jesse marsch leeds united
Posted in2022-2023-Season Daily News

#PLStories- Leeds boss Jesse Marsch explains his outbursts at the Amex #LUFC

August 28, 2022
Jesse Marsch has explained why he argued his way to a yellow card at the Amex. The Leeds boss was booked for his ongoing complaints about decisions by Michael Salisbury. He was fortunate to avoid a second yellow when he sarcastically applauded that decision. Marsch’s regular complaints led to him being taunted by the home crowd. He said: “I thought my behaviour at that point deserved the yellow card. “When you don’t believe you are getting performances out of the referee, I think you have two options. “To sit there and take it or to escalate your behaviour to try to make a point, to see if you can affect the way decisions are being made. “Sometimes it works for you, sometimes it works against you. “I will never be a guy who just sits there and takes it. That’s not my style." He added: “I didn’t think it was a good performance (by the referee), but I don’t think ours was a good performance in the first half. This can happen. “We had him against Chelsea as fourth official and I like his demeanour. “I just think he didn’t have the best performance today. “I know I let him know that maybe a couple too many times!” Marsch said Leeds were “very lucky” to get to half-time on level terms. Asked how Albion made life tough, he said: “They very clearly man-mark. “Then with the ball they almost just played long and gave us the ball because they wanted to bypass our pressing, which is part of the match plan that we wanted to build. “When you play against man-marking, if you give them time to get into their schemes, then it’s always difficult unless you’re really sharp with combinations and movements in behind to break them down.”
Liam Cooper Leeds
Posted in2021-2022-Season Daily News

#PLStories- Liam Cooper calls Brighton match massive for the club #LUFC #BHAFC

May 13, 2022
LEEDS defender Liam Cooper believes the match against Albion on Sunday is "massive" for the club. Albion travel to Elland Road to take on Leeds as they look to cement their place in the top half of the Premier League following a brilliant run of form that has yielded 14 points from the previous 21 available. The run includes impressive wins over Arsenal, Tottenham, Wolves and Manchester United. Leeds on the other hand have lost their previous three games and are winless in four, a set of results that have left the Yorkshire side dwelling in the relegation zone, one point from safety. Last time out Leeds were comfortably beaten by Chelsea 3-0 and defender Cooper has admitted that a result against Albion is needed to help with the fight for survival. Chelsea's Romelu Lukaku scored the third goal against Leeds He told LUTV: “We have to pick the lads up, we’ve got a massive game at home at the weekend. “We all need to pull together and make it one hell of an atmosphere here at the weekend, like the fans always do, and we have to produce on the pitch as well. “It’s a massive game, let’s make a right good go of it. From our point of view, my message to the lads is that we can’t feel sorry for ourselves, we’re in a fight and we know that. “We’ve got to go and be positive, approach the game and get a result in any way possible. “It doesn’t have to be pretty, it doesn’t have to be nice, we have to go and do it the Leeds way and hopefully we can do that at the weekend.” Albion have a good record against Leeds since the Yorkshire side was promoted last season, winning twice and drawing once.
Frank Lampard
Posted in2021-2022-Season Daily News

#PLStories- Frank Lampard, Jesse Marsch and Mike Jackson on Premier League relegation battle #LUFC #EVERTONFC #BURNLEYFC

May 11, 2022
THE Premier League relegation battle looks set to go down to the wire heading into the final stages of the season. With Norwich and Watford already relegated, it is between Burnley, Everton and Leeds for the final place in the bottom three. Everton and Leeds are both in action tomorrow night, going up against Watford and Chelsea respectively. The Yorkshire club currently find themselves in the drop zone, but they are only behind Burnley on goal difference. Meanwhile, the Toffees are up to 16th following their 2-1 win at Leicester over the weekend. But what have the managers said about the relegation battle and their sides’ chances of beating the drop? Frank Lampard "As much as we enjoyed the weekend because it got us out of the relegation zone with games to go, it is very dangerous to relax on that,” said Lampard. “The only message is to finish the job and it is a tough job, we have to expect the worst everywhere else and everyone else to win but we can control ourselves. "Two wins back-to-back was a big thing for us to break. We have seen with Burnley how a run of wins can change the face of it very quickly so that was important to us." Jesse Marsch "Internally, we know we still have a good group to manage these situations,” said Marsch. “We knew coming into these three matches it was going to be very difficult to pick up points. “We still have too much to play for. Our focus is on controlling every moment. Credit to Burnley and Everton. They have also fought for their lives. We will do the same." Mike Jackson “You’ve got to know how to get through setbacks. I have a process and the group will have a process of how we move forward. It takes a bit of time,” said Jackson. “You’re going to get bits like that, it’s just human nature. They’re not all of a sudden going to become bulletproof. “But they’ve proved in the four games before they’ve gone through everything – they’ve come from behind, they’ve got pegged back against West Ham. “They’ve held on to a lead and now they’ve lost a game. We focus on the next one.”
Oriol Romeu Danny Ings
Posted in2021-2022-Season Daily News

#PLStories- Oriol Romeu sets new goals after devastating ankle fracture at Leeds last season #LUFC #SAINTSFC

April 2, 2022
DETERMINED Oriol Romeu revealed how he set “new goals” for himself 14 months ago – as he returns to the venue where his previous season became derailed. Saints make the trip to Elland Road to take on Leeds United in the Premier League tomorrow (3pm) a stadium which Romeu does not have fond memories of. With Ralph Hasenhuttl’s men losing 3-0 in Yorkshire last February, the Spanish midfielder suffered a fractured ankle after 70 minutes and was required to undergo surgery. After three months out, Romeu made his return to action during the St Mary’s side’s season finale at West Ham back in May – and has featured in all but two league contests this campaign. Reflecting on sustaining the ankle break at Leeds last season, the former Barcelona youngster said: “That time was quite frustrating. I was enjoying it a lot and I was feeling really well. “Then that injury came - three months out and the season finished. “It’s a good chance to go there, get a win and get the feeling of the bad way that I left last time now the other way round – that would be ideal. “But it’s good that also, going back to the injury, that I have been able to come back and not have any more issues and compete again for a good amount of games – and feel physically strong and ready again. “That was my main goal this season and I have been able to achieve it. Now it’s just a matter of finishing the season in the best way possible.” Romeu has been a regular in Saints’ line-up this season, having scored against Norwich as part of the club’s unbeaten February run. Asked whether he used his time out through injury to reflect and analyse his game, the 30-year-old said: “During the injury it was more like structuring again, setting up new goals and seeing how I could get back in the best way possible. “It’s always hard because you don’t see yourself as close as you would love to play again. “But you have to always be a bit humble to say ‘right, I’ve got to do these exercises because that’s going to allow me in three months’ time to play in a better way’. “That’s a challenge that you have to face and you have to go through – but that’s me alongside the physios and everyone around the club doing a very good job during the recovery. “That’s why I got the chance to come back and not have any more issues.” Victory at Leeds could put Hasenhuttl’s side back into the top 10 in the top flight.