Can McDermott continue his triumph?

Brian McDermott’s next game is at Elland Road and he will no doubt want to continue his winning ways as they welcome Burnley. The Whites lost to Burnley last year on 6th November as Charlie Austin’s 20th goal of the season helped the Clarets overcome Leeds at Turf Moor. It was another reasonably late goal which sank Leeds in the 83rd minute which came from an inviting cross which Austin Coolly met.

Although Turf Moor has been a happy hunting ground for Leeds in previous years, as most recently one of Robert Snodgrass’s many heroic performance in a Leeds shirt. As the Clarets struggled to kill off the game, United just grew in confidence and their inability to kill off Leeds cost them, as Snodgrass pounced twice in the last 14 minutes.

But obviously this time there is no Snodgrass. Although, inevitably spirits will be high with the influence of a new manager and a key result which just oozed relief around Elland Road. Ross McCormack and El Hadji Diouf were instrumental in Saturday’s triumph and they will no doubt be McDermott’s main men. Also Steve Morison is also a man that the new boss has to consider as he could persist starting the Welsh international which is a similar approach Simon Grayson took with McCormack and Billy Paynter. It did eventually pay off for Grayson and it is clear that Morison was initally not match fit,which is not his fault just due to lack of match practise. Also he has proven his finishing class before as he expertly scored two great goals away to Crystal Palace. Or he may choose to shake things up and introduce Davide Somma who is eager to cement himself in to the first team after countless set backs. Although it has been known that McDermott likes to play with pace down the flanks, this may mean we will see Aidy White  who was put out to into the cold under Warnock’s reign and Ryan Hall will be ecstatic if he were to be handed a start ,as he has only had 11 starts since joining the club and most of them are from coming off the bench. So I am sure McDermott has a dilemma on his starting 11, but after having longer to review his squad and whilst being aided by Neil Redfearn and Richard Naylor , I am confident that we are in safe hands.