Players make more of an impact on the pitch than off but Marius Zaliukas could make an impact on Hearts bank balance.
Laszlo said: "It's difficult to speak about what we will do until the season is over. Then we will sit down and discuss his personality, his attitude and how we can help in the future. We have important matches to play this season and we cannot split our attention in two or three ways. The referee at Aberdeen told me that Zaliukas was sent off for violent conduct, so I must believe him. We must talk about this with him at the end of the season because he has to change his attitude. He is a talented player but we need players to have discipline. It is not acceptable to have so many red cards. A five-game suspension is very bad. It is painful for everybody, not just him. We don't have many centre-halves for the game against Dundee United on Saturday. The squad is not huge. After he was sent off against Falkirk for punching a player, he came to me saying he was disappointed with his attitude and he apologised to the team, the sport director and everybody for losing his head. But now he has done the same again - he lost his head, his brain his discipline. We must look to help him, not only punish him, so he doesn't do it ever again. We can't always just tell him he will be punished. Now we have to do something special. He must stop making the same mistakes. The club has stayed behind Marius but now he must show character to take our help." Zaliukas will now miss out Saturday's game against Dundee United but will be available for the final gameof the season against Celtic before serving the remainder of his ban at the start of next season. | |||
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