I Need Young Players To Play The Way I Want – Jesse Marsch

Leeds manager, Jesse Marsch has come out to say that he wants his team to be really aggressive on the pitch. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, he was happy with the way his players out-sprinted Wolves in the previous game, but the heat in Southampton was just so unbearable for his boys last week.

Marsch added that he believes in young players because he needs young legs to play the way he wants.

His words, “In the Wolves game, we far out-sprinted them and with high intensity, but the heat in Southampton was a major factor,”

“If you look overall, actually, when I came in, our sprints and high intensity were higher than they were under Marcelo.”

“But Marcelo had far more accelerations and decelerations – and that’s partly down to [Bielsa’s style of] man-marking, where you’re following guys and trying to stay ahead of them – cutting and changing direction a lot.”

“But, with us, what we want to be is really aggressive, and in pressing moments, which requires sprinting. We also want to be very good in transitions, both ways, which also requires sprinting.”

“I believe in young players, so we’ve purposely built the squad in the manner we have because we want to develop our entire group. We also need young legs to play the way we want. But, believing in young players isn’t just about blind belief, it’s about them establishing themselves and then us challenging and instructing them on how to grow.”

“One of the things you do see, is our numbers against the ball are higher, but lower with the ball – because Marcelo wanted a lot of running around and I want a bit more positional play. Still dynamic movement, but a little bit more disciplined in the holding positions than what he wanted. Believe me, I look very closely at these things!”