone, just the perennial wrist-slitters and daft hobos / rioters.

12

Chas Niceass,

22/08/2008 08:43:03
I still feel good about Csaba.
What a hysterical bunch. To be honest Csaba never seemed that keen on the situ which to be honest was ridiculous in the first place.
What keeper do you know of coaching himself?
You dont have to be a brilliant keeper to be a good keeping coach, Simon Smith and Malcolm Webster are the leading 2 in the UK, I doubt many have ever heard of them.
13

victorian of gorgie ,

22/08/2008 08:47:40
yeah you can count me out of any claims of "the feelgood factor has gone". csaba may well still be constrained by agreed / non-agreed input from vlad but he's still a far better coach and man manager than frail could ever hope to be, so it appears to me anyway.

14

tommytommy,

22/08/2008 08:51:13
The manager claims to pick the team.

He says he will decide who he signs.

Does he decide who will come and who will go?

How can the players trust someone who says one thing and does another?
15

victorian of gorgie ,

22/08/2008 08:54:42
#16 tonkatoy, ask the manager and the players.

16

GorgieB,

22/08/2008 08:55:37
#16
How in any way shape or form has he said he'd do one thing then gone on to do another?

Show me one bit of proof that back up your last statement!
17

tommytommy,

22/08/2008 08:58:13
Who picks the team?

Who manages the team?

Who addresses the team in the changing room?

18

victorian of gorgie ,

22/08/2008 08:59:21
#19, ask romanov, ask ogilvie, ask your favourite teddy bear.

19

GorgieB,

22/08/2008 09:00:19
#19

I can see your asking some questions but thats not proof!!!

How do you know he doesn't pick the team?
etc, etc, etc,

You Don't your just a bl**dy wind up merchant!
20

Stotty,

22/08/2008 09:05:33
#15 - Absolutely spot on. I am sure that Vlad will always be more "hands on" than other club owners, but I still expect Laszlo to vastly improve on last season.
21

tommytommy,

22/08/2008 09:12:29
Vic

You tried to slip through a blatant lie yesterday when you falsley attributed an opinion to me.

I politely asked you to substantiate your comment and to date you have ducked and weaved and failed to deal with it.

You always resort to personal insult when you are found out.

You had your last account closed by "The Scotsman" when you were revealed to be stalking a poster.

Behind the name lies a nasty piece of work.
22

victorian of gorgie ,

22/08/2008 09:14:58
#23, hilarious!!! this is going to be a good friday at this rate.
23

GorgieB,

22/08/2008 09:19:22
Never mind changing the subject Tommy T1theed, Im still waiting from an answer from you. So why not stop trying to wind us up and answer instead of as you say ducking and weaving and failing to deal with the question!
24

Talk o' the Toun,

22/08/2008 09:20:35
#23 Tommy the T!T....now dropped his 'ASSET STRIPPING' agenda(after several months of making a T!T of himself) now an expert on the goings on behind the scenes at TYNECASTLE.
Knows SFA but says FA frequently.
CONCENTRATE: there is clear proof of an improving HEARTS FOOTBALL TEAM. There are clear signs(will be backed up by accounts)that we are no longer haemoriging(!) money.
IF(as we expect) we continue to witness a vastly improved(winning) team on the park WE(the HEARTS FANS) do not give a sh!T who pickes who.

Now away and bore someone else.


HHGH
25

Indy Rep Kid...,

22/08/2008 09:20:47
#1

puntit: yesterday you said Broadfoot was clever to dive against Hearts and cheat the referee and paying public

therefore your opinion on what constitutes "disgusting" is irrelevant
26

Indy Rep Kid...,

22/08/2008 09:21:47
TommyTeepee: what would YOU do?

oooohhh.....you'd ask questions!!!!!!

pathetic

YOU'RE the one trying to prove financial irregularities....YOU provide the proof

27

The Bee,

22/08/2008 09:22:39
#1

What about Banks? He’s now the full-time youth team goalkeeping coach and is no longer considered a player. Hope that answers your question.

Now you can answer one of mine; why are you bothered?
28

tommytommy,

22/08/2008 09:23:17
Can anyone confirm the rumour going around the the new manager is nicknamed "Sooty"?
29

Indy Rep Kid...,

22/08/2008 09:26:51
#30

Stick to amateur sleuthing cos your comedy stinks worse than a female comedian on Mock the Week
30

tommytommy,

22/08/2008 09:29:52
The players care about who picks the team.

The manager states that he picks it and we all know that is untrue.Its nonsense.

Some people spent months on here complaining about interference in the playing side by Romanov.

The results of the meddling were all too apparant.

If you want to have more of the same then so be it.

I am the messenger.

Im not the cause of your grief.
31

victorian of gorgie ,

22/08/2008 09:31:24
just for the record, yesterday tommytonkatoy blurted oot that romanov got shares at a knock-down price by converting £12M debt into 13% equity.

buying 13% equity for a forgiveness of £12M would equate to a pro rata figure of £92M for the total shareholding, obviously the club is not worth as much as that.

in effect tonkatoy was saying that hearts are worth in excess of £92M.

he also said in the past that the debt for equity scheme actually INCREASED hearts debt liability.

he makes an ers* of himself on a regular basis and tries to worm out of it by accusing other people of saying the inaccurate things that he has actually said.

total loser.

32

Talk o' the Toun,

22/08/2008 09:34:49
#32 Tommy T!T

you are not listening....you nor anyone else is the cause of our grief because we are NOT GRIEVING(!: i reaaly do need to work out how to spell check posts).

We are a 'much improved' work in progress.Whereas you are a boring barsteward!!!


HHGH
33

Talk o' the Toun,

22/08/2008 09:37:11
#33 thanks for passing on TT's summary.... as much as i consider my shares as too precious to sell i might now have to reconsider as appears i could clear my debts if i cashed them in.

What a prize phanny TT is.
34

Anglo Jambo,

Chorley 22/08/2008 09:40:28
For a start Csaba was allowed to sign Obua, He was allowed to bring the assistant he wanted. So now Romanov has appointed a goalkeeping coach with a lot of experience. He is more qualified than Banks. As for Kurskis, a good coach will teach the finer points to a good keeper but can't make a good keeper out of a bad keeper. Ramoska is the goal keeping coach at Kaunus. Yes the keeper coach of the team that knocked Rangers out of Europe. I believe Csaba has a bigger say than any manager/coach we have had previously but we can't expect miracles overnight and we have to expect Romanov to have his say sometime.
35

maroon to the core,

falkirk 22/08/2008 09:41:27
Joke signing. Steve Banks was recognised by other clubs as a good coach and a good keeper. So we replace him with Two nobodies. Csaba will loose the respect of the players and fans if he does not start signing his own guys and I am afraid that does mean looking outside of the Kaunas team.
Come on Csaba make a decent signing and shut me and every other doubter up.
36

LionheartFodithman,

22/08/2008 09:44:18
I thank you for reappearing today TommyTanker.
Just when a few Jambo's where starting to murmur and the discontent was starting to rear its ugly head.
Up you pop to unite us all in condemnation of your childish nonsense and made up keech.

Weldone Tommytanker.

Are you one of Vlads Puppets TommyTanker ???
37

CBJambo,

22/08/2008 09:46:38
#11 Stotty

Banks may be a journeyman as far as your concerned but for my money he has been a model pro and has been a good keeper for us between the sticks.

Banks has had his name besmirched in the papers by Romanov and that is bang out of order.

I don't mind if Csaba doesn't rate him and wants to bring his OWN man in, but yet again Hearts have aired their dirty linen in public and treated a good servant of the club terribly. They have also raised the perrenial question of Vlad's control over team selection by the appointment of the new keeper and GK coach.

# 13 victorian of gorgie

'all personal opinion of course and obviously doesn't apply to everyone, just the perennial wrist-slitters and daft hobos / rioters.'

You better not be lumpin me in with that lot pal... I have a positive outlook on the new Hearts team and will not judge ANY player until they have played for us... however it disgusts me the way the club hierarchy treat individuals... especially the owner... and he continually gets away with it because he is not on the board.

No other club in the spl carries on like this... my observation of the 'feel good' factor being blown out the water reflects my realisation that whilst Csaba seems to be getting a lot of sway regarding appointments... they are heavily scrutinised and in obvious cases foisted upon him.

38

victorian of gorgie ,

22/08/2008 09:47:57
#39, no not at all. that's why i put in the caveat.
39

Indy Rep Kid...,

22/08/2008 09:54:47
#39

I agree. A proper club would have announced the arrival of the new goalkeeping coach, detailed his CV and achievements and generally justified his appointment. all this would have been done AFTER a quiet word with Banks to explain his new role.

But no, not Hearts. We end up on the back pages over a simple matter of employing a new coach.

Still, at least we never appointed Gordon Marshall!!
40

Johnny Jambo,

22/08/2008 09:55:41
I have no problem with a new GK Coach coming in, he is qualified and those qualifications do not come easily and a bonus is that he will have worked with at least one of our keepers before, Kello, which could be a good thing.
My concern though is, I wonder if Laszlo even knew this guy before, we will never know whether he did or didn't make the choice himself or if he was dictated to by Romanov, (i know what i think) but lets just be happy we have a qualified guy in place and hope we push on.

Banks was treated badly, we assume, thats gone now so lets move on through the season and see how the new regime progresses the team.

I just hope we get a couple of strong, quality outfield players to strengthen the squad now.
41

LionheartFodithman,

22/08/2008 09:56:32
#39 CB
No other club in the SPL has to put up with such nonsense emanating from the press room.I have heard numerous stories now with regards the Banks situation and they cant all be true.This story was generated by a Weegie red top with the soul purpose of disrupting our team.
Yes,there seems to have been some sort of falling out but myself or anyone i know has no real idea about the truth.
Granted,the club should come out and end the rumours a.s.a.p but they have chosen on this occasion not to.

Perhaps its not good for the club to be airing their views in public.

Personally all i care about is 3 points tomorrow,if that is not accomplished then we will all have something to gristle about.

42

taIk o' the toun,

22/08/2008 10:03:22

This guy is a world class coach and it shows to the world that his appointment mean we will be splitting the OF again this season. And who knows maybe a title challenge?
43

Johnny Jambo,

22/08/2008 10:03:41
#39 CB Jambo - I think we all know how Romanov works by now and I dont think we will change that, he is the man behind the club. Right now we have no other option than to support the team on the park and I think most ofus wil do that.

The cost to buy Romanov out would be too inhibitive right now, even if he was to consider selling, which I dont think is the case. The debt is reducing and if thigs progress financially, the way it has done recently then we will be no more in debt than we were when he took over so we will be in no worse a position than we were when he bought the club from Robinson.

I think he is in this for the long haul, and is making business decisions to support that, I just agree with everyone that some of his personal traits are not good, but as I said at the start we are stuck with that.
44

Indy Rep Kid...,

22/08/2008 10:05:41
#44

cloning tw@t.....zzzzzzz
45

Ronaldo Stuffed Everyone,

22/08/2008 10:05:55
I see Tommy Tithead and The PundTit are off again with their inane rambles. Obviously when Vlad says Csaba runs the team, and both Csaba and Frail said they pick the team they are liars. Why? because Tommy Tithead and PundTit, without one single shred of evidence, say so.
46

Johnny Jambo,

22/08/2008 10:08:27
#44 tott - I am not sure I agree that the appointment of a Qualified GK Coach will make us challengers to the OF this season, I think we need a bit more than that.
In fact I am convinced that the club will, for a couple of seasons, remain in the doldrums (top 6 at best) before we start to improve again. The focus is clearly on the finances at the moment, stabilise the club before we start to spend on the players necessary to make us challengers.

Its a sad fact but true I think.
47

Jambo-ree,

22/08/2008 10:09:58
#30 - You should be careful making remarks about that. If someone carries out a Sweep of theses threads they may Sue you.

#42 - That's just the trouble - we don't know the full story behind Banks' demotion and are left to speculate. My take is that he was asked to step down as a player and to concentrate on coaching. He refused and asked for a transfer, got branded as a traitor by you-know-who as a result and the rest is history. Would be nice to esablish the full story but that's not going to happen and if we keep picking the scab then the wound isn't going to heal. Yes, I think he was hard done by but time to move on.
48

victorian of gorgie ,

22/08/2008 10:10:52
#48 JJ, #44 is serg.

the real TOTT starts with a capital 'T'.

49

CBJambo,

22/08/2008 10:13:58
#40
Good bud.

#41
Totally agree

#43
You are right Hearts/Romanov are an EASY target for the weedgie media machine.

#45
All i'm saying is that Banks and Hearts deserved to handle this situation better. Vlad is a good businessman but is an awful people person who now will never be fully accepted by the fans or the spl because of the way he conducts himself.

If he is in it for the long haul and his intentions are good... then he should get himself on the board of directors now! He should also learn to conduct himself correctly with regards his comments re the OF and the spl! Then and only then will we see an improvement in inter club relations and the with the fans.

This cloak and dagger nonsense just detracts from every bit of good work being carried out by all those employed at HMFC.
50

Johnny Jambo,

22/08/2008 10:14:54
#49 ok thanks victor althou my post is still relevant don't you think.
51

victorian of gorgie ,

22/08/2008 10:16:35
#52 JJ, it is indeed.
52

victorian of gorgie ,

22/08/2008 10:21:01
the sad fact of the matter with hearts & romanov these days is that anyone who cared to could write virtually anything about us in order to cause trouble / destabilise the club.... and some people WILL believe it, and don't think for a minute that there are no people out there who would, and do.

53

tommytommy,

22/08/2008 10:25:09
49

"Ohh Sootieeeeee."

Ill take your advice.

Better than the tripe posted at 33 by vic the stalker.

54

Talk o' the Toun,

22/08/2008 10:25:53
#39 CB: do not disagree but i am afraid VR
meddling/p!ss poor man management is a fact of life and will be here as long as he is here.

Has to be balanced against the positives and ultimately judged on the teams performances.
55

tommytommy,

22/08/2008 10:34:35
An aside.

Have Hearts paid Arbroath the money that they are legally bound to pay under the terms of the Webster transfer?

If not whats going to happen?

Another bananna skin?
56

Gorgie's Finest,

22/08/2008 10:38:48
TommyT1T

It was only a few days ago you said and i quote

"The manager seems like a decent guy"

Now your back to

"He talks nonsense" which is the shortened version of your classic moronic post of "He talks and talks and talks, and its utter nonsense"

I suppose if Csaba was to leave or be sacked he would be a great guy again because it fits your agenda at the time.

Now away you go even your idiot other half has taken the hint and done a runner
57

Jambo-ree,

22/08/2008 10:41:21
#57 Zzzzzzzzzz
58

Jambo-ree,

22/08/2008 10:44:16
Keep it going guys - 7 more posts and we've as many comments as there are words in the article!
59

Gorgie's Finest,

22/08/2008 10:45:36
Wile were on the subject of Goalkeepers.

"Hearts could be set to sign Ugandan Denis Onyango, who plays for South African outfit Super Sport FC, but work permite problems may prevent a deal."

Ugandan Goalkeeper who has scored goals as well. Probably a better strike rate than clum. Dunno why the interest in all these keepers I would prefer a striker and a Centre half.
60

Indy Rep Kid...,

22/08/2008 10:48:40
#57

If we haven't then we'll pay it at the last minute.

So what? It's business.

Oh, and before you start going on about us undermining poorer, smaller clubs maybe you should think about the derisory fees the Old Firm offer for Scottish players to undermine the 'provincial' clubs.

Next!
61

Roscoe P Coltrane,

22/08/2008 10:50:14
TommyTommy calling somebody a stalker! Bl00dy funny, that is.

It's Hitler saying, "you should watch that Stalin bloke, he's a bit nasty."

Or George Bush having a go at Russia for illegally invading Georgia!
62

Jambo-ree,

22/08/2008 10:51:00
#62 Not to mention the machinations that led to the Webster saga in the first instance.
63

Gorgie's Finest,

22/08/2008 10:53:28
#62

Or you could say its like Celtic fans condemning terrorists.
64

Stotty,

22/08/2008 10:56:14
#39 - CB Jambo

You said "Banks has had his name besmirched in the papers by Romanov and that is bang out of order. "

Romanov has not said a word to the papers about Banks. The story is complete conjecture.
65

victorian of gorgie ,

22/08/2008 11:00:35
#63 RPC, is that you comparing me to stalin & putin???

cool.

:D
66

Gorgie's Finest,

22/08/2008 11:02:38
Mornin Vic

Roscoe my last post @ 65 was meant for you m8 lol.

67

devries 4,

22/08/2008 11:04:09
rumours going on that csaba lazslo is furious and may quit that vlad brought in kello and goalie coach he wanted his own men also players also fed up that banks has become outcast nothing changes then who knows if these rumours are true but as soon as this guy arrived kello will be number 1 he just cant help himself old vlad can he i think hes a closet hibbee everytime things start to come together he butts in and causes chaos
68

devries 4,

vlads lost it again 22/08/2008 11:07:29
could be usual rumours on football rumours but id believe csaba wouldnt be happy abt kaunas goalie coach he must be good this guy did he teach kurskis also linked with someone called schet i kid u not mitchell schet feyenoord attacker
69

tommytommy,

22/08/2008 11:07:47
Or like saying that Laszlo picks the team signs the players and decides who comes and goes.

Gorgie 58

I said that he seems like a decent guy and that he talks nonsense.You can have both o.k.

The nonsense he talks is his claim to be the manager.

He claims to pick the team-Nonsense

He claims to appoint his staff.Nonsense

He claims to decide who will come and who will go.

It is complete and utter nonsense and you and I know that.
70

CBJambo,

22/08/2008 11:08:17
#66

Ok ok... well according to a 'source' which was then passed to the newspapers and also reported on the radio etc... Vlad addressed the players in the away dressing room to tell them this!

Not saying I believe everything I read in the papers but this sounds like Vlad to a tee!
71

Gorgie's Finest,

22/08/2008 11:10:02
#69

"Manager Csaba Laszlo welcomed the appointment. He said: "We welcome Arturas to our technical team at Heart of Midlothian. He's an experienced goalkeeping coach and I think this will strengthen the coaching staff."

"As we always do, we'll work together as one to be as successful as possible. This is our aim."

Csaba himself speaking about the new coach.

So are we to start calling Csaba a liar now.
72

some truth about romanov, Lithuania,

Kaunas 22/08/2008 11:10:39
#61 Just a thought: could it be because selling a certain goalkeeper was the best piece of business Romanov has managed at Hearts so far, and he is eager to try it out with several more of that ilk?
73

taIk o' the toun,

22/08/2008 11:12:34

#46 Indy Child (and #50 victorian the tranny)

What are you on about with cloning? If someone else wishes to copy my name and use capital letters, what am I to do? How am I cloning when it is my name that has been copied?
74

Gorgie's Finest,

22/08/2008 11:15:59
#71

What evidence do you have Csaba does not pick the team? do you have any evidence Csaba is not choosing what players come in? Obua was Csabas player, tullberg is Csabas player, Banos the hungarian keeper is his player who he has offered a contract to, and if reports are tru about the Ugandan GK he is also a Laszlo player

As usual your assumptions are based purely on your agenda as a mischief maker becaise you do not like HMFC, you cannot prove anything you ever say and back it up with anything.

Not very hard for anyway to make up stories and try pass them as fact.

Your credibility was lost a long time ago TT
75

Stotty,

22/08/2008 11:18:00
#72 - The story came from the sun newspaper. Forgive me if I don't take it as gospel. No direct quotes attributed to any of the parties involved.

Could it not just be that Laszlo wanted a new keeper, Banks wants to keep playing, and Hearts cannot offer him first team football?
76

victorian of gorgie ,

22/08/2008 11:21:04
#68 GF, morning m8. seen the latest witterings from tonka? comical.
77

Newcastle Jambo,

22/08/2008 11:25:41
Morning all. Nobody wants it but here's my tuppence worth.

I am extremely sceptical of the both the goalkeeper and the coach coming from Kaunas (yet again) and feel that it would have been advisable for Romanov to stop this rollercoaster shuffling of his underlings between his club for a while as it so clearly hasn;t worked for Hearts.

The new manager and his assistant are experienced and want to do things there way. I can't believe that this involves getting players and coaches from Kaunas.

One question - does Arturas Ramoska speak fluent English? Id he doesn't there's no way he should be working for Hearts as a coach, end of story. I hope he does for the sake of the 3 or 4 young keepers at the club. He's surely not here to coach the keeper from Kaunas and nobody else? Who has ever heard of a reserve team goalkeeping coach? OK, that was more than one question.
78

CBJambo,

22/08/2008 11:27:10
#77

Not just a sun story also reported on local papers and news... so either they are all blowing in the wind or there is a substance to it... and as the club or any representative of Romanov has come out to deny it... i'm thinking the story has legs.

And if Csaba wanted to replace Banks then a club statement to clarify the situation would have sufficed... we have since received one... but only after we have had 2 previous stating that Csaba wanted Banks to concentrate on playing... then another saying Banks must choose whether to coach or play!

The whole episode stinks and if you seriously think Romanov wouldn't say something like that to his players... you are naive in the extreme.

79

Steve_HMFC,

22/08/2008 11:28:18
Banks showed us loyalty by not going to the Rioters in January(he didnt know then but he would have played in Uefa and Scottish Cup semi finals and finals if he had).. yet we show him no loyalty here.

It seems when Laszlo said he couldnt perform two roles he decided he still wanted to play but needed to look to the future so opted for the coaching role. But being demoted to youth coaching is a slap in the face for a guy deserving better.
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CBJambo,

22/08/2008 11:28:31
#80

Should've read 'hasn't come out to deny it happened'
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Chas Niceass,

22/08/2008 11:35:13
I see the hysteria continues. All because Banks wants his cake and eat it.
To answer Newcastle Jambo, the new coach talked to Hearts News in perfect English though why he needs it to coach a Slovakian, a Hungarian not sure.
I suspect McDonald will be farmed out again.

I suppose Romanov has created this mini frenzy with events of the past, but I honestly believe he's filled a hole here, since Banks failed to simplify the situation by offering to step down and merely coach as was the long term intention in January. I'd be amazed if this situ has developed for any other reason or it would have happened some weeks ago.
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Newcastle Jambo,

22/08/2008 11:37:43
There's surely no question that Banks has been demoted for petty personal reasons by Romananov and this is nothing to do with Laszlo. The whole episode together with the loan of the Kaunas keeper and coach are a slap in the face for Laszlo and undermine the promising start he made by signing two players and appointing his own assistant.

Romanov's meddling will not end, that's a certainty. I would accept it if it had any positive benefits for the team but it's been precisely the opposite for 3 years.
83

Stotty,

22/08/2008 11:44:02
Banks is an ageing average keeper, get over it. You'd think we'd just sold Driver to Hibs for 10k.
84

Gorgie's Finest,

22/08/2008 11:44:59
#78 Vic

Yeah i noticed his dellusional rantings. The rantings of a moron grasping at any straw he can. He must be finding things difficult now though with his alter ego riley having done a runner.
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Johnny Jambo,

22/08/2008 11:52:36
#84 NJ - I think we all realise that the meddling will continue regardless of what he says, thats just the way it is and we either accept it and continue to support the team or we don't and stop supporting.

You more than most know that I had some very harsh words to say about Romanov in the past, but I had to just get on with it in the end if I wanted to be a Jambo. You talk about the lack of positive benefits, well playing wise I would agree with you, but financially we seem to be getting better and our debt is reducing and it appears that it will not be too long till we are in better financial state than we were when he took over, so that I feel is positive.

However to continue that we will not be spending big on players for the foreseeable future which in turn means that we will not see massive improvement in league position. I hope the boost of a new manager and now a new GK Coach will improve morale in the squad and drive them to a better league position.
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Chas Niceass,

22/08/2008 11:53:25
#84 Dont know where you get that from at all except your own agenda.
Laszlo has been at pains to get the situation sorted.
Romanov has ratified the decision along with Korobochka, Laszlo has told us this, we have a decision and we move on.
It hung in the air for too long, I'm sure it was no coincidence, Banks performance against Well was his shakiest in a Hearts strip. Csabas future is in youth, if you listen carefully to his comments.
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Leithjambo,

22/08/2008 12:03:57
Too much garabage being spouted on here by the likes of Tommy Tommy. (Whats your agenda- go and get a life somewhere else).
I am far from a Romanov apologist, infact I hate the little sh_te.
What is annoying me is the bol_ocks about Csaba Lazslo being a yes man/liar.
I have total faith and trust in that man. Anyone who knows football can see that he's a passionate football guy and very much his own man. Yes men are never effusive like Csaba, they hide in the shadows where they can. Cervenkov and Korobotchka are perfect examples.
All managers have players brought in over thier heads. George Burley put up with it, its happened at Rangers and Celtic and it happens at Barcelona, where the directors decided to sign Edgar Davids over Frank Rijkaard's head. Csaba says he rates the keeper and asked for him. I believe him.
I believe if Romanov insists on picking one player from the team on a Saturday Csaba will defy him and walk at 5pm.
We all know the only way this can work is if we have a manager with the political nous to let 'our leader' feel he is involved in a footballing sense, without compromising having the best team on the park. If that means letting Romanov insist on a goalkeeping coach from kaunas so be it. I believe Csaba is our last and only hope of making this whole thing work. He has the charisma to carry Romanov and the fans with him, but the strength to say no way to Romanov on team matters.
Tommy Tommy, maybe if you throw enough sh_t around some of it will actually stick, but your covered in it my friend.
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Newcastle Jambo,

22/08/2008 12:12:03
#87 Johnny, you are saying that you've sold your soul to the devil in order to keep your faith as a Jambo? I don't define myself in these narrow terms. I support Hearts - the players - but that doesn't mean blind loyalty to the owner or I'm no longer a Jambo.

His meddling is a disaster and the only benefit he has brought is that we didn't sell Tynecastle for flats. If that means that anything goes for you in terms of his running of the club that's up to you. It's not how I feel.
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Newcastle Jambo,

22/08/2008 12:13:08
#89 LJ, I hope you are right. I really do.
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victorian of gorgie ,

22/08/2008 12:18:11
NJ, what productive thing are you going to do about getting romanov to follow your way of doing things?

91

Newcastle Jambo,

22/08/2008 12:30:05
#92 Boycotting Tynecastle if I don't like the way he runs the club.

I'm going tomorrow with an open mind. If I think Laszlo is doing his job unhindered I will continue to support him (Laszlo, not the muppet on the yacht). If Romanov is still meddling, it takes away the enjoyment of watching the team for me and replaces it with frustration.

Or, if I win a quadrouple roll-over in the Euromillions Lottery 'll buy Romanov out and run the club myself :)
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victorian of gorgie ,

22/08/2008 12:34:07
#93 NJ, if you do i want to manager job, and i wont put up with any meddling from above!!!

93

Newcastle Jambo,

22/08/2008 12:55:13
There could be a place for you Vic. You wouldn't even have to be related to me to get a job. My philosophy would be to recruit the best available people for every role and to let them do their jobs. Radical huh?
94

i wanna be like John Colquhoun,

22/08/2008 14:17:16
#93 so did you used to go to tynie thinking "it depends on how mercer is running the club if i go back" or robinson for that matter. vlad is a saint compared to the man who sold the family silver. but also a lunatic with no people skills. but if we had sold tynie we would be dead. no doubt. the move to murrayfield would have killed us and just imagine hearts v st mirren there, with boyack and co playing. to me who runs the club and how that is done is irrelevant at 3.00 on a saturday. we can talk here all week but all i really care about is watching hearts and hoping they pick up three points. i dont think about the running of the club during a game.

the amount of column inches devoted to hearts since romanov took over has been tripled at least, some of it bad, some of it good and some of it utter lies. believe what you like but NOBODY other than banks, vlad and csaba knows what went on and we probably never will.
95

Talk o' the Toun,

22/08/2008 15:05:10
#96 Spot on.....support the maroon jersey come 3.00PM on a saturday.

HHGH
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i wanna be like John Colquhoun,

22/08/2008 15:36:06
its just funny to me to hear people having a go at romanov saying he is killing hearts. i have had my digs at him too as i think he is a nutter and his people skills could be better. but he is RUSSIAN, they have a different culture where they dont give a f**k about peoples feelings and yet we expect him to act like he is british and not to offend anybody.

but when it comes to him ruining our club by the way he is running it is just nonsense in my opinion.
...in 40 years of stewardship by various owners one scottish cup was delivered. we were relegated, had tommy mclean as a manager and nearly got relegated, had joe jordan as boss and got pumped 6-0 by falkirk and tynecastle was actually sold for flats!!

so can someone tell me how romanov is killing our club again...by winning a trophy within 3 years, keeping us at tynie and improving it and reducing our debt. got the british transfer record for a hearts goalie and got a CL qualifying place.

and yes its not as rosey as when he first came but if you look at how bad we have been in the past, he is doing ok.

too many hearts fans think we are a successful club...we have never been that succesful to start moaning about how bad we are NOW are when we have been alot worse before...
97

Newcastle Jambo,

22/08/2008 16:54:29
#98 I get where you are coming from, I really do. I've followed the Hearts all my life including in the First Division. I agree, Pieman was a total disaster and almost destroyed the club. I also had some issues with the way the Great Waldo ran things.

The one difference though, and this is really important to me, was that the club has always been run in the past first and foremost as a football club rather than as a vehicle for personal gain or other activity. It has been run in broadly sensible way involving appointing the best available manager (ususually) and letting them manage. That is no longer the case.

And yes, this DOES affect my enjoyment of watching matches. I was at Easter Road in 2006 when Webster was dropped for reasons we all know and Tall played very badly at centre half and we lost. To Hibs. This was one of many, many examples of the impact of direct interference that makes watching the team frustrating.

To my mind, Webster's mind was made up to leave when Rix had to explain to the players in Jan 06 why totally uunfit 3rd Division standard new signings came straight into the team for a match at Tannadice resulting in points being lost was that he hadn't wanted them, hadn't signed them, didn't rate them and hadn't selected them in the team.

When you go down that road it's the end for me. I have been hoping that almost three years after the worst decision I have ever seen as a Hearts fan (sacking Burley after 8 wins and two draws) Romanov might have seen the error of his ways in appointing a real manager. The keeper fiasco this week makes me doubt this.

If the Kaunas keeper plays tomorrow and costs Hearts the game, I won't be best pleased. I'd rather see Laszlo's first