Warnock: It’s up or bust for me
Monday, February 18, 2013
Neil Warnock has admitted his time in charge of Leeds United manager will be over if he fails to win promotion this season.
The 64-year-old hinted his reign at Elland Road could even end sooner as new Dubai-based owners GFH Capital plot the club’s future course and yesterday’s dismal display against Manchester City will not have helped.
"If we do not go up this season then I think everybody knows I am not going to be here," he said.
"I am afraid I am going to have to get used to the chanting. I do not think I deserve that after the year I have had."
Leeds currently lie in 12th place in the Championship, eight points short of the play-off places with 15 matches remaining. Former Southampton manager Nigel Adkins has been touted as a possible replacement and Warnock — whose contract expires at the end of the season — added: "It has happened to me at three clubs — three takeovers at Crystal Palace, QPR and now Leeds.
"Something has got to be wrong somewhere. That seems to follow me around."
He added: "The fans are so desperate to get back in the big time and when they see the opportunity fading the manager has got to be the scapegoat, the focal point."