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title: "Leeds: Journalist stunned at Jesse Marsch comments"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Charlie Smith"
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published: "2022-04-13T08:05:30Z"
modified: "2022-04-13T08:05:30Z"
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# Leeds: Journalist stunned at Jesse Marsch comments

**Journalist [Toby Giles](https://twitter.com/tobygilles/status/1513802373860311040?s=21&t=-8gYh4qT2Es9b3iGgGcK-A) has been reacting to comments made by Leeds United manager Jesse Marsch live on [talkSPORT](https://talksport.com/football/1084447/jesse-marsch-leeds-marcelo-bielsa-elland-road-talksport-interview/).**

### The Lowdown: Marsch’s comments

The 48-year-old spoke to Natalie Sawyer, Darren Bent and Ally McCoist on Tuesday morning on a number of Leeds-related topics, one of which was injuries.

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The American felt that he inherited a squad which was [‘over-trained’](https://talksport.com/football/1084447/jesse-marsch-leeds-marcelo-bielsa-elland-road-talksport-interview/), which resulted in a number of long-term injuries for the Whites this season.

Junior Firpo suffered a serious [knee issue](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/leeds-united-news/leeds-phil-hay-delivers-brutal-junior-firpo-injury-update/) last month in Marsch’s second game in charge, with the Leeds boss [revealing](https://talksport.com/football/1084447/jesse-marsch-leeds-marcelo-bielsa-elland-road-talksport-interview/) that he was expecting the left-back to make a return to training.

### The Latest: Giles reacts to Marsch outburst

Giles took to [Twitter](https://twitter.com/tobygilles/status/1513802373860311040?s=21&t=-8gYh4qT2Es9b3iGgGcK-A) to react to Marsch’s comments on the injury issues. He believed that the current Whites manager was putting the blame with Marcelo Bielsa, adding that it is a ‘big claim’ to make, saying:

> “What a news line talkSPORT’s Natalie Sawyer, Darren Bent & Ally McCoist got out of Jesse Marsch today. Blames their injury troubles on the players being “overtrained” – ie. publicly saying it’s Marcelo Bielsa’s fault. Big claim to make against his legendary predecessor.”

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### The Verdict: Just what Leeds needed

Marsch has been a breath of fresh air since arriving as Bielsa’s replacement at Leeds and is now starting to get a tune out of his players.

The Whites have picked up [10 points from a possible 12](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/leeds-united/spielplandatum/verein/399) in recent weeks, taking them nine points clear of safety, with his approachable methods to the squad seemingly working wonders.

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The small tweaks at Thorp Arch of lowering the workload also appear to be paying off, and hopefully Marsch will be preparing for a first full season in charge of the club in the Premier League.

***In other news: [Leeds keen: Marsch can land new favourite as Orta now plots move for 17-goal forward – opinion.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/leeds-united-news/khayon-edwards-leeds-transfer-interest-greenwood-marsch/)***