End of the road for Reid?
Earlier this season the former Manchester City and Sunderland boss kept his job against all odds when the Leeds directors decided to listen to the fans who said he deserved more time to turn things round.
But after the savage mauling at Fratton Park Reid admitted the rag-tagcollection of foreign on-loan imports he has brought in to replace the likes of Rio Ferdinand, Jonathan Woodgate, Lee Bowyer, Olivier Dacourt, Harry Kewell and Robbie Keane are just not responding to his appeal for hard graft and commitment.