Csaba Laszlo today revealed the depth of his frustration at watching Hearts go backwards under the the club's current policies.

An animated Hearts boss stopped short of threatening to quit as manager if he was not given the financial backing to arrest the slide.

But he urged the club to communicate a "clear solution" that would allow them to move forward again.

Hearts finished third in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League last season but the sale of a succession of key players, who have not been adequately replaced, sees them in ninth spot this term.

Laszlo suggested in August he might walk away if he was not given the funds to sign a striker but backed down after his pleas were ignored by majority shareholder Vladimir Romanov.

Askedon Tuesday if he was happy to remain as manager if the club continue to go backwards, he said: "I am not happy to not see progress but I am not unhappy to stay in this chair, as long as I see - with all the problems that we have - a clear solution, a clear structure.

"A structure must always be communicated for everybody.

"You must not only say internally what you want."

He added: "I would like to say to everybody: we must wake up; we can't ignore the situation.

"The year before last, the club was also in the same situation: end of the season, eighth position.

"This is my problem: we come up - third position. Going back again, something is wrong.

"We showed everybody we can move up and I would like to keep this - this is in my blood. Nobody can take this out of me, nobody. This is not possible.

"I am angry about this, about everything.

"If I see the problem, if I say to everybody, 'Look here, we put the team here' - why can't we keep this?

"This is what everybody must understand: we can be better."

Laszlo revealed he speaks with Romanov "every week" but was reluctant to divulge precisely what the pair have discussed.

"I know how far I can go in interviews and sometimes I must stop talking about this," he said.

"I respect the law of the club and I respect also the board.

"In every club you have problems, but if you ask me about the board and the owner, I try to resolve internally.

"I know a lot of answers but this is internal and not for outside."

Laszlo believes Romanov shares his frustration at Hearts' poor start to the season and insisted he was not looking only for financial backing.

"I am sure if you are the owner of a club, you also suffer a little bit," he said.

"The problem is not the money, the problem is the situation."