:00:08. > :00:18.Some games called off but plenty left for us to get stuck into.
:00:18. > :00:26.
:00:26. > :00:33.That's just on the field. Welcome Simon Grayson is gone but for many
:00:33. > :00:36.Leeds fans, the problems at Elland Road lie elsewhere. We have been
:00:36. > :00:43.tried to talk to the club through the supporters' trust but the club
:00:43. > :00:53.has chosen to ignore us. All the goals that beat the snow
:00:53. > :00:56.
:00:56. > :01:05.Good evening. With me tonight, a man who played on our patch for
:01:05. > :01:10.Halifax, Rotherham and Scunthorpe but is now in charge of the Iron.
:01:10. > :01:15.That is, of course, where we start. If our Twitter account is anything
:01:15. > :01:20.to go by, the decision to sack Simon Grayson as Leeds manager has
:01:20. > :01:24.got fans even more he did about the regime than the already wear.
:01:24. > :01:29.Grayson departed last week after the home thrashing by Birmingham,
:01:29. > :01:33.but significantly, it was the day after that as the window shut. Rob
:01:33. > :01:36.Jones has been following the Follett.
:01:37. > :01:41.The protests are not going to go away. The fans are not on board
:01:41. > :01:46.with the chairman. He likes the idea people been up against him. He
:01:46. > :01:52.will not least because of that. Meads have sacked manager Simon
:01:52. > :01:56.Grayson and his coaching staff... In a statement issued by needs
:01:56. > :02:06.united, the Chief Executive said a new management team would be better
:02:06. > :02:09.
:02:09. > :02:14.place to get more out of the A midweek repeat, the departure of
:02:14. > :02:20.the manager and the sale of yet another key player brings them are
:02:20. > :02:24.manning of discontent at Leeds United to become more laudable.
:02:24. > :02:28.Nine months ago, they finished just outside the play-off places but
:02:28. > :02:33.looked to have a squad capable of resuming the challenge. Since then,
:02:33. > :02:38.at that team has been somewhat dismantled. Still plenty of quality
:02:38. > :02:43.but there promotion race is far from run and the chance their
:02:43. > :02:48.policy has come under scrutiny. fact of the matter is they seem to
:02:48. > :02:54.have sold the quality. Johnny Howson as a captain, home-grown
:02:54. > :02:57.young talent. OK, it is maybe a great piece of business and may be
:02:57. > :03:04.a wonderful deal in terms of what it achieves for the club
:03:04. > :03:09.financially. I am concerned that if you do not start investing on the
:03:09. > :03:15.pitch, rather than in a wonderful stand which I am sure his great,
:03:15. > :03:18.because that stand will not win as trophies? On the final day of the
:03:18. > :03:24.transfer window, what hope does Simon Grayson have of replacing
:03:24. > :03:26.that team? Grayson went down an increasingly
:03:26. > :03:32.well travel don't do it in search of replacements for has departed
:03:32. > :03:38.stars. The former manager's hands may have been tied but our short-
:03:38. > :03:44.term solutions hampering long-term development? Simon himself has
:03:44. > :03:47.Brotton over 30 of them. They are good young players but, in my eyes,
:03:47. > :03:55.there are still kids and still learning the game. They do not know
:03:55. > :03:58.what pressure is all about. I have watched a few kids playing it and
:03:58. > :04:04.they disappear from the game. Defeat from high-flying Birmingham
:04:04. > :04:08.last week proved the final nail in Grayson's coffin. His departure has
:04:08. > :04:14.sparked speculation as to who will follow him. Whoever it is has much
:04:14. > :04:20.to ponder. What challenges will the new manager face? Bringing a smile
:04:20. > :04:25.back to the club. They're quite a few factions within the club at the
:04:25. > :04:30.moment who are disenchanted, really. He has to get them back on board.
:04:30. > :04:34.Needs United is the name of the club and that is what it needs.
:04:34. > :04:37.Neil Warnock has emerged as an early favourite to takeover.
:04:37. > :04:41.Despite his obvious Sheffield connections, he seems to be a
:04:41. > :04:48.popular candidate. I think we need a proven manager who has a record
:04:49. > :04:52.of getting teams out of trouble. I would like Neil Warnock. I think he
:04:52. > :04:57.has a proven track record of getting teams up from the
:04:57. > :05:03.championship to the Premiership. He would be my choice. Kale Robinson
:05:03. > :05:07.and Lee Clark. There are probably other similar ilk to Simon Grayson,
:05:07. > :05:13.young managers coming up. They do not have the experience of sending
:05:13. > :05:21.teams up and Neil Warnock has done that. He is the obvious one to get
:05:21. > :05:25.teams promoted and then do you get someone to replace him? Neil
:05:25. > :05:30.Warnock's departure from Queens Park Rangers was tinged with
:05:30. > :05:38.acrimony. He did not agree with the club's owner on the team's unfair
:05:38. > :05:43.policy. Perhaps that is too close to home? Neil Warnock will upset
:05:43. > :05:46.the fans and the players but he tries to get things done. I do not
:05:46. > :05:54.know what if of relation he had with the people there but they got
:05:54. > :05:58.rid of him. Perhaps they had had enough of him, I do not know. I
:05:58. > :06:01.think he will come in and do a job and not a lot of people will like
:06:01. > :06:06.the way he does it, but he has done it so many times and knows all
:06:06. > :06:10.about it. The Leeds United's supporters trust will hold a
:06:10. > :06:14.peaceful protest ahead of Saturday's game against Brighton.
:06:14. > :06:19.They insist that is not an anti- Ken Bates March. The supporters
:06:19. > :06:26.have always said it is a group for change. Not an anti- Ken Bates
:06:26. > :06:31.grip? Not at all. Can those two facets go hand in hand? Can the
:06:31. > :06:36.club changed with the current owner still in place? I think it is
:06:36. > :06:40.important to notice that change it does not mean get Ken Bates out. We
:06:40. > :06:46.have tried for two years' to speak to the club as a supporters' trust.
:06:46. > :06:51.The club has ignored us, that is fine. We're not anti- Ken Bates. We
:06:51. > :06:56.are campaigning for change and that is change in the way the cop shows
:06:56. > :07:04.ambition. We will work with anyone as an owner of Leeds United who
:07:04. > :07:08.shares her ambitions. Ken Bates is almost incidental to that ambition.
:07:08. > :07:15.Ken Bates has been asked to listen. If he doesn't, the club's
:07:15. > :07:18.supporters full hit a little louder. Thought-provoking stuff. We will
:07:18. > :07:25.get on to who's next than a minute but first of all, your thoughts and
:07:25. > :07:28.Simon Grayson's exit. He did a fantastic job. Every year, you
:07:28. > :07:32.trying progress of the club. He got promotion and seventh place last
:07:32. > :07:35.year but this year he seemed to hit a brick wall. The writing was on
:07:35. > :07:41.the wall when the chairman came out with his programme notes and said
:07:41. > :07:46.he had to improve on last year. To be fair, the performances at home
:07:46. > :07:49.this year have been average at best. The first hour that Birmingham was
:07:49. > :07:53.ironically it possibly the best they have played this year. As a
:07:53. > :07:58.current manager, you have sympathy with anyone who loses his job like
:07:58. > :08:02.that? I was surprised more than anything when I heard the news
:08:02. > :08:05.about Simon, but he is a quality manager. He has done a great job
:08:05. > :08:10.that needs under the same at Blackburn. I am sure he will find
:08:10. > :08:15.employment pretty soon. The timing seems to have upset fans as much as
:08:15. > :08:20.anything. The day after the transfer windows shut and transfers
:08:21. > :08:26.a part of the problem. In the 37 months he has been there, there has
:08:26. > :08:30.been over 30 loans. The new guy who is in charge, he will not be able
:08:30. > :08:35.to wheel and deal for sup it will be emergency loans until next month.
:08:35. > :08:39.Who will it be? Billy Davies right up there. The fans are saying the
:08:39. > :08:46.warm-up but I get the feeling it is at its black and not a very fine
:08:46. > :08:49.will be keen. A lot of supporters will want a big name. A record in
:08:49. > :08:53.the championship, and they do not think there is anyone better than
:08:53. > :09:00.Neil Warnock. He is an obvious choice but whether they will get it,
:09:00. > :09:04.another thing. Another name, Neil Redfearn. That was the first of
:09:04. > :09:08.five games against teams and a law position. Personally, I would say
:09:09. > :09:14.to him, taking to the end of the season and get him a goal. The
:09:14. > :09:19.players want him, he is very popular there, and if not, Billy
:09:19. > :09:25.Davies is a popular candidate. could be a key factor, the fact
:09:25. > :09:31.there is nothing to pay! The phenomenon of the caretaker-manager,
:09:31. > :09:34.who always seems to give an instant lift. The players know him already
:09:34. > :09:38.in know the play is working the club and there is a pauper among
:09:38. > :09:42.them. The players do not want change straightaway. They want to
:09:42. > :09:48.settle down and get on with what has happened and play football. It
:09:48. > :09:52.usually works out pretty well initially. Neil Redfearn has been a
:09:52. > :10:00.manager before, and results will probably dictate, but hopefully he
:10:00. > :10:08.has a good go at it. He has come it -- the top scorer has come out in
:10:08. > :10:12.public to say that. With Neil Redfearn in charge, let
:10:12. > :10:17.starter championship story at Ashton Gate.
:10:17. > :10:18.With Neil Redfearn caretaker managing, they were under huge
:10:18. > :10:25.managing, they were under huge pressure from the opening 40
:10:25. > :10:30.minutes. First, Robert Snodgrass scored his 11th of the season with
:10:30. > :10:35.the first serious attack. Moments later, a straight red card for a
:10:35. > :10:40.professional foul after bringing down McCormack. The home side were
:10:40. > :10:47.reduced to nine men when winger Yannick Bolasie was booked twice.
:10:47. > :10:51.After numerous chances, needs scored in the 79th minute with a
:10:51. > :10:57.second goal. An excellent one was completed when Luciano Becchio
:10:57. > :11:05.scored in injury time. Our only other championship game to
:11:05. > :11:11.survive was Barnsley at what words. By the end, at the wish it hadn't.
:11:11. > :11:16.And acrobatically hooked in short early on. The same after 68 minutes,
:11:16. > :11:21.making it 2-0 to Watford. With five minutes remaining, Scotgold man
:11:21. > :11:30.pulled a goal back. Barnsley through the proverbial kitchen sink
:11:30. > :11:35.to try to rescue a point but it was The championship table and Hull
:11:35. > :11:40.have brought out of the top of the table due to not playing. In the
:11:40. > :11:46.bottom half, Barnsley dropped two on Saturday. Doncaster five points
:11:46. > :11:52.from safety. No game for Hull for Doncaster.
:11:52. > :11:56.We'll talk leads in Doncaster later. First, our Barnsley correspondent.
:11:56. > :12:00.The same conversation again, up- and-down, up-and-down. They had a
:12:00. > :12:04.fantastic victory against Derby last week and by all accounts they
:12:04. > :12:09.were magnificent in the first half. A great first half performance and
:12:09. > :12:11.an average second half. They are very inconsistent and I'm sure the
:12:11. > :12:21.manager will be scratching his head, not knowing what he has to get from
:12:21. > :12:22.
:12:22. > :12:28.He was a Rochdale where I was at Bury. You can be sure their game to
:12:28. > :12:34.play good football. They had something like 75% possession in
:12:34. > :12:43.the first half. He will do a great job there.
:12:43. > :12:48.Greycoat, after ten minutes, he said he was bored. -- great quite.
:12:48. > :12:57.Coming up, two of the biggest brains in the squad get quizzical.
:12:57. > :13:02.Behind the scenes at Doncaster, with the Willie Mackay revolution.
:13:02. > :13:04.It is now time to see Scunthorpe do their stuff, but their game a bit
:13:04. > :13:11.their stuff, but their game a bit the dust. Three sides were in
:13:11. > :13:19.action. To undersoil heating meant that the
:13:19. > :13:25.clash at MK Dons was never any danger. Jamie McCombe headed in the
:13:25. > :13:30.grass. The equaliser came just after an hour. With the clock
:13:30. > :13:40.running down, Jack Hunt almost grabbed the winner. The draw means
:13:40. > :13:50.Huddersfield dropped to third. interest in Leeds United? Exactly
:13:50. > :13:50.
:13:50. > :13:57.the same as yesterday. There has been no contact. From your point of
:13:57. > :14:03.view? I am manager this football club, unless told otherwise. Still
:14:03. > :14:10.totally committed to Huddersfield Town? I am totally committed. I'm
:14:11. > :14:20.very on us, and genuine. I work extremely hard at what I do. He
:14:20. > :14:26.will get 100% from May, and total commitment. -- you will get.
:14:26. > :14:35.Sheffield Wednesday 1 by the odd goal against Yeovil. Jonathan Obika
:14:35. > :14:43.scored the opener. Germaine Johnson produce a top quality moment. The
:14:43. > :14:50.winner came in the 80th minute, Clinton Morrison brought a save,
:14:51. > :15:00.the Reda Johnson score the winner. It looked like being a horrendous
:15:01. > :15:01.
:15:01. > :15:11.as -- result. It was important. Chesterfield took the lead any 16
:15:11. > :15:11.
:15:11. > :15:18.minutes, brittle but scoring -- Drew Talbot scoring. It was Ben
:15:18. > :15:26.Parker, making a home debut, who headed them level. Chesterfield
:15:27. > :15:36.away by a share the points thanks to NATO will error by James Hurst.
:15:36. > :15:40.-- a terrible error. No game for Sheffield United. At
:15:40. > :15:47.the other end, Chesterfield are back at the bottom. Three points
:15:47. > :15:52.back at the bottom. Three points from safety Rochdale.
:15:52. > :16:02.You didn't like that league table. Let's start at the top. Lee Clark
:16:02. > :16:04.
:16:04. > :16:13.was giving it straight. There was talk of Leeds. He is damned if he
:16:13. > :16:16.does stand of the doesn't. --, damned if he doesn't.
:16:16. > :16:22.You have to come back to say what you are feeling. He is fully
:16:22. > :16:27.committed to Huddersfield. He has done a great job, they are the top
:16:27. > :16:36.the league. As it stands, he has had a store manager. He probably
:16:36. > :16:43.was in a great mood at dropping two points. -- wasn't a great mood.
:16:43. > :16:47.Germaine Johnson has been catching the eye. He was flying. It is his
:16:47. > :16:57.third goal in four league games. He has got us all. That was great
:16:57. > :16:58.
:16:58. > :17:04.skill. This was against your mob! This was an absolute scream her.
:17:04. > :17:09.That is worth the entrance money alone.
:17:09. > :17:13.Allen, your job, your team. If a frustrating call off. You have some
:17:13. > :17:19.big games coming up. A it is a big month or us.
:17:19. > :17:23.We are getting the squad back together. We had 21 training today.
:17:23. > :17:29.20 can play in the first team, that is the first time. We are looking
:17:29. > :17:35.for Dillard. There are a lot of teams around us. -- we are looking
:17:35. > :17:44.forward to it. Sheffield Wednesday have a big
:17:44. > :17:54.fixture. Blackpool at home. The winners go to Everton.
:17:54. > :18:00.
:18:00. > :18:08.We are putting to Scunny -- two Scunny lads to the test.
:18:08. > :18:15.Your one-minute starts now. What was the old ground called?
:18:15. > :18:25.Goldstone Ground. What was the only Scunthorpe player to win the
:18:25. > :18:31.Ashes?? Ian Botham. He will be carried SPL champions? Rangers.
:18:32. > :18:41.not Scunthorpe after the Cup last season? Everton. There is the
:18:42. > :18:44.
:18:44. > :18:53.current leading scorer in League 1? Two seconds. What are the names of
:18:53. > :19:03.Scunthorpe's mass cots? Scunny Bunny. Which European player via
:19:03. > :19:13.
:19:14. > :19:23.playful Scunthorpe? Kevin Keegan. - - player of year. Miliband. Which
:19:24. > :19:28.
:19:28. > :19:36.one, you're halfway there. Not surprised that Cliff one.
:19:36. > :19:41.We are going down the Mwon 18. The man behind the influx of exotic
:19:41. > :19:51.names at Doncaster is Willie Mackay. It is a remarkable experiment, but
:19:51. > :19:52.
:19:52. > :19:58.is it what the fans want. Doncaster an international football
:19:58. > :20:00.had not been often said in the same breath since the days of Kevin
:20:01. > :20:05.Keegan, that Baxter the adverts are aged Willie Mackay, there is
:20:05. > :20:15.something of a revolution beginning to take place. -- that thanks to
:20:15. > :20:22.the adverts off. He has seen a number of high-profile players come
:20:22. > :20:32.to the club. Why has Willie Mackay chosen Doncaster to try such a
:20:32. > :20:33.
:20:33. > :20:40.radical escape so experiment? approached to see if I could help
:20:40. > :20:50.the club. I thought I could do a good job to help them. I have
:20:50. > :20:52.
:20:52. > :20:57.contact with players. Here we are. I actually did it because I knew I
:20:57. > :21:06.could help I'm helping as much as I can. I think we are going in the
:21:06. > :21:16.right direction for the experiment to her have a chance it has had the
:21:16. > :21:18.
:21:18. > :21:28.managers blessing. Team picks the team. -- been. I have been working
:21:28. > :21:29.
:21:29. > :21:35.with Willie Mackay, we have been doing really well to get these
:21:35. > :21:41.players in. They have come in for next to nothing. It is not just
:21:41. > :21:48.Doncaster Rovers who is doing it. It is just that I'm trying to do it
:21:48. > :21:52.in such a way that we are playing �2,000 a week. Pascal Chimbonda has
:21:52. > :21:56.played in the Premier League bomb many years, and only last season El
:21:57. > :22:05.Hadj Diouf was playing up front of 50,000 supporters, so is the
:22:05. > :22:14.championship they come down? -- a comedown? You play a tough game
:22:14. > :22:20.every week. Everyone wants to fight, and to get promoted into the
:22:20. > :22:26.Premiership. I do think the championship is a better level than
:22:26. > :22:34.the Scottish League, because after Celtic and Rangers most of the
:22:34. > :22:37.games is like Sunday morning League. We Willie Mackay a ride that they
:22:37. > :22:44.were rooted to the bottom of the championship, and many supporters
:22:44. > :22:54.were sceptical about his project. Passport just then the -- asked
:22:54. > :23:13.
:23:13. > :23:20.board a few months, and the As far the supporters are concerned,
:23:20. > :23:25.we are fully behind this project, he is here to help. Some fans think
:23:25. > :23:31.it is not a good thing, but in their opinion the jury is still out.
:23:31. > :23:38.If it is a success then he will be applauded. The it is no secret that
:23:38. > :23:48.they have received some negative headlines, but he is adamant that
:23:48. > :23:54.
:23:54. > :23:59.his reputation remains intact. can get bad publicity, that is
:23:59. > :24:07.unwarranted, I had sued many newspapers. He's keen to stress
:24:07. > :24:14.that it is not just the first team that is benefiting. The young
:24:14. > :24:24.players are training with the first team, they are learning new
:24:24. > :24:25.
:24:25. > :24:35.techniques. They are really impressed with the players. It is a
:24:35. > :24:43.
:24:43. > :24:46.good move for everybody bought -- a good move by anybody. I can ask
:24:46. > :24:53.some football team to tell me three names, but everybody knows El Hadji
:24:53. > :24:57.do. Everybody knows about me. If only he believed in himself a
:24:57. > :25:07.bit more, he would be a world- beater! Do you have reservations
:25:07. > :25:13.
:25:13. > :25:22.about this. He will not to get a -- he will not get that across the
:25:23. > :25:27.border! I have reservations about this, simply because of the word
:25:27. > :25:32.agent. We have been assured that he is not going to make money. But he
:25:32. > :25:39.must make it somewhere along the line? That is a question for him,
:25:39. > :25:44.isn't it? We cannot speculate on that. We play them behind closed
:25:44. > :25:53.doors, and some of the quality they had on the pitch was very good.
:25:53. > :26:01.have heard the word mercenary used? They are doing it at home, maybe
:26:01. > :26:05.not so much away from home. At home they had been very good. If you, as
:26:05. > :26:08.a manager, had an agent on the phone saying he did get to those
:26:08. > :26:14.players, those players you play that World Cups, do you rub your
:26:14. > :26:20.hands, or think there is a catch? It has to be good. If you have
:26:20. > :26:30.players of that quality, it barely rub off on players -- a can only
:26:30. > :26:31.
:26:31. > :26:41.rub off on the other players. El Hadj Diouf's movement was so good.
:26:41. > :26:42.
:26:42. > :26:47.Supporters will not be so sure about it. I would disagree with
:26:47. > :26:56.that, premier-league clubs had many foreign players, so it is exactly
:26:56. > :27:04.the same thing. Does it not matter who is wearing the shirts, as long
:27:04. > :27:14.as they're getting the results? Definitely. Doncaster to stay up,
:27:14. > :27:18.
:27:18. > :27:25.though you? -- for you. They have a great chance. They look like they
:27:25. > :27:31.are on the up, let's hope so. Time was an house notices, you can watch
:27:31. > :27:41.us on the iPlayer won the next seven days -- for the next seven
:27:41. > :27:41.
:27:41. > :27:50.days. You can follow us on our Twitter account. I have a manager
:27:50. > :27:55.with me, where you stand on Twitter? I am not a big fan.
:27:55. > :27:59.Firstly, I don't really understand it, and we have players that use it,
:27:59. > :28:09.I think everybody does, you have to be of a certain age you understand
:28:09. > :28:10.
:28:10. > :28:15.it. I just don't get it. -- to understand it. People want to go on
:28:15. > :28:25.and tell everybody their opinion. You don't secretly followed an?
:28:25. > :28:25.