David O'Leary talks briefly about his sacking from Leeds United

Short clip from 2009 of David O'Leary and Alan Pardew discussing Leeds United in League One
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[@chrisanthony1419]

O'Leary was successful to a point. It's important to remember that the season we reached the UCL semis and finished 4th, we were decimated by injuries for half a season. There was no failure in missing UCL qualification that season. We then set off like a train in 2001/02 and it began unravelling after losing to Cardiff in the cup. Finishing 5th with that squad his disposal (two internationals in every position which was a big thing at the time) was a disgrace and he deserved the sack on that alone, regardless of the book.

[@ivanppillay914]

Agreed!

[@reneluis8842]

Instablaster.

[@garylake1676]

He should have been given two more years, he had a great culture, and his players would have run through walls for him.

[@natureclips5849]

He wasted the biggest pool of talent since the class of 92 it’s scary what that team could achieved with that team I believe they could of won a few trophies under the right manager I’m not saying they would of been bigger than United or Arsenal but they would have been as successful as Liverpool and Chelsea

[@carlosdeno]

When Brian Kidd landed at Leeds he changed the way O'Leary had played previously. Then the spending became ridicules and the writing was on the wall. (Leeds fan of 57 years)

[@richardkelbie5362]

Brian Kidd, name from the past. Imagine thinking he was going to be any good

[@thaiscottie65]

DOL made 2 fundamental mistakes. He needlessly brought out his book, which alienated him from the players. Also when things were going great, brought in Brian Kidd & moved Eddie Gray to the side.

[@cockoffgewgle4993]

Also signing Seth Johnson and Fowler (when we already had 4 quality strikers)

[@natgibbard5673]

Signing Keane and Ferdinand was a step too far, they were in a completely different league to the other players. Too much, too soon.

[@thaiscottie65]

@@natgibbard5673 Different league in what context? Seth Johnson & Fowler should never have been signed.

[@natgibbard5673]

@@thaiscottie65 I just mean that we had more than enough already. Woodgate, Radebe and Matteo as CB's. Viduka, Smith and Bridges as strikers. I think that Matteo, Mills, Dacourt, Bakke and Viduka were shrewd signings (they complimented our squad well, fitting the positions we needed and didn't look out of place alongside our existing players). But I feel that Ferdinand and Keane were excess (they were absolutely fantastic players, but they felt like a stretch too far, like the club had over-extended itself). The key to growing a football club is doing it 'organically' (Ferdinand and Keane were too much too soon).

[@cyclingseagull]

The team suddenly looked more lazy on the pitch when DOL stopped training them and sitting in his office instead. His plan on overseeing the training from a distance was a bad idea.

[@YIFYPIRATE786]

O'Leary did wonders for Leeds, Risdale destroyed us.

[@briansionnan2578]

Leeds sacked O'Leary and they went down hill bad decisions

[@LJughes]

Listen to the Undr the Cosh podcast on spotify, Danny Mills would say different, im not a leeds fan but here to see who O'leary is after Mills slated him on the podcast

[@briansionnan2578]

@@LJughes oh right

[@ronoccc]

@@LJughes danny mills is a tosser, i live in the same town as mills, and everyone i know who has had dealings or meetings with Mills say the same. arrogant guy

[@oliverchapman893]

"To win the league they've got to be better than everybody else", brilliant 👏

[@maxsch8454]

incredible insight

[@natureclips5849]

Like Fergie like Wenger Like Houllier great managers win trophies not pretenders

[@ivanppillay914]

FACT FILE: That was a marvellous team in the making. With a few wise signings to augment those brilliant youngsters, a competent manager would have won honours with them. O' Leary, unfortunately, was NOT that competent manager. He was an opportunist who happened to be at the right place at the right time when George Graham suddenly departed to the Spurs. O'Leary began with promise singing his, "my babies, my babies routine". Then the initial success got to his head. He ruthlessly deposed Eddie Gray as head coach and did the unthinkable: he brought in Briam Kidd from across the Pennines. Eddie Gray was, and remains, one of the most loyal servants of Leeds United Football Club. O'Leary, thereafter, became (or imagined himself to be) something of a celebrity: doing the after-dinner-speaking routine, playing golf and absenting himself from training - leaving Kidd in charge. THEN CAME THAT FUCKING BOOK: "Leeds United On Trial": ill-judged, ill-timed, ill-fated. Was that the work of a truly dedicated, intelligent and prudent manager putting "side before self"? Then came Seth Johnson: horror of horrors! He can argue his case and defend himself till he's blue in the face. Sorry, folks: this man, together with Peter Ridsdale must take responsiblity for precipitating the darkest period in the gistory of our beloved club.

[@0wls2k]

3:25 - really annoying how O'Leary cuts off Pardew, who is visibly annoyed, hate people who do that.

[@robinparker1576]

I've read Ridsdales book and believe that he's not totally to blame. O'Leary has stuff to answer for too. They both overspend in trying to buy the dream and it failed. As a lifelong Leeds United it has hurt for 16 years u till now. Thank the Lord for Radrizzani and Victor Orta et al. In Bielsa we trust. " We Are Leeds'.

[@jakeschairbaum5114]

you did get semifinals for champions league tho

[@MARTIN-bd7gm]

Bollox Oleary had no part in transfers or financial dealings thats all Ridsdale , look at his record since he left Leeds . All Oleary did was coach the players and give Ridsdale a list of players he felt would improve the squad , the rest was all Ridsdale gambling by spending money he knew we couldnt pay back if we didnt get CL football . If Riidsdale had done his job properly he would have said no to certain transfers but he gambled and lost .

[@edwinharrop799]

May be the board should not have sacked Wilkinson .

[@ivanppillay914]

@@edwinharrop799 : Wilkinson has rightly earned his niche as a legend in the chronicles of this great club. Unfortunately, by the time 1996 came around, he had morphed into a boring old fart.

[@perfectlemming8394]

Bale did pretty well .

[@LALakersNornIron]

O'Leary was a good manager, he asked for players to improve his team and to challenge at the top. Not his fault those with the purse strings said yeah okay.

[@jamesolojo787]

O'Leary and Risdale wrecked Leeds United. I will never forget, Risdale telling the Leeds fans not to keep moaning because at least "we lived the dream". 16 years later!!

[@aragorniielessar1894]

It was Risdale that wrecked Leeds.

[@chizzyb1590]

Right on

[@jpa221]

Agreed James. We had a champions league team with a an arse licker manager. imagine that Leeds team under Bielsa? Legends would have been made.

[@williambunter3311]

O'Leary was a fantastic manager. Under his wing Leeds were never out of the top five. As soon as he was sacked Leeds went down the pan. I believe he was sacked for political reasons after he supported some Leeds players who acted like hooligans in the city centre. I'm not saying he was right to do this, but that does not detract from his managerial expertise.

[@jamesolojo787]

@@williambunter3311 After he finished with us it took 16 years to get back . Yep he was great

[@dpc9624]

I remember when I was a wee lad ! And David Spenser told me to go ask Mr O Leary if he’d like a coffee ☕️ in his office! He declined! I moved on and cracked on ! My uncle was the Groundsman for many years and I was on my work experience from west Leeds High School! Going back now Nigel Martyn first Million pound Goal keeper and now Manchester United buying Onana for 47 plus how times have changed!!!!

[@shamsoni]

Didn’t O’Leary publish a book during Woodgate - Bowyer trial ? We gave him a platform and look what happened MOT since 72

[@shahedmc9656]

Sham Soni DOL's book was called Leeds United On Trial. Must have been damaging.

[@shamsoni]

Just to make money - risdale went on question time

[@smith077906]

That Gareth Bale ended up being the third best player on Earth for a while

[@bokehintheussr5033]

and now one of the great amateur golfers.

[@pocolol8424]

Opinion not fact

[@762mm7]

Season before he went Madrid 🔥

[@smith077906]

@@pocolol8424 All opinions my friend

[@rampageclover9788]

Big Dave was the Paul McGrath of Arsenal. Absolute legend…

[@rigsby1454]

See this was why someone like Wenger was so good. He treated the finances like his own and took an interest. O'leary just blew it

[@RCR835]

The scary thing is...everything said back in 2009 is still relevant today. No one ever expects to be relegated but Leeds proved it could happen to everybody, the likes of Leicester and Southampton. The only way things will ever change is if a team like Manchester United get relegated....these big clubs have more debt than the smaller ones but the amount they make from marketing and merchandise keeps them going. Financial Fair Play needs to be stricter.

[@japsley6172]

This clip is 15-16 years old!

[@simapark]

If that's the case then Chris Kamara is aging very well as he looks the same now

[@sheslying7117]

More like 11

[@japsley6172]

@@sheslying7117 I stand corrupted!

[@athlone1975]

Who is the other guy with Chris Kamara?

[@johnbilverstone4160]

Ian Payne

[@natgibbard5673]

The club made 2 mistakes. Spending all that money, and appointing David O'Leary.

[@MARTIN-bd7gm]

Idiot

[@patrickdoyle9304]

This is years old

[@kaceylufc]

U don’t say 😂🥺😂

[@jamesfagan7823]

O Leary used to live in bernard curtis house in bluebell Dublin

[@michaelpower4372]

What or who is a bernard curtis house.

[@caeserromero3013]

Made me laugh when they mentioned Kewell. Even at £5m Liverpool were robbed. He was a crock from day 1. Had about 3 good games in 3 years and lied about his fitness and limped out of both the 2005 CL final and 2006 FA Cup final making us waste a sub and keeping another player out of the team.

[@MrMamooshka]

He was great for Galatasaray subsequently, maybe something to be said for Liverpool and their training practices.

[@caeserromero3013]

@@MrMamooshka Doubtful, seeing as he was the only one. Besides, training methods have nothing to do with a player's honesty....

[@sambaines8380]

@@caeserromero3013 He was brilliant in his first 6 months for LFC and was really good in 2005/06. I really liked him.

[@dazmeistergeneralmcrawdawg5958]

Bring back oleary

[@ghostoftheyoutubefuture2630]

Leeds were so good under O' Leary that it made us Arsenal fans wonder how good it would have made our team had we persuaded him to come home.......but nobody was gonna move Wenger, especially not back then, kinda like Liverpool with Gerrard now. Leeds fans need to appreciate this guy though, he brought a mid-table team to the top 4.

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

No that’s where you are wrong, the board turned Leeds into a champions league side cos they spent millions what they never had and then life long fans like myself had to sit in the lower leagues for the next 18 years, I wouldn’t trust a word David O’Leary says he was same when he was manager always looking for an excuse to blame someone else..We don’t want and don’t need an Arsenal legend as we have our own legends and are a big club who doesn’t need anyone from arsenal thank you....So glad we sacked him...Good riddance

[@ghostoftheyoutubefuture2630]

@@Roscoe.P.Coldchain You've not had a boss as good since. FACTS.

[@natureclips5849]

Graham laid the ground work at Leeds and went to shithouse fc thr owners did not fight to keep him

[@adammac4960]

I think there eating there words about Gareth bale now 😂

[@carn5haun343]

Established in the top 5 😂

[@mr.pastry8077]

Im leeds fan, if and when beilsa leaves oleary for me would be good.

[@alanshepherd4304]

Great manager, hard done by by Leeds. Ridsdale just spent and spent and spent. Madness😡😡

[@TokyoJoe703]

A lot of the Leeds lads think he’s a fraud

[@roshangurung2318]

DAVID O'LEARY is best manager.

[@aijeonline8574]

He is not! However did a good job

[@jpa221]

clueless baffoon of a manager. Inherited a fabulous youth team from Wilkinson. Had an open checkbook and still couldn,t make the top 4.

[@spongebobsquaretits]

@@jpa221 he could and did. Finished 3rd in 99/2000 season.

[@chizzyb1590]

Good manager but el loco is the man who won us promotion

[@aijeonline8574]

jpa221 incorrect - actually he achieved top 4 four seasons in a row

[@10fcull44]

Players hated Oleary as a manager, X-pros who played with also him have short thrift. Arrogant money grabber by all accounts.

[@ivanppillay914]

Yes!

[@michaelpower4372]

Aren't all managers and players money grabbers. Why only mention o'Leary.☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘👍

[@dendemano]

Just interrupt Pardew mid sentence, why don’t you. How rude. I can’t stand people who interrupt other people. We all do it, but when it’s continual it’s so disrespectful.

[@TokyoJoe703]

Yeah that was odd, Pards was making some good points

[@dendemano]

@M R I apologise sincerely. I'm obviously not up to speed on modern etiquette. I should have realised that it was perfectly acceptable to be blatantly rude, purely on the assumption that someone does, or doesn't, correctly fit the perceived label and subsequent categorization of a "beta boy" and whatever you happen to mean by it.

[@gotramusic1964]

He had no idea 🤔🤥

[@inonk69]

OMG my fav coach 2000 s why not any club' interested with him

[@MARTIN-bd7gm]

Thats not the case its the other way round hes not interested .

[@ivanppillay914]

@@MARTIN-bd7gm : He went to Villa: FAILED! He went some place, somewhere in the Middle East: FAILED! What's he done since?

[@adamwitches4404]

Whatever happened to bale..

[@DarkArterialGore]

In fairness at the time I think Spurs had lost points in every game where Bale played, even Rednapp was bemused when he seen the stat that they'd failed to win in the 30 or 40 games that Bale made an appearance and was considering sending him out on loan.

[@leedsboy64]

Seff Johnson comes to mind MOT

[@leedsboy64]

@Peter Anderson your list of players were all more than decent Johnson was hopeless

[@RealEarlofEssex]

Eddie Gray nurtured and brought the young players through way before Paddy arrived.

[@michaelpower4372]

Hay a hole is name is David O'Leary not Paddy.

[@LUFC123]

Narcissist

[@maikonmoraes7494]

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