Samu Saiz is promoted at last

All is forgiven in promotion. "Look at the clown!" said Michel, as Saiz came on camera for a hug. "We fight, and love each other," Michel said. Saiz had come to say nice things.

Every Brenden Aaronson goal could be a Lee Bowyer goal

That's the theory, anyway. Let's look at some Brenden Aaronson goals and see how they measure for Bowyerism.

Tom Lees can no longer drink calmly in Headingley

Having Huddersfield Town in the Premier League again was going to be a high price to pay for bringing Tom Lees up here, but both their dreams were dashed at Wembley on Sunday anyway.

Brenden Aaronson must really want this

Why would anyone leave Champions League football and a lifestyle lifted from The Sound of Music for the bottom of the Premier League and life in fucking Leeds?

Marcelo Bielsa, we could fall out

This is a man I assumed to have the highest aesthetic standards in football, and now I'm forced to picture him roaring his approval as Danny Ward runs the clock down in a corner of Wembley.

Brentford 1-2 Leeds United: The humbling

This season was a humbling for many people at Leeds, but Raphinha knew what he owed, and to whom, and how to pay us back.

Leeds United 1-1 Brighton: One left

If Leeds have an inspiration at the moment it's Raphinha, leading by glowering, frustrated example, yelling at the crowd to give the ball back, yelling at the bench about the game, yelling at his teammates to get in the box for one of his not so long-throws.

Leeds United 0-4 Manchester City: Not that

Maybe we can explain this season through the pecking order that never allows Leeds in its upper reaches for long. The 1980s were revenge for the Revie era. The 2010s were revenge for the millennium. This season is revenge for last season, and Stuart Dallas' knee is a symbol of what it has cost.

They Sacked Bielsa

Leeds United were brave, in 2018, hiring Marcelo Bielsa to change the club's culture. But Premier League paranoia was too powerful in the end.

Wolves 2-3 Leeds United: Days of Ayling

Some players get a moment like this once in a career. Most right-backs get them never. But Leeds United's return to the top has been punctuated by days of Ayling dragging us there.