Jesse Marsch's final day message to Leeds United's fans and confident Whites vow - YEP 22/5/22
Jesse Marsch has issued a final day message to Leeds United's supporters ahead of today's fight for survival at Brentford and vowed: "we will get it right".
By Lee Sobot
Leeds are approaching their last fixture of the Premier
League season with their top-flight status hanging by a thread and needing to
better fourth-bottom Burnley's result to stay up.
The Whites and Clarets are level on points but United's far
inferior goal difference means that Marsch's side would be relegated if failing
to out-point Burnley on the final day.
The Clarets are at home to Newcastle United as Leeds head
for Brentford as part of the full programme of 4pm kick-offs and Marsch has
issued a strong vow to the club's fan base ahead of the season finale.
Asked if he had a message for United's fans travelling down
to London, including those going down with no ticket, Marsch said: "I
would say in general that I've had such a positive experience with the fans and
that when we've been in the stadium, the support for the team and the extra
push that they've given us has always been magical, truly magical.
"I know that there's a lot of emotion that is always
added to big moments like this.
"I hope that they find a way, no matter what, to be at
our side and to know that we're going to figure this out.
"We're going to get this right, we're going to get it
right on Sunday, and we're going to get it right in the future and whatever way
we're going to move forward."
Paying tribute to the support he has received since coming
into the job, Marsch said of United's fans: "I haven't had one negative
experience.
"I've had only positive experiences in the community
and positive support.
"I don't think people always recognise me, sometimes
they recognise me, sometimes they don't.
"I know that there are fervent fans that their emotions
can sometimes get the best of them in some negative ways.
"But I've seen only the positive effect of our fans and
I've tried to reiterate that that's massively important for our players to feel
and know.
"There was one match where I read a letter from a fan
before the match and said to them (the players) that it's special to be a
player for Leeds United, that it's unique in many ways but to know that the
vast majority of the people are represented by what that letter was, which is
how hard they were supporting them, how hard they were behind them, and that
they are their heroes.
