unfavourably. it s going to be difficult, we know that.- unfavourably. it s going to be difficult, we know that. every game in the premier difficult, we know that. every game in the premier league difficult, we know that. every game in the premier league is difficult, we know that. every game in the premier league is difficult. i in the premier league is difficult. but he knows what the task is at hand. i think the lads were broken, i was at bournemouth on sunday and it looked like the players were broken. the body language, the shoulders were down, there was no togetherness and i think that s why there had to be a change made. whether that allows sam to give it that new manager bounce and just get the players together in the belief remains to be seen, but it is an enormous task at hand. hold onto our enormous task at hand. hold onto your hats. enormous task at hand. hold onto your hats. it s enormous task at hand. hold onto your hats, it s going enormous task at hand. hold
off the back of recruitment and the way that everything has gone over the last 18 months. i think out of everything, you look at it then we realised that the club needed to stay in the premier league, it s where everybody wants to be and at the start of the season, i don t think anybody was contemplating being in this position, but they are, and the league table doesn t lie. ~ ., are, and the league table doesn t lie. ~ . ., ,, are, and the league table doesn t lie. ~ . ., .~ ., lie. what do you make of their chances. lie. what do you make of their chances. of lie. what do you make of their chances, of staying lie. what do you make of their chances, of staying up - lie. what do you make of their chances, of staying up with . lie. what do you make of their l chances, of staying up with their running, manchester city dart manchester, newcastle and tottenham? sam has a bigjob manchester, newcastle and tottenham? sam has a big job ahead of him. it s an absolutely enormous task. to go
saturday. let s speak to the former leeds defenderjon newsome about this appointment. thank you for giving up yourtime this appointment. thank you for giving up your time to speak to us. what was yourfirst giving up your time to speak to us. what was your first reaction when you heard that sam allardyce is taking over? my you heard that sam allardyce is taking over? taking over? my first reaction i wasn t surprised taking over? my first reaction i wasn t surprised in taking over? my first reaction i wasn t surprised in all- taking over? my first reaction i | wasn t surprised in all honesty. taking over? my first reaction i i wasn t surprised in all honesty. i think the one thing about football, it never surprises you, but when there was talk of grazia losing his post, i think the first question you ask is who is available, who can come in? and some is always near the top of those lists because what is donein top of those lists because what is done in the past, the way he has gonei
on the stream creative and imaginative football, then they went through jesse marsch, imaginative football, then they went throuthesse marsch, now gracia has gone and we re back to sam allardyce, what does it say about the direction of the club? it doesn t say a lot, does it, in all honesty? i think under marcelot, the football was fantastic, there was a bit of a joe grimwood leeds that we were everyone s second favourite team which is not normalfor were everyone s second favourite team which is not normal for leeds united supporters and players. i think the last of the way a little bit, ithink think the last of the way a little bit, i think the appointment of jesse march was great, we try to go down the lines of trying to get some new football, similar the tenth of bielsa played but it wasn t the same kind of football, the players were very different and i think the recruitment has not been great either. the director of football lost his job and that is obviously
the gunners last won a match on the 1st of april against leeds united since then they ve suffered three draws and a 4 1 defeat against man city to go from 8 points ahead to 2 points behind. chelsea have yet to win a single game under caretaker manager frank lampard. and the score is currently 1 0 to arsenal martin 0degaard with the goal. meanwhile at elland road leeds united are set to sack manager javi gracia and are in talks to bring in former england boss sam alla rdyce. allardyce, who worked with leeds chief executive angus kinnear at west ham would become the fourth leeds manager this season. director of football victor 0rta has also left the club with leeds now only the above the relegation zone on goal difference. gracia wonjust three of his 12 games in charge, there are only four games of their season to go. liverpool managerjurgen klopp has been charged by the football