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Leeds United’s results have started to turn around since Jesse Marsch replaced Marcelo Bielsa, but the fans don’t seem to have taken to the new coach.

Some managers come to represent something greater than the sum of their skills, and replacing them is a thankless task. When Marcelo Bielsa was sacked by Leeds United with the team apparently sliding inexorably toward the Premier League’s relegation places, it was clear the the club’s hierarchy had made their decision prior to the 4-0 home defeat to Spurs which proved to be the trigger for the final decision.

This was their fourth consecutive loss, during which they’d conceded a horrifying 17 goals. Bielsa was – and remains – adored in Leeds, that run had included matches against Liverpool, Manchester United and Spurs, and Leeds have had horrendous luck with injuries this season. But at the point at which that trigger was pulled, it was possible to see both sides of that argument; that Bielsa did get the club into the Premier League after too many years away and that he represented something that cuts deeper with fans than any results ever could, but also that the financial cost of relegation would be enormous and that, having taken 16 years to get back to the top flight, the club should do everything it could to try to preserve that status.

Jesse Marsch was appointed the following day with