A group of people head back to the beginning of the field after a break down in play. The team are getting ready for the Sunday match at the training ground.
The entire passage of play starts again. The attack wins the ball in the middle of the field, Jack Harrison runs down the wing and passes it to Tyler Adams, who thumps it home. In front of two people watching and roaring approval, Roca turns to them and starts the drill again. Jesse Marsch and his coaches keep an eye on the changes.
The USMNT star is covered in water and foam as he is left holding a soaked sponge after the players have had lunch and showered. He had to clean Adams' car because he lost a game.
It is all very calm. Leeds moved up to second in the league with a three-game winning streak. You wouldn't know that the club was fighting to stay in the game.
Marsch took over at the beginning of March and the team was fighting for their lives in the league. The situation got to the players as he encountered it. When Marsch first arrived, he knew the job he thought he had to do was more difficult.
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On the last day of the season, the club avoided the drop thanks to their win at Brentford and the fact that other teams dropped points. The focus was on the next season in the premier league.
The summer saw the departure of Raphinha and KalvinPhillips, with the money reinvested in seven new faces. Marsch wants his team to play high-pressing, quick-tempo, relentless, claustrophobic football. The recruits were perfect for the system. Even though there's a short-, medium- and long-term plan for the club, there's still the need to rack up points and make sure they don't go down again.
The longevity of a person in these positions is not great. Every job I do, I treat it as the custodian of the club. If you do that effectively, you can create both short-term and long-term success. The biggest challenge of my life is here at this level.
Marsch was unsure if he was ready for a return to the hot seat. After leading the club back into the top flight for the first time in 16 years, the outgoing manager was viewed as a deity by the fans. The club and Bielsa parted ways at the end of February due to their poor form.
Marsch was enjoying his time away from management. He left in December after just four months in the job.
During the intervening period, he traveled, visited friends, and spent time with his family. The phone call came.
Marsch thought the timing wasn't right when he was knocked on before he thought he would get back to work. He talked to his family. He was approached by a club before. Kim has always told Jesse not to tell the family of potential interest until it becomes serious.
Victor Orta, the club's sporting director, had identified Marsch as the best man for the job. Marsch says that Victor and his team do a good job of finding the right type of players that fit into the way that we think about football. The way they found me as the coach was this.
Marsch wanted to take over at the end of the season, rather than midway through the campaign, but as he thought about the opportunity, he thought these pieces would click together.
Marsch says the more he looked at the potential of the club, the more excited he was. I had a change of mind the night before. I knew I was going to have to dig into everything on a higher level and faster than I wanted to, but that the reward and opportunity was more important than the risk of failure. I came to this place because I thought it was the best place for me.
He knew the potential and ability of the group but the key was to tap into it during a time of stress. The majority shareholder of the team asked me how quickly I could change the way they played. I had never taken over a team that was so ingrained in a particular style. It wasn't just the style of play but also the stress of the situation that made us do well. We had to let the players commit to what we needed to become.
The tank was emptied over the course of two and a half months. "Marsch's first on-field steps were to shift the team away from one- vs. one marking to zone, and it helped their transition play from defense to attack," said the Spain forward. Marsch tried to understand everyone to figure out how to get the best out of the group. Some players need to be reminded of their ability while others need to be picked up.
Daniel James says that he has been brilliant. He gives information all the time. You can approach him with anything.
Marsch's side had successfully retained their top-flight status after goals from Raphinha and Harrison gave them a win at Brentford. "It wasn't easy to manage and I was trying to think of ways to help the group tactically and, to be fair, we have had good performances, it's just trying to put it all together that hasn't always looked perfect."
The stress has been high for three months and I have tried to stay calm and focused on us.
Jesse Marsch and Tyler Adams talk about the conversation they had.
Marsch exhales as he looks at the end of last season. It required all of the experience and insight and expertise that I've gathered over my years to get this moving the way I wanted it to. After three months of working on psychology, he shifted his attention to football and the future.
After the season, Marsch returned to the U.S. He was in need of a new pair of jeans. He was in New York when he went to the Levi's shop. He'd done it many times before: walk to the store from Penn Station. He was asked by football fans for a picture.
He says that he had never been treated that way. People know who I am when I'm in the area. I didn't think that would be the case. There is a sense of responsibility.
His favourite on-field moment so far is Joe Gelhardt's goal againstNorwich last term, but his most memorable off-field memories shift daily, from the fans he meets while out walking his dogs, to those waiting outside the training ground asking him to autograph a shirt while advising him
In regards to the lack of attacking options, the person feels that the team needs to strengthen immediately.
The outlay to date is the same as the outgoings, with Raphinha moving to Barcelona for a £55 million transfer fee. Both were key players, but the money has been reinvested in new faces, as shown by the following examples.
We've seen them play in a 4-2-2-2 from their first three matches. The front three players are interchangeable behind the leader of the line, and it's their mission to run as fast as possible. The opponents are hustled until they give up the ball and then attack at a fast pace. There is more of a focus on fitness and sprinting this season than in the past. You can see how the summer recruits have settled in, with Adams and Roca causing havoc in the middle but forcing turnovers, and then it's up to the other two to turn the chance into a goal- scoring chance.
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It's their policy to give long-term contracts to young players. Their policy in the transfer market is based on the fact that they have the youngest starting XI in the league.
The summer's business is always an opportunity. I don't pay attention. If you're talking about failure, success, money, losing players, gaining players, then you need to see the opportunity and seize it. I came here because I saw the opportunity in the fight for survival of the club.
We tried to keep an eye on what was happening within our team. We see where the opportunities are and how to grow when we make our decisions.
It comes down to a human touch in their database. "After the metrics match their metrics, it's about really investing in who the person is to ensure the person we're bringing in honours the environment that we really are establishing and trying to create every day," Marsch says. The balance of the two is what Victor does best.
The transfers were planned before Marsch arrived. He decided to see the season out in Austria instead of moving to Yorkshire. He was the first sign of the Marsch era.
He remembers the first time he met with the club. "Just the plan that the club had, you know, and the people surrounding it, you know what I mean?" The club showed me how much they wanted me here and how they wanted me to be a part of the plan. Fans and we have high expectations of the club. Developing me as a player and as a person is something I want to be involved in.
They were later joined by Adams. They had to be sure about where his head was when they identified him as the player they wanted to use in a double pivot.
Adams said that he had a difficult conversation with Jesse before he arrived. I didn't have a lot of confidence in my time there. I lost sight of who I was and what I wanted to be. I was in my comfort zone.
We had a tough conversation, we talked about it, but there were some difficult points.
Marsch has known him for a long time. I believe in him and I'm very proud of him. I've known for a long time that he has had challenges. It's about how an environment works and how people interact.
He spoke about his start to life in the premier league
I told him that he needed to get back to being the kind of player that he is and more freedom in the way that he expresses himself on the pitch. We have a really strong foundation of a team here and we have leaders in the team, but I wanted to make sure that he knew there was a responsibility to commit to the team fully in a selfish way, because I know what the mentality of the group is here.
"We took a week to get to know each other again," Adams said, "and I thought about what I wanted to become as a player and person, and when we got to know each other again, I was all-in and bought into the idea of coming here and finding the
The old Tyler is described by Adams as an "absolute beast on the field." He fits the bill of what Marsch sees as the quintessential player of the English club. Marsch wants his team to be known for their hard work, with his players willing to fight and run for every second of the match.
If the right player is available, there could be more recruits this summer.
Marsch says that the public wants to see the company continue to invest. We want to make sure that our decisions are the right ones.
The additions have been perfect. It's perfect. The seven additions we've made have been wonderful. Keeping that 100% rate is important. It's nearly impossible, but that's our job.
The Wolves came to Elland Road. The new-look team defeated Bruno Lage's side 2-1 thanks to goals from Rodrigo and an own- goal from Rayan Ait-Nouri. There was no doubt that he hustled Mendy to force the error that gave the team their opening goal. Their third was similar to what they were practicing in training on Wednesday: winning the ball back, moving quickly and punishing the opponent.
Marsch would have liked the fact that his team had run 11 kilometres farther than the other team after 80 minutes. The young American smiles and says that they want to be known for their work rate.
Adams was shattered when he talked to the new arrivals about their first impressions of the league. They mentioned the Elland Road atmosphere. According to Adams, it was "electric" and "brought me to my knees." In the 90th minute, this kind of support pushes you to tackle harder.
When he heard the club's anthem come from the stands, and when he saw his first tattoo on a supporter's leg, are two examples of how big a job managing the team is. This is what I enjoy. I don't like when they say my name. I know they're doing it to unify us in what we're doing. When I hear 'Marching on Together', it's not me, it's the club, and this is why I love being here.
Jesse Marsch was shopping in New York when he was noticed.
He is talking more about why he is at the club. Every member of the sporting organization does whatever they can to help the team and the on-the-field product to be what we want it to be.
Marsch enjoys interacting with the San Francisco 49ers, with 49ers Enterprises owning a 44% stake inLeeds. Marsch went to the 49ers mini camp in the off-season to see how the team works and how it is structured. That has been a bit of an eye-opener. It helped me organize things. I like to be put in order. I like to know what's going on. I don't want to be surprised.
Marsch hopes thatLeeds will achieve in the future. We can't feel good about ourselves. We just have to keep going.
To create a common understanding as to what we are, our identity and to commit to that every day is the goal of the project. I don't have a problem telling someone if they aren't carrying their weight or how upset I am because I will protect the environment. It's not harmony, it's about identity, expectation and making sure that we maximize the potential of each other and of the group every day.
Marsch and his family are from Wisconsin and live in Yorkshire. He says that what he's learned more than anything is that he belongs here. He is just getting started. He knows how important it is to keep the ship in the right direction.
Marsch says that the goals are much bigger than just a couple of good performances. I'm grateful to be here. I know that it's an important position and I'm aware of that.
When you asked how I was, I replied. It is pretty great.
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