Garth Crooks has told Leeds United that the club "look like a kite in the wind" after he claimed that the good times they had under Marcelo Bielsa are now well and truly a thing of the past.
A 4-1 defeat to Bournemouth on Sunday proved to be the final nail in Javi Gracia's coffin for his time at the club. Sam Allardyce will now take charge of the final four matches of the season against Manchester City, Newcastle United, West Ham United and Tottenham Hotspur as interim manager.
Jefferson Lerma scored twice against the Whites and Crooks has now hailed the Bournemouth man's rise under Cherries manager Gary O'Neil - something he used to demonstrate the fall in grace the club have suffered since the departure of Bielsa.
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"His first goal was an absolute peach and his second sealed the points for Bournemouth against Leeds and secured another season in the Premier League," Crooks wrote in his Team of the Week column for BBC Sport.
"Jefferson Lerma has seen the Cherries through some difficult seasons at the Vitality Stadium but, since the arrival of manager Gary O'Neil, life has become considerably easier and 39 points on the board with four games to play makes the case. The Colombia international looked as imposing as I have seen him under the new managerial regime and Bournemouth seem to have found another Eddie Howe in manager O'Neil.
"Leeds, however, look like a kite in the wind. How I miss the days of Marcelo Bielsa and his Leeds teams running the opposition ragged. It was great while it lasted but it looks like the party's over."
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