Norwich City 1-1 Leeds United: Caution to the wind
Performance: actually good. Vibes: manic. A point: it'll do. To look at Joe Rodon was to think, heck, let's just get out of here.
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2024-25
A collection of 34 posts
Leeds United 3-0 Coventry City: Getting interesting
This is how it's done, just winning to nil over and over. It's something Leeds fans have wanted for a long time.
What is Daniel Farke up against this season?
A lot has to be right about your team for winning 2-0 to feel like a letdown. Like it or not, fairly or not, 2024/25 is demanding more of Leeds United.
Cardiff City 0-2 Leeds United: Hoover, damn
Assuming Farke's messages about selling vacuums are getting through to the players, the next step is still about the time it takes for them to learn, act, and achieve.
The inflection point
The single-minded objective is to get promoted. That sounds good. But that single-mindedness increases the pressure, turning this season into an inflection point, or as we used to call it, shit or bust.
Leeds United 0-1 Burnley: Good in a bad way
I don't think it's true that nothing has changed since last season, but it is true that it isn't working yet.
Is football enough fun to last?
Despite Angus Kinnear's assurances that everything is fine, he couldn't offer any optimism as a result, because football doesn't work that way anymore.
Summer's end in San Francisco and Leeds
Let's catch up with our favourite pigskin guys as they get hitting those pucks for some big homers this fall.
Football is from the players
I would have welcomed Sol Bamba as the chairman of Leeds United, and not just because he was a lovely guy with a solid baseline of decency. But because he was a player, a footballer.
Leeds United 2-0 Hull City: Ride the tiger
Gazza? Maradona? Farke, mate, you would have loved Bill Fotherby. But we need to avoid letting the idea of a no.10 become a white whale, chasing an obsession while losing a season to the assumption that no no.10 equals no creativity.