Manager

Even if we had brought in Pep Guardiola, we would have still been the shambles that we are now.
The majority of our players have:-
A poor attitude
A lack of skill
A lack of understanding
A lack of discipline,
A lack of ability

And, most of all

A lack of desire and understanding of this league and most of all what it means to wear that famous White Shirt.

Until the owner and his cronies realise this, then whoever is the Coach he will always fail.

You can't polish a Tu rd, or in our case a pile of it.

comment by Batty (U4664)
posted 13 minutes ago
As one Leeds fan put it on twitter:
"Tired of 'might-be-good' coaches and players.
Stop acting like a tinpot club and use our size
to attract a top manager."

Agree totally
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Top managers don't want to manage a club that sacks a manager every four months. we have a bad reputation, and that isn't going to attract the calibre of coach that you have listed.

Very few clubs in he championship would be able to get Koeman or Bilic. we are not one of them.

^ That maybe so, currently.

And that's a problem; the perception of the club.
The clubs' hierarchy is not trying to change it and
because of that, they're holding us back.

They can change that perception by going after
the calibre of manager I listed. By saying inwardly
and outwardly "this isn't a tin pot club."

It's doable. Club just has to believe it can be done
and then do it. Hiring the likes of Heckingbottom
does nothing but uphold the current beliefs.

I wish we'd have appointed the Wolf

comment by Batty (U4664)
posted 15 minutes ago
^ That maybe so, currently.

And that's a problem; the perception of the club.
The clubs' hierarchy is not trying to change it and
because of that, they're holding us back.

They can change that perception by going after
the calibre of manager I listed. By saying inwardly
and outwardly "this isn't a tin pot club."

It's doable. Club just has to believe it can be done
and then do it. Hiring the likes of Heckingbottom
does nothing but uphold the current beliefs.
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That's an absolute load of nonsense. The club is suffering from the bad press associated with Massimo and the previous regimes. We aren't the pulling power we used to be. These former owners are an issue, and the fact that we don't have the same budget as some of the other 'big clubs' in this league.

The fans don't really help either.

comment by Lubo - Feed The Sogg and He Will Score (U14008)
posted 56 minutes ago
Heckingbottom is not only a highly thought of coach, but did well with Barnsley, and only started to struggle after a number of key players were sold. As I said earlier, he won't be in charge of transfers, so I struggle to see how his transfer record is at all relevant.
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Fair point on the transfers although it does show his ability to spot a player. If he has an excellent transfer record you would trust him more in general to pick the best team and bring the best youngsters through.

It's nothing about pulling power of the club, it's about the owner selling the proposition.

Regardless of club, if owner says, we want promotion this season or next, you have x amount budget, you run it how you want it. We've looked around, we keep coming back to you, spoke to A and B who spoke highly of you, your philosophy fits what we want to do, we want you because X, Y, Z, we want you to take us to the Prem, what do we have to do to make you our boss?
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Its hard to argue with that, but if the plan is ambiguous, you have to work with Orta, you're not sure the money is there, you can see the social media lack of trust in owner now, and you see managers lasting a year or less, it's just not an attractive proposition for a top calibre manager, regardless of it being Leeds or Burton.

It is however attractive for coaches who think all their christmases have come at once when Leeds come calling, they get Leeds on their CV and get more money than they were getting as they were out of work or working for a tinpot club.

comment by Best Fans - Leeds are falling apart again (U2196)
posted 1 day ago
Gutted to see Monk has washed up at Brum along with Clotet and Beattie. AR really should have kept them on no matter what.
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Totally agree with you, Best Fans, but AR did not want to do it Monk's way. It would have been interesting to be a fly on the wall during last year's transfer window. Monk must have been on his knees begging for a left back and a midfielder. That was all we needed to get into the play-offs. I think the writing was on the wall after the window closed.

It's too early to write him off, have to agree the Boro line up was a shocker. I hope he learns fast the same line up doesn't work.

We weren't great against Brentford anyway. Viera and Forshaw have to be starting in CM if they are fit.

comment by lufc - Harrogate (U6810)
posted 39 minutes ago
It's too early to write him off, have to agree the Boro line up was a shocker. I hope he learns fast the same line up doesn't work.

We weren't great against Brentford anyway. Viera and Forshaw have to be starting in CM if they are fit.
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I think I’d go Phillips as RV has been crap since he came back. There’s a good player in there but he seems way off the pace atm.