'This is Leeds United, a massive football club'

The march towards the League One summit kicks on again tomorrow afternoon as Leeds United entertain Swindon Town in front of another huge crowd at Elland Road. Prior to the game with his former club, boss Dennis Wise was keen to state his desire to help build a new successful era for the club, rising from the ashes of the recent past.

'There is a lot of difference between Swindon and Leeds United Football Club. I got offered something in a higher league when I was at Swindon and didn't take it. I wasn't interested,' said Wise.' But this was something different. This is Leeds United, a massive football club, and you've got to look at it in that way.'

'Not that it's in League One, but where it can go, and everyone knows where it can go and what the fans are like. If you are comparing it to a Championship side that gets 25,000, and that is all they will get, and this club can get 40,000, then it is massive - everything about it. It is somewhere you try and start and build something.'

Despite seeing close friend Gus Poyet leave the Whites recently Wise insisted he was not interested in any other managerial vacancies higher up the league ladder. 'I'm not going anywhere, I've got a job to do here,' he declared. 'We knew it was going to be hard when we got here. The club was not in a nice situation. We knew it was not a nice group of players and it needed to be sorted out, and that's why we came here - because we like trouble I think!'

'I knew I was going to take some stick, but that would not be the first or last time and it has never bothered me. I worry more about achieving.' The United boss is clearly keeping his feet firmly on the ground. 'I haven't done anything yet. Don't get carried away at the present moment because we have crept up the league. there are 31 games to go - we can still get relegated - let us take it a bit at a time.' Wise and his troops will now deal with the next hurdle, ensuring there is no Christmas cheer for the Robins at Elland Road tomorrow.