Hearty laughter

Hearts continue to provide an interesting side-show to Scottish football. Having carelessly lost a number of managers, officials and players during majority shareholder Vladimir Romanov's short time at the club, things continue to appear far from rosy on Gorgie Road.

You have to wonder what he believes will be achieved by this interfering and dictatorial style of management. Clearly he's been successful in working this way in his other ventures but this is football in Scotland. Wikipedia suggests Mr Romanov has had some experience of seafaring so maybe he's used to a mutiny like the one witnessed on Friday. Gordon, Hartley and Pressley clearly feel they are important enough in football generally to be able to take a stand and who can blame them? Romanov, unless he's recently been on what ever the opposite of an assertiveness course is, doesn't appear to be a man who suffers those who dare to speak out against him. Just ask Burley, Duffy, Rix, Anderton, Foulkes etc. Despite this of course they split the old-firm monotony in the top flight and won the Scottish Cup last season.

This one isn't over yet. Stay tuned.