Jesse Marsch on 'close to complete' Leeds United win over Blackpool and Whites' recruitment

Jesse Marsch was pleased with a 'close to complete' win for Leeds United as they saw off Blackpool in their second pre-season friendly. The Whites have already played Stoke City in a behind closed doors fixture and this evening's game gave Leeds fans a first look at some new signings ahead of next season.

"We had a match against Stoke City behind closed doors and we felt good about that," Marsch told Leeds United. "A lot of the things we wanted to put into practise for this match - we did in a good way.

"I thought in the build up phase, we were pretty good. Counter pressing phase, we were quite good. Then we were ale to score from some set pieces and create some, I thought, pretty big advantages and chances and then limited the opponent to almost nothing. I think when you look at the performance it's pretty close to complete."

Marsch was renowned for his work on set-pieces when in the MLS with New York Red Bulls and has wasted no time in implementing some of those ideas at Thorp Arch. The Whites scored from two set plays inside the first-half.

"We've worked a lot and talked a lot about set pieces and I'm happy to see the group excited about these moments as well," he added. "I think that showed, even the first goal that gets called offside, we've spoken about being a little bit more ruthless in front of goal and finish burying chances so we don't allow teams to stay in the match.

"We were good with that. I thought overall, our fitness levels were pretty good right now, our concentration and our understanding of how we want to play was pretty good. I think as a club we're really trying to emphasise, all the way from the First Team right through to the academy that we want to put a style of play into place and have all