Warnock has resigned!!!!
Let it settle a few days before posting but here goes.
No one Manager could have done much more than Warnock since he arrived. I think he has done okl given the number of factors pulling against him.
Inheriting a team with one of the worst defenses I can ever remember, an average squad with one or two standout players.
The club buyout was supposed to happen pre-season and herald the new dawn for the club, alas the prudent checking of Bates running of the club meant this took several months and meant no investment and another year in limbo. Literally selling Snodgrass the week before the start of the season and then Bechhio (to be replaced by an unfit Morrison) really sapped the team spirit beyond belief.
The only thing Warnock could do was bring in average players on salaries the club was restricted to paying, tiny by other clubs budgets in the division. With those restrictions its no wonder we ended up with only one loan player that improved the squad (Thomas of WBA) the rest were pointless fodder.
The £10m investment by the new owners over Xmas on the squad never happened, signing one or two loan players does not equate to improving the squad and another window shut for us improving the squad. At this time we were only 2-3 points of the playoffs and anyone with an ounce of footballing knowledge knew 2-3 Key signings and taking a risk might put us on a good run in what is a very level division. I guess the new owners found out what Bates had done to the club and released they could only plug the leaks until more investors were brought in. What bates did was basically remortgage the club to build on the East stand for corporate stuff, he did so with a loan that was used against our future season ticket sales for the next two years. So in effect the money coming in was alot less then thought, the owners have made good strides at encouraging new fans but its a long way back to where we sunk.
On Warnocks running of the team is where most Leeds fans have been left baffled. Not only have we failed to create chances all season, we have played the long ball, dire boring stuff to go along with it. No one minds the long ball game (as Leeds fans under Wilkinson know) it can be attractive, attacking football if you play it correctly. But we aint, constantly messing with the team and playing players out of position. Lee Peltier for example, EVERYONE could see he was being played wrong but oh know he stuck with him and our defense was a complete joke from it. Playing Austin when out of form, playing Varney on the wing?! Not picking goalscorers, chopping and changing the center backs week in week out.
Even the few wins we have had this season, not one of them has been what you would call convincing, every one has been a complete grind. The flip side is most the defeats (bar 2-3) have been by the odd goal. Over the past few months we have literally thrown away points left right and center, the pattern continues yet Warnock takes no responsibility for it. Even his resignation he said the fans now could blame him for the teams results?! well who else it there.
You really should have gone 2 months ago when it was clear to everyone we are simply not good enough to go up. We don't deserve it and never going to reach the playoffs. Him lingering about has had such a negative effect that you can visibly see the playing shrinking away and hoping the season ends today.
I personally hope we get Brian McDermot in soon, really drop all the cronies that were Warnocks favorites and get us the 2 wins we need to be safe.
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