Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 Leeds United: Individual Building
This season paring down to an individual face-off - Cellino vs Redfearn - which is not something that should happen at Billy Bremner’s club.
Last time Leeds United were at Hillsborough, a call came to the ground from on high at halftime: sack the manager.
If Massimo Cellino has a big red sacking button - and someone must have bought him one as a joke at least once in the last twenty years - his finger might have been hovering over it during Saturday’s game. Or even at full time; sure, we won, but why should that stop him?
To be fair to Cellino, he can’t do a right lot about Leeds United at the moment; at least that’s the theory. Like Hisham Alrayes, the best he can do is send a message and hope the guys at the ground follow it through. He’s asking permission to attend the game against Rotherham, just days before he can once again wield influence (and axes) at Elland Road; why? Search me. The way he’s been carrying on, it seems like he just wants to take the piss.
It might also be to reestablish a culture of intimidation and prevent Andrew Umbers making any stupid end-of-season decisions in his absence. After all, if there are any stupid decisions to be made around here, Massimo will make them himself.
Sacking Neil Redfearn would be one such stupid decision, and Redfearn managed - at last - to again show a few more reasons why against Sheffield Wednesday. The last few weeks have made it difficult to keep arguing that Redders should continue in charge (in name) of Leeds, but in true Leeds fashion, he isn’t giving up the fight, and neither are the players.