"Frankly totally ridiculous" - every word from Leeds United boss Jesse Marsch's pre-Leicester City press conference

“Goals! We need two more goals, we need more leads. When we’re on top of matches we need to capitalise. I said that after the match and I think everyone around here knows that that’s where we are right now. If we can start to add that to the mix, then we can have a really good season.”

“Yeah, I think the important thing is how to just continue to build and what we don’t want is to have a performance like Arsenal where we feel good about it and came away with nothing and think that that’s enough. It should build hunger in us to go after the next game even more and in the next in the next in the next. So that’s the focus right now, to make sure there’s no satisfied mentality and that right now we’re going to do whatever it takes to play well and to find results.”

“Our last win was a couple of months ago but it doesn’t feel like that. I feel like we have been solid and growing, it’s just how unforgiving this league. I feel we are doing a lot of things right.”

“Yeah. Brendan is an experienced manager, I don’t know him that well but we have had enough interaction in different moments. I think he’s a good person. He always seems friendly enough and open enough and generous enough with his time. He’s obviously coached at some big clubs and had big success along the way. I think none of us sleep very well when we’re not performing the way that we want and that’s the misery of this job and the shared misery we have and the respect we have for each other in that way. But I have no doubt that he will be successful in the future just like he has been before.”

“Of course, goalscorers tha’s almost all they think about, is scoring goals. And I’m challenging Patrick to continue to grow into the type of striker that we need. And I’ve said for a couple of weeks now that we think he could be part of the solution. And I also said, my experience of being around strikers is if they’re not getting chances, it’s much more concerning than if they’re getting chances and not scoring. He’s getting chances in bunches and his talent is so high that it’s only a matter of time before those start to go his way and when they do then we could start to see a total change in momentum in him and for us. So that’s the goal, is to help him, to challenge him to continue to move forward in a positive way but to support him and let him know that it’s close. We believe that, he believes that and yeah and I think Thursday could be a catalyst for that and for him for the rest of the season.”

“I just spoke to him and I said the reason I took him out wasn’t because of the mistake, it was because I felt like he was getting a little bit tired and not pressing in certain ways that we wanted and that I felt like bring on fresh legs and that was the plan from the beginning with him and Patrick against Arsenal and it was just when do we do it? And so we decided to do it at half. But I was clear with Rodri that he’s very important, that we need him, that him and Patrick will play together a lot, that we will continue to try to create clarity and roles and help him continue to push and he’s been incredibly important and our most dangerous player. He was good, he said I know and he will be ready. He’s a real pro and he gets it.”

“My way of working with all the guys is to communicate clearly what the plans are and then and then what the next steps are for them to continue to grow and develop and I think it’s even more important when they’re really important figures in the team. Certainly Luke is that for us. So I just have tried to communicate decisions. I’ve tried to communicate what we need from him, how for him to continue to show to be the example and how to handle difficulty with decision making from from the manager and I think he’s done that really well and continued to be supportive of the group and to be ready to perform. That’s the job. Right? And I think he’s done that at an incredibly high level and he’s going to get more and more playing time I’m sure.”

“It’s not really what does he need to do. It’s more just that he needs to be ready. In a person’s career and the way this works is you never know what the next moment is going to look like and you certainly need to be ready to seize that moment at any time. I don’t need to tell Luke that, he’s incredibly experienced and mature with who he is and how he deals with things. From day one I came here him and Coops were always the two most mature, complete, secure, sure leaders that I’ve been around. I don’t know how else to acknowledge how fortunate I am to have him in our group and I still know he has a lot to offer from a playing perspective as well. It’s not just about leadership. It’s about the player he is so he’ll be ready. He’ll be ready when called upon and I’m surel he’ll do great and make a case for himself everyday.”

“Obviously there is always pressure. There’s a lot of attention that’s paid on this club and this league. And we know the responsibility that we have, I know responsibility I have. Actually, this responsibility to help his team be successful is almost entirely my job and I don’t think of it that way. I think of it as a group project but I don’t want them to feel extra pressure about that we need an absolute result must win moment right now in our lives. It’s more about continue to believe, do the extra little things, put even a little bit more into the preparation into the work, focus a little bit harder, be a little bit smarter, be a little bit clearer and that’s the only way I know how to really get something clicking and moving in the right direction where the momentum then becomes more powerful than the work and that’s ultimately what we’re driving towards and I believe we are really close. We’re on the cusp of that happening. And the goal is for Thursday to be a continuation of that moment.”

“I’ve heard criticisms of Junior from the past or whatever. I can only tell you since I have been here he has in every way tried to adapt and learn and grow into the player that I believe he can be. Because for me his technical ability and passing abilities is one of the best on our team, his athleticism is definitely on the high end of our team, his intelligence is very high and then his tactical is also very keen and I think if he can continue to add the right kind of aggressiveness that he can grow into a real defender and be a real two way player. And those, especially at left back, there’s not a lot of those types of players out there in the world right now. I’m just with specifically with Junior really trying to help him develop into the player that I believe he can come and I believe he can be a big player here. No doubt, he has everything he needs and his commitment to try to do that is that is at a really high level, even in the moment when Pascal has been playing so well and it’s not been easy for him to accept just being on the bench. He’ll be ready for tomorrow, I am sure of it. I am 100 per cent sure of it and I am excited for him to be on the pitch.”