Brentford 1-2 Leeds United: The humbling
This season was a humbling for many people at Leeds, but Raphinha knew what he owed, and to whom, and how to pay us back.
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A collection of 17 posts
They Sacked Bielsa
Leeds United were brave, in 2018, hiring Marcelo Bielsa to change the club's culture. But Premier League paranoia was too powerful in the end.
Goodbye Marcelo Bielsa, hello Premier League
Marcelo Bielsa's obsessive practice of his life's work gives football the true seriousness it needs for us to remember that it's only a game.
The company parts company
Marcelo Bielsa should be a football club owner's dream. Can you help him? No. He is here to help you.
Leeds United 0-4 Tottenham: Let down
Marcelo Bielsa, of course, will never give up, and that's why they say he's going to lose his job.
West Bromwich Albion 0-5 Leeds United: Against Nature
We didn't get a flood of second half goals, but we did get the Strid at full power, Raphinha scoring with the roar of a river through a gorge. His footwork opened West Brom's defence like a vista over moors; the noise of the ball in the net was as pure and monstrous as a kestrel snatching a rat.
Leeds United 1-1 Hull City: Armbands in the Deep End
It's hard to see what Casilla contributed as captain. He did the coinflips for the kick-off and to choose the ends for penalties, I suppose. Apart from that, all his ascent to the captaincy did was attract the negative energy of articles like this one.
West Bromwich Albion 1-1 Leeds United: We Need A Resolution
Leeds and West Brom are on the same side of the fighting against the teams below. As such you could take this match as pure sport, a game to decide nothing except who has the better team.
Leeds United 2-0 Hull City: True Faith 2020
We looked at the league table as if seeing it properly for the first time. Leeds United in 1st place. Secure in the automatic promotion places by eleven points. I said last season it was going to be fascinating to see how Leeds messed it up and, well, I was right. This season?
Leeds United 4-0 Middlesbrough: Untypical
Luke Ayling dragged Klich to the ground for a celebratory pile-on as if he's been missing those long-range Klichers as much as Mateusz. They should enjoy them, too.