Call me naive, but Leeds should be attractive to a prospective manager, not a turn off.
Three big pluses:
Still a big club (notwithstanding league position and attendances).
A reasonable squad for the division - better, a reasonable squad that's
badly underperformed thanks to bad tactics and lack of dressing-room
motivation.
A honeymoon period - the Blackwell outers and Rich Walkers want change and will relish most things after KB's dour muddling.
The fact is, things *can* only get better. So it's a relatively low risk for a manager.
(I'm reading the Damned United at the moment - whatever Clough's
wekanesses or mistakes, any manager would have struggled following
Revie with LUFC as champions...)
FWIW, Curbishley (four seasons to secure us UEFA Cup football) and
Sanchez (two seasons to stiffen the players' sinews and get us
promoted) sound great. Hoddle is just a square peg for Leeds, surely!
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Richard Young
Freelance writer and editor
