Saturday, 23rd August, 2014



Leeds United boss David Hockaday admits he feels under pressure and is unsure whether he will be given time to turn things around at Elland Road, but is confident he is the right man for the job.

Hockaday was appointed Leeds manager earlier this summer, but has presided over three defeats in their first four Championship games of the season, the latest a 4-1 drubbing away at Watford earlier today.



The former Forest Green Rovers manager believes he is leading Leeds in the right direction, but his position has been called into question, especially given the trigger happy nature of the club's owner Massimo Cellino.

And Hockaday, who saw Leeds undone when Giuseppe Bellusci was sent off against Watford, is unsure whether Cellino will give him time in the job.

 


"I feel under pressure every minute of every day and the biggest pressure is from myself because I want to win every game", he told LUTV.

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"I know that the coaching we're doing and the work that the players are putting in is paying dividends because of the way we're playing. I can't coach moments of madness, I can't do that, I'm not a magician. Once that happens it's sticking fingers in lots of holes and putting out fires.

"Again that's not my decision [whether he will be given time, ed.]. We're turning this ship around and I think there are signs we are turning it around, with the way we're playing and the way we're outrunning every team that we're playing and we're trying to outpass every team."

Hockaday also expressed his view that no other manager would be able to get more out of the club's current squad than he is at present, while also stressing he has complete backing from the Leeds players.

"I'm comfortable in the fact that with what I've got I'm getting as much out of this group as anybody else could or would", he explained.

"I'll just keep working hard and for what it's worth the players are behind me, they're buying into it."

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