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It's January and the good ship Leeds is drifting aimlessly again!

15/1/2013

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By Andrew Butterwick

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After Saturday's annual aberration at Oakwell it's fair to say there has been a  huge amount of discontent amongst the Leeds faithful. The game was yet another watershed for Leeds and Warnock's stock is at a terminal low with the knowledgable Leeds fans. After nearly a year in charge Leeds have not progressed  in any shape or form and Warnock's excuses for poor performances have worn as thin as a bulimic fashion model fasting for lent. The defeat to Barnsley summed  up our current position. Zero shots on target and zero corners against a team  who were bottom of the league. With the quality of players we have available it  is difficult to approach any game with any realistic confidence given the  seemingly inability to play any sort of constructive football. That is unless  you call hoofing the ball in the general direction of Becchio as  constructive?

But this isn't something that should come as a shock to the long suffering Leeds fans. It's January the traditional month of turmoil at the  Theatre of Hope. We have had the usual "flatter to deceive" run up to Xmas where  we somehow reach a decent League position in or around the play off's. Once The  Xmas decorations have been taken down Leeds always seem to head downhill at a rate of knots. Even when we got promoted we tried our hardest to throw away the  opportunity during the 2nd half of the season. The final game against Bristol Rovers famously saw us scrape into the automatic promotion spots but not before testing the resolve and nerves of the fans to breaking point. It's as if all the luck and good fortune is used up before Xmas and thereafter we are exposed to harsh reality. That's certainly what's happened this season. Other than the 2nd half at Huddersfield when have we really taken control of a game? So for all Warnock's skilful management of the media sound bites the table and the  statistics don't lie. We are once again floundering without any true leadership,  strategy or hope as we negotiate a tricky January and look forward to a very difficult February schedule. Change is needed quickly.

The replay at Birmingham will be a testing game. The fans that make the trip will want nothing less than
a  performance with passion and passing at the centre of Leeds' approach. Anything  else will see the fans revolting. We can cope with getting beat if we play with  some structure, style and passion. We can't cope when we get beat if we have no  passion, organisation or ideas which is what is happening at present. Just to add to the despondency a certain Mr Zigic has completed his suspension and is available for the blues so he's bound to continue his scoring record against Leeds.

So not a lot of hope or expectation floating about on Planet Leeds for this one. I suspect I will be in need of therapy after this one...........that is unless Mr Warnock lives up to his assertion that he's "doing a great job" at Leeds. As the well quoted late Mr Clough would say "he's in the top one" in thinking that!

Can't wait.

MOT

2 Comments
Dave
14/1/2013 06:13:13 pm

Very good article, I can't believe we are in this position yet again... Not looking forward to tonight, to be honest think it is time for change

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Ray Cross
15/1/2013 03:30:36 am

Face the facts and there are the facts as you put them. Can't argue with that. Tonight has that inevitability feeling and it shouldn't be like this. Warnock needs to go and a quality manager from the world stage needs to come in. If GFH can't do that they are wasting our time. Let's face it they are not like the owners at Man City, Chelsea etc where it is a hobby. GFH is a business and needs a return and if they don't make the Premiership this year and will get worse, potentially a Portsmouth.

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