The Mangle: ‘tis the season to be Leeds
Halloween’s a tricky one to costume. To stick by the British tradition of ghoulish, the American anything goes approach, or opt for the ‘sexy’ version of ghoulish, which essentially ... Continue Reading →
The Mangle: dancing to different tunes
You don’t even know me/ you say that I’m not living right/ you don’t understand me, so why do you judge my life?
The issue of Elland Road boycotts has no doubt ... Continue Reading →
The Mangle: Leeds United and the speedy spiral of despair
I’ve been trying to write something for another publication on the current status of stuff at Leeds, due out in September, deadline mid-July.
What I’ve quickly worked out is this ... Continue Reading →
The Mangle: Giving up fossil hunting
We’re not Liverpool. This may sound obvious, but it’s possible we need reminding sometimes.
When it comes to the ability to live in the past, we do share traits. But come on, despite ... Continue Reading →
Small men, phony wars and rubbish media
Our very own shock jock is in rude health. Kenneth can say what he wants and he knows that if it lands him in trouble he can use someone else’s money to batter his way through the ... Continue Reading →
Red mist means le end for Leeds
Let’s be honest – sometimes cracking out the full Dirty Leeds package isn’t very useful.
Having watched roughly 187 minutes of goalless drudge from these two sides last season, ... Continue Reading →
The Mangle: Seventh Sign
We’re going to finish seventh.
No, Dom Matteo’s bet-fishing column in the YEP, suggesting to the gullible that we’re still worth a punt for the playoffs was not outrageously far-fetched ... Continue Reading →
Leeds’ transformers vanquish Boro
Adam Clayton grows his hair a bit and becomes a lot more like Scott Parker. Darren O’Dea dons a bandage and becomes a lot like vintage Kisnorbo. Michael Brown sees Neil Warnock and ... Continue Reading →
Whites plod to point in the sunshine
This game could be quickly summarised ‘nothing happened; couldn’t really see it anyway’ – no advert for Championship football was this, unless selling it solely on February ... Continue Reading →
The Mangle: Ken Bates is Proper Leeds
For this Mangle I’ve been set a challenge by TSS’s good editor: to fulfil his own dream of writing a piece highlighting Ken Bates’ blatant narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) ... Continue Reading →
