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Leeds: Conor McGilligan slams embarrassing order Marsch handed players before sacking
Presenter and YouTuber Conor McGlligan has slammed ex-Leeds United manager Jesse Marsch for getting his players to watch a show on Netflix after their defeat this weekend.
The Lowdown: Leeds in turmoil; Marsch sacked
It’s safe to say that things are far from ideal at Elland Road at the moment with the Whites earning just two wins since domestic football resumed in December.
Both of those wins came in the FA Cup against Cardiff City and Accrington Stanley, whereas their league form has been atrocious – losing to the likes of Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa in recent weeks.
And Sunday’s defeat was indeed the final straw for the Leeds board, who dismissed Marsch less than a year after taking over from Marcelo Bielsa.
The Latest: Marsch’s desperate measures ridiculed
Marsch will have been looking for any way he can to get his players back on form and hitting the heights they did at the start of the season when they took points off the likes of Liverpool and Chelsea.
According to Phil Hay, Marsch asked his players to watch The Redeem Team, a story about the US Olympic basketball team from 2008 and their journey to the gold medal, and unsurprisingly, that doesn’t appear to have gone down too well, as McGilligan led the way with a simple reply to this revelation.
He said: “We are a comedy sketch. Embarrassing.”
The Verdict: Leeds looking for another boss
It appears that these efforts from the American have been in vain, as Leeds are now looking for another manager to save their flagging season.
It’s not as if Leeds are getting unlucky, as last time out against Forest, they failed to impose themselves on the game, managing to muster up a measly ratio of 0.8 expected goals against a fellow relegation rival.
Sending out film recommendations while fans were chanting for him to be sacked certainly suggests Marsch had the self-belief to continue trying to get his message across to the team, but Victor Orta will have felt enough is enough, and despite the ex-Leipzig boss masterminding a relegation escape act last season, the chairman could not take the risk of Marsch failing to repeat the trick – especially having ended a prolonged stint in the second tier just a few years ago.
While the effects of this particular attempt to kickstart Leeds’ season will now never be known, it certainly seems as if patience throughout the club and its fanbase had run out for Marsch.
