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Blog 2018-19

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The grief report

Leeds United 2-4 Derby County: Over, Again

Football, to Marcelo Bielsa, is a permanent state of painful defeat, occasionally reduced briefly by wins that are only a prelude to another defeat.
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Leeds United, 2018-19 articles, Blog, Blog 2018-19, Free, Leeds United Match Reports 2018/19

Derby County 0-1 Leeds United: Restored Nerves

Leeds United's players are here now, they're up for it, they're not nervous, and the fans don't need to be nervous anymore.
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2018-19 articles, Blog, Blog 2018-19, Free, Leeds United, The Square Ball Week

The Square Ball Week: Cleaning Up

Marcelo Bielsa has never looked or sounded more like a Leeds fan than when he was using Salim Lamrani's arm to demonstrate the strength of different punches, trying to establish what level of violence the FA finds acceptable against a Leeds player.
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Leeds United, 2018-19 articles, Blog, Blog 2018-19, Free, Leeds United Match Reports 2018/19

Leeds United 1-1* Aston Villa: That’s Right

If Stuart Attwell wanted problems, Mateusz Klich gave him one.
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Leeds United, 2018-19 articles, Blog, Blog 2018-19, Free, Leeds United Match Reports 2018/19

Brentford 2-0 Leeds United: Work It Out

This is the price of being good and discovering how hard that is, and of becoming so enthralled by Marcelo Bielsa that we forget that he's human.
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Leeds United, 2018-19 articles, Blog, Blog 2018-19, Free, Leeds United Match Reports 2018/19

Leeds United 1-2 Wigan Athletic: Second Best

If I know anything about Leeds United, optimism, fate and the Second bastard Division, I believe this promotion race is going to the last game. Which, after this game, does not feel like great news.
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Leeds United, 2018-19 articles, Blog, Blog 2018-19, Free, Leeds United Match Reports 2018/19

Leeds United 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday: More Than Maths

There was something about Leeds in this game that can't be calculated, that could be far more significant than just maths by the end of the season.
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Leeds United, 2018-19 articles, Blog, Blog 2018-19, Free, The Square Ball Week

The Square Ball Week: Written & Performed

Leeds are going on with the show, starting from the top and following the same script.
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Leeds United, 2018-19 articles, Blog, Blog 2018-19, Free, Leeds United Match Reports 2018/19

Preston North End 0-2 Leeds United: Practical Emotion

We're not looking for performances now, which is why it's so important that the performances are still there.
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Leeds United, 2018-19 articles, Blog, Blog 2018-19, Free, Leeds United Match Reports 2018/19

Birmingham City 1-0 Leeds United: For A Change

A missed chance can change a game. And by the end of the game clouds had gathered, the smiles had gone, and United's players looked drained and dismayed.
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Leeds United, 2018-19 articles, Blog, Blog 2018-19, Free, Leeds United Match Reports 2018/19

Leeds United 3-2 Millwall: Believing The Script

If changes in emotion make football the best sport in the world, Leeds United must be the best team in the world, playing in the world’s best stadium.
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Leeds United, 2018-19, Blog, Blog 2018-19, Free, Leeds United Match Reports 2018/19

Leeds United 0-1 Sheffield United: It’s Not True

Leeds United know what they’re doing, now, and hopefully it's not anything like this again.
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Leeds United, 2018-19 articles, Blog, Blog 2018-19, Free, Leeds United Match Reports 2018/19

Reading 0-3 Leeds United: Before Anything Else

This is already the match Leeds played before whatever happens against Sheffield United happens.
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Leeds United, 2018-19 articles, Blog, Blog 2018-19, Free, Leeds United Match Reports 2018/19

Bristol City 0-1 Leeds United: Cracking The Case

Marcelo Bielsa is brave, avoiding flippant subjects like murder and instead writing his stories in the serious and unknowable genre of association football.
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Leeds United, 2018-19 articles, Blog, Blog 2018-19, Free, The Square Ball Week

The Square Ball Week: Love Burning Out

Marcelo Bielsa is synonymous with burnout. But aren't we all, nowadays?

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