Leeds United owner Massimo Cellino is sticking with manager Dave Hockaday.
Hockaday - the man he appointed to much derision in June owing to his limited experience - was set to be his next sacking in the wake of Leeds' 4-1 defeat at Watford on Saturday, but 57-year-old Italian Cellino has had an unexpected change of heart.
Speaking to the Yorkshire Evening Post, Cellino said: "Yes, I decided to sack him. I said 'he's finished.' But I learned a long time ago to wait on a decision for 24 hours."
Hockaday has been keen to point out that his remit is to coach the players and not negotiate transfers and Cellino, who has signed some 11 new faces, added: "If I fire the coach I should fire myself because I haven't signed enough good players. How can that be his fault."
As a result Cellino has opted to stick with what he has, adding: "We are missing four or five players still. We are not good enough. I am the president so I should only sack myself, not Hockaday.
"I want to do everything too fast - I want 15 new players, I want to be in the Premier League, I don't want the old coach, I want a new one. I want to build Rome in 12 hours but it doesn't happen. If another coach comes in and we have the same problems, we are back in the s***. So I'll wait."
