The Mangle: ‘tis the season to be Leeds Gary October 25, 2012 Features, The Mangle 2 Comments 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 involves a...
The Mangle: dancing to different tunes Gary September 5, 2012 Features, Leeds United, The Mangle 29 Comments 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 been playing on many of our minds lately....
The Mangle: Leeds United and the speedy spiral of despair Gary May 23, 2012 Features, The Mangle 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 challenge is...
The Mangle: Giving up fossil hunting Gary May 2, 2012 Leeds United 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 our respective...
Small men, phony wars and rubbish media Gary April 25, 2012 Leeds United 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 legal bit. Those judges...
Red mist means le end for Leeds Gary April 6, 2012 Match reviews 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, it was fair to say...
The Mangle: Seventh Sign Gary March 23, 2012 The Mangle 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 - just a...
Leeds’ transformers vanquish Boro Gary March 11, 2012 Leeds United, Match reviews 64 Comments 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 remembers that he used...
Whites plod to point in the sunshine Gary February 25, 2012 Leeds United, Match reviews 22 Comments 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 weather conditions at the...
The Mangle: Ken Bates is Proper Leeds Gary February 23, 2012 The Mangle 13 Comments 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) in a not overly-academic...