Aces hidden in sleeves, did Cellino hold all the cards all along? Graham Smeaton February 4, 2015 Leeds United 20 Comments It's been a while since I have dropped by, but I thought I would share some news. The Football League are sticking up for us, so it seems, in face of criticism from those nice people in Westminster. It's...
January transfer window opens, what are we looking at? Graham Smeaton January 2, 2015 Loan watch, Transfer News 33 Comments The Preamble Ah, the January transfer window, the time when we all rub out little mitts like Mr Burns from The Simpsons and wonder what riches will be bestowed on us and how it will turn us from also-rans,...
Leeds find Fulham sandwich and can’t cut the mustard Graham Smeaton December 14, 2014 Match reviews 34 Comments After last Saturday's debacle where Ipswich rolled through us with an ease not seen since Hitler took the Czech Sudentland in 1938, you'd forgive us poor Leeds fans for fearing the worse when Fulham trundled...
One step forward, two steps back – Leeds prove opposites attract Graham Smeaton December 12, 2014 Leeds United 6 Comments Paula Abdul and MC Skat Kat at least got one thing right. The playing style down Elland Road way is a case of 'one step forward, two steps back'...although perhaps the regression is a little more than just...
Adryan offers a glimpse into the future…maybe. Graham Smeaton November 24, 2014 Leeds United 19 Comments Is Leeds United's very own Brazilian 'starlet' beginning to show the oft-quoted promise that fans have been clamouring for? You know he might just well be. You hear phrases such as "not up to the speed of...
By ‘eck Byram Graham Smeaton November 9, 2014 Leeds United 10 Comments Neil Redfearn came out this week and said that Sam Byram's participation at first team level “hadn’t been handled as well as it could have been” and that “It’s been a stop-start season for him so...
Darko Days and Long Winter Nights Graham Smeaton October 25, 2014 Leeds United 46 Comments Ah well, you had to expect it and it would come; plus you'd reckon it would be sooner rather than later. Darko Milanic has been sacked even before the first sighting of the Coca Cola truck or the hint at...
28 minutes later – Brazilian boy wonder makes his bow Graham Smeaton October 19, 2014 Leeds United, Stats 33 Comments Featured image via The City Talking There was a time when waiting so long in Leeds for a Brazilian referred to a waiting list at the beauty salon for a 'downstairs trim'. Not so now, there's a new Brazilian...
No quarter given – the season so far Graham Smeaton October 11, 2014 Leeds United, Stats 40 Comments Well, 11 games in and when the 22 mins and 30 seconds shows on the clock against Rotherham on Saturday 17th October and we'll officially be a quarter of the way into the 2014/15 Championship season; that means...
Closer each day…Home and Away Graham Smeaton October 3, 2014 Leeds United, Stats 24 Comments First things first, let's get it out there and said - Marco Silvestri is a fantastic goalkeeper and a great buy for Leeds United. I wrote a piece way back in July and included the phrase "Silvestri can be...