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.
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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.
Leeds United 2-2 West Ham United: Team spirit
For half an hour Mateusz Klich was not Leeds United’s past, not a legend or a memory or a tribute t-shirt. He was one of the most important players on the pitch. Half an hour later, as a consequence of the club’s management looking for a new future too soon, he was gone.
Newcastle United 0-0 Leeds United: The best of it
From Leeds, it’s easier to take the result than enjoy the game, but why not allow yourself to do the difficult thing this time?
Leeds United 1-3 Manchester City: Protagonism
Here were signs of the more careful, pragmatic Leeds that Marsch was promising. Leeds still conceded three, but this was Manchester City. The three conceded to Bournemouth and Fulham, the four to Spurs, the five at Brentford, those have been the problem.
Leeds United 2-4 Monaco: Sound
Monaco switched on for the second half and scored three from three more decent attacks inside ten minutes. Trying a bit of quick maths, I calculated Monaco were on course for a final tally of fourteen and a half, and the sad thing was, it didn't look unlikely.