Leeds United 1-0 Southampton: You've seen Firpo
It was like watching one of those movies where you see things from the ghost's point of view, waving their arms and passing their hands through people who don't know that they're there.
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Everton 1-0 Leeds United: The hope we had
Just about the only player I saw really standing up to the needs of the occasion was Junior Firpo, who seems to finally have the conditions he needs to shine for Leeds: a team playing badly around him.
Leeds United 0-2 Manchester United: Philosophical
After torrid months since August trying to decipher what Jesse Marsch thought this team could be, since he's been gone we have found out that it can be a good one.
Manchester United 2-2 Leeds United: Got a point
A key phrase of Angus Kinnear's programme notes, introducing Jesse Marsch last year, said Marsch was coming earlier than planned as part of 'the acceleration of the coaching transition', post-Bielsa. Later than planned, Leeds might have finally made a start.
Nottingham Forest 1-0 Leeds United: This isn't going very well
Eleven months in, his confident delivery can't mask the substance of what even Jesse Marsch is saying about his own work: this isn't going very well.
Accrington Stanley 1-3 Leeds United: Through
No Leeds fan could enjoy this game unless they had binned the Twitter app from their phone and refused to speak to anyone who hadn’t done the same. (Not an entirely bad idea.)
Leeds United 0-0 Brentford: Rehearsal
What “complete performances” like this draw with Brentford and the defeat to Villa actually reveal is the futility at the heart of Marsch’s project. Yes, Leeds are executing his ideas better, but they’re getting better at doing something that will never be good enough.
Leeds United 5-2 Cardiff City: Well done
There's a power in the message of a goal like this, the telegraphic thrum of the wires taking it round the world or the different background tone in a pub where people are discussing it. It lets you know, by vibration alone, that something special has gone on.
Aston Villa 2-1 Leeds United: Complete, or something
“This, for me, was our most complete performance that we’ve had since I’ve been here,” said Jesse Marsch afterwards. “The best example of the way that I believe the team can play.”
Cardiff City 2-2 Leeds United: Second chances
Leeds had 6,000 fans in Cardiff, just like the Championship days, booing them off at half-time, just like the Championship days.