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Sunderland, Berardi banned, Pablo perfect but leaving, so what next?
I noted before the Sunderland game that it would be rather telling how “Leeds” we were intent on making this season. A very “Leeds” thing to do would be to have beaten Fulham and lost to Sunderland. Though we’ve perhaps been more predictable by losing to Fulham and struggling to draw against second-bottom-Sunderland. Before we […]
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Fulham, fine margins, Chris Wood, money and sacking Heckingbottom
Last night we saw a weird and wonderful thing in football – how Leeds can be both close yet far from effectiveness. It would be unfair to say that Leeds were entirely outclassed by Fulham, though we were for long periods of the first half, we held our own. Weaker man-for-man and lacking invention in […]
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Radrizzani to give Heckingbottom small transfer budget. Many players to leave.
Friends, it has been a few weeks and aside from an “okay” victory against Bolton there’s been precious little to discuss. With this season inevitably written off (despite being mathematically possible for Leeds to make the playoffs, I think we can all accept that the opportunity is well and truly missed) eyes are now focussed […]
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Leeds in bitter relegation form. Are we safe from the drop?
The Sheffield Wednesday game typified exactly what Leeds United in 2018 have become; charitable. The Wendies were without an away win since boxing day, while Leeds had only one win to their name since the same date (a statistically unlikely victory over Brentford). Despite being one of the worst sides we’d seen visit Elland Road […]
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Leeds transfer policy has failed with a mere 25% success rate
I agree with the growing sentiment that Victor Orta hasn’t done a superb job as Director of Football since joining Leeds. I don’t think it’s fair to place the blame solely at his feet, but when we spent much of last season in the playoff places it was clear that only small augmentations to the […]
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Pathetic Leeds, O'Kane, Wiedwald and another season wasted by owners
You can feel it, can’t you? That angry, bitter tongue at the back of your throat. You’re trying to rationalise everything in ways that allow you to continue thinking we’re moving in the right direction. Every team has its ups and downs, it’s just part of football isn’t it? After all, Andrea Radrizzani has done […]
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Birmingham City accounts show why Leeds missed key transfer targets
It’s easy for us, as fans, to thrust ourselves back in our seats with exasperation. “Why have we signed Felix whatever-his-name-is when we could have got David Stockdale on a free transfer? It’s insane” we cried. Myself included. “Why have we not gone for Jota if he was available?” came further cries after the attacking […]
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The real cost of failure – losing Jansson and Saiz?
After another disappointing result against Derby (despite it being a semi-positive performance) we’re facing the growing reality that the season has slipped away. Paul Heckingbottom was keen to assert that these games aren’t “must win”, but the harsh truth is that not winning these games is killing any hope we might have had of catching […]
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O'Kane, fragility, tactics, Heckingbottom and the playoffs
Why can’t Leeds perform like a hungry side of capable players until we’re either 2 goals down or 2 goals down and coping with a red card? It’s been a frustrating few weeks as we slowly come to the realisation that the dream of the playoffs is slipping away with every poor performance and missed […]
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Paul Heckingbottom is the right appointment right now
Forgive the tardiness in responding to the news that Leeds United have appointed a new head coach in Paul Heckingbottom (it’s been a busy week and much of what needed to be said had been covered by other people). I went through the entire range of initial emotions that most fans experience in years in […]
