Critics have to be accepted inside Leeds United’s dressing room for the unacceptable traits they have demonstrated recently, but Javi Gracia has faith these players will turn it around. The head coach admits he can relate to where the supporters are coming from when they question the desire of his players, but he can only stress the hurt he sees on their faces in training every day.
While a 10-1 aggregate deficit across the last three halves of football is ringing alarm bells, Gracia has called for perspective on what the first six-and-a-half matches under him brought. That proof of this group of players doing that under his leadership reassures Gracia they can get back to that place.
Gracia had been asked how he has gone about getting a reaction from his players after the recent thrashings. In March 2019, he told The Sunday Times: “In Spanish, we say it is better to put red one time than 20 times orange.
