Wolves 1 Leeds United 0: Grandma
Leeds headed into the Wolves match on the back of a difficult defeat against Arsenal where we found ourselves 3-0 at half but after a talking to by Bielsa, came out with more energy in the second half to pull…
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Arsenal 4 Leeds United 2 – Valentine’s Day Massacre
Leeds United went into this match with Leeds having thrown the kitchen sink at Arsenal at Elland Road last year ending with a draw, and now in February being one place above them in the league table. This match saw…
Leeds United 2 Crystal Palace 0: Slippery pitch
Leeds lost 4-1 away to Crystal Palace earlier this season so would we be destroyed on the counter attack again? The last match losing to Everton was a painful defeat for Leeds and we needed to see a positive response…
Leeds United 1 Everton 2: Missed Opportunities
After two wins can Leeds gain some consistency? The loss of Rodrigo is difficult to quantify after recent quiet performances. However, it is another loss and a smaller squad and players playing out of their usual position. We have a…
Leicester City 1 Leeds United 3: Beautiful Violence
I went into this match with trepidation – a high performing Leicester and a Leeds having difficulty finding form. The last time they met Leicester beat Leeds with ease. This time their marquee player Vardy was instrumental in the their…
Newcastle FC 1 Leeds United 2: Doing the Double
Leeds are very much the junior member of the Premier League with substitutes that cost nothing next compared to teams with subs that cost tens of millions. Injuries have plagued Leeds and continued to do so. Llorente who is part…
Leeds United 0 Brighton HA 1: Doing a Job on Leeds
Finally in the 78th minute Leeds United put Brighton under sustained pressure. What is worrying is how the shots on goal have dried up. With opportunities eluding us Brighton's early goal and solid defending did a job on us.
Twitter: Wild West and Human Rights
Two recent events on Twitter both highlighted some important questions about Twitter as a public square and how we respond as a society to it. The first one is Trump being banned from Twitter for what Twitter called a “risk”…
Crawley Town 3 Leeds United 0. Pathetic.
On tweet summed it up. Pathetic. There is nothing much pretty about these early giant killing matches. Brutal tactics versus free flowing football. Bielsa set up Leeds with a mix of first team and super subs. What was evident was…
Tottenham Hotspur 3 Leeds United 0. Passing the time of day
It was always going to be a tough match against, like Man United, an inform team with a plan. It was clear early on Maurinho’s plan was to soak up the Leeds attack and then counter-attack in force. It produced…