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.
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2024-25
A collection of 69 posts
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.
If the Champo is worth winning
Outsiders might ask what the fun would be having a Premier League ready squad in the Championship and winning it by Easter while breaking records on easy mode. Leeds fans would answer that you shouldn't knock it until you've tried it.
Sheffield Wednesday 0-2 Leeds United: Press the button
The ref might have been tempted to follow Daniel Farke around with his card ready if smug eyebrows were against the rules of the game.
Comme ci comme ça: Leeds United's summer of non-communication
The advantage fans have is that everything in football, whether it's comms or money or community, must ultimately be expressed with high visibility on grass.
West Bromwich Albion 0-0 Leeds United: Keeping it doubtful
Maybe Daniel Farke got what he wanted from this game, but in that case, why did he want these things? Sometimes what is deemed best for the football team and its players and manager is not what is best for the football club and its fans.
Georginio Rutter and the peak of the Brighton model
Things may not actually be that bad. But they're bad enough to have me thinking about Peter Ridsdale, Professor McKenzie, Ken Bates and the parallels. So that is bad enough.