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Leeds: Phil Hay admits there’s frustration amid ongoing managerial search

Leeds: Phil Hay admits there's frustration amid ongoing managerial search - Leeds United News

Phil Hay has been speaking about the frustrations growing in and around Leeds United and the club’s fanbase due to the Whites’ prolonged managerial search.

The Lowdown: Leeds struggling to make an appointment

When Leeds decided to pull the plug on Jesse Marsch’s time at Elland Road, it would’ve made sense that they had someone lined up and ready to take the reins, but they are instead scrambling around for a new appointment over a week later.

The Whites now have just a few days until they travel to Everton in what will be seen as a must-win relegation six-pointer, but fans may not be too confident if they are still managerless.

Amid numerous difficulties in getting in the likes of Arne Slot, Andoni Iraola and Alfred Schreuder, it’s no surprise that there is a sense of frustration now growing at Leeds and amongst the supporters.

The Latest: Fans starting to get frustrated

Given how many managers Leeds have been linked with since sacking Marsch, it appears that fans are losing faith in the board to make the right choice.

Hay told The Phil Hay Show: “I do think there’s been growing dissatisfaction with the direction the club have been going in for the last year – there’s no doubt about that. And it goes back a little bit further than that as well, really to the start of Bielsa’s last season when you could feel the steam going out of the club’s impetus and the momentum that they’d built up in the previous three years under him.

“And I think there is frustration with the hierarchy, without a doubt frustration with the hierarchy. And I think there probably will be a certain shortage of trust in them to get this right.”

The Verdict: Orta can’t afford to get this wrong

Jesse Marsch was certainly a Victor Orta-led appointment that failed to materialise into anything close to success, and it has left the Whites perilously close to dropping back into the Championship after narrowly avoiding that fate last term.

Therefore, Orta simply can’t take too big of a gamble this time around. He must bring in a manager with safe hands and the capability to guide Leeds away from the bottom three, or it could be a disaster come May.

That’s not just for Leeds’s sake, but for Orta himself, as he would otherwise have made two unsuccessful managerial appointments in a row – which may even spell the end of his own tenure at Elland Road, so this is certainly a crucial period in Leeds’ recent history.

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