Source: Team_Talk
Pressley: Pressure will be on Hearts
However, he hopes the Jambos fans will pose a problem for their own team.[LNB]Pressley steps into the hotseat against Jim Jefferies, who signed him for Hearts almost 12 years ago but is enduring a difficult start to his second reign amid an injury crisis.[LNB]Former Hearts captain Pressley has been subjected to abuse on his recent returns to Gorgie but a run of four successive defeats, three under Jefferies, means they have more cause for concern than ex-players.[LNB]Pressley said: "I don't seem to get the best of receptions wherever I go in Scotland these days. That's part of football.[LNB]"If we go there and apply ourselves, I have no doubt we can win the game.[LNB]"We played well there earlier in the season, drew 0-0 and were very unfortunate not to win the game."[LNB]Pressley added: "Jim's an experienced manager and been through the course many times but there's no doubt they're on a little bit of a difficult run.[LNB]"Sometimes playing in front of your home support brings an additional pressure.[LNB]"We have to use that to our advantage and turn in a positive performance and get a result."[LNB]Eddie May quit Falkirk after Wednesday's 1-0 defeat by Kilmarnock returned them to the bottom of the Scottish Premier League eight days after their first win at Aberdeen in more than 50 years.[LNB]Pressley is determined to build on some of the encouraging performances by adding a winning mentality.[LNB]"If you look back at the last three months I think there has been a great deal of improvement in the side," he said.[LNB]"Just as we seem to have taken strides forward, we seem to have been set back on a number of occasions. That's been extremely disappointing.[LNB]"It's about continuing to progress and bringing a greater degree of consistency, and that's up to me to bring to the football club."[LNB]That lack of consistency prompted May to hand over the reins.[LNB]"We have improved since the start of the season," he told BBC Scotland. "It just so happens that every time we got a good opportunity, we never took it.[LNB]"I have got morals and an honesty about me to say someone else might be better."[LNB]Skipper Darren Barr felt May could have allowed himself more chances after describing his departure as a "bolt from the blue".[LNB]"Obviously I can't speak for him and if he feels that it was time to go then fair enough, but I think he could have given himself more time," Barr told Falkirk's official website.[LNB]"I think, in time, he would go on to back up my belief that he is a very good manager.[LNB]"Everyone here appreciates what he's done for the club, as a player, coach and manager.[LNB]"Eddie's a friend of mine and we go way back. He couldn't have done any more for the lads.[LNB]"We're the ones who go onto the park and didn't get the results for him. We let him down.[LNB]"He's come straight into a job when things weren't going right and it's hard to build a new team overnight.[LNB]"As players you just feel gutted, that you could have done more.[LNB]"He obviously has his reasons for going as he knows his own mind. That was, for me, one of his biggest strengths.[LNB]"Eddie always had the respect of the players because he always told it how it is."[LNB]Barr, who signed a pre-contract agreement with Hearts last month, will give the same backing to Pressley.[LNB]"It's obviously not the way Steven Pressley would have wanted to take over, but he's exactly the right guy to take charge in a situation like this," the 24-year-old added.[LNB]"Right throughout his career he's been a leader of men. He's had a big influence on the dressing room as a coach.[LNB]"He'll want to come in and get positive results and he's right - there's no way we are finished."[LNB][LNB]
