Leeds United 4-1 Newcastle: New metrical dimensions
The numbers are against Newcastle, but the rhythms and rhymes are with Leeds. Four goals, four ways, and even what's familiar was unpredictable.
Positive Action Movement: When Ken Bates took over his homeland in 1968, Noel Lloyd led the fight to take it back
'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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Ian Baird, Newcastle, 1989 ⭑ Great Leeds goals
And here came Baird. His speed was top, the ball was slow, his leap was high. Baird needed gymnastics up there, throwing his head upwards as the ball came down, tilting his heels up behind him to keep his body suspended, neck muscles needed next to send his whole skeleton sideways.
Chelsea 6-3 Leeds United: Caught cold
Zetterer and Bard were all new to this, but Cole Palmer — the modern day Jon Parkin — took to the pitch with history and freedom on his side.
David Robertson ⭑ From A-Z since '92
Robertson came to Elland Road remembering the Battle of Britain of 1992, and how Leeds fans had clapped Rangers from the field. It was one of the last rounds of applause he received from Leeds fans.
Brighton 1-1 Leeds United: On the line
Scampering around, pressing, never giving up, with his black hair bouncing, Tanaka looked a lot like Brenden Aaronson out there in the most complimentary way. When on the ball he played clever incisive passes to move possession into dangerous areas, and he looked a lot like Ao Tanaka.
Transfer chills are multiplying
Leeds United, in the end, kept a grip on their own transfer window sanity. But what of the nine-figure no-brained Premier League around them?
David Prutton ⭑ From A-Z since '92
League One was an identity crisis for a club that had never been there. As supporters tried to work out who and what Leeds now was, Prutton was a reassuring sight. Six foot tall, long flowing hair, beard and sideburns: it shouldn't have worked but it worked.
Leeds United 1-1 Brentford: The Bees of doubt
Hopefully adapting until they got it right will help the players get it right sooner in future. But hopefully, too, the misplaced self-doubts that sent them into their first half shells will be cast aside as quickly.
And Leeds have every right to go mad
Leeds United Football Club is being talked about as a home of sound common sense. But this is still football, where common sense is still very relative.
Nottingham Forest 0-2 Leeds United: They all count
I usually just want to forget the Carabao Cup as early as possible, but this time I'm keener it should count: Dan James, James Justin, Lukas Nmecha, three goalscorers in a 2-0 win.