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Southampton 0 Leeds United 2: Top Half Finish
It was breathless and signified the difference between the two sides: lots of toothless pressing from Southampton, ruthless counter attack by Leeds, and maximum energy till the whistle blows.
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Burnley 0 Leeds United 4: Rodrigo has arrived
So far only Brighton have beaten Leeds in the last nine matches. And despite a strong start by Burnley, Leeds took control of the game playing with speed, passing and chasing off the ball. With Rodrigo brought on leeds had the last laugh.
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Leeds United 3 Tottenham Hotspur 1 – Teamwork
This was a superlative team effort today with the quality of passing and moving to create the opportunities relentless. And a defence led by Llorrente that stood up to Kane, Bale and Son. Leeds have now in 2021 seen off all the top teams with a draw or win. Spurs’ champions League hopes are killed…
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Radar 3 May 2021: Granta, Interstellar, European Super League
Trying to impose an American model of financing football in Britain is a broken one
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Labour using Tory sleaze won’t cut it with voters
Over the past week since the Guardian exposed the farce of the prime minister’s flat refurbishment the leader of the opposition, Kier Starmer, had made it his mission to maximize the embarrassment factor for Boris Johnson. There was the bizarre photo opportunity in a store with wallpaper to ram home the message.
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Brighton and Hove Albion 2 Leeds United 0: we do not like to be beside the seaside
We went into this game on the back of a solid run without losing in six games to big teams. However, with the loss of two key players, a secure mid table place we were probably not as prepared or as hungry as Brighton who were looking to secure their place in the premier league…
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Intrusion by Ken MacLeod: dystopian rules
Intrusion is a meditation on a near future where life is regulated with a high level of morality and ethics. Extrapolated ideas on what that may look like a quite restrained with the occasional AI toy and truck. The main debate centres on a medical “fix” for pregnant women and their forthcoming child. The conversations…
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Gearbest.com: a case study in customer experience
After six months of no progress I have attempted to nudge Gearbest into escalating the matter to a senior customer service person but it seems impossible to go beyond the robotic responses in their ticket process. Now their customer service staff have stopped “supporting” the resolution of my complaint.
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Manchester City 1 Leeds United 2: 10 Men
Cooper changed everything. In spite of being first to the ball his follow through was judged dangerous and after the ref had his own look at VAR the yellow card was upped to a red – the letter of the law. Leeds ended the first half on ten men. Bamford had to sacrificed so Struijk…
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Vaccine Passports – ID no one wants
When there is so much goodwill from the UK population in getting vaccinated, in that over half the population is already vaccinated, in that the infection rate and death rate are both down to a safe level, and staying there despite the return of the lockdown and a third wave in Europe, why then impose…