Let's cool down the hostilities at Leeds United pleads Lorimer

LEEDS United legend Peter Lorimer has called on fans to call off their hostilities as the season draws to a close.
Mirco Antenucci throws his shirt to a fan at Cardiff.Mirco Antenucci throws his shirt to a fan at Cardiff.
Mirco Antenucci throws his shirt to a fan at Cardiff.

Lorimer, writing in the Yorkshire Evening Post, says everyone should “take a step back”.

He says: “I’ve been calling for a truce in hostilities at Leeds for a long time and I’d like to see everyone take a step back.

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“I’m well aware that a section of the support are critical of the owner, but there’s nothing I hate more than turning up to Elland Road and seeing people attacking one another, at each other’s throats.

“It’s not the way a club like this should be.”

Lorimer said the wins over Bolton and Cardiff don’t change the fact that “this has been a poor season”.

He says: “There needs to be some honest analysis of what’s gone on in the last 12 months and the point I’ve made for many weeks still stands – we have to buy better players when the transfer window opens in the summer or we’ll end up in another season like this one.”

He adds: “I always say that players need to earn the support of the crowd, not the other way round, but there’s a responsibility on us watching to be fair in what we say and fair in our criticism.

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“The team deserved to get hammered after Brighton. That performance was shocking.

“But when they win as they did at Cardiff – a club we’ve got history with and a club that has had one up on us for ages – it reminds you that a number of these lads can do a job in the Championship.

“After some hard results and some hard weeks, I hope they’re enjoying a bit of credit.”