Sorry fellas but I think you're being harsh on Leko - he's a young player and has only played a handful of minutes for us so far. He was brought on during a difficult match with about 20 mins to play. When you analyse what he actually did in that time, surely you'd agree that he was positive in terms of trying to get forward with the ball (something every other player on the field struggled to do yesterday), he wasn't afraid to run with the ball (again, aside from Murphy, who else actually did this?) and he got into positions where he could pick the ball up (sorry, but again, who else did this yesterday?). For those three points alone he deserves credit. We were all crying out for some creativity and when the lad comes on and tries it he's getting stick for it?
Gayle was anonymous through large parts of the game yesterday, and he has been since he has come back from suspension. I said before the boro game that he should have been started on the bench instead of being thrown straight back into a winning team.
For me, DM has set too many players up to fail throughout this season. Some might say that he's given the young players an opportunity, but look at playing Sam Field at centre back during the cup matches. Look at playing Tosin at LB up at Leeds. Look at giving Burke a few bitty games on the wing. It's not hard to understand that if you are going to play youth, you need to play them in their position and as they get more experience, move them around as they grow and are comfortable. You could also say that he's been asking experienced players to do things they are not capable of such as the passing out from the back.
