wow.. so he basically folds.. nice one. never seen that before. E
On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 3:12 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Neil Warnock says Leeds United should not panic over new manager search > > http://www.independent.co.uk/**sport/football/football-** > league/neil-warnock-says-**leeds-united-should-not-panic-** > over-new-manager-search-**8538889.html<http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/neil-warnock-says-leeds-united-should-not-panic-over-new-manager-search-8538889.html> > > Leeds boss Neil Warnock has urged the club's owners not to panic in their > search for a new manager and wants to help them find the “main man”. > > Warnock is ready to step aside after Saturday's home defeat to > Huddersfield left Leeds seven points adrift of the npower Championship > play-offs with eight games left to play. > > But the 64-year-old has told Dubai-based equity investment firm GFH > Capital, who completed their £52million takeover at Elland Road in > December, that he can play a leading role in finding his successor. > > "I want them to get the best manager they can get to replace me and some > of them might not be available until the summer," said Warnock. > > "They're in a situation now where the club is geared for the Premier > League. > > "The new owners have come in, it was the longest takeover I've ever known, > I expected that to be finalised last August, so it has been a difficult > eight or nine months for me. > > "But they've come in and they're going to do things steady. > > "It's not like they've got to chop and change everything now. I think two > or three additions now with a very good squad, the whole club with the fans > and everything, it's just geared now. > > "I know they've (fans) heard it all before, but I think there's some > optimism at the club. > > "It's a great club and I can help them as well whether I'm here or not." > > Asked if he would step aside now if the right candidate be came available, > Warnock added: "Goodness me yes. > > "I'm not naive. If we've not got a chance of getting in the play-offs they > can do two things, they can ask me to stay on if they can't get the main > man, because they might not be able to get him. > > "I don't want them to panic and get anybody. I've seen some of the people > putting their hat in the ring and quite honestly I think the club should be > patient. > > "I've got a couple of ideas of who they should be going for if that's the > case, but let's see what happens. > > "I think we're quite capable of going to Ipswich and Derby and getting six > points, so you never write it off." > > Warnock, whose contract expires in June, has made no secret of his > intentions to walk away from the club this summer if he failed to clinch a > record-breaking eighth promotion and lead them back into the Barclays > Premier League. > > He wants to return to the south-west to be closer to his family home. > > "At 64 I don't want to be that far away from my family. > > "I wanted to give it a go to get in the Premier League because it's a > fabulous club and I still think with a little bit more fortune and a bit > more investment at the right time we could have been there. > > "To lose Snodgrass was a major blow. He was the only player I didn't want > to lose. > > "We've never quite replaced that quality. It's frustrating for me. > > "If I was five or 10 years younger it wouldn't be frustrating, I'd be > looking forward to everything about the future. > > "It's just the situation I'm in, that's why. > > "I want the club to go forward and we've still got to give it our best > shot. > > "If I'm still here in a fortnight's time, we've got to give it our best > shot. > > "The following will be fantastic at Ipswich, I'm sure that we will sell > out and then Derby here on the Monday, two great games really. > > "So I wouldn't write the group off." > > Leeds travel to Ipswich after the international break on March 30 and then > take on Derby at Elland Road on Easter Monday (April 1). > > Former Southampton manager Nigel Adkins is the bookmakers favourite to > replace Warnock, while Brighton boss Gus Poyet, who spent 12 months as > assistant to Dennis Wise at Elland Road in 2006, and ex-Swindon manager > Paolo Di Canio have also been linked with the job. > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.** > uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist<http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist> > To unsubscribe, email > [email protected].**org<[email protected]> > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER
