Davide Somma scored every 114 minutes for Leeds, and the sensation of his potential has never left many of us who watched him play: imagining what he could do if he was first choice, knowing what he would do when he came off the bench.
'A lady came up by the name of Louella Harrigan and she said, "Regardless, we got to take back our country from Kenneth Bates, and whatever we’re going to do we’re going to march this morning, and we are going to take our country back! This lease must be revoked, and Kenneth Bates must go!”’
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The second goal summed up the second half. Bournemouth were incisive as soon as Leeds were disorganised, after Leeds hadn't disorganised Bournemouth enough to get a shot on target.
Leeds fans are clamouring to see Jean-Mattéo Bahoya, but Daniel Farke is a gradualist, who just wants to do his shopping in peace.
David White was a first class midfielder in the prime of his careers, who rather than find a new, positive path at Elland Road wandered, frustratingly, further away. But there was more to his story.
Leeds are doing fine. But when every opponent has something to prove to themselves and against our history, do we need some drama of our own for more than fine?
We're lucky, as football supporters, that we have two ways to win: the goal, or the tackle that stops the goal, are equally valuable to our weekend.
Diligent, loyal, reliable: you can see why Howard Wilkinson loved having David Wetherall at Leeds. And why Leeds fans who watched him play didn't have the urgency of others for moving on from the Molenaars, the Wetheralls of this world.
This was frustrating because Leeds could have won, and because Leeds are still a team stuck at could.
Regulations have created a bizarre situation where football clubs are very cheap for owners to run but very expensive for fans to follow. Which is how execs end up 'thinking about' AI-driven dynamic ticket pricing.
At the Radio Leeds commentary desk Norman Hunter was shivering and pleading. "Somebody, just run about and kick somebody!" Robbie Keane's idea was different. Scissor-kick the ball over your own head to win the game, then you can run about.