The Final Bend

Phil Hay: In The Balance

Can Leeds United rediscover their form and get promoted? Phil reflects on the defeat to Blackburn.

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    The cover of the new issue of The Square Ball magazine, featuring a generational illustration of generation talent Ao Tanaka, by Rob Palmer
    Generational issue
    An image of Chris Wilder with Daniel Farke stood behind him on the Elland Road touchline. Wilder looks like an old CIA asset, with Farke lurking behind him about to Novichok him off the face of the earth. JOKING, by the way.
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    Une vieille prostituรฉe
    Billy Bremner standing with half a dozen of his Leeds players modelling the Burton 1986 home shirt
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    Grand Designs in Bramley
    An image of fireworks at Elland Road on that glorious night in July 2020, when everyone was supposed to be at home
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    THE SUPERMACCA
    An image of your favourite baldy agony aunt, Michael Normanton, pulling a silly face like he's just announced a 1990s comedy show.
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    Costco or duracell?
    An illustration from Adam Hopkins of three Gary Speeds from across his time at Leeds, a time when he was banging goals and being just ridiculously handsome and good at football.
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    Get one yourself, son
    An illustration of former Leeds attacking midfielder Adryan's head imposed over the flag of Brazil, as if he'd led a coup and renamed the nation Adryanistan.
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    Fallon dโ€™Floor
    Chris Toft pictured with a rail of Leeds United shirts that he owns. He's shrugging as if to say: "Yeah, I don't know why I do it either."
    Lots and lots of shirts
    Ace illustrations of James Milner and Mateusz Klich celebrating for Leeds by Emily Tartanella, taken from our 2025 charity calendar
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    Falling in love
    An image of a very sad looking Illan Meslier as he thought about what he had done and what he failed to do. You know. The Sunderland thing.
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    We're only human
    Leeds 2-0 QPR (2 Nov 2019). Both teams' kits were incredibly similar in colour. This image might have a colour effect added to it, but since I (Chris, hello) wrote this and it's about my own struggles with colour, I couldn't possibly tell.
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    Cannae see
    An image of Leeds forward Mateo Joseph peacocking towards the Elland Road Kop after his goal against Sheffield United..
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    Fair play champs