If Pablo Hernandez is going to heaven a nutmeg won't do. He'll need to argue his way through the gates, because as a footballer Hernandez has dared to be God.
106 days since Leeds United's last game was a long time for Marcelo Bielsa not to change his plans, and after three cruel months of deteriorating certainties I'm grateful for the Peacocks' constant rosarino.
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Moxcowhite • Daniel Chapman
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These players, many of whom have been at Leeds a long time, have remembered what fifteen years of patience have done to the fans, and decided their fate is not to wait anymore.
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There was a low groaning from beneath the pitch at Elland Road on Saturday, as there always is when Reading visit, treading on the grass and disturbing the cursed ghouls beneath.
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Moxcowhite • Daniel Chapman
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Victor Orta needs to sign somebody else and Marcelo Bielsa needs to play them, and the new player needs to score goals. There's your optimism: that it really could be that simple.
Even if Leeds sign Che Adams on Monday they will lose other games this season. Elland Road will be like this again before May: the players hurt, physically and emotionally; fans leaving, clouds gathering.
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Moxcowhite • Daniel Chapman
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