Finally some sense. the only manager to be considered bomb proof from Leeds fans because he's a nice guy. Too many dodgy signings (would you give him cash to spend?) and no tactical nous whatsoever! Not good enough. The man is a scout, not a Manager, and at Leeds his ability to spot a player is under review. I will be in the vast minority but cut him loose and let's build a squad for next season because, I'm afraid, this lot won't take us up.

Agree, I've been saying the same for months. He's a nice bloke but not up to the task at ER.

Totally agree with sacking BM....the club needs someone with more managerial experience. BM has only ever managed two clubs. One he took up to EPL and then doomed it back to Championship. So lets get BM out of LUFC

as always leeds have taken 1 step forward and 2 steps back we will get nowhere with bmc-danny pugh -come on why not play dawson or try the young winger we have(Although I have never seen him even on the bench)

Good article. I like BM but your points are valid, 8 signings, only one playing and a recent track record (including a record defeat and dumped out of the cup by a league 2 side) that would have had any manager sacked at any club (with the exception of Man U and Arsenal) We continue to play hoofball and BM's tactics recently (five at the back, 2 wingers and a dwarf centre forward to cross to) leave a lot to be desired. Lets hope Celino will make a difference before the likes of McCormack,Byram and Mowatt give us up as a bad job and move on.

Agree wholeheartedly. Unfortunately there's mass hysteria where BMs concerned and too many faux intellectuals proclaiming undying loyalty to him on various blogs. His signings have been dreadful,his tactics worse than dreadful. Any decent manager would've cleared out the deadwood pre-season and refused to accept performances such as Brighton Sheff Wed etc. Sgt Wilko would've gave them the treatment at half time last night,but you can't imagine Brian doing that. Far too nice and far too clueless. Time to go Brian,you've had long enough. Go do some charity work.

I've reminded every one the only decent win in recent times was without BMD. I've followed LUFC for 50 years and we lack propper leadership. I have no faith in our new Fraudster owner. Sack BMD get it over with. Is there a Manager who wants to drink from the poison challace. GA OZ

I would bring martin o neil in the same day I bought back elland road

Iagree hes worse yhan warnick ihope celleno brings over a load of italians were going to need them

Agree we all have been very patient with B(nice bloke)M and it's painfull to see the team rock up for games all disjointed positionally and with a weird system. 4..4..2 HAS TO BE THE WAY...!!. Malky Mac..?? season is over we staying up so ring the changes and try enjoy remainder of season so sake of sanity and LUFC.

Well said James , my thoughts exactly. I go home and away and the last three months have been dire. When our Italian / mafioso / gangster owner takes over I hope he shows Brian the door. Nice guy and all but I'd rather have a successful bastard than a nice championship manager. Massimo having spent £25 m has every right to get rid , and should do so . I suspect the McDermott fans don't travel away too often and have had to put up with Rochdale , Sheffield , and for me notts forest wAs the low point. His signings have been poor and the long ball game since smith found his way into the side embarrassing. Up the Italian revelation. Mot.

I was at the game and just behind the bloke with the oooohhhh Brian McDermott shirt! This article sums it up well, McDermott is a nice guy but once again his tactics fell way short. He went for a draw and it showed. First half I thought we were solid just lacked going forward. Second half sat way too deep and cost us. Brighton were there for the taking had we been abit more Adventourous! A few points that really were poor. 1. Jimmy Kebe should never be in a Leeds shirt, just awful. Pulled out of every 50 50 Challenge, gave the ball away numerous occasions. 2. This constant kicking up by Kenny to McCormack who is up again 2 Cb's towering over him will win nothing! 3. BMD's failure to change tactics when things are not working. Long ball, out of 25 crosses the ball only found a Leeds player 3 times!!! KEEP IT ON THE DECK MCDERMOTT!!! Hopefully Cellino will takeover today, and the new era can begin. McDermott is nice bloke but nice blokes don't win football matches. Time to get an attacking minded manager in. Sorry McDermott your taxi awaits!

You lot make me sick Bm as not done a bad job it as not helped with gfh and what nw left us with like carney Norris ect if we were near the top you would not be complaining give a chance you call yourselves leeds supporters I don't thing so you all run when there is a sign of trouble

Absolutely spot on, couldn't agree more. Have been saying as much myself for weeks.

Totally agree, I wonder sometime whether he is playing a game with Cellino, his decision to play diouf against Ipswich and play him for three quarters of the game when he clearly wasn't fit or interested, and then to play Pugh instead of Stewart so that he can play an extra game at the end of the season. Quite frankly baffling, McDermott may be a nice guy and talk the talk but actions speak louder than words and I haven't seen much of that lately!

Dennis did you go to Brighton game last night!? Did you go to Sheff Wed game? McDermott is tactically very very poor. Brighton fans were even saying it!! Okay he was left with some rubbish players but look what he brought in! Kebe = absolute disgrace last night, very poor. Stewart = £1million obviously didn't play last night but he was on loan at charlton early Season and even they didn't want him. Awful. Wooton = £1million not even starting, average centre back with poor distribution! Noel Hunt = free but been poor. I certainly wouldn't trust this man with my money. He would have been out the door after the disgraceful Rochdale showing.

bloody awful football, tactics..what tactics? Seiously inept but a very nice chap...the tock is ticking fast.

why why why why, do people come on these sites having a go! ie; armchair managers. if you think you can do a better job than BMcD, apply for his job! if not shut up and start looking at positives and get your heads up. we are leeds and we're proud of it. always till i die.

Good Article! It’s time for poor Brian to go. He is a nice guy but that means nothing. I think the problem is that he struggles to motivate the players, you can’t imagining him blowing his top ever! We beat Huddersfield so comprehensively because the team was motivated by the actions of Cellino, which in turn made us lot create a decent atmosphere and the players raise their game. We need our manager to be able to get our team to do this week in week out no matter what sh*t is on the pitch…one thing I have noticed this season, is that we never seem to win second balls! Lack of motivation and passion!!!!

Great article. Makes complete sense to me. I also like BM, he says just the right things! Ipswich was the last strw for me. I was shouting all game for BM to stop Paddy Kicking the ball back to Ipswich. Ross is not going to be able win the vast majority of those long balls, and if he does who is going to pick up the knock on? We are just giving the ball back to the oposition!!!! sooner or later even the poorer sides are going to do something with the ball we continually give back. I am sorry but its time for him to go.

I think Brian is concerned for his position as manager.He probably knows he hasnt done enough to impress Cellino.

Spot on! couldn't agree more. There are an awful lot of Leeds fans out there who are utterly delusional over McDermot. They're still singing his name like he's some kind of messiah. He's not a messiah, he's a very nice man. 2 or 3 half decent performances in 2/3 of a season is not good enough.

Bang on article. All his signings have been poor to average. Smith being the only 'success' - simply because of where he came from with no expectations. Pearce, Murphy, Lees - utter garbage. He's bought 'trusted' mates who are piss poor. Hunt. awful. Kebe. awful. Make no bones about it, Ross will be off in the summer to the PL and I won't blame him - somewhere we won't be for another 2-3 years at least. Nice guy but clueless. I'd like Malky Mackay.

I agree. Brian Mc is a nice guy, but being a nice guy doesn't give you success. The guy I sit next to at the matches summed it up for me after his sacking. Right result, but the wrong way to go about it. Off the field activities have been an issue, but weren't they an issue when McCallister, Grayson & Warnock were in change? The signings have been poor. We've even sent Stewart back so we can prolong the time he stays with us. For me I would send him back full stop!!

I'd like the new Manager to have a decent hairdo. #MOT

James, how can you say that?? Did you not see the game last night? TWO of his signings started last night Murphy and Kebe! I agree with everything else in the article though!I, like many others, have been calling for his departure since the rochdale, wednesday double whammy - but the majority clearly disagree bizarrely. Martin O'Neil for me - the modern Wilko

Fully agree. Although Brian was treated abysmally , the sacking made perfect sense to me. I was actually gutted when he came back. I just hope Cellino, if the takeover goes through, doesn't feel like he has to keep Brian to keep the fans onside. Because let's be honest, if a new guy comes in and wins a few games, it will be Brian Who?

Totally agree - except he did get reading up and he did turn our season around last year. He does have a strange approach to tactics and his signings dont look good. He plays a warhorse like Smith who looks clueless. I would give him the benefit of the doubt as we are not for the play offs this year so let him have a go while we get ready for a better manager if he fails.

What a load if rubbish this article is. He is a good manager who has been trying to scrape together a squad with minimal money because the club have none, we're a mid table team who over achieved in the first half of the season. Firstly 2 of his signings started last night 3 were on the bench and 1 was unavailable. The other 2 well 1 is a teenager signed to play for the development squad with because he had potential but isn't ready for the first team. So only one off his signings is absent with out any obvious reason he may not be fully fit who knows. But don't let that get in the way of your "facts"

Ive lost count of how many games ive sat there, home and away fully expecting the opposition to score first,We're never first out of the blocks, we seem to be playing full of fear.Even the games we have won nobody can accuse us of playing well, apart from the second half against the Dog Botherers, and that in part has got to down to McDermotts lack of motivational nous, we dont want a nice guy we want some one who will bawl them out when they f**k up, get them wound up before the game so they want to kill for the shirt. Oh, and Kebe , man up ffs.

SENSE AT LAST!! I totally agree with the view that Brian McDermott should leave our club. The tactics deployed firstly with the 5 at the back and of late the return to a 4.4.2 did not/are not working. The reason as I see it is clearly due to a propensity to deploy long ball tactics! The long ball looses posession time after time and then we allow the opposition far too much time to dictate play. The team hardly ever double up on wide players seeking to cross the ball and therefore our weak ( very weak!) defence is put under almost constant pressure. On McDermotts signings.. Not one single one has been successful. Wooton and Murphy alone were 1million pound players! Were they worth it? Hunt? Dreadful, Kebe, not interested. Would you give our manager money to spend bearing in mind how he has spent it so far? Football is best played on grass and not in the air! Nice man and total respect for his stoical support however it's time to leave and deploy the LONG BALL GAME ELSEWHERE !

There'll be lot's of top class managers queuing up to work 6 months for Cellino. WE need stability - BM hasn't been able to put together the squad he wants yet, much less get them ingrained into his playing style. Give him two years and then judge. Sadly I can't see that happening - the armchair supporters who continually shout for new managers are going to be very happy in the next few years under Cellino - will the results improve - I doubt it!

I don't think he's the be all and end all, I liked Grayson far better, but ... the players he has brought in are: Stewart, Zaliukas, Kebe, Wootton, Murphy, Hunt, Aribiyi, Smith. That's not counting Blackstock who would probably have stayed if not for injury. - Only two of those (Murphy and Wootton) involved transfer fees, each around £1m so nothing earth shattering at this level; minor correction Cresswell was the last £1m player, not Hulse) - Probably five (Stewart, Zaliukas, Hunt, Murphy, Kebe) were brought in as first team players. Zaliukas was brought in because Leeds had to resort to playing a 3 man defence because they weren't willing to buy enough players for a proper squad. Stewart probably would normally have been acquired as a squad player, but given the sheer lack of quality in the squad is pushed into the first team, and his loan deal makes us have to play the system to get value for money out of him. Murphy I think is underrated, having to play alongside Austin and see all your moves break down in bad passing must be a nightmare. The only one I've been disappointed by, on the expectation he was brought in, is Hunt. - The senior squad left by Warnock was abysmal, and lucky to stay up. - And to add to this, you start to get rumours within the squad that Leeds were having problems with payroll, which is guaranteed to hit performance. I understand the position on Stewart last night, would have liked to have seen Aribiyi instead (if fit?) but Pugh, for crying out loud, has played in the Premier League in that position and shouldn't leave us with a sinking feeling when we see him on the selection list. I'd like to see McDermott given a period where the club is stable and he gets a bit more support on players, and then see how we do. If he's found out, fire him. As regards Cellino, I think he heard Al Rayes and Nooruddin badmouthing McDermott, plus he wanted (for the right reasons) to bring in a bunch of reinforcements from Italy very late in the transfer window, expected resistance from McDermott and fired him for that reason. Bad PR in the end and the usual spinelessness from GFH. I doubt McDermott will last under Cellino, he's probably stuck with this squad, which doesn't really include a full Championship first team, for the rest of the season. Maybe as the Italian press thinks we will end up with Del Piero as player manager. But I'd still give McDermott more of a chance than he's had.

Totally agree David! Someone that shares a similar view to me! I also would not have someone in like Martin O Neill, good for stability but is an old school manager. We Need new school! Foreign manager with an exciting adventurous mind. Likes to play football and keep it on the deck. Cellino is gonna be the best thing once this takeover goes ahead!!! MOT

Unfortunately we need to face up to reality - we are currently a mid-table championship side. Until someone invests heavily in the squad and the supporting infrastructure (i.e. youth setup) it doesn't matter whether we have BMac or Mourinho in charge. The problem is over-expectation at the start of every season "because we're leeds united". Considering the woeful squad he has at his disposal, I think BMac is doing a pretty decent job!

Max, £1million is a lot to pay out on players especially when we are losing £600k a month and are struggling to keep up with running costs and have a debt of 19 million. It's a hell of a lot! You can also add Stewart To that as McDermott agreed a million pound future buy for him too! And what a terrible Player he looks so far. And people saying give McDermott more time! Are you watching these games? He still doesn't know his best formation, best tactics, still plays long ball, makes odd substitutions (diouf against Leicester with 4mins to go) I'm sorry but he has had adequate time and results have been appalling! The only game we looked decent in recently against Huddersfield he wasn't in charge!!! He has got to go!

This is a well thought out and reasoned arguement, and I don't necessarily disagree with it. However what Leeds need now is a period of stability and a long term plan. Whilst BMD's tactics, team selection and signings are questionable I do believe the way he has built bridges with the acadamy and starting to address the poor scouting set up we have are his forte. Maybe an approach where BMD moves upstairs to continue this good work, and a proven first team coach is the answer?

LUFCSte & Andy - Sorry I stand corrected, Murphy - who I thought played OK started AND Kebe was on the team sheet so that's two of Brian's signings. Oversight, whether Kebe actually ever started is another discussions altogether. Chip - careful we may end up with Barry Venison come back through the medium of Time Travel.

A great article and well said. It's still not too late to have a complete change. There are plenty of nice guys out there but we need a winner instead of someone who says last night should have been a 0 - 0 draw. Let's get some fight, tactical sense and proper winning mentality at ER, oh and some real excitement. I am fed up with hearing about exploits at Reading. This is Leeds for Christs sake.

I would like to keep Brian at Leeds. But not as manager of the firstteam, but somewhere around - i.e. replace that Gwyn Williams buddy?

Max I agree he inherited dead wood but with the exception of a second quality striker we've a massive squad with a real variety of experience. I dont like most of them that warnock signed but BMD's thrown the younger lads in with the experience and there's more than enough players to have us in the top 6. He's just not coming up with the best formation.

Well spoken. Look at what the club did when HW got us promoted. Money and class players were brought in. Its as simple as money talks. And a manager who knows what it takes to be a top european football club. Have my doubts about Festa, but in Cellino I trust :)

I can understand why supporters are vocally supporting BMD because of the way he has been treated. GFH have acted disgracefully and Cellino making decisions before officially in charge has encouraged that fan support - we are LEEDS and fight injustice regardless of consequences. The comments here about the supposed limitations of the manager are also legitimate concerns. We have a leaky defence but unless Michael Brown plays BMD has provided no protection for his defenders. And I am no admirer of. Mr. Brown . The style of play is Warnock like - no short passing and zero imagination from the midfielders. We have been fortunate that our main striker has been so prolific in a poor standard league. So this article commentating on the football performance of Leeds United is a fair call. Having said that would any manager been able to perform to their optimum level on the GFH Sports Capital Cellino environment ??? The calls for Martin O'Neill should recall that his football mantra is like Warnock 's but with a bit more passion. I reckon we Jose - but really we need Cellino even more!

I have read some the trash some people have wrote tell me what Bm walk into when he took over at er ? A big mess and a lot more you have not given him a Chance . What happen when you get the next one get rid of him if he is not doing well . And you call your selves leed fans I don't think so

Couldn't agree more, can't argue with all d facts on here, I like McDermott but 8 players signed and team still no better. Varney our best player v leicster, then gets told he's not wanted, no wonder he didn't want to play for club again, would you go to work if boss said he didn't want you. Paul green, even tho he's no xavi, id still have him in team instead of any of our current crop, plays with a bit of bite at least and likes a tackle. Get some1 in who likes to play football on d deck, sorry big mac, times up

What we really need are some good players! Brian follows in the footsteps of Gary Mac & Simon, whom the fans loved. They took the jobs based on promises that were broken, and a certain hope that they could work a miracle. Look at Harry at QPR. He went there because he had a lot of money to spend on transfers and wages. All the top managers want top players. leeds have been abysmal for years, and this current squad is as bad as any in recent times. Brian needed to bring in several players, on the cheap. He was told he had 3 years to build, looking the the players we have and the lack of funds, it was going to take time. There are at least half a dozen clubs spending big in our league and most are at thee top. The others will be making a charge soon, and we will sink to our true position. You have to feel that Brian's days are numbered, but we will never get success with these players, even if I was manager!! LOL

Sacking McDermott: Did Cellino Do The Right Thing In The Wrong Way? No, the wrong thing in the wrong way! LUFC should stick to the long term plan. Bringing a new manager in now or even at the end of the season would have a very detrimental effect on the dressing room, especially if Gianluca Festa got the job.

Agree with majority of what is said but I would give him until the end of the season. We can't buy anyone until then anyway. Get to the end of season, see where we are, then let the mad italian do his thing.

Seen enough football under Brian to be sure that he will never get us promoted. He lacks the tactical expertise, classic example was the car crash performance against Wednesday, where we persisted with the ridiculous 3-4-3 system (I say ridiculous because he was trying to play four wingers at once). I still lament the sacking of Grayson, who was statiscally one of the best managers we've ever had, but not sure many managers will want to work under Cellino, given that he hires and fires managers for fun.

Why don't all of you who think McDermots tactics are poor apply for a managers job yourselves. I haven't seen any comment where anyone makes any constructive criticism about tactics, just repeat some mindless comment you've heard from some other halfwit prats! McDermot has taken Reading into the premiership, something none of you have done - or would ever be capable of. And who would you replace him with? Festa? What's he done in management? And Celinio himself? 20 years as boss of Caliari and what have they done. Nothing - apart from lose their home ground. And get himself a few convictions. If you want to look at the facts look at those. The only person to acheive anything in football out of all of you, McDermot, Festa & Celino is McDermot and you farts are slagging him off! They say that people get the governments they deserve. Lets hope Celino has had sometime to think about things & change his ways because if not Leeds will end up like Caliari and nowhere near the premier league. Caliari are the sixth biggest city in Italy (similar I think to Leeds who are the sixth biggest city in England) and has about 1.5 million people calling it home. It should be a massive club! Stop and think what you're saying before you shoot yer mouths off half- wits!

Over last ten games Dennis our form is down with Yeovil, appreciate your passion, at what point do you think enough is enough? In previous ten games he got 19 points out of 30 with same squad. My article was pretty constructive about BMD, said a lot of nice things about him, how many more games would you tolerate like last night before you thought we should change manager?

In answer to your title "no, no he didn't." So let's get a few facts straight first: Didn't Murphy and Kebe start? Oh and the bloke he has brought up from the academy: Mowatt. Already you have allied yourself to falsification and poor analysis so the rest I read with astonishment. All Leeds fans have wanted is good stability and getting the club running right this season. To ask for play-offs, well, that was as ridiculous at the start of the season as it is now. The knee-jerk reactions after a few bad performances are even more ridiculous. Your article is as incensing as it is inaccurate. Poor and shoddy analysis and the inference just panders to a few poor results which we were expecting with the lack of squad depth thanks to Colin. Perhaps we should look at Dioufs stats... ah, another place where your argument falls down. So in summary your article is inaccurate aside from the fact that most people will not agree with you and those that do are generally the ones that change their mind every 2 minutes anyway. Perhaps you need a better view of the bigger picture. I am not saying BMD is bomb-proof but your argument is weak due to the resounding inaccuracies and equally poor resolutions. With that in mind the article is far from "bang on".

I'm assuming you were at the match. If not, compare to Ipswich if you like. Also do you not think it would help t have more goal scorers in the line-up?

I must say I agree with Dennis. It is unfathomable the size of the task left to BMD. I want to see a BMD team playing. Not a Colin team with a couple of bits of glitter. Until that happens how can we judge him? We still have Paddy Kenny FFS. He's useless.

Wow, a lot of people on here ready to stick the knife in. I think you're in the minority, thankfuly IMHO. Changing manager every few weeks is not the solution, even though Cellino seems to think it is and that might well be the path we take. I think we are lucky to have a manager that speaks sense whether we win or lose. Somebody who genuinely seems to see the big picture of the club as a whole rather than Warnocks self-centered drivel.

Totally agree, in some games he's gone 90 mins without making any substitutions what so ever. Tactically unaware of whats needed. All of his signings have been "suspect" at best. Grayson wasn't the greatest but was imo good enough to get us promoted with a bit of backing. Kebe is rubbish, a make shift mid slot for byram would be a better shot. I was crying out for martinez 6 years ago, and Gus P should have got the job this time around. What we need now is a proper "footballing" manager worthy of managing this once great club

we dont want nice we want a winner totally agree

Signings bar murphy, who i think could come good given time and in a better passing side

i agree i like bmc but his signings are woeful to say the least,and as already said who out of those signings are playing.glad stewart as gone back he is truly woeful.im sure cellino has someone in mind i just hope its not festa,no please,get a well travelled manager who has good tactical awareness and lets get playing football not hoofball.give the new manager the transfer funds get some of the academy players in the squad and lets move forward.forget this season its gone build from now for next season with players in mind and give it a go.

The confusing and frustrating think about BMcD is that when he came in last season with about 6 games to go he got the team playing on the deck and passing the ball around. I went to the Burnley game at the end of last season at ER and we just passed and passed and were patient and scored possibly the goal of the season (for LUFC). The crowd were singing "We're Leeds United, we're passing the ball". Even Shaun Dyche that night said he wasn't expecting that! This season we just seem to have resorted to long ball tik taks again, but with essentially the same players we had against Burnley. We've gone backwards from that night and look what Burnley have done! I'd like to think BMcD is the man to take us forward, but based on this season I'm not so sure. Is it down to the chaos regarding ownership or his player choice and tactics? Too many new signings haven't delivered and he seems to take them out of the firing line if they're not performing e.g Hunt, Wootton, Murphy for example. We always give teams at least 1 goal start and if they're any good they go on to win. If Cellino does take over, the dilemma is do you give BMcD to the end of the season, see if performances improve, see where we finish and if there seems to be improvements back him in the summer or cause more embarrassment by sacking him again now! Does Cellino have confidence in him to give him £x million to spend on players! If not, will he bring in his Italian coaching staff and do they know the English game. Malkey MacKay is a good shout but he's already had one crazy owner to deal with, would he even consider a mad Italian? Over to you Massimo Cellino, just make sure you get it right, if you do, you can have the freedom of Bibis!!

Dennis Thirkell arm chair fan! Start travelling to games! I live down I'm Hastings and when I travel to watch Leeds get annihilated by sheff Wednesday I am not happy! I am Leeds through and through and have stuck with them through all the hard times! Spending hard earned money to watch this b***ocks McDermott keeps putting out and then with the s**t excuses after the game. "We gotta go back to basics" "we gotta win ugly" fed up with the poor tactics, poor excuses. He will not take us anywhere but mid table! Think you should realise who the proper Leeds fans are!

I think BM is a very poor manager and to give him money to spend would be mad.

Absolutely agree. I said this straight from the beginning, MD is a scout, he is tactically nowhere and if we want to make the playoffs, we need to be able to fight like Brown does and also keep the ball low. Even against Yeovil we were playing like a fourth division team with high balls (in the strong wind?), how poor. unfortunately, he is a nice guy.

James - I actually think we need a decent playmaker in midfield (to replace Austin), a better all-round goalie and a second striker, and then backups for positions where we only have one decent player (the wingers). And btw as someone who has sat through the bloody games (and I live in Hampshire, btw) I would like to see how McDermott performs without a range of (in my opinion justified) excuses and if still rubbish sack him then. I like him personally but I also liked Grayson, McCallister and Eddie Gray and none of them were treated properly either. Byron: £1m is a lot (and good point on Stewart, though I do rate him), but it's not that much for this division. You have six teams in the division with parachute payments and both Hull and Cardiff went up last year with £30m overspends. Leeds on the other hand have a cashflow issue due to Bates forward selling much of the current revenue. BTW the fees are less of an issue than the payment conditions, with Leeds cash issues £1m up front is very different to £1m over 3 years. One other point - I think the site developers here should have spent less time thinking about putting a little bomb icon in the comments section and more making it large enough to type in and also capable of honouring formatting.

Dennis Thirkell, sorry mate, but having blind faith in a underachieving manager aint gonna get us where we want to be.McD works his tactics out decides his best eleven to put on the pitch on match day and if it looks like its going t*ts up, makes the substitutions,and he has'nt been doing any of the above very well lately.Nice bloke yes, good manager don't think so.

I've watched Leeds through the Revie era, Sgt Wilkinson and the o'leary Times. My how football has changed in all that time. The only telling factor nowadays is how big your clubs bank balance is, nothing else, just that one solid fact. If media reports are anything to go by we're as far away from being rich club as could possibly be. People seem to be of the opinion that because we were a successful club once we have a God given right to be again. I'm not the greatest BID fan but I am a Yorkshireman and when some know it all Italian comes chucking his weight about at my club before he's even bought it of course I side with the underdog, after all we've known what it's like to be the underdog for a long time now. I, as much as anyone want to see Leeds in that top flight again but I am a realist and don't expect it any time soon. One thing I will do though is keep watching my team win lose or draw, whatever division it be in and surely that's something we can all agree on?

Max: yes to be fair I agree with that. Do feel he has been a bit wasteful with purchases. I am undecided on Stewart needs a few more games and I do believe Murphy will improve. I would like to see him swap roles with Austin. It appeared last night Austin was playing a lot further up trying to support McCormack. I would have Austin DMC and Murphy supplying balls to McCormack something that was drastically missing from our game last night.

Chris: Spot on the end there! We are all LEEDS and will stick with this club no matter the weather! It's great hearing everyone's opinions as everybody's varies! Would do anything for Leeds to be back in the top division and I believe Cellino will be the man! Yes he has had a bad past but we all deserve a chance. He is saying all the right things especially if he buys back the mighty Elland Road!!! ALL OF US MARCHING ON TOGETHER!!!

I agree the guy who talked about martin o Neil a true leader break the bank not bothered about owning the ground get in martin

Agree McD's tactics are woeful, and hi signings certainly not making us a better team, but worse still the young talent we have is going backwards, Byram is coming back from injury I admit but nowhere near the player he was, Tom Lees is hiding and has to be replaced, Poleon hasn't been given a run to support the only class we have in McCormack and poor Mowatt is having to carry the midfield !!!! .... On another note will someone stop feeding Paddy Kenny pies he's one fat slow git now !!!!

By Caliari I mean Cagliari my fellow halfwits. MOT!

at last someone talking sense, couldn't agree with you more.

"I just hope to hell MC gives a proper manager with experience in the English leagues a go." Be careful what you wish for. These are the exact same words I heard from fans during the end of Grayson's tenure. We got a "proper manager with experience in the English leagues." It was Neil Warnock. Personally, I think it shows a real lack of football knowledge to want to sack a manager who was signed on a 3 year contract, after just 10 months in charge. Remember when Leicester fans wanted Nigel Pearson out when they had their lean spells? But the Board stuck with him and backed him financially. How are they getting on?

Dowse - re relative sizes of Cagliari and Leeds, I take the following numbers from Wikipedia. Leeds population (2011) 758k, 3rd largest city in UK, West Yorkshire Urban Area 1.8m, entirety of Yorkshire+Humber 5.3m. Cagliari population 150k, 23rd largest city in Italy, Cagliari metropolitan area 480k, entirety of Sardinia 1.6m. At any rate Cagliari are in Serie A and Leeds are not in the PL. But I agree I'd rather have McDermott than Festa, and McD needs more of a chance.

You've given voice to what a lot of Leeds fans are thinking, but are afraid to say out loud for fear of upsetting the vocal majority (and getting chinned). Last night once again underlined McDermott's tactical shortcomings. Ten minutes into the second half, with the game in the balance, he could have made a decisive decision to change the shape of the team and go more offensive - or bring a striker off the bench for Kebe who looked completely disinterested. Instead Brighton made the positive change and were rewarded with the decisive goal just a few minutes later (McDermott's post-match comments about deserving to take a point from the game suggest that he his team up to achieve a draw last night, despite the fact that the three points were clearly within our reach against a misfiring Brighton side). As nice a guy as he is McDermott doesn't have a Plan B and his Plan A is often well wide of the mark. Had he been sacked in the wake of the miserable away defeat to Sheff Weds I don't think that many people would have kicked up a fuss. Cellino's instinct was right - he just went about it in the wrong way. MOT

While i think you're being rather overly-harsh (that's what happens when you write an article immediately after a bad performance on the road), you also make some very valid points. In Brian's Defence: He took over a squad riddled with dead wood under false promises made to him by GFH. They told him he'd have money to spend and he's had practically nothing baring two incidents where GFH have buckled under pressure and gone and borrowed some money to bring in Murphy and Wooton. Yes these two cost money, but not when you compare the spending of other clubs around us. He's attacked the job from the bottom up and done an enormous amount of work behind the scenes with training, scouting, coaching and generally 'caring' about the whole club and not just the results. Warnock and Bates left the club in a right old mess and he deserves a lot of respect for sorting it all out. The fact that he's brought on some younger players also shows his commitment to the future rather than just the present. He has also galvanised the squad who are all 100% behind him. We saw that with Ross's statements on Deadline day. In criticism of Brian: As far as actual performances on the pitch go, your'e article is bang on. He's been consistently making ridiculous tactical decisions and putting teams out that play dreadful football (with the odd exception such as the second half against Huddersfield or the Birmingham game). It doesn't matter how limited the squad is, at this level if you put a team out with instructions to play short, pass and move football then that's what you'll get. If you're team is hoofing the ball in the air and losing possession time and time again then it's because you've told them to. We're actually worse on the pitch than we were under Warnock and we have a better squad in my opinion so that simply isn't good enough. My overall view: I think given time and resources he's still capable of turning things round and getting us promoted. Its just that for some reason he's not getting anywhere near enough out of this squad and he's rapidly running out of time. While he's been great for the club overall, everything boils down to the club moving forward on the pitch. He'd be forgiven for not getting us promoted, but no manager would be forgiven for dreadful football and poor tactics. Cellino will give him about 6 games to keep his job. As soon as it looks like we're out of the hunt for the playoff's he'll be fired - if not sooner.

And if we had won at Brighton this witch hunt wouldn't of been written. What makes a good man manager is exactly Brian McD he is a good honest man that oozes integrity. If you think paying a Million quid is massive I don't know what planet your on that's picket change in football. I recall Trevor Francis first million pound player back in the ugly 80's. Your only as good as the tools you work with and quite honestly there's only about 6/7 players worth keeping. Look at Rudy Bambi on ice Austin time for a good clear out. Nobody stated we would go up this year. Give the bald 1 some cash get rid of a few in the summer and 1 more season. Then judge. We are all too impatient its taken 10 long dark years I'll give it one more before I'm joining in.

I'd love to know which manager you lot think could get us a top 6 finish with this squad so late in the season. Sacking McDermott will achieve nothing. I couldn't give a toss how nice and humble he is. Until we have something other than a mid table squad then im afraid we will stay mid table.

It's hard to know what to think. Why did the team play so well when they thought he was sacked? Do they have that much respect for him that they pulled it out of the bag? Does he inspire them to play like that? But why not every week? I thought Hudds might've been a turning point, but last night proved not. The fans like him, and that counts for a lot, but he probably thinks it's all over now anyway. I think probably overall get shut, bring in someone new who knows the score from the start, who wants to come despite the new owners, and then STICK WITH THEM because we need stability. But it's got to be the right choice. Bring back Grayson? I would. But I'm sad it's not working out for BMD. Great article btw. Good to have an intelligent debate about LUFC.

Totally agree with this article, 100 per cent. BM not up to it, wootton, Hunt and Kebe all terrible. Do not give this man anymore money nor authority to sign more trash. M1,M25 and M4 back to oblivion.

I take issue with this, not because I don't think he should be sacked, I actually don't think he should have been appointed in the first place, but because of the nice guy thing. People in the media and in football have to be careful what they say, so you can understand them holding back, although with us being ten years out of the top flight it would have been nice to see someone have the balls to tell it like it is. But we're just nobodies on the internet so we really can tell it like it is, and McDermott is far from being a nice guy. It seems that 'nice guy' is the stock description for someone with a lack of personality. Simon Grayson was termed a nice guy and he cheated on his wife with a lass from the ticket office. Saying what people want to hear doesn't make you a nice guy, it makes you a weasel. McDermott never takes the blame and he does make scapegoats of players, look what he did to Varney. Warnock did take the blame, that's why everybody gives him it and why he was sacked! Warnock never made scapegoats of players. Tom Lees made a stupid tackle and got sent off in front of everybody's eyes. It was fair to criticise him for it. And how was he made a scapegoat when everybody took his side? Contrast that with the reactions to Andy O'Brien and Luke Varney. Lees was a regular and in a strong position, Varney and O'Brien were out of favour so with them it was picking on the weak.

totally agree iwas ahead of you calling for a change ,every thing from BMD has been total garbage,headlined by picking a lumbering oaf Austin in the vital position behind Ross as I said 10 games ago any one who selects that idiot doesn't know anything ,nice bloke but what else? oh yes he bought a drink

Uncomfortable reading...but a very good and welcome article. It reminded me a bit of Henry Winter in the Telegraph last week - Brian clearly isn't the best manager but he's a really nice bloke who doesnt deserve to be badly treated. So what? I don't pretend to understand the tactics, or the substitution policy. I know Sheff Weds was seen as a nadir, but for me Rochdale was worse - an exhausted and dispirited team needed a weekend off and let the second team and juniors impress and play for a place, but we got the same players rolled out again. As someone said - a definition of insanity is doing the same things repeatedly and expecting differing outcomes. The one piece of imagination this year was 3-5-2 v Birmingham, which I thought was smart and bold. Shape up or ship out? I think shaping up may be beyond him. I think it's proved too much (bit like Moyes; and the excuses about bad luck sound similarly weak). I'm expecting Zola in the summer (with Del Piero?! Yes please!) and we might actually get some imagination and variety. sorry, Brian, but it is maybe better to leave on good terms and be applauded when you come back to the Peroni Stadium sometime as manager of Birmingham or Donny.

well said notfamous its sad that v Birmingham, 2nd half v Huddersfield &,Watford 1st half v Leicester isall that's been above negative tripe all season,but for Ross who had to plee to get a game up front we would be bottom 3

James, by your logic Don Revie would have been sacked in his second season if not sooner. Check his record. It was far worse than mcDermott's. Thankfully the Leeds Board at the time had patience and were rewarded. Seems a lot of people on here want instant results or else. Who honestly looks at this squad and sees it as anything other than a mid table team. If you do you are clueless.

It's only a matter of time before bmcd gets the boot and the only mad Italian that would work with this mad Italian is probably mr dicanio himself. I for one would enjoy laughing myself sick with these 2 clowns punching each other in the dugout and rolling about on the grass all the way to the centre spot. We wouldn't leave the ground disappointed, only entertained

Richard I'm not applying any logic it's just opinion. Revie was a player turned manager, BMD has a few years as a manager and a promotion under his belt. I would be very happy for BMD to sort it out, he's a good bloke, but my main point is we should stop kidding ourselves about how good a job he's done. The last ten league games and throw in the cup have mainly been poor. In terms of a lot of the comments about the quality of the squad here. Compare it to Burnley in terms of size, wages, etc. I might be wrong but i got the impression a good manager had got them where they are up between Leicester and QPR who've spent fortunes. The most worrying thing is that we have appeared to go backwards with the same players, a few of you have commented on this. I genuinely don't understand how that is possible, especially as he's been able to add new players to the squad.

Totaly agree crap tactics and very poor signings If you cant sign better than what you already have then dont sign them. All he has done is bring in more players that we wont be able to shift. I hope cellino comes in and grabs the club by the short and curlies and refuses to accept the dross we have endured for so long now. I actually believe wether we had money or not he would have signed hunt and kebe and thTat shows a manager who doesnt know a good player. Sorry bmcd you aint gud enuf and if it where my money I wouldnt let you spend a penny of it.

In reply to dowse waller - firstly even as a sunday league manager I would play a more passing game - sometimes yeah you should go long but not with a 6 foot 6 inch striker ont bench and a 5 foot 8 inch striker up front by himself - we where supposedly crying out for wingers ?? We got kebe who works up and down the line but never gets to the byeline to cross the ball - cameron stewart ha ha he has once in 5 games got to the byeline against the udders and got a cross in he is truly lazy and a shocking excuse for a footballer - kenny doesnt even bother trying to get to shots anymore he just stands there With wot we have my team wud b and I have to include kenny cos ashdown is onjured Kenny pelltier RB pearce CB leesCB warnock LB - byram RM poleon LM murphy CM austin CM mccormack ST smith ST I write my teams on a cig packet and we play 4 4 fucking 2

James - re going backwards, versus the pre-Xmas period, I think the loss of Blackstock was absolutely key. Smith may have a good future in front of him, but McCormack needs someone to make runs alongside him, create space, draw off defenders, hold up the ball, etc. and Smith is not currently that player. I did think it might be Hunt and for me that is indeed a black mark on McDermott, but not having that second attacker has been a massive issue for us. The sad thing is that Blackstock isn't THAT great a player and couldn't even get into the Forest first team. Cellino was apparently hoping to bring in Cacia from Verona, would have been exactly the right kind of player.

all this rubbish about great managers having bad results early on ,the big difference is you could see Revie was going in the right direction and could tell he new a good player BMD hasn't got a bloody clue & how ever long you give him he never will.look at his signings,tactics& results & Take the fact Austin playing every week!

Jesus you lot need to give your heads a bloody good shake. I'd like to see Guardiola make a football team from this lot. When BM came in he said that he wanted to rebuild the club from the bottom up. The players he bought in the summer were for the future, not now. It is common knowledge that he wanted to buy more players then, but GFH pulled the plug. As for Kebe and Stewart; Kebe has spent a lot of the last year injured and not playing, he is just coming back from injury. From what I've seen of him he is showing flashes of brilliance; but because he has not come in and immediately played like Messi the deadheads are targeting him for abuse. As for Stewart all I have heard is whingeing and moaning about him, yet when he is dropped for the Brighton game it is all wailing and gnashing of teeth and suddenly he is the best player ever and not playing him lost us the game. Yeah let's sack him, he's had 10 months we should be top of the table by now! After all this team is weaker than the one that got us up from League One, getting promoted should be a doddle. Do you know what? I really hope you lot get your Italian shyster in as owner and that he sacks BM to keep you lot happy. That way you are going to get the club and team YOU deserve. Whether that will be the club and team YOU want remains to be seen. Leeds fans the best in the world, don't make me laugh.Me I'm off to support my local team, at least their fans have a modicum of intelligence.

I agree with more of this article than I thought I would. The Brighton game highlighted all the familiar flaws in the team and there appears to be no recognition of the need to change something. I do think Brian is a decent manager; he got Reading playing really well in the Championship. And he has had to deal with situations that should never have happened, including an apparent cash flow crisis. However, faith is dribbling away as obvious problems are not addressed. Hoof ball to RM44 is just stupid. Austin is clearly not good enough and has plenty of chances to prove it. Kebe is mentally shot. Pugh is Pugh. Warnock is a shadow of the man who played for England. Kenny is getting fat again. We have absolutely no pace - look what Lualua did to us. MC will probably ditch him after a month and then start rebuilding for next season, and sadly, unless there is a rapid upturn in form, that's the right call. God knows what comes next though.

These types who support BM are getting themselves worked up a bit. Dowse wally and dennis firkinhell,don't you like it when others have differing opinions to yours? So all the people on here calling for change are half-wits and armchair fans? From another perspective you could say the majority are paying customers who keep the club alive and have every right to make a noise when faced with sheer incompetence every week. Now go away and learn to spell before calling others halfwits. Mcdermott out,Laudrup in.

I have to agree with this article. People can sit there and say oh it's warnocks team and there's no money blah blah blah but let's not forget 2 million pounds has been spent on murphy and wooton. One of which doesn't start and the other in my opinion is a league one player at best. I must confess I do no attend every single game due to work commitments but when I do travel home or away is it too much to ask for a spirited performance? We were completely spineless on Tuesday night and its not the first time I have witnessed it this season. Tactically Brian is naive, he has no ideas and doesn't change things when clearly they need changing. I'm pretty sure all you bm lovers would be hounding the man out if that man was Neil warnock with the same results. Nice guys do not win football matches and unfortunately a football manager is employed to get results. If I failed to do my job at work my p45 would be in the post. Sorry Brian you are a top bloke, but just not cut out for leeds united. And I swear, if I hear one more oh we'll he got reading promoted line, I will be physically sick. We aren't fucking reading

Colin's turned down the Forest job and Moyes will soon be available.....plenty to choose from.