Brian, Brian, Brian McDermott....
There are many thing that have been said since the appointment of Brian McDermott little over a week ago, now with three games under his belt it seems as though Leeds United could finally be moving in the right direction.
Alright it is still very early days, and managers these days are judged by what happens on the pitch, rather than what happens away from it. A lot of the time this isn't a bad thing, but sometimes the public opinion can change very, very quickly especially if results start going astray.
The appointment of Brian shows the ambition of the has changed, it is no longer the Bates regime that we have grown to know over the last 8 years or so, without a doubt the club has turned a corner, with new owners at the helm, the club can now begin to switch on its engines once again.
Many of us fans were very susceptible following the departure of Neil Warnock, after 14 months of boring long ball hit and chase football, we were all down in the dumps, looking at the very real possibility of spend another season in the third tier, a place where none of us want this great club to have to endure once again.
Many of us on twitter simply put, didn't want Brian McDermott at Elland Road, Some where saying that he was a one trick pony, and would not be able to have success anywhere other than at Reading. Fans wanted a more proven manager, a big name manager if you will.
But all of that is history now, all of us are Marching on Together, Brian has without a doubt united us fans, he has got us all singing from the same hymn sheet, and once again has got Leeds United fan excited to watch our games.
I'd say not too bad for a manager that's been here just over a week, but despite his so far short tenure, Brian has been saying all the right things, he has already removed the "Blame Game" from the previous managers press conferences, he is simply telling it how it is, being as we believe so far 100% transparent.
Honesty is a relativity new concept to Leeds, as we all know we have had more than our fair share of cover ups over the last few years. However there looks to be a light at the end of the tunnel, a way out an answer.
Despite being here only a little over a week, has found himself diving right in amongst the fans, shaking the club from ground up, and almost rebuilding it as if it was made of Lego. His words spoken this week have been heard by thousands of loyal supporters, he has put the first team in touching distance of our youth team, by giving Neil Redfearn a combined role as a first team coach and continuing as Development team manager.
“He wants us to play properly. He isn’t going to criticise us if we’re doing what he wants and sticking to the plan. It’s nice to have a proper game plan for how we want to play."
A quote from Tom Lees, has struck a chord with the Elland Road faithful, this is one of the main obstacles fans had with Warnock, was his insistence on long ball play.
A final point on Brian that has struck with The Whites supporters was his comments regarding Sam Byram:
"From our point of view, my point of view, absolutely, 100 per cent, I would expect Sam to be playing for us next season"
This is the statement in which Leeds Fans will be hoping Brian keeps to his word. This statement along has would him many scepticle fans, many more will turn away if he has to go back on this one.
However on the whole of things, Leeds United is moving forward slowly but surely. The close season will be the time for the owners to show their intent, and I think it is time for our supporters to allow themselves to get excited once again.
Brian McDermott, Savoir of Leeds United.
