Jesse Marsch wants to mastermind Leeds' fightback but in the stands and the streets, there are fewer & fewer people who see this ending well for him; few who think he is not part of the problem... LUFC 📝 PhilHay_
. Two points adrift of safety cannot be allowed to get out of hand, however much thinking time the World Cup break offers.
Victor Orta, the club’s director of football, analysed around 40 coaches across Europe, preparing for the day when Bielsa left, and came up with the conclusion that Marsch was one of the best, the obvious choice.
The irony of Marsch’s team is that their attacking stats are passable, good enough in theory to see them right. But actual goals are limited, concessions are creeping in and there are, as anyone can see, tactical flaws in what Leeds do.Bielsa’s side knew how to play out from the back, how to maintain patterns of play. Marsch’s side are engaged in a huge struggle to connect defence to midfield and midfield to attack.
Marsch’s system is the one he trusts, the system he believes in despite the lie of the land. Leeds’ limitations are increased by the absence of a dependable No 9, though he refused to get into the failure to sign one in the summer by saying he did not want to “start playing hindsight or throw anyone under the bus. I’m looking at myself”.