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GRAYSON SACKED
Leeds United have finally decided to sack manager Simon Grayson after the humiliating defeat at the hands of Birmingham City.
The future of Simon Grayson has been open to discussions for quite some time now. Finally, the club have lost patience in their manager after the 4-1 thrashing at the hands of promotion chasing Birmingham City. One of the main targets for Simon Grayson at the start of the season was to lead a Leeds United to promotion, but at the club are currently struggling to make it into the play-off position. However, Simon Grayson is not entirely at fault for the lacklustre season for Leeds United this time around.
The club have revealed that youth team coach Neil Redfearn will be appointed in the temporary term to oversee the team. Simon Grayson has been a popular figure amongst the fans at Elland Road, but ultimately, the decision to remove him rests within the board. Simon Grayson has been coming under intense pressure recently after the club slipped out of the top six in the table. The 4-1 defeat was the final straw in many ways for the Leeds United board. There has been intense criticism for the ownership of Ken Bates, who has been criticised for not providing proper funds.
LEEDS STILL WAITING ON RODGERS PERMIT
Championship side Leeds United have secured the signature of American striker Robbie Rogers and manager Simon Grayson wants to throw the forward into the mix of the Championship action as soon as the club secures his work permit.
The 24 year old had been trial with the Yorkshire club for quite some time now after the manager spotted him in the United States and brought him to England. The USA international striker had a four year spell with the Major League Soccer club the Columbus Crew for which he played 106 times in this period. Rogers is being seen as the solution to Leeds’ crisis of finding goals up front and is also being considered as a replacement for former striker Robbie Keane in the long term.
LEEDS SNAP UP RODGERS
USA winger Robbie Rogers had been on loan with Leeds since the winter break, but his excellent performance and wide range of skills and techniques has helped him to become a permanent part of the team. Leeds United manager Simon Grayson mentioned that his top priority currently is making sure that the deal with Robbie is finalized at the earliest so as to reduce any further complication in the matter.
The only focus right now is making sure that the work permit business is completed successfully so that Robbie can become a permanent player associated with Leeds United. Rogers has made over 100 appearances since the time he joined and has shown excellent capabilities in his performance and skills and ensured that all of it would be of great help in allowing him to get selected for a permanent transfer. The manager and coach were quite impressed with his game and are now keen on seeing him become a permanent player.
There are talks that once the deal is finalized, Simon will be discussing the future plans of action of Leeds United with Robbie to make sure that he feels comfortable with the game and matches. This is important as he is dependent upon Robbie to ensure that the chances of Leeds United for this Championship rise above par and cross the current existing limits. There has been no stopping Robbie Rogers from performing with all his might and soul and making Leeds rise in their standard and position in the League table. Let’s hope that the permanent transfer is definitely going to be of some help and use so that Simon can be relieved that he made the right choice.
GRAYSON CONFIDENT ON FUTURE
Leeds United manager Simon Grayson has said that the club are not suffering from a crisis.
Leeds United were expected to challenge for the automatic promotion spots this season after fans expectations of returning to the Premier League grew over the summer transfer window. However, Simon Grayson has been able to lead the club only to the eighth position in the table, although they have a great opportunity to get into the play-offs position.
Even though the prospect of automatic qualification looks beyond them as of now, Simon Grayson refuses to classify this situation as a crisis.
Snodin proud of Parker comeback
Leeds first team coach Glynn Snodin has praised young defender Ben Parker after he made his comeback from an injury nightmare.
Parker, a product of the club’s academy, suffered his initial setback in the first game of the 2009/10 season and then encountered further problems which saw him go under the knife on several occasions. But he took a massive step to putting his problems behind him when he completed 70 minutes in a reserve friendly against Huddersfield at Thor Arch on Tuesday, having played some part against York on Saturday.
O’BRIEN REFUSES TO PLAY
Leeds United manager Simon Grayson has said that the club’s defender Andy O’Brien will not play for the club ever again. Defender Andy O’Brien refused to play for the club in the match against Burnley, which has provoked a furious response in the same manner as it did for the situation with Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez.
Leeds United staged a dramatic comeback in the match against Burnley, but the refusal to play on the part of Andy O’Brien has infuriated the manager Simon Grayson. Speaking to the media after the match, Grayson revealed that Andy O’Brien has played his last match for the club.
Andy O’Brien has played for the likes of Newcastle and Bolton in the past, but Simon Grayson has revealed that the 32-year-old’s career at Elland Road has come to an end. After the 2-1 win over Burnley, Simon Grayson said “Andy O’Brien came to me on Friday afternoon and simply told me that he didn’t want to play any more for this football club. It was a shock on Friday but he won’t play for this football club as long as I am here. It’s disgraceful. It has come as a shock, especially given I have backed him both publicly and privately over the last few weeks.”
Robert Snodgrass was the main architect of Leeds United’s comeback, as he scored twice in the final few minutes to help Leeds United keep up their promotion challenge. Earlier, Jay Rodriguez had given the lead to Burnley in the 10th minute. It looked like Jay Rodriguez’s was going to be enough for Burnley to win the match and get all three points, but Robert Snodgrass had other ideas as he scored twice in the last 10 min to give Leeds an unlikely victory. Burnley boss Eddie Howe said that Leeds were lucky to win the match.