Cyril Chapuis ⭑ From A-Z since '92
Is one substitute appearance enough to make Cyril Chapuis memorable? No. But he can help us remember more innocent times on the internet.
Is one substitute appearance enough to make Cyril Chapuis memorable? No. But he can help us remember more innocent times on the internet.
Celebrating the draws like wins is the way you get, one day, to celebrate the wins like wins. And to celebrate the draws, you have to win them. If Leeds United's players understand that, and it looks like they do, they have a great chance of staying up this season.
Elland Road is still capable of neutralising the future. The game Howard Wilkinson grew up in still has to be played, first and foremost: players have to earn the right to play.
David O'Leary was taking Leeds United to Rome for the third time, and with every trip his — and his club's — stock was getting higher.
Last Thursday, after a long question about whether he and the board were 'still on the same page', Farke simply answered, 'yes'. Even after getting more right at the weekend than anyone predicted, he might have to hope nobody asks him again this week.
Highways issues — getting more people to and from a bigger stadium — were always going to be the most difficult part of a redevelopment that every key stakeholder seems in favour of. And highways issues seem to be the biggest problem there has been with Leeds United's planning application.
After a reporter told him watching Uruguay's defeat in the USA was like 'tearing his eyes out', Marcelo Bielsa called the press together to analyse, well, everything.
Football's trying very hard to trade excitement away for the predictable routine of a bizarrely furious careers fair but I'm still clinging, to Struijk heading and Martinez saving, for one random thrill.
The European champions were visiting Elland Road and it was a night Don Revie had dreamed of. Leeds United, playing Real Madrid, at home. When he took over as Leeds United's manager, Revie wanted to build a team that would take them on and beat them. Now they were here.
Only Leeds United could sign a potential World Cup striker on loan, play him on the wing, use him for long throws then let him go back early to a higher level where he plundered five goals in three games.