Personally i wouldn't write off Gerrard as a manager yet, he's not the one i want don't get me wrong and i think he would have a job on winning fans over, but i wouldn't write him off. He was very good at Rangers, he will have learnt a lot at Villa from his mistakes there. He's a big name too and would attract better players.

However..... whichever manager we bring in, I want to see us playing good possession based high pressing football, i think most of us do... and i think it's what good Leeds sides have done over the years.

Agree with Chapy re Corberan, but i would back him, i'm just not convinced a lot of fans realise he doesn't play anything like Bielsa.

his success was with beale and critchley doing the coaching.
Once they left he was clueless

Exactly. The Villa players hated him by the end as well.

Even his success at Rangers wasn't all that. Yes, he won the league, but he was up against Neil Lennon's Celtic, and lost in the cups to St Mirren and St Johnstone. Even Van Bronckhorst got further in the Euorpa league the following season.

Corberan is relatively experienced compared to the likes of Gerrard and Parker. He's punched above his weight at Huddersfield, and he did a great job at one of the biggest clubs in the league in West Brom. He isn't Bielsa, but that's good. His teams are fit, solid and hard to beat, and keep the ball really well, and attack with pace.

I'd want Rodgers ideally, but realistically, Corberan is the smart choice.

he is much more pragmatic than bielsa ever was.
in a bar in krakow earlier with some leeds fans and yet to meet anyone who wants gerrard

Gone a bit quiet on the takeover… can’t see it being done by end of the week at this rate.. hope to be proved wrong

The EFL have to do their fit and proper owners test on all the directors. Knowing the EFL, it won't be done quickly.

The only reason you would want Gerrard for me is that he has a knack of being able to get hold of ex-Liverpool players and bigger names - cant see that counting for anything when they have to drop into the championship.

Hmmm would have thought it would be quite easily done seeing as they've been on board in a significant way for 3 years already.. clock is ticking.. best players will be getting tapped up.. Adams Gnonto Summerville Rodrigo etc

Best players will have been tapped up months ago mate

Let`s face it if there`s an easy way or a hard way to do things at ER we will always do it the hard way.
Why should we expect anything different this time?

Yeah true pal

Takeover. Confirmed.

got a text as I landed. Great news

Great news. Things should start taking shape now. Sounds like manager first then DOF. Farke very much in the mix. Phil Hay thinks Rodger’s might not stop to championship. Very good article he’s written today about it all on the Athletic. Sounds like Radz had run out of cash to invest in Leeds…

I wouldn't be against Farke, certainly better than the likes of Parker and Gerrard, but I still think Corberan is the smart choice

100% no to Farke according to my Norwich connections.
He is one of the worse motivators and boring as feck, apparently.
If we can`t get Potter, Rodgers or Moyes (all highly unlikely)
Then Corboran, not ideal but beggars can`t be choosers.

Farke is in talks with Celtic, but Leeds are also interested according to sky sports in Germany

Might mean we get Rodgers.
One can hope.

didn't he say he wanted time out?
for me corboran, but there could be a candidate who hasn't been mentioned yet

Hay reporting this morning Leeds hoping to wrap up manager situation this week. Had initial discussions with Farke and he impressed, they are also considering Corberan, Rodgers is the no1 target but not easy to convince... work to be done.

A lot will depend on who Celtic decide to go for. Rodgers and Farke are on their shortlist, so we could still get Corberan. I'm just glad it's not Parker or Gerrard

Yeah agree JB. I don't mind any of those 3 Hay has mentioned, it sounds like its between those as it stands. I think Rodgers is the better long term one personally but lets see, we need to get out of the Championship first.

Looks like Rodgers is off back to hoover up the trophies in Scotland again in the one team league.

boost his bank balance and he won't have to work for it.

Webber leaving Norwich by March 2024. That probably means he'll be the new DOf