Sunderland 2-2 Leeds United: Wait for it...
No Leeds fan wants Illan Meslier to do... do that again. But every game is a kind of waiting to see if someone does.
No Leeds fan wants Illan Meslier to do... do that again. But every game is a kind of waiting to see if someone does.
Performance: actually good. Vibes: manic. A point: it'll do. To look at Joe Rodon was to think, heck, let's just get out of here.
This is how it's done, just winning to nil over and over. It's something Leeds fans have wanted for a long time.
Assuming Farke's messages about selling vacuums are getting through to the players, the next step is still about the time it takes for them to learn, act, and achieve.
I don't think it's true that nothing has changed since last season, but it is true that it isn't working yet.
Gazza? Maradona? Farke, mate, you would have loved Bill Fotherby. But we need to avoid letting the idea of a no.10 become a white whale, chasing an obsession while losing a season to the assumption that no no.10 equals no creativity.
The ref might have been tempted to follow Daniel Farke around with his card ready if smug eyebrows were against the rules of the game.
Maybe Daniel Farke got what he wanted from this game, but in that case, why did he want these things? Sometimes what is deemed best for the football team and its players and manager is not what is best for the football club and its fans.
Right now Elland Road is an invitation to limbo, and not the cool fun kind where you dance under a pole; the rubbish kind, where you go to a game but nothing that you see is actually what is going on.
Daniel Farke says winning 22-0 "never happens", but Leeds look better when they believe it's worth a try.