Gray wants Leeds players to respond on the field

LEEDS chairman Trevor Birch delivered a personal ‘thank you’ to the players following their decision to defer 25% of their salaries, but surely he could not have envisaged the latest fall from footballing grace.

Birch applaued the players for playing their part in what he described as “securing the future of Leeds for the rest of the season”.

Birch described the players as having “responded magnificently” and for acting “in a mature and responsible way,” but what of Leeds’ future should they be relegated?