And so they have got away with it: with daring to make the unthinkable managerial change, with their January transfer inertia and with their leaky back line. Leeds are staying up, Jessie Marsch’s mission accomplished.
They did it the hard way, the day starting with their fate in others’ hands. But a madcap victory against nine-man Brentford was enough to ensure that, much to the home fans’ disappointment, there was no Leeds falling apart.