Jamie O’Hara tears ‘pathetic’ Leeds United to shreds, Jason Cundy says they’re set for relegation
Jamie O’Hara has branded Leeds United as “pathetic” as they slumped to a 6-0 defeat away at Liverpool on Wednesday night.
Marcelo Bielsa is facing fresh questions of his future at Elland Road after the Whites slipped to be within just three points of the Premier League’s relegation zone.
TalkSPORT host Jason Cundy has slammed Bielsa for his approach to the game at Anfield after O’Hara’s stinging verdict on the Yorkshire club.
“Let’s talk about Leeds: pathetic,” O’Hara said on talkSPORT on Wednesday night [23 February].
Cundy then replied to say: “Liverpool were brilliant and they are a brilliant side, but they didn’t have to be.
“Is it ten goals in two games they’ve conceded? They’re going to go down.
“Right now, they’re going down. Their goal difference is the second-worst in the league. They are bang in it.”
Cundy added: “They play only one way and Bielsa will not change his style of football. I think it’s naive, at best, to go away to Liverpool and to try and take Liverpool on.
“They were queuing up. It was like when you were at school as a kid and you’re 10-0 up – ‘Who hasn’t scored? Come on ‘keeper, up you come!’”
Pathetic, indeed
We cannot disagree with O’Hara at all.
From Bielsa to the players, no one did anything that merited them not getting criticised for that performance at Liverpool.
While Jurgen Klopp’s side is one of the best in Europe, there’s no excuse to play as badly as we did and to concede six goals – most of which were easily avoidable.
A lot of fans will point to the injury issues we’ve had this season when it comes to saying why we lost so heavily at Liverpool. But we’ve had injuries before, they’re nothing new and it’s not like Bielsa didn’t have to chance to sign new players in January.
Bielsa’s stubbornness is costing the Whites matches and it could cost us Premier League survival. We just pray that due to the fact he’s done so well with us over the last few years that the board don’t make the wrong decision on his future.
Bielsa is a modern-day legend at Elland Road but if he’s sailing the ship towards an iceberg, it’s time for a change of leader.
There are options out there who could implement a change at Leeds that will lead to the club avoiding relegation.
But with Bielsa, there won’t be a change. It’ll still be the same players, the same formation and the same substitutions.
We’re in trouble.
In other Leeds United news, Richard Keys has gone berserk over the defeat to Liverpool and suggests Bielsa should be sacked.