Sounds just right: > It is exciting to be back and it is even more so to be at a genuine, big > club like Leeds United. > I've spoken to three or four clubs in the last 10 days and I've been > really pleased with being wanted. Leeds was the one that I listened to a > lot and I saw the fans' forums. They seemed to be united that they wanted > me. I do feel that when you've got potentially 30,000 people it's a bloody > fantastic place to be. I reckon Leeds are the fourth- or fifth-biggest club > in the country. > I love it at my age. I have nothing to fear. If things go wrong, I will > call it a day. As long as I enjoy it, I will see how it goes between now > and the end of the season. My contract is until the end of next season, but > I've spoken to Ken Bates, the Leeds chairman, and if we know it's not > working – I'm not into contracts now, I was when I'm younger – we'll go our > own way. I've always got on all right with the chairman. I know how he runs > his clubs, he gets them organised. I know they've had lot of protests, but > I'm saying to fans: "We've got 14 games to go, put everything to bed and > let's have some fun." > I honestly haven't got a clue what we can achieve. If you'd seen the first > half against Doncaster on Saturday, you'd have said, "Let's avoid > relegation." If you saw the second, you'd say, "Let's go for it." We've got > some good players, and the crowd is an extra player. > I regretted not putting myself on the bench after 10 minutes of the game. > I said that to Mick Jones. I went down at half-time and changed three or > four things and that really helped us. They're a very keen set of lads, > they all want to do their best. That's great for me. > Yesterday was a warm-down and a chat so we could get on with it the next > day. I had a word with the lads I didn't see. It's a clean slate. With me > leaving QPR there were one or two comments about players who had been left > out. It reminded me so I said to the players here, "No rude comments in the > press about the past manager ... or me!" > I first spoke to Leeds 10 days ago. They asked me my situation. I didn't > know what I was going to do. Over 10 days, I had two interviews with other > clubs and another close one before then. Then everything at Leeds happened > in 24 hours last week. I spoke to Wolves on Wednesday, I don't think they > wanted to make a quick decision. I spoke to Ken on Thursday. He said, "Come > over and I'll tell you about the club, you can start on Sunday and meet > them on Monday." > I went back and thought that would be a waste of a game and I wanted to > make sure we got three points against Doncaster, which we did – even if it > didn't look possible at 2-0 down. It wasn't a bad first team-talk! They > responded to the changes. Neil Redfearn was already shouting at them when I > went in. I let him do that. I wanted to be the good cop! It was fantastic > when the third goal went in at the end, it was hairs on the back of your > neck time. The lads know it will give them belief, that has probably been > missing. We will get better for next week. We will be more organised after > a week's training, and then another week training gives us a great chance > to get sorted out. > I would imagine a betting man would say the play-offs would be difficult. > We have to win every game. If we lose a couple it's beyond us. But I've > been in to the academy and you've never seen anything like it. It's the > biggest academy complex at a club I've been at, by a mile. It's "top of the > Premier League" standard. > I tell you what: it feels good to be back! > *Read Neil Warnock in The Independent every Saturday*
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