Frail threatens to walk
26 Aug 2007 - 09:12:10
Hearts' first-team coach Stephen Frail threatened to quit the club after seeing the Jambos beaten 5-0 at Celtic.
Frail hinted at major problems within the Jambos dressing room and said he was prepared to sacrifice his position as assistant to Anatoly Korobochka if it would help the situation.
He fumed: "We have zero complaints. We were outclassed, outfought and outplayed. This is as difficult as I've found it.
"We are all accountable for a performance like that but you can only do so much. I am putting responsibility back in to the players' court in terms of getting some spirit.
"They have to sit and discuss it as a squad and see where they are going wrong. They need to get the spirit.
"Some of the players think the language thing is a problem, but they can communicate - it's whether or not they want to.
"I don't want to walk away but if it needs to be me that's accountable, if it needs to be me that loses my job for things to change, then that's the way it is.
"Ultimately, the most important thing is that the football club progresses."