It's been revealed that Dave Bassett will succeed Gus Poyet as the new Leeds number two, at least until the end of the season. Personally, i aren't Bassett's biggest fan and would have preferred someone a hell of alot younger, but he's done a decent job in managing lower league clubs and will bring a little humour to the Elland Road press conferences if nothing else.
Bassett originally signed Wise to play for Wimbledons notorious "Crazy Gang" when he was just 18 years old, and the pair have remained close ever since, with Bassett helping Dennis out a few years back at Swindon in a similar role.
The deal will see Bassett in the assistants role uptil the end of the current season, at which point i'm expecting Alan Thompson - who's currently learning his coaching badges - to take the number two spot, having worked alongside Dennis at the weekend.
Bassett will need to bond with the players as quickly as possible, before Dennis' 3 match touchline ban comes into effect.
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Wednesday, 31 October 2007
Sunday, 28 October 2007
Leeds 4-2 Millwall
A dominant display by Leeds United saw us make it 13 games unbeaten and move up into 6th place in the league, despite a late comeback from the Millwall club.
Prutton got Leeds ahead before halftime, before Beckford punished an error by the Millwall keeper and stand in captain Jonathan Douglas fired home twice in the space of just a few minutes. Game over, 4-0. It probably should have been easier, but Leeds got a little complacent and allowed Millwall to pull a couple of goals back, but there was to be no historic comeback, and Leeds would record there 11th victory thus far.
Assistant manager, Gus Poyet was not in attendance, after Leeds decided it was best he stay away as they feared the current media attention surrounding a move to Spurs as Ramos' number two, could take peoples minds off the game, so Leeds United captain, Alan Thompson assisted Dennis Wise on the bench. It seems that Gus will be leaving for Spurs, so Alan Thompson may take up the role permanently following his retirement.
The match was marred by the usual trail of destruction that follows the South London thugs, with coaches reported to have been smashed up before kickoff and the Millwall fans trying to get out of there enclosure during the match. However, thjs will not detract from what was certainly one of Leeds' best performances so far this season.
30,139 fans turned out to watch the match, making Elland Road the 4th most attended stadium in the country yesterday.
Highlights of yesterdays game can be found here; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qOMzhONba8
Prutton got Leeds ahead before halftime, before Beckford punished an error by the Millwall keeper and stand in captain Jonathan Douglas fired home twice in the space of just a few minutes. Game over, 4-0. It probably should have been easier, but Leeds got a little complacent and allowed Millwall to pull a couple of goals back, but there was to be no historic comeback, and Leeds would record there 11th victory thus far.
Assistant manager, Gus Poyet was not in attendance, after Leeds decided it was best he stay away as they feared the current media attention surrounding a move to Spurs as Ramos' number two, could take peoples minds off the game, so Leeds United captain, Alan Thompson assisted Dennis Wise on the bench. It seems that Gus will be leaving for Spurs, so Alan Thompson may take up the role permanently following his retirement.
The match was marred by the usual trail of destruction that follows the South London thugs, with coaches reported to have been smashed up before kickoff and the Millwall fans trying to get out of there enclosure during the match. However, thjs will not detract from what was certainly one of Leeds' best performances so far this season.
30,139 fans turned out to watch the match, making Elland Road the 4th most attended stadium in the country yesterday.
Highlights of yesterdays game can be found here; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qOMzhONba8
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