The coaches are like watermelons. You find out about them when you open them.
Cellino's utterances about watermelons are going to become commonplace at Elland Road press conferences as the manager eater attempts to satisfy his rather large appetite, but who is Darko Milanic? And what's he doing at Leeds United?
A quick wikipedia of Milanic will tell you he was born in Yugoslavia and played for Partizan Belgrade and Sturm Graz over a fourteen year career before being forced to retire with an injury. He played for both Yugoslavia and Slovenia and captained the latter in Euro 2000, where he faced Yugoslavia in a group game. After retiring he has managed Gorica, Primorje, Maribor and most recently, Sturm Graz of Austria. His greatest success came at Maribor where he won nine trophies in five years, including a domestic treble. His most recent appointment at Sturm was mixed however, although still idolised by the fans for his efforts as a player he could only guide them to fifth place out of twelve in the Austrian Bundesliga last term. Reactions to his departure have been mixed as well, ranging from supporters claiming he presided over the worst team in the past decade, to others who insisted that with time he would have come good.
Milanic describes his style as 'much risk and high excitement' which should hopefully mean an end to the fairly dire football we've had to witness over the last few years. Milanic has a wealth of attacking options to achieve this aim with Doukara and Antenucci finding their rhythm and experienced players like Billy Sharp to call on. We also have a wealth of potential in reserve and if Milanic can get the likes of Montenegro and Adryan up to speed then things will most certainly be looking up. One other player who Milanic is likely to take a good look at is his compatriot Zan Benedicic who has seen his game time restricted to a handful of appearances off the bench.
In terms of changes, Milanic has ackowledged the good work that Neil Redfearn has done with the squad and they are definitely in a better place now than when the 'Hockadays' finished. Redders will be on the bench with Milanic as well as Novika Nikcevic who is coming in as number two. Nikcevic was a bit of a European journeyman striker who worked with Milanic at Gorica. Milanic also said he wants to alter the style of play but we don't really know what too. In Slovenia he favoured a 4-4-2 but currently we don't have the players to do that and it would seem foolish to tinker to heavily with the side at the moment. All is falling into place nicely at the moment, or was until details of Cellino's tax judgement came out and his ownership is once again under threat. It's never dull being a Leeds fan is it?
A quick wikipedia of Milanic will tell you he was born in Yugoslavia and played for Partizan Belgrade and Sturm Graz over a fourteen year career before being forced to retire with an injury. He played for both Yugoslavia and Slovenia and captained the latter in Euro 2000, where he faced Yugoslavia in a group game. After retiring he has managed Gorica, Primorje, Maribor and most recently, Sturm Graz of Austria. His greatest success came at Maribor where he won nine trophies in five years, including a domestic treble. His most recent appointment at Sturm was mixed however, although still idolised by the fans for his efforts as a player he could only guide them to fifth place out of twelve in the Austrian Bundesliga last term. Reactions to his departure have been mixed as well, ranging from supporters claiming he presided over the worst team in the past decade, to others who insisted that with time he would have come good.
Milanic describes his style as 'much risk and high excitement' which should hopefully mean an end to the fairly dire football we've had to witness over the last few years. Milanic has a wealth of attacking options to achieve this aim with Doukara and Antenucci finding their rhythm and experienced players like Billy Sharp to call on. We also have a wealth of potential in reserve and if Milanic can get the likes of Montenegro and Adryan up to speed then things will most certainly be looking up. One other player who Milanic is likely to take a good look at is his compatriot Zan Benedicic who has seen his game time restricted to a handful of appearances off the bench.
In terms of changes, Milanic has ackowledged the good work that Neil Redfearn has done with the squad and they are definitely in a better place now than when the 'Hockadays' finished. Redders will be on the bench with Milanic as well as Novika Nikcevic who is coming in as number two. Nikcevic was a bit of a European journeyman striker who worked with Milanic at Gorica. Milanic also said he wants to alter the style of play but we don't really know what too. In Slovenia he favoured a 4-4-2 but currently we don't have the players to do that and it would seem foolish to tinker to heavily with the side at the moment. All is falling into place nicely at the moment, or was until details of Cellino's tax judgement came out and his ownership is once again under threat. It's never dull being a Leeds fan is it?