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Leeds boss Kevin Blackwell refuses to plan for a promotion push despite his side's late 2-1 win over West Ham.
Shaun Derry scored a late winner for Blackwell's side after Gavin Williams had cancelled out Rob Hulse's opener.
The win gives the Yorkshire side a glimmer of hope of reaching the play-offs but Blackwell was just pleased his side had reached 50 points, and with it safety, for the season.
He said: "For 60 minutes we dominated the game, scored a goal and then sat back a bit. To be fair to West Ham they put us under pressure but we showed great tenacity to keep defending. The players have done the club proud, not just because they beat West Ham, but because we got to 50 points which is the first hurdle. We had to make sure we got there because we were favourites to go down. Everybody thought the club would implode financially. We were written off as a Barnsley or a Sheffield Wednesday but the lads have shown that's not the case. The players have had to deal with a lot but now we have to move forward on and off the pitch which we'll do now between the end of the season. It would stupid for me to say 'we're going to do this, that or the other'. We said at the start of the season we would not go down the leagues, we've done that now so we'll take each game as it comes. The side is still evolving, but people can see the shape of the club is coming together. The players now are learning about their work place, they're comfortable with their surroundings."
Leeds boss Kevin Blackwell refuses to plan for a promotion push despite his side's late 2-1 win over West Ham.
Shaun Derry scored a late winner for Blackwell's side after Gavin Williams had cancelled out Rob Hulse's opener.
The win gives the Yorkshire side a glimmer of hope of reaching the play-offs but Blackwell was just pleased his side had reached 50 points, and with it safety, for the season.
He said: "For 60 minutes we dominated the game, scored a goal and then sat back a bit. To be fair to West Ham they put us under pressure but we showed great tenacity to keep defending. The players have done the club proud, not just because they beat West Ham, but because we got to 50 points which is the first hurdle. We had to make sure we got there because we were favourites to go down. Everybody thought the club would implode financially. We were written off as a Barnsley or a Sheffield Wednesday but the lads have shown that's not the case. The players have had to deal with a lot but now we have to move forward on and off the pitch which we'll do now between the end of the season. It would stupid for me to say 'we're going to do this, that or the other'. We said at the start of the season we would not go down the leagues, we've done that now so we'll take each game as it comes. The side is still evolving, but people can see the shape of the club is coming together. The players now are learning about their work place, they're comfortable with their surroundings."
