It’s like they don’t want us to watch the games. At the YEP.
A tough game for Leeds United, a calm result and Victor Orta holding his nerve
One idea of creative genius – it’s the poet Edna St Vincent Millay’s idea, about herself – is that it’s a way to put chaos to good use for, in her case, a sonnet, or in Bielsa’s case, a football match. At the Yorkshire Evening Post.
Leeds United 1-1 Manchester City: Giving It All
Like seeing every football match you’ve ever watched thrown into a kaleidoscope. At The Square Ball.
Go Tel It: Leeds vs Manchester City, 18th August 2002
Sacking David O’Leary and making Terry Venables the new Leeds United manager in summer 2002 was not an admission of impending disaster.
If we can’t enjoy watching Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds United in the Premier League perhaps we never will
The stadium was sadly empty, so we can’t describe how our Premier League return would have ended, amid anxious whistling to end it from around the 80th minute. Instead we have to assess the social media reaction and imagine all the furniture chewed in that time.
Column at the Yorkshire Evening Post.
Leeds United 4-3 Fulham: The Joy of Six Plus One
If Pablo Hernandez is going to heaven a nutmeg won’t do. He’ll need to argue his way through the gates, because as a footballer Hernandez has dared to be God.
Match report at The Square Ball.
Leeds United’s promotion terror and how Don Revie’s three Cs can help them
Every tactical nuance, every permutation of results, all the formations and stats and touches and tackles and, above all, every kick of the ball comes down to one very simple aim: to win the game with style you can be proud of.
Leeds United 3-0 Fulham: Oh, God
If Pablo Hernandez is going to heaven a nutmeg won’t do. He’ll need to argue his way through the gates, because as a footballer Hernandez has dared to be God.
A lesson for all of Leeds United from their serious comedian Gjanni Alioski
While it was generous of Aleksandar Mitrovic to think he had to punch Ben White awake on Saturday, Alioski was instantly adjusted to the cardboard atmosphere. Like the best comedians, he takes fun very seriously. Whether his audience is a terrace of people or the stern printed face of a human sized labrador, his commitment to showbiz doesn’t waver.
Cardiff City 2-0 Leeds United: Has Always Been
106 days since Leeds United’s last game was a long time for Marcelo Bielsa not to change his plans, and after three cruel months of deteriorating certainties I’m grateful for the Peacocks’ constant rosarino.