Former Leeds United striker Robbie Blake has opened up on what it was like to play for Dennis Wise during that disastrous relegation season of 2006/07.
Wise took over from Kevin Blackwell in late October of 2006 and what followed was a disaster with the club dropping down to the third tier for the first time in their history, finishing bottom with just 36 points after a 10-point deduction ahead of the final game for going into administration.
Though, the points deduction proved immaterial with Leeds finding 13 points from safety after a hugely disappointing campaign.
And that stemmed from the man in charge, according to former striker Blake, who wasn't impressed by Wise.
"How does a team that doesn't lose any players make the playoff final and the next year get relegated?" he questioned on the Undr the Cosh podcast.
"It doesn't mean to say you can finish in the top six, but you don't get relegated, surely?
"I remember we played Colchester in the League Cup in front of maybe 6,000 fans, first or second round and he come around from the far side the main stand to the dugout and you could hear all the Leeds fans singing 'we hate the Chelsea scum', and I thought, 'he's got no chance'.
"If there is 6,000 in the ground when there are 28,000 in the ground, you have got no chance."
Blake, who spent two years at Elland Road, has his own regrets about his time at the club, but he does put some blame on the then manager.
"I was s*** really for Leeds, but it was because the manager was rubbish," he added.
"You can't tell me that I've gone from playing for Leeds when I hardly played, and I went to Burnley and I was bang up and running, straight on
"He was rubbish and I was...I wasn't rubbish, but not as good as I would have liked and I was still liked but it was a regret because I could have been miles better.
"He had me playing wide right-right-back really. We could never keep the ball so we couldn't get upfield."
