"We were very pleased when we heard #LUFC would be our opponents," said Victor. "They are the weakest team in the competition, and we've got the easiest draw."
25 years ago, Leeds United vs Deportivo La Coruña:
https://www.leedsista.com/champions-league-2001-leeds-united-vs-deportivo-la-coruna
Luke Ayling marched through his lap, not thanking the #LUFC crowd but glaring at them all, gritting his teeth then shouting, his right fist held in front of him at all times as if he was dragging Steve Morison behind him on a chain.
Read here 👇
https://www.leedsista.com/leeds-united-3-2-millwall-believing-the-script/
There’s no way of scripting Elland Road. Whatever is said beforehand gets lost as soon the ball is kicked. "That's why football is the best sport in the world," Bielsa said this week, "Because before the games you can have one feeling, but after the games the feeling is different with the result."
Free podcast — about trying to make #LUFC fans believe, back in April 2019.
"That's why football is the best sport in the world," Marcelo Bielsa said, "Because before the games you can have one feeling, but after the games the feeling is different with the result."
From April of 2018/19 — when there was an attempt to get Elland Road to do one thing, while football got on with making that unnecessary:There’s no way of scripting Elland Road. Whatever is said beforehand gets lost as soon the ball is kicked. "That's why football is the best sport in the world,"...
I'm as surprised as you are that I found so much to say about Darren O'Dea and his one season at #LUFC
But I got fascinated by a tale of someone working out they were doing the wrong thing, but all leading towards the right thing:
About Marcelo Bielsa, Uruguay, #LUFC and Wembley:
https://www.leedsista.com/the-only-sane-thing-at-wembley-was-going-to-see-marcelo-bielsa
An #LUFC bucket hat, a bar scarf, a Newell's top in the England end: everyone else might have thought it was mad, but it was the only thing at Wembley that made sense to me.
If that was you, remember: a man with new ideas is a madman, until his ideas triumph.
https://www.leedsista.com/the-only-sane-thing-at-wembley-was-going-to-see-marcelo-bielsa
A bright yellow bucket hat, a blue and yellow bar scarf, a Newell's Old Boys top in the England end: everyone else might have thought it was mad, but it was the only thing there that made sense to me. If that was you, remember: a man with new ideas is a madman, until his ideas triumph.
As #LUFC fans we're wondering, why the heck and how come we haven't seen Dan James scoring any run and shoot thunderbolts like that for Leeds United lately?
Where are our wondergoals?
https://www.leedsista.com/dan-james-scored-a-great-goal-for-wales-amid-the-thieves-of-joy
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