Ghosts need exorcising at Leeds United after the traumas of a campaign which diced with death and required deliverance from Championship evil at the 11th hour. A few of those elusive spirits have already been laid to rest by Jesse Marsch in a quietly promising start to 2022/23.
Yet there are two hauntings from his own 12-match stint last year which could do with a reading or two from Marsch’s bible on tactical supremacy. A 3-0 home defeat to Aston Villa and a 0-0 draw at Crystal Palace were, ironically, floodlit bookends to an unbeaten run which ultimately kept the Whites up last season.
Selhurst Park point aside, they were two evenings which created some of the biggest worries about Leeds under Marsch. The abysmal home loss to Villa drew boos, anguish and even a scarf (which landed at Marsch’s feet) on one of the most toxic nights at Elland Road in several years.
