Form vs fate
Southampton 1-0 Leeds United: off and on again
Leeds United’s form has a mysterious on-off switch under Bielsa, that could smooth all our troubles away. Meanwhile, we’re questioning everything.
Moscowhite • Daniel Chapman
Writer for The Square Ball magazine;
talker for The Square Ball podcast.
Marcelo Bielsa’s pre-Southampton press conference really made me feel the proper grey of a second Thursday in an international break, like this one.
Moi non plus
Illan Meslier on tour, ce mortel ennui
How has Illan Meslier done on international duty this week? More to the point, what has he done?
"Who has it?"
Raphinha’s got what everybody’s gonna want
There might be a trend here that goes beyond Raphinha, that makes him all the more attractive.
This is all about Crysencio Summerville, and a goal that was immediately sent to Twitter to work the flames emoji as hard as possible
Call me, beep me
Are you there Sol? It’s me, Massimo
It’s not actually surprising that Massimo Cellino sought Sol Bamba’s shoulder in the lonely small hours after Fibre kicked out.
Off the telly
When star players are starstruck, they’re more like us
One of the joys of Leeds United making ascension to the Premier League a caravan for all-comers is watching the players being as happy as we are when they succeed.
Seven for One
Leeds United 1-0 Watford: Above The Fray
A goal, a clean sheet, three points. Twenty shots, 66 per cent possession, one shot against on target. (And a disallowed goal, but whatever.) One sacked manager too, and it all sounds as easy as it was.
Let’s rewind to last Friday night at York, where Leeds Under-23s showed how it should — okay, I can feel the moral police warming up their siren wail — how it could but definitely should not be done.