New post at The Square Ball: https://www.thesquareball.net/leeds-united/aspirational-world-cup-edition/
After all the arguing, the shambles itself.
Leeds United’s innovation is attracting investment but let’s not expect Neymar
Last week’s phrase that pays was ‘Emulate Leicester City’. Leeds United did more than that. They took on their future selves and beat them 3-1. At the Yorkshire Evening Post.
Fans are real ‘bigger picture’ and Leeds United’s supporters have history in standing firm
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.