Leeds Sack TC!

It's taken me the better part of a day to absorb my initial outrage over the sacking of Leeds manager Thomas Christiansen and come up with an at-least semi-coherent response. I'm still shocked by the abrupt end of TC's tenure. Yes, we'd just suffered a humiliating 1-4 tonking at the hands of Neil Warnock's Cardiff City at the weekend. Yes, our season is now effectively over, after being dumped out of the FA Cup by lowly Newport County and now languishing in mid-table with little or no chance of making the playoffs. Yes, we've seen three red cards (for "Spitty" Sam Saiz, "Clogger" Liam Cooper and "Mad Hatter" Berardi) in recent weeks, indicating some loss of discipline in the camp.

But still - we're 10th, not facing relegation. We're a mere six points from numerical safety in the Championship. And, when we've had our full-strength squad around, we've played some decent stuff under TC this season. This, after selling off the spine of our side - Rob Green, Charlie Taylor, Liam Bridcutt and, most importantly top-scorer Chris Wood (as well as Kyle Bartley going back to the Arsenal) in the summer. I would have liked to have given TC at least a season to see what he could do, if not let him do some business in the summer and start the 2018/2019 with a strengthened squad. Now, goodness knows what we do.

Who's next at Elland Road. The whisper campaign is all about bringing back one of two former gaffers, Simon Grayson or Gary Monk, who are out of a job presently. That strikes me as a step backward. But I can't think of anyone else who's available that I would want in the position.

Any thoughts, gents?