Happiness is a warm goalkeeper
Two players stood out among many at the end of United's draw with Liverpool. One for his high profile misery, and one for his surprising, reassuring joy.
Tag
Essays
A collection of 164 posts
What's holding up Leeds United's planning application to expand Elland Road?
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.
"I would like to live the complete opposite of what I live": Marcelo Bielsa loses 5-1
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.
Après fizz
As Red Bull's energy football goes out of style, it's leaving frantic, effervescent players like Brenden Aaronson marooned on uncertain, shifting terrain, trying to learn what RB never taught them.
The mess Meslier is in
Illan Meslier's 9,600 minutes in the Premier League alone are 600 more minutes than Perri has played in his entire career. The simple truism comes to goalkeepers before others, about doing much too much, much too young, and Meslier has grown up in much too bright a spotlight.
Will the hottest trend win the overheated World Cup? or, long throwing in the USA
The Premier League fad might be the ideal tactic for a sweaty, exhausting, stop-start tournament of drinks breaks, storm delays and keeping the ball out of play so everyone can rest.
It's called a long throw, and here's what it's for, so
Football finally has long throws to offer its modern, phone-watching fans, but only Leeds United are brave enough for bringing flick-ons back.
"I want the person I'm talking to to feel my gratitude": Marcelo Bielsa goes back to Chile
Focused before the game, warm and reflective afterwards, Marcelo Bielsa brought happy memories on his long awaited return to Chile.
Marcelo Bielsa speaking in Uruguay: enthusiasm, running, and everything else
Before his Uruguay team took on Peru, Marcelo Bielsa went deep on what's important, what's important to analyse, and how one crack player can solve it all.
Jack Harrison is just a footballer
He's a football player and that's very different to being a football supporter and, refreshingly if you want it to be, Harrison doesn't try to blur the lines.