Here are your latest Leeds United morning headlines for Monday, February 20.
Gary Neville accuses Whites board of 'arrogance' amid disastrous managerial search
Gary Neville has accused the Leeds board of 'arrogance' after failing to appoint a new manager since the sacking of Jesse Marsch. Leeds have received knockbacks from a number of candidates and are yet to find a successor for Marsch, who was relieved of his duties two weeks ago.
This has prompted Neville to criticise Andrea Radrizzani and co for sacking Marsch without having a solid plan to replace him. “Sometimes it can be poor planning, it can sometimes be a little bit of arrogance – both, probably – that you think you can sack your manager and think ‘don’t worry, we’ll get one of the ones that we want’ and all of a sudden they all turn you down or they all aren’t available," Neville told The Gary Neville podcast.
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"That can happen and that’s usually naivety that causes that, where you sort of get above your station and think you can just bring anyone in that you want.
“From Leeds’ point of view, you have to look above the players and you have to look above the current interim manager. And you have to say it isn’t looking particularly great on their part at this moment in time in terms of how they’ve dealt with the sacking of a manager, you need a seamless transition to settle the changing room down and settle the fanbase down.”
“Did he not come out on Twitter three or four days after the sacking saying ‘it’s looking like we’re going to appoint someone this week’? Was it deleted, yeah? It’s never great when you have to delete a tweet is it?”
Tony Mowbray insists goals will soon flow for 'wonderful' Leeds United loanee Joe Gelhardt
Sunderland manager Tony Mowbray has heaped praise on Joe Gelhardt after his impressive showing against Bristol City. Despite only playing one hour, the Leeds United loanee set up Jack Clarke for the Black Cats’ opener.
Gelhardt has been thrown into the deep end at the Stadium of Light due to Ross Stewart’s season-ending injury. Sunderland’s top goalscorer ruptured his Achilles during an FA Cup clash with Fulham last month - meaning Gelhardt must step up.
The 20-year-old has big shoes to fill and is enjoying the prospect of first-team football at Championship level. While he is yet to score in four appearances, Mowbray believes a purple patch is right around the corner.
Supercomputer keeps the faith with latest Leeds United relegation forecast despite Everton defeat
Leeds United have been backed by data analysts FiveThirtyEight to avoid relegation from the Premier League this season in their latest supercomputer predictions, despite losing 1-0 to Everton on Saturday.
Seamus Coleman's 64th minute strike was a sickening blow to Leeds supporters as they saw their side plunged into the relegation zone, just a solitary point ahead of bottom of the league Southampton. The Whites are without a win in the Premier League since November and desperately need to get back to winning ways if they are to move away from the foot of the table.
The Saints travel to Elland Road next weekend and a win for Leeds could see them move up to 16th should results go their way. There is still a long way to go this term with just eight points separating the bottom 12 clubs.
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