Leeds United: Martin O’Neill shares ‘major disappointment’ verdict live on talkSPORT
Martin O’Neill believes it would be a “major disappointment” for Leeds United if they now failed to gain promotion from the Championship.
The former Leicester City manager was discussing his former club, the Whites and Ipswich Town live on talkSPORT (14 April) when asked about an ever-changing picture in the title race.
Leicester lost 1-0 at Plymouth Argyle on Friday (12 April) before Leeds were beaten 1-0 by Blackburn Rovers in the early kick-off on Saturday (13 April). Ipswich ended up on top of the pile but only drew 1-1 with Middlesbrough.
O’Neill offered his view on the Simon Jordan and Jim White show, saying: “I’m surprised at Leicester, I think at one point they were about 17 points clear and as Simon mentioned you’re into then a dog fight and you don’t necessarily come out of that the victors, so that would be a real difficult one for them to take because of the lead they had.
“So, I don’t really know what’s happening there but Leeds United could be the same but both sides, considering they have advantages over Ipswich in the sense they’ve had the parachute money as well. Leeds United are a massively big club and that would a major disappointment if they didn’t get up.”
Daniel Farke needs a big response from Leeds United
Leeds were absolutely flying prior to the March international break but it has certainly been a tough run over the past few weeks with defeats to Coventry and now Blackburn sandwiching a goalless draw with Sunderland.
The only saving grace really is that Leicester and Ipswich are starting to wobble too, with Southampton now looking up thinking they can still muscle their way into the conversation once again.
Pressure does funny things to teams and from a position of real strength, Leeds are now facing a daunting task to get over the line with only three games remaining (Leicester have four, Southampton have five).
But Leeds have faced plenty of obstacles this season and managed to overcome them. Daniel Farke needs a big response from this side but you would not put it past this Leeds team to provide one and secure the goal of promotion back to the Premier League.
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