EX RED RITCHIE TIPS LEEDS FOR LEAGUE ONE SUCCESS
FORMER Barnsley manager Andy Ritchie has tipped Leeds United to win through the League One Play Offs.
Leeds face Carlisle while Southend line up against Doncaster Rovers in the Semi Finals.
Ritchie told the Yorkshire Evening Post: "Every one of them has a great chance, but my head says that Leeds will reach the final along with Southend. For personal reasons, I'd then hope Leeds would win it.
"You don't get any prizes for losing in the play-offs or any real satisfaction from reaching the top six and finishing with nothing, but what pleases me - and what should please the clubs involved - is that the four teams have got here by playing football.
"It makes a nonsense of the idea that you have to kick your way out of League One and this year you've got four clubs involved who are genuinely capable of winning the play-offs. That's not always the case.
"The play-offs are a high-pressure situation, and it's when a manager really earns his corn. The responsibility's on you to get everything absolutely right over three games, to keep the players as relaxed as possible and also to find those little bits of luck you inevitably need. The one thing you know about the play-offs is that anything can happen."
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