Jason Cundy fumed at a Leicester City fan live on talkSPORT after he claimed he would rather be in Leeds’ position than Leicester’s despite their 11-point gap at the top of the Championship.
Leicester extended their lead at the top of the Championship after a win at Watford on 10 February, but the fan claimed to be bored of the football they play under Enzo Maresca.
He claimed he would rather be in Leeds’ position because, under the management of Daniel Farke, they play entertaining football despite a gap between the two teams.
Cundy was outraged live on talkSPORT [10 February, 19:10] as he questioned: “You’d rather be Leeds right now? You’d rather be third?” the fan then replied: “It’s good football,” as Cundy continued to question.
The Leicester fan then attempted to explain: “I know it sounds daft but…” before Cundy cut him off: “No no, not daft, it’s utterly ridiculous. Not daft.”
After the call was ended, Cundy questioned: “Leeds United? He’d rather be Leeds United than Leicester right now?” and Dean Saunders replied: “It’s a windup. They’ve only let 24 goals in all season and scored 66.”
At the end of the day, ask any Leeds fan whether they would rather play pretty football or be 11 points clear at the top of the Championship, almost guaranteed to win the league and get back into the Premier League, and nine out of ten fans would tell you the latter.
As it stands at Elland Road they sit in third, just one point behind Southampton albeit the Saints have a game in hand. There is no guarantee of promotion, particularly given the run of form Russell Martin’s side have put together.
Promotion straight back to the Premier League at the first time of asking is the ultimate goal for all three clubs that were relegated at the end of last season, so to suggest you’d rather be unsure about that chance with the possibility of the playoffs than flying at the top is ludicrous.
The promotion race this year is likely to be exciting for everybody but Leicester. Foxes fans can essentially put their feet up and cruise to the end of the season, while Leeds, Southampton and Ipswich fans will be constantly sweating over their position.
With the threat of the notoriously unpredictable playoffs a very real possibility at Elland Road, that security is something fans will be longing for, not willing to throw away in exchange for “good football”.
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