Don't let them go to Everton
It was Bielsa’s Leeds, and he let us have it. It was a gift to us from a generous soul. And I, a selfish bastard, don’t want him to give anything like that gift to anybody I don’t like.
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2022-23
A collection of 109 posts
Marsch & Armas in-flight
Marsch and Armas can sound off-key because they use a corporate nowhere voice that has no home, no nostalgic warmth, no tangible authenticity beyond an approved list of motivational phrases and quotes.
Leeds United 0-0 Brentford: Rehearsal
What “complete performances” like this draw with Brentford and the defeat to Villa actually reveal is the futility at the heart of Marsch’s project. Yes, Leeds are executing his ideas better, but they’re getting better at doing something that will never be good enough.
Do Leeds have enough going on to go down?
You’re unlucky to go down merely for not having a very good team. There’s usually something more, some extra element.
Leeds United 5-2 Cardiff City: Well done
There's a power in the message of a goal like this, the telegraphic thrum of the wires taking it round the world or the different background tone in a pub where people are discussing it. It lets you know, by vibration alone, that something special has gone on.
Chant a chant for Gnonto
Back in the good old days when nobody told fans what to sing, apparently they still chose not to swear. They also wore suits and hats to matches and honestly, if these are the good old days we want to bring back, I’m up for it.
Aston Villa 2-1 Leeds United: Complete, or something
“This, for me, was our most complete performance that we’ve had since I’ve been here,” said Jesse Marsch afterwards. “The best example of the way that I believe the team can play.”
Cardiff City 2-2 Leeds United: Second chances
Leeds had 6,000 fans in Cardiff, just like the Championship days, booing them off at half-time, just like the Championship days.
What, exactly, are Leeds United trying to do right now?
Clarity is one of Marsch’s favourite words, he’s always trying to get the players to see with it, think with it. I wonder if he’s been upstairs to ask if anyone there has any to offer.
Leeds United 2-2 West Ham United: Team spirit
For half an hour Mateusz Klich was not Leeds United’s past, not a legend or a memory or a tribute t-shirt. He was one of the most important players on the pitch. Half an hour later, as a consequence of the club’s management looking for a new future too soon, he was gone.