Leeds United might be more fun if they weren't so good, but being so good has put us on what Arteta would undoubtedly call a journey to respecting the best selves within as manifested by high-performance navel-gazing and playing fetch with Win the dog.
'A lady came up by the name of Louella Harrigan and she said, "Regardless, we got to take back our country from Kenneth Bates, and whatever we’re going to do we’re going to march this morning, and we are going to take our country back! This lease must be revoked, and Kenneth Bates must go!”’
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Of course it was Marcelo Bielsa's Leeds that took on Pep Guardiola's Sham City and drew and won. And of course it was Bielsa who proposed wage cuts to mend football. And of course it was also Bielsa who took a Leeds team to City's ground in December 2021 that lost 7-0. Replay?
Arsenal's George Eastham may have been a gentle and philosophical footballer. But he was trying to stop Leeds United winning. Nothing was more provoking than that.
Gordon Strachan had his name on the if-you-know-Lee-you-know-Lee list, because he believed in what big Lee Chapman was doing in Derby County's penalty area, and believed in how it could pay off for him.
A flick of a surgeon's knife had restored Strachan's place as one of the best wide midfielders in the league, so with Batty, McAllister, Speed, Hodge and David Rocastle, Leeds had six international class midfielders. It didn't fit.
It said a lot that was true about David Rocastle's ability that he was transferring from the champions of 1991 to the champions of 1992.
Jim and Gill had met, the previous summer, while they were both on holiday in Majorca. Gill had moved to London for love, and now they were back in Leeds for the love of football — and to be married.
Leeds were paying his wages and helping him achieve his goals. And Raphinha's respect for that was worth more than his love.
Frank's next touch was with the inside of his left boot, taking the ball away from Lyons and goading the goalie, Bob Bolder, out of his six yard box. And with that done, he switched to the outside of his left boot, before anyone else was ready.
There are two sides to football and it doesn't have to be desperation, to look to the defending in a nil-all draw, but appreciation.