Goodbye Marcelo Bielsa, hello Premier League
Marcelo Bielsa's obsessive practice of his life's work gives football the true seriousness it needs for us to remember that it's only a game.
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A collection of 126 posts
The company parts company
Marcelo Bielsa should be a football club owner's dream. Can you help him? No. He is here to help you.
A good pair of Leeds shorts can last forever
Haaland's serenity is frightening in certain lights, like the bloke sitting placid in his pub corner for years, who one day starts smashing pint glasses over his own head.
Statuesque
If I could I'd take along a huge old fashioned broom to the last match, and use it to beat the dust from the backside of every single one of the players for letting us down so badly this season.
Symbol lies: Leeds United's salute crest, 2018-2018
This design was supposed to be unique, breaking from the past yet rooted in the fan culture that makes Leeds United special. But by removing every trace of previous crests, they removed any connection between this crest and Leeds United Football Club as we have known it.
No Bull
When Red Bull link up with a football club, they don’t just settle for a name on a shirt or a token stadium name change that all the fans ignore anyway. They engulf everything about a club and its history that isn’t Red Bull branded and they destroy it. That isn’t hyperbole.