Speed and breadth of change are going to be critical to Javi Gracia’s success at Leeds United. How much the Spaniard wants to tear up the previous regime and how quickly he does that could make or break the last 15 games of the campaign.
The Whites have gone from 11 months of Jesse Marsch’s ill-fated doctrine to two weeks of Michael Skubala’s tweaks and now there is a third voice to follow. How well the squad takes in and adapts to what Gracia is telling them will be so important.
Marsch would tell you, and told the players too often perhaps, the squad was struggling to get to grips with his tactical outlook. Others might tell you his system was flawed in the first place, but either way, it’s a way of playing which has been driven into them every day since the end of February 2022.
