Since Simon Grayson left Leeds United in February of 2012 after four years at the club. Hardly a long-serving manager but in comparison with the more recent managers at Leeds, he’s a real veteran.
The Whites have gone through four permanent managers who have all failed to to be in charge for more than 10 games – quite a tragic record.
Darko Milanic is the latest departure from Elland Road and the Slovenian was the club’s first non-English manager since Gary McAllister in 2008. Milanic was given only six games in charge of Leeds United, which is not enough time for anyone to make a substantial impact. He may have failed to win any of his six and may therefore have not been the correct choice, but it’s still farcical – but then again what would you expect from the modern day Leeds United?
The glory days have long since departed Elland Road. But despite this, the club is still considered to be ‘big’ in stature and so the Whites’ are still an attractive proposition for rich foreign businessmen looking to make an investment. They believe as much as we believe that the return to the top is surely inevitable for Leeds United – yet still the wait continues.
Leeds’ current owner Massimo Cellino has overseen three manager departures since he became owner in April – not exactly a masterclass in patience. When you consider that Cellino would have had a large part to say about choosing these managers and then he would have had a similar part to play in only allowing them a short stay with the club. An attitude much like a child in a toy shop. He picks one then discards almost immediately when it’s not as good as his imagined it would be – a ridiculous attitude for an owner of a football club.
You simply cannot expect to sign a manager, give him little-to-no resources to change anything and then on top of that produce the goods in the space of less than ten matches. If that’s his way of doing things he no longer deserves to be in charge of any football club, let alone a popular club with a fan base like Leeds.
The Yorkshire based club have an incredible fan base who would no doubt hold their own in the Premier League. Of course it’s ludicrous to say that a set of fans deserve to be in the Premier League but they certainly deserve some consistency – something which they may have thought they had with Brian McDermott before he was sent packing after just over a year in charge. McDermott was looking to build, and although Leeds have an already impressive set of foundations, it’s a slow and steady process if it’s to be done right.
Cellino has previous too – in his previous ownership of a football club with Cagliari he dismissed 36 managers in 22 years – certainly a Gung-ho approach – if you don’t succeed as well as he imagined you’ll be lucky to reach 10 games in charge. It would be nice for him to make a calculated decision and stick by his decision for a decent amount of time or he could at least sell up to someone who isn’t favourable of a kamikaze style.
Leeds United supporters deserve better but unless he strikes lucky, they won’t get it whilst under the guidance of Massimo Cellino.
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