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The Athletic FC Podcast

Leeds United: How to sink a Premier League team

The Athletic FC Podcast

The Athletic

World Cup, Premier League, Champions League, Sports, Soccer,

4.01.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

"This isn't about the decision to sack Marcelo Bielsa, it's about the decisions they've made since..." The Athletic's Leeds writer Phil Hay joins senior news reporter Matt Slater and host Ian Irving, to reflect on how Leeds got themselves into another relegation scrap this season.

The vote of no confidence from the Supporters Advisory Board, the viral video, if Javi Gracia will see out the last four games of the season, what being in the Championship would mean for the takeover and a cautionary tale in how to sink a Premier League football club.


Produced by Adonis Pratsides


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0:00.0

A vote of no confidence in the club's board followed Leeds 4-1 defeat at Bournemouth on Sunday.

0:10.0

Manager Havid Gracia only hired in February could be sacked with just four games left of the season.

0:16.0

The Leeds fans behind me are shouting you're not fit to wear the shirt.

0:21.8

They are not happy.

0:24.3

So how did we get here from Bielsa Ball and all the optimism?

0:25.6

And has it become an all too familiar story

0:27.8

about how to sink a Premier League football club?

0:31.1

I'm Ian Irving and this is the Athletic Football Podcast. ball podcast.

0:46.9

Okay, joining us today on this one then, our Leeds United correspondent Phil Hay and also senior news reporter Matt Slater.

0:49.9

Thank you for giving up your bank holiday Mondays to talk about Leeds United, you two.

0:54.0

Phil, obviously I'll start with you. You were at Bournemouth, another really disappointing display

0:59.3

and result for Leeds. Can you just paint the picture of the end of that game? Because I think

1:04.8

that probably tells the story of the mood at the club at the moment perfectly. It paints the picture

1:09.6

of All Hope gone, really, for this season.

1:13.3

But I also think for the regime at Leeds, I've said on a few podcasts over the past few weeks

1:18.8

that this feels and looks very much like a regime that is absolutely at the end of its cycle.

1:25.1

And this has been building for several weeks. You could say it's been

1:30.2

building for several months. If you go back to October, you'll find games where the crowd were

1:37.1

turning on Jesse Marsh, were looking for a change of head coach at that point, you know,

1:42.3

literally two or three months into the season.

1:45.0

There's never been any impetus. There's never been any momentum. There was a period or a moment

1:49.8

under Havie Grasier after a win over Nottingham Forest, but it felt like he had the lead in his hand

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