Howling in Eindhoven
What we've learned this year, in February and September, is that Leeds' board talk a good game about being committed to their carefully composed strategies, then crack. That is not a good look.
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The Peacocks of the sea
The benefits of sea creatures might not be immediately apparent but it is important for football clubs to take a long term view about moving on from so-called 'legacy fans'
Great, Raphinha is going to win the Ballon d'Or, that's great, just great
The only good things I can say about his debut for Barcelona last night are that, well, at least Raphinha is happy, and at least he embarrassed a Neville.
What does Raphinha leave at Leeds?
Raphinha's spinning nutmeg through the embers of Gary Cahill's career did not depend on the game situation or seasonal targets: it was just pure delight, a thing to admire in its own moment.
Tyler Adams knows it all
Sam Greenwood will be like, 'Woah, he's so cool!' and Joffy Gelhardt will be like, 'And I really like his jacket', then next thing you know they're all behind the green travel scheme bike sheds at Thorp Arch and Tyler is teaching them how to smoke.
Sometimes God puts things in the right place, and sometimes Kalvin Phillips plays for Manchester City
The old feelings don't have to go — that's why we keep boxes of mixtapes or curate Spotify playlists, so we can press play to reawaken our happiest moments.
Pre-season starts and Rodrigo wins own clothes day
Driving out to the former nursing college to be poked, prodded, scanned and measured has something of the school trip about it for the players, because it's not a holiday, but it's not like going to work either, and most of all because they get to wear their own clothes.
Proposal: make Manchester City pay more money for Kalvin Phillips
Manchester City definitely have more than £42m in money, so it should be a simple matter to tell them to pay more of it to our club.
Samu Saiz is promoted at last
All is forgiven in promotion. "Look at the clown!" said Michel, as Saiz came on camera for a hug. "We fight, and love each other," Michel said. Saiz had come to say nice things.
Every Brenden Aaronson goal could be a Lee Bowyer goal
That's the theory, anyway. Let's look at some Brenden Aaronson goals and see how they measure for Bowyerism.