Jeffries raging

26 April 2010 06:30
There maybe some players who failed to deliver against Motherwell looking for new clubs if they do not improve over the next three games. Hearts players have three more games this season to prove that want and deserve to be part of Jim Jefferies plans for the club. Jeffries considered Motherwell deserved their 2-0 win at Tynecastle as they applied themselves to the task in hand unlike many of his players. Motherwell were two goals to the good as the first half ended thanks to teenage defender Steven Saunders, who scrambled his first career goal following Stevie Hammell's corner, and John Sutton, who beat Marius Zaliukas to help home Tom Hateley's free-kick. Well created many more decent chances as they ended their four-match losing streak in style to boost their European hopes and all but end the home side's chances of an early start to the season in Europe. Jefferies was "raging" after his side failed to match Motherwell in most departments and the Tynecastle boss, who arrived back at the club in January, warned there could be consequences for certain players. Jefferies said: "I learned more about the players than I have since I came back. We were playing a team that's in the top half, who have not got the resources we have, and they outplayed us. That's twice they have done it to us in the last few weeks. I have told them what's expected here. If they want to be part of it, the games are running out. If they don't, then they will find themselves out of things." Jefferies excused the "outstanding" Lee Wallace from his attack on the display as he was one of very few players to have done himself justice. However, the manager went on: "I've not made any decisions, but I learned a hell of a lot about certain individuals. In a big game like this we didn't perform. I said all last week this was a big game. We were playing a good side who didn't deserve to be on a losing run of four games. They came here and applied themselves the right way and played some good stuff and got a little help from our defending and they deserved their win because they wanted it more than us, and that's the bit that's not acceptable." Captain Michael Stewart, one of several players who are out of contract in the summer, was taken off at half-time in his first start in almost two months following a hamstring injury. Jefferies said: "He has been out with injury and he came back and trained well this week, but he looked like he couldn't get near people, so whether or not he was still feeling the effects I don't know."

Source: FOOTYMAD