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MWP 354: A decent point at Palace. More baffling officiating.

Jack Robshaw — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 13:29:48 +0000

Seriously, again, refs. How is it seemingly every week at this point?

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MWP 347: Leeds win comfortably against Forest. Chelsea away will be tougher.

Jack Robshaw — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 15:45:15 +0000

Leeds United produced a good performance to win 3-1 at home to Nottingham Forest. West Ham’s win meant the gap didn’t extend. Chelsea away next is a scarier prospect.

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MWP 346: Do Leeds United have enough to stay up?

Jack Robshaw — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 23:08:49 +0000

Leeds, as expected by most, didn’t act late in the transfer window. Will it result in relegation?

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MWP 345: A good point at Everton? Arsenal preview.

Jack Robshaw — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:07:02 +0000

Leeds got a 1-1 draw at Everton, which sounds like a good point but felt a bit disappointing on the night. Arsenal visit Elland Road next, from which anything would be a bonus.

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MWP 344: Leeds beat Fulham. Will JSL happen? Everton preview.

Jack Robshaw — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 20:27:14 +0000

Leeds got a brilliant win at home to Fulham, unfortunately results elsewhere weren’t kind. Still, a huge win. Everton away on Monday will be a tough test.

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MWP 341: Draw with Man Utd. 8 points clear. Newcastle away preview.

Jack Robshaw — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 10:15:24 +0000

Some debate over whether it was a good point or not, but Leeds drew 1-1 with Man Utd at Elland Road. Next up, a trip to St James’ Park, and Newcastle are great at home.

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MWP 340: Leeds draw 0-0 at Anfield. Man Utd at Elland Road preview.

Jack Robshaw — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 20:31:45 +0000

The definition of a great point at Anfield keeps Leeds 7 point gap to the relegation zone. Can we get another result against Man Utd at Elland Road?

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MWP 339: Good point at Sunderland. Liverpool away next.

Jack Robshaw — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 15:41:04 +0000

Leeds United drew 1-1 at Sunderland, which is a decent result. How confident are we about avoiding the drop?

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MWP 326. Bad week for Leeds. Justin signs. Thank you Patrick Bamford.

Jack Robshaw — Sat, 30 Aug 2025 12:01:55 +0000

5-0 defeat at Arsenal. Dumped out of the League Cup by Sheffield Wednesday’s U21 side. Buananotte deal gazumped by Chelsea. We did sign James Justin at least. Mood not great this week in the fanbase. Thank you for everything Patrick Bamford.

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MWP 325: Leeds start with a win. Okafor signs. Ampadu injured. Arsenal (A) preview.

Jack Robshaw — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 18:06:29 +0000

Leeds United started the season with a 1-0 win over Everton at Elland Road. Leeds have bolstered their attack with the signing of Noah Okafor from AC Milan. Ethan Ampadu is out injured. Arsenal (A) on saturday.

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MWP 324: Calvert-Lewin signs for Leeds. Everton (H) preview.

Jack Robshaw — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 18:06:59 +0000

Leeds have signed a striker, but it isn’t exactly who everyone wanted. Will the gamble pay off? Will Leeds beat Everton on the opening day?

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MWP 323: Season Predictions.

Jack Robshaw — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 18:11:52 +0000

Our annual predictions podcast. We were pretty good last year (Luton aside). Will we be on the money this year? Will we have predictions we want to be wrong?

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MWP 322: Longstaff/Stach in. Perri next? Two friendlies played.

Jack Robshaw — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 17:34:50 +0000

Leeds have made a couple of signings and played a couple of friendlies. Which is what you would expect given it is pre-season. What do we think so far?

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MWP 321: Gudmundsson signs, Byram stays, Longstaff next?

Jack Robshaw — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 11:59:17 +0000

Leeds United have completed their expected first choice defence with the signing of Gabriel Gudmundsson from Lille. Sam Byram is hanging around too. Pre-Season has started and there is still a lot to be done.

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MWP 320: How do we think the summer has gone so far?

Jack Robshaw — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:17:51 +0000

Leeds United have made a couple of signings, but currently haven’t done nearly enough. Still plenty of time, not worried…. yet.

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MWP 319: Champions Again Ole Ole.

Jack Robshaw — Sun, 04 May 2025 19:26:10 +0000

Leeds United have won the Championship with 100 points. The ownership have publicly backed Daniel Farke. We’re going up as f**king champions.

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MWP 318: Party At Elland Road. One more win for the title.

Jack Robshaw — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 19:24:48 +0000

Leeds beat Bristol City 4-0 in one of the most fun nights at Elland Road you could possibly have. It was a party. One more win, one more.

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MWP 317: Leeds United promoted to the Premier League. Title next?

Jack Robshaw — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 20:16:41 +0000

Leeds United needed a win, always going to make hard work of it, right? 6-0 win and promotion secured. What a great day.

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MWP 316: It’s so close. Stoke at Elland Road next.

Jack Robshaw — Sun, 20 Apr 2025 12:55:27 +0000

I know, Sheffield United play Burnley. Control the controllable, beat Stoke at home. Win on Easter Monday and it is so close.

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MWP 305: Sunderland at Elland Road. This is a massive game.

Jack Robshaw — Sun, 16 Feb 2025 14:40:31 +0000

There is a clear top four in the Championship this season. Anytime two of them meet it is a massive game. A win for Leeds would be huge. A defeat would have us all panicking.

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MWP 303: Out of the FA Cup, Watford away a more serious matter.

Jack Robshaw — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 16:07:57 +0000

Leeds made 10 changes for the FA Cup, and played like a team that had made 10 changes. Game could have gone either way but no-one is too bothered about being out. That will not be the case if the same happens at Vicarage Road.

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MWP 302: Battered Cardiff, Coventry should have been the same. FA Cup next.

Jack Robshaw — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 18:54:43 +0000

Leeds have been outstanding for the last two matches. Will we be the same in the FA Cup? Do we care?

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MWP 301 – Dullest game possible against Burnley. Cardiff City at Elland Road next.

Jack Robshaw — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 18:49:33 +0000

Yawn. 0-0 at Burnley. Next, Cardiff City at Elland Road. Who are unbeaten in eight matches.

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MWP 299: Leeds 3-0 Sheffield Wednesday. Norwich City at Elland Road next up.

Jack Robshaw — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:27:14 +0000

It wasn’t a classic, but Leeds ran out comfortable 3-0 winners over Sheffield Wednesday. Speaking of Wednesday, Leeds welcome Norwich City to Elland Road, as always desperately needing a win.

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MWP 298: Struijk injured. Sheffield Wednesday at Elland Road next.

Jack Robshaw — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:34:06 +0000

Leeds United v Sheffield Wednesday at Elland Road. Leeds will be favourites. Pascal Struijk is out injured, will Leeds react in the market?

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MWP 293: Points dropped at Preston, win needed against Oxford Utd.

Jack Robshaw — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 18:30:23 +0000

Leeds United rescued a point with a late equaliser at Deepdale against Preston, another below par away performance. In order to get away with it, the home form must remain excellent – and it should against Oxford Utd right? Right?

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MWP 291: Easy win over Derby, Middlesbrough should be much tougher.

Jack Robshaw — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 17:23:19 +0000

Leeds United beat Derby County 2-0 and it was incredibly comfortable. Middlesbrough on Tuesday night will be a lot more difficult.

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MWP 290 – Derby County at Elland Road preview.

Jack Robshaw — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 18:06:56 +0000

Following a defeat at Blackburn Rovers, Leeds sit 3rd in the table. Can Leeds bounce back with a much needed win?

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MWP 286: Two points off the top going into the international break.

Jack Robshaw — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 15:03:32 +0000

Leeds United beat QPR 2-0 at Elland Road. A deserved and fairly comfortable win. Leeds are the neutrals favourites for the league. So why are Leeds fans still not particularly happy?

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MWP 283: Neutrals are way too confident in Leeds. Bristol City away preview..

Jack Robshaw — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 17:45:06 +0000

Leeds go into their trip to Ashton Gate on the back of two consecutive wins. Neutrals are acting like Leeds are 10 points clear at the top of the league. Also, Leeds have signed Josuha Guilavogui.

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MWP 281: Disappointing start. Cardiff away next.

Jack Robshaw — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 17:44:30 +0000

8 points from 5 games. It’s definitely a disappointing start. Is the fanbase being too worried too quick? Do we need both a big win, and a big performance to get the confidence back?

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MWP 280: Leeds win at Wednesday. Ramazani. Solomon? Sallai?

Jack Robshaw — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 11:00:49 +0000

Leeds produced a very good performance to win 2-0 at Sheffield Wednesday, with new signing Largie Ramazani watching on from the stand. It looks like Manor Solomon will be next. About 4 days to sort the squad.

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MWP 278: Adieu Giorgi. Leeds hors de la coupe. Merde.

Jack Robshaw — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 19:59:05 +0000

Leeds United rotated, and gave an argument for never doing so again. Playing terribly and losing 3-0 to an also rotated Middlesbrough at Elland Road in the League Cup. Then, to top off the day, Georginio Rutter is off to Brighton.

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MWP 277: Leeds find a way, to not win.

Jack Robshaw — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 17:37:55 +0000

Opening day, batter the opposition, look really good for the most part. End up rescuing a point in the 95th minute. It’s exactly the same as last season. Panic? Or one of those days? Plus, a look at Middlesbrough at home in the League Cup.

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MWP 276: Portsmouth at Elland Road on the Opening Day.

Jack Robshaw — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 17:36:03 +0000

Opening day optimism is even higher than normal. Everyone fancies Leeds to get promoted, most fancy them to win the league. Which may lead to half the fans backing Portsmouth or Draw. Will Leeds start strong?

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MWP 274: Many outs, a few ins, and England v Spain in the EUROs Final.

Jack Robshaw — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 17:41:21 +0000

England are in the final of the EUROs. Can they overcome the form team of the competition in Spain? Leeds have got a few players out the door. Alex Cairns has signed from Salford, Joe Rothwell is in on loan from Bournemouth.

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MWP 273: Summer Ramblings. England v Slovenia preview.

Jack Robshaw — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 15:11:03 +0000

Can Southgate’s England improve performances? Plus some Leeds talk.

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MWP 257: Will Leeds United get promoted this season?

Jack Robshaw — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 11:51:18 +0000

Leeds United are top of the league, even allowing for games in hand that has to be a good thing. Will Leeds United get promoted this season?

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MWP 252: Eight wins in a row, quite a big game Friday night.

Jack Robshaw — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 13:37:05 +0000

Is it must-win? No. Is it must not lose? Also, no. However, winning at home to Leicester City would put Leeds into a very strong position. It’s a huge game.

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MWP 249: Great start to the year. Surely, we can’t mess up Rotherham at home? Right?

Jack Robshaw — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 18:27:52 +0000

Leeds United have had a great start to the year, and have got much closer to the the second automatic promotion place, as well as progressing in the FA Cup. Next up, Rotherham at home. An easy win, but we’ve thought that before.

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MWP 247: Thank you Luke Ayling

Jack Robshaw — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 18:51:46 +0000

Leeds resume the league campaign away at Cardiff City on Saturday, but the main topic of discussion is Leeds United saying goodbye to Luke Ayling after 7.5 seasons at the club.

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MWP 246: Djed Spence loan terminated. Peterborough up next in the FA Cup.

Jack Robshaw — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 15:56:29 +0000

Leeds United weren’t really tested in their 3-0 win over Birmingham City. Next up, an FA Cup trip to face Peterborough. The big news is the termination of Djed Spence’s loan at Leeds. Will he be replaced, have we decided that full-backs are a myth?

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MWP 244: Poor 1-0 defeat at Sunderland. Can we bounce back at home to Coventry?

Jack Robshaw — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 18:39:19 +0000

Leeds produced an, at best, disappointing performance in their 1-0 defeat to Sunderland at the Stadium of Light. Not many players were at their best. Next up, Coventry at Elland Road, where Leeds have been excellent.

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MWP 243: Leeds win 2-0 at Blackburn Rovers. Next, a tough away game at Sunderland.

Jack Robshaw — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 17:44:34 +0000

The kit curse is over. Leeds won 2-0 away at Blackburn Rovers after a solid performance. Taking Leeds to six wins and a draw in the last seven games. Next up, another tough away game with a trip to Sunderland.

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MWP 235: Leeds 5th in the Championship after 2-1 win over Bristol City at Elland Road.

Jack Robshaw — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 18:56:55 +0000

Leeds produced an impressive performance to win 2-1 against Bristol City at Elland Road. The result puts Leeds 5th going into the international break.

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MWP 234: Routine (dull) win over QPR. Bristol City up next.

Jack Robshaw — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 17:01:16 +0000

Leeds 1-0 QPR – that was not a very good game of football. However, a win and a clean sheet is never to be sniffed at. Plus, half the world is mad at Patrick Bamford for something it’s debatable he even did. Bristol City at Elland Road next up.

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MWP 231: Millwall away. That always goes well.

Jack Robshaw — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 18:26:46 +0000

Everyone has talked about how much upheaval there has been at Leeds. We, among many, have said the time to judge Leeds’ performances/results is from the first international break onwards. So, now is the time to get the results, but we always lose at Millwall.

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MWP 230: How do we feel about Leeds’ chances now that the transfer window is closed?

Jack Robshaw — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 18:35:30 +0000

There was lots of movement at Leeds over the summer. Leeds have signed some players we like and have held on to some we didn’t expect them to – they have also lost a whole heap of players, some of whom we wanted to keep. How do we now see our chances?

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MWP 229: Excellent 4-3 win at Ipswich Town. Piroe in. Links to many players.

Jack Robshaw — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 16:30:39 +0000

Leeds won at Ipswich, no mean feat considering the long unbeaten run they were on. Suddenly, with players back available we look like we have a squad, and it looks like we will add to it.

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MWP 228: Leeds linked to Nadiem Amiri and Joel Piroe. Ipswich preview.

Jack Robshaw — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 18:34:18 +0000

Another missed opportunity lead to a 1-1 draw against West Brom, partly Leeds being wasteful, partly being done over by a ref. The optimism was low, but now it is on the rise again after links to what “should be” good signings.

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MWP 227: Can we have a loan clause?

Jack Robshaw — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 17:38:56 +0000

Ah, remember six months ago, in pre-season, when we had optimism? Sorry, what do you mean two weeks ago?

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MWP 226: The Joe Rodon Experience.

Jack Robshaw — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 17:23:43 +0000

A bit of a ridiculous week. Even by Leeds United standards. Joe Rodon was signing, and did. Max Aarons was signing, and didn’t. Tyler Adams was signing for Chelsea, and didn’t, Willy Gnonto “made himself unavailable” for the Shrewsbury League Cup match, which Leeds made hard work of but won. Birmingham City away on Saturday.

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MWP 225: A very “Leedsy” start to the season.

Jack Robshaw — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 11:15:07 +0000

We never make it easy do we? There were a lot of positives you could take from that start to the season. However, some poor defending has cost us two points from a game we absolutely should have won. We look at the 202 draw against Cardiff, and very briefly talk about playing Shrewsbury in the League Cup.

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MWP 224: Season Predictions.

Jack Robshaw — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 19:04:01 +0000

It’s that time of year again. Predictions time. The chance to make ourselves look smart, or more likely very stupid, come the end of the season.

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MWP 222: 49ers Enterprises takeover of Leeds United approved by the EFL.

Jack Robshaw — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 17:31:10 +0000

The EFL have finally granted approval for the takeover (oddly, at night). Leeds are apparently about to sign Ethan Ampadu from Chelsea. Optimism levels have increased for most people.

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MWP 221: Players leaving for no money. Farke already annoyed. Pablo Hernandez retires.

Jack Robshaw — Fri, 14 Jul 2023 17:56:13 +0000

Leeds have had their first friendly of the season. A 2-0 defeat to Man Utd in Oslo. Several players have left, for a combined £3m, and the only incomings are two Scottish children. Farke already seems annoyed at the situation. Fans are panicked, and it’s still only mid-July.

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MWP 220: Daniel Farke appointed Leeds United manager, and squad changes expected.

Jack Robshaw — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 18:18:36 +0000

Leeds United are still awaiting EFL approval for 49ers enterprises takeover of the club, but no issues are expected. Pre-season training has started and Daniel Farke is the new man in charge. Are we excited for the new season? More importantly, are you?

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MWP 219: How to destroy everything you’ve built. Leeds relegated to the Championship.

Jack Robshaw — Mon, 29 May 2023 18:51:05 +0000

At the end of the 2020/21 season we were in such a strong position. Since that point the club have made almost exclusively bad decisions and just about ruined everything. Can we bounce back next season? Seeing as we don’t know who will be in charge at any level, your guess is probably better than ours.

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MWP 215: Man City (A) preview. Hope? What is hope?

Jack Robshaw — Thu, 04 May 2023 17:58:29 +0000

Most people think it is a case of how many Man City win by. Maybe we can muster up some more confidence. Maybe we can’t.

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MWP 214: Orta out as Director of Football. Gracia replaced by Big Sam (tomorrow, probably).

Jack Robshaw — Tue, 02 May 2023 21:02:57 +0000

Going from Bielsa to Big Sam in 14 months is quite something. Victor Orta has finally gone as director of football. What the hell happens now?

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MWP 209: Important win at home to Forest, needs to be backed up against Palace. #lufc #MOT

Jack Robshaw — Fri, 07 Apr 2023 18:33:24 +0000

Everyone knew this was probably the most vital week of the season, two home matches against sides that aren’t good. We’ve won the first one, if we can win the second our position starts to look much much stronger.

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MWP 206: A great point against Brighton, but we probably need all three at Wolves. #lufc #MOT

Jack Robshaw — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 19:01:31 +0000

Our preview of the Brighton match boiled down to: “They’re good.” Despite this, we got an excellent point, but other results still took us down to 19th in the table. Saturday, 3pm, Molineux, Wolves away. We need a win. It may even be “must-win”.

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MWP 205: Season tickets go up, unless we go down. Brighton (H) preview.

Jack Robshaw — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 17:40:45 +0000

Leeds lost 1-0 at Chelsea, but at least the 21s won. The season tickets are going up 10%, and people are struggling to see the value. Maybe we’ll see more value in it after a win against Brighton on Saturday? Should be no bother at all. Too confident? Yeah. Probably.

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MWP 202: Javi Gracia appointed as Leeds United manager. It better work, and fast.

Jack Robshaw — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 20:52:22 +0000

Everton was horrendous, the club had to act, they have. Former Watford manager Javi Gracia is the new man in charge and should be in the dugout against Southampton so long as work permit stuff is all sorted quickly. Do we think this is a good appointment?

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MWP 198: Are we happy with Leeds transfer business in January? Huge match v Forest Sunday.

Jack Robshaw — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 19:56:13 +0000

Leeds had a much less controversial transfer window than normal, and the club have certainly backed Jesse Marsch with their business. Will it be enough to keep Leeds out of trouble. Will we see and immediate impact with a win at Nottingham Forest?

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MWP 197: Are we afraid of a cup upset away at Accrington Stanley?

Jack Robshaw — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 18:56:32 +0000

We’ve had some improved performances, but we didn’t get the points to show for it. Now, we have the FA Cup trip to face Accrington Stanley, and Leeds’ history in the FA Cup should make us terrified but everyone seems calm – which might make it even worse if it goes wrong.

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MWP 196: Comfortable win against Cardiff. Brentford at Elland Road next.

Jack Robshaw — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 17:32:31 +0000

Leeds needed a win, Jesse Marsch needed a win, they got it. A good performance against Cardiff should help the confidence but now we need a result in the league – Brentford will not be easy.

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MWP 195: Does Marsch get sacked if this week goes badly?

Jack Robshaw — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 19:04:34 +0000

Cardiff at home in the FA Cup. Brentford at home at the weekend. Fail on both and Marsch loses his job…. probably. Fan patience is almost gone. We preview the Cardiff match and look back at an unfortunate defeat at Aston Villa.

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MWP 194: Cardiff goes to a replay. Transfer news. Aston Villa (A) preview.

Jack Robshaw — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 19:00:23 +0000

Leeds snatched a draw at Cardiff after a terrible start, but at least we’re still in it. It appears we are about to sign Giorginio Rutter from Hoffenheim for a heap of money, and Friday night sees a trip to Villa Park with Leeds needing a result. Plenty happening then.

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MWP 193: Jesse hates Joffy. West Ham Draw. Cardiff FA Cup preview.

Jack Robshaw — Sat, 07 Jan 2023 16:04:40 +0000

Leeds had a big missed opportunity in their failure to beat West Ham at Elland Road. There were a couple of nice goals though. We start our FA Cup with a trip to Cardiff, will we lose there as we almost always do?

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MWP 192: Draw at Newcastle, Max Wöber signs, West Ham next.

Jack Robshaw — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 19:04:16 +0000

People are very divided by the 0-0 draw at Newcastle. It’s undoubtedly a good result, but the performance was pretty awful. Plus, Leeds have made their first signing of the window in Max Wober.

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MWP 191: Man City went as expected, plus the Newcastle preview.

Jack Robshaw — Fri, 30 Dec 2022 18:07:37 +0000

A 3-1 loss to Man City is fine really, even if it could have been a far bigger scoreline. Next up is a trip to St James’ Park against Newcastle United. Newcastle have looked excellent all season, but at least they aren’t Man City. Do we have any chance?

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MWP 190: Is Radrizzani selling up imminently? Plus, Man City preview.

Jack Robshaw — Tue, 27 Dec 2022 16:05:54 +0000

This was meant to be just a preview of our imminent destruction by Erling Haaland, but quotes from Andrea Radrizzani suggest a sale may be closer than we thought. However, we have heard that before, and the timing is suspect.

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MWP 185: Where do Leeds stand going into the World Cup?

Jack Robshaw — Fri, 18 Nov 2022 19:06:09 +0000

The loss at Spurs was annoying and could have been a better result – but in the end, it’s a loss in a tough away match. The bigger question is where do Leeds stand going into the World Cup? Will we stay up? Will we climb the table?

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MWP 176: Time to worry? Palace 2-1 Leeds.

Jack Robshaw — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 19:12:08 +0000

Leeds were the better side by far for 30-40 minutes at Selhurst Park, then Patrick Vieira makes one tactical change and we offer nothing for the rest of the match.

A poor defeat, but is it a sign that there is a bigger worry than just the result?

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MWP 173: Deadline day panic and Brentford preview.

Jack Robshaw — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 18:01:00 +0000

Everton draw. An eventful deadline day. Brentford (A) preview.

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MWP 171: Solid cup win and Brighton preview.

Jack Robshaw — Fri, 26 Aug 2022 18:48:25 +0000

The cup win was solid – but the more important game is the trip to the Amex to face Brighton. It is sure to be a tough game as they have looked excellent this season.

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MWP 168: Four points from two, and we’re annoyed. Leeds, that.

Jack Robshaw — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 12:48:35 +0000

A massive missed opportunity at Southampton. Throwing away a 2-0 lead to draw 2-2 at St. Mary’s. It’s still a good start, but it should have been better.

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MWP 167: A winning start to the season against Wolves. Can we follow it up?

Jack Robshaw — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 19:23:51 +0000

Leeds got an opening day win at Elland Road, 2-1 against Wolves. Can they follow up with a win at St. Mary’s against Southampton?

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MWP 166: Pre-season predictions and Wolves preview.

Jack Robshaw — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 16:26:18 +0000

Where will Leeds finish? Which players will have a good season? Will we beat Wolves on the opening day?

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MWP 164: Australia tour done. One more pre-season game to go. Are Leeds ready?

Jack Robshaw — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 18:27:56 +0000

The Australia trip is done. One more pre-season match to go. We look at the positives and negatives we have seen in Australia.

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MWP 162: Football is back, and lots of transfer news.

Jack Robshaw — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 18:09:53 +0000

At times last season, we couldn’t wait for the season to end. Now, the excitement is back and we can’t wait for it to get started again.

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MWP 161: Some early business done, so much more to be done.

Jack Robshaw — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 18:05:46 +0000

Nice to have a couple of moves done early. More are certainly needed though. Who might come in, who might go out?

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MWP 160: Looking back at our predictions, and forward to the summer.

Jack Robshaw — Tue, 31 May 2022 20:23:57 +0000

Things have calmed down, and we are linked with anyone who is either American, or has visited Salzburg. Plus, we look back at our pre-season predictions.

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MWP 159: Leeds are staying up.

Jack Robshaw — Mon, 23 May 2022 16:44:21 +0000

All the stress, all the bad moments, all the good moments. Leeds are staying up, what a great day.

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MWP 157: Joffy magic and Struijk strike give Leeds a chance.

Jack Robshaw — Tue, 17 May 2022 20:13:37 +0000

We really needed a win, but a point will have to do. Burnley lost, Everton lost. We have a chance, how large that chance is depends on Thursday.

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MWP 156: Two games to save the season.

Jack Robshaw — Sat, 14 May 2022 15:22:03 +0000

Confidence among the fanbase is very low, and for good reason. Most of us are at the acceptance stage of the grieving process. However, it isn’t over. There are two games to save the season..

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MWP 152: Is it pragmatic, or is it just rubbish?

Jack Robshaw — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 18:21:50 +0000

Sometimes two things are true. Arguments have been all over social media about Jesse Marsch’s football after the Crystal Palace match – but maybe no-one’s right or wrong.

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MWP 149: Do Do Dooo, Ruptured Plantar Fascia

Jack Robshaw — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 18:44:11 +0000

Leeds went into the international break on a massive high after two big wins. It also gave our players time to recover from injuries, although Patrick Bamford may miss the rest of the season. Can we take a huge step towards safety by beating Southampton at Elland Road?

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MWP 143: Pain.

Jack Robshaw — Fri, 25 Feb 2022 18:50:10 +0000

Two defeats in games you expect to lose, but the Liverpool defeat was bordering on embarrassing. Are we in trouble? Is it now time to look at Bielsa’s future? Are we all panicking too much? We look back and talk everything out, before previewing the Spurs match. Which may be the most interesting team selection of the season.

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MWP 141: Leeds travel to Aston Villa, Leeds u23s get a big win.

Jack Robshaw — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 19:34:30 +0000

Leeds United u23s got a big win at Elland Road on Monday night, can the first team do the same on Wednesday against Aston Villa?

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MWP 140: A massive win at West Ham. Can we make it 9 points from 9?

Jack Robshaw — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 18:40:31 +0000

The squad didn’t come away unscathed but they did come away with three points from the trip to the London Stadium. Three points, in London, hard to believe. A win against Newcastle and we could almost calm down, almost.

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MWP 139: Drameh drama.

Jack Robshaw — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 16:21:46 +0000

Losing the FA Cup match against West Ham didn’t matter. The upcoming league match between the sides really does. Plus, Adam Forshaw has a new contract and Cody Drameh has gone, much to Marcelo Bielsa’s annoyance.

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MWP 138: A crucial win over Burnley, a signing, and an FA Cup tie no-one cares about.

Jack Robshaw — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 18:07:23 +0000

We said the Burnley match was huge, and Leeds delivered a massive three points. Now the stress level goes down for the FA Cup trip to West Ham.

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MWP 137: Liverpool off, Villa probably (now definitely) off.

Jack Robshaw — Sun, 26 Dec 2021 14:08:01 +0000

The Arsenal match was poor, and that will be it for the year. That Burnley match on 2nd January is going to be huge.

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MWP 130: Should we panic?

Jack Robshaw — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 17:33:50 +0000

The 1-0 defeat at Southampton was so much worse than the score suggested, a defeat against Wolves and the fear could really take hold. We’ll look at those two games ahead of a game that feels more and more crucial by the minute.

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MWP 127: Draw at Burnley. A disappointing start to the season?

Jack Robshaw — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 18:28:30 +0000

Episode 127. Looking back at the 1-1 draw at Turf Moor against Burnley.

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MWP 126. Everton, Crewe, and Turf Moor too.

Jack Robshaw — Thu, 26 Aug 2021 18:20:58 +0000

Episode 126. Not a great start, but not a disaster. A win at Turf Moor would make it look much better.

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MWP 125: Man Utd (A) Preview.

Jack Robshaw — Fri, 13 Aug 2021 18:52:24 +0000

Episode 125. The first match of the season always feels big. When it’s away at Man Utd it’s even bigger. Can we get a result?

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MWP 124: A new season, some new predictions that you can laugh at us for later.

Jack Robshaw — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 20:22:23 +0000

Episode 124. It’s a new season. We better look at how wrong we were last season. Then, as always, we are doing our predictions for the upcoming season.

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Mighty Whites Podcast: Episode 121 – So long to Pablo and Bera.

Jack Robshaw — Fri, 21 May 2021 19:18:19 +0000

Leeds United have announced that Pablo Hernandez and Gaetano Berardi will leave the club at the end of the season. We’re joined by Andrew Dalton (@lufcstats) to discuss them and their legacy at the club. We’ll also talk about the final game of the season on Sunday against West Brom.

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Mighty Whites Podcast: Episode 117. Liverpool, ESL dead for now, Man Utd next.

Jack Robshaw — Sat, 24 Apr 2021 14:50:04 +0000

Episode 117. Leeds United got a very good draw at home to Liverpool, and could have won it. Next up, Man Utd at home. Can we bloody the nose of a third consecutive Super League side?

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Mighty Whites Podcast: Episode 111: Can we get anything against Chelsea?

Jack Robshaw — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 21:26:21 +0000

We lost against West Ham, it was in London so it’s to be expected. Next up, Chelsea at Elland Road. Unfortunately they don’t have Lampard anymore so they’re significantly better than when they hammered us earlier in the season.

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Mighty Whites Podcast: Episode 109 – 26.02.21

Jack Robshaw — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 20:10:58 +0000

Episode 109. Leeds got an important three points against Southampton. Can we claim another three against Aston Villa who are sans-Grealish?

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Mighty Whites Podcast: Episode 105 – 07.02.21

Jack Robshaw — Sun, 07 Feb 2021 11:17:48 +0000

Leeds arguably had the better of the play against Everton but a couple of costly errors resulted in defeat. Can we bounce back against Palace?

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Summer Dreams – 2010

Christian 'KC' Lawley — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 20:19:57 +0000

For football fans the summer is always a time for optimism. You’re awaiting the first game of the season, a few new players have arrived and you’ve got a couple of pre-season friendlies under your belt. The signs point to it being your year this year. Unfortunately as a Leeds fan we have been brought back down to earth with a massive bump.

Player sales, lack of signings, a mad Italian man doing his best to upset absolutely everyone are just a few of the things that have prematurely ruined the summer for us. This year, however, there has been an increase in positivity from both the fans and the club itself. This got me thinking about previous years, about the ins and outs, managerial changes, ownership structures, everything.

With Leeds back in the Championship after a three year stay in League One, confidence was high and fans were excited for what lay ahead. After a dramatic win on the final day of the season to secure promotion, the club had bid farewell to top goalscorer and all-around hero Jermaine Beckford who made the move to Everton with everyone’s best wishes. Simon Grayson’s task was to bolster his squad to prepare to stay in the Championship.

It was to be a busy transfer window for the club, seeing a number of arrivals as well as some departures, keeping fans guessing about what was to come. Rui Marques, Casper Ankergren and Paul Dickov departed after their contracts expired. Alan Sheehan and Tresor Kandol had their contracts mutually terminated, ending their long stints away from the first team.

Sanchez Watt returned to the club on loan from Arsenal after being part of the promotion-winning side the year before. Neill Collins made his loan from the previous season permanent, joining from Preston.

Ross McCormack would join from Cardiff City for an undisclosed fee (reportedly around £400,000) having fallen out of favour following an injury lay-off. This was considered a good signing by most people, especially as Cardiff had turned down a £4m bid for the striker just one year earlier.

Arriving with a strong goals to games ratio, McCormack joined Luciano Becchio, Davide Somma and Mike Grella as well as another new recruit, Billy Paynter, who had joined from Swindon after his contract had expired. Paynter had scored four goals in two games against The Whites the previous season and a total of 26 goals in the league, and in the match at Elland Road he and Charlie Austin had looked a cut above anyone else on the pitch.

To add to United’s defence, in came Alex Bruce from Ipswich, as well as full backs Paul Connolly and Federico Bessone. With Ben Parker spending much of the previous season injured, Bessone came in looking like he would make the position his own. He had a very good season for Swansea the previous year with some statistics websites having him down as the best left-back in the league. Paul Connolly came in as replacement for Jason Crowe and Andy Hughes, both seen as not being of the quality needed for Championship football.

Arguably, Leeds’ first piece of business was also their biggest. Kasper Schmeichel agreed a deal after spending the season at Notts County, coming in as their record signing while Munto Finance were incharge (when they also installed Sven-Goran Eriksson as Director Of Football and signed Sol Campbell on a 5-year deal less than a month before his 35^th birthday). Schmeichel was highly rated at both Notts County and previous club Manchester City, aged just 23. He was given the number one shirt ahead of the incredibly handsome Shane Higgs and, except for a short period of injury, was the first choice goalkeeper all season.

Other incomings were; Lloyd Sam, a right winger coming in to provide cover for Robert Snodgrass and Max Gradel. He signed from Charlton having had a good season in League One, they couldn’t afford his wages so his contract was allowed to run out.

Honduran Internation Ramon Nunez, of whom little was known except that he had won MVP during the 2011 Copa Centroamericana, and that he had turned down clubs in the Mexican Premier League to try his luck in Europe.

Finally there was Adam Clayton, a youngster from Manchester City whose debut was memorable or him committing two fouls in his first minute on the pitch.

Of the new recruits, only Schmiechel and Connolly would be considered first team regulars. Neill Collins was sold to rivals Sheffield United in January, while Paynter, McCormack and Sam were regularly on the bench. Nunez and Clayton were sent out on loan and Alex Bruce had spells in the starting line-up before losing his place. Bessone was very quickly dropped from the left back spot, with Simon Grayson deeming him not mentally strong enough after a particularly poor performance against Barnsley.

After a mixed bag of results during the first quarter of the season, Leeds would lift themselves up to second place in December after a memorable victory over QPR. Unfortunately, Leeds would find consistency difficult and finished the season in seventh place, just three points outside the play-offs. Had Leeds not been in second place in December then it may have felt like a more successful season. Instead it had the feel of Leeds running out of steam and lacking quality depth to maintain the challenge (sound familiar?). Fans would look ahead to what seemed like the perfect opportunity to add to the side and push for promotion the following season.

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Summer Dreams – 2002

Christian 'KC' Lawley — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 20:14:01 +0000

It was a summer of change at Elland Road in 2002. David O’Leary had been sacked after failing to take the club back in to the Champions League and Terry Venables had been brought in. Leeds’ financial situation was still to be fully revealed to the public so it came as a shock when the club sold record signing Rio Ferdinand to that lot from Salford. Still, Venables inherited a strong squad and it was believed by many that Champions League qualification would be attainable.

It was a relatively quiet summer for Leeds with only two players coming in. Nick Barmby arrived from Liverpool for a modest £2.75m, he had worked with Venables previously with Tottenham and England. After an injury-plagued tenure with Liverpool, Barmby was deemed surplus to requirements so was brought in to bolster Leeds’ depth on the wing.

Paul Okon was another who had spent part of his career playing under Venables, this time with Middlesbrough and Australia. It was first thought that Okon would serve as a back-up, adding some experience to what O’Leary had often referred to as a young team. Little did Leeds fans know what was going on behind the scenes.

Leeds brought in defender Teddy Lucic on loan from AIK Solna on August 31st, but that news was to quickly be pushed to the side as Robbie Keane was sold to Tottenham for £7m. Having first arrived at Leeds on loan from Inter Milan, Keane’s move was made permanent the previous summer. The real concern of this was that Keane had been in and around the first team and his transfer came at a loss of £5m.

It became clear shortly after this the true extent of the club’s financial position. Club Chairman Peter Ridsdale had been quoted as saying there was no need to sell players but Leeds had lost two international players and replaced them with cheap alternatives. Ferdinand was seen as one of the best defenders in the world, and whilst £30m was a world record fee for a defender, it still worried fans that a player of such quality was not only being sold, but being sold to the enemy.

Barmby’s Leeds career got off to a promising start with a debut goal in a win against Manchester City. Interestingly in this game Robbie Keane would also score his final goal for the club before his move South. The new recruits made very little impact however with Barmby scoring just three more times that campaign. Okon, preferred to fan-favourite Olivier Dacourt, was often berated and was clearly not good enough for a mid-table Premier League side, let alone a side seeking Champions League qualification and a possible title push. In fact, Paul Okon should be grateful for Matt Grimes as he has pushed him a further spot away from the title of worst Leeds midfielder.

Things went from bad to worse as the season progressed with Venables falling out with a number of players. Lee Bowyer, who just two years before had been problematic for defenders in the Champions League and was arguably the best English midfielder for a time, had now become a problem for Leeds themselves and was sold for a paltry £300,000 in January.

Around this time, Ridsdale had said that the Crown Jewels were not for sale. Leeds fans saw those jewels to be the likes of Smith, Woodgate, Robinson, the clubs homegrown talent. This statement became farcical when Woodgate had been sold to Newcastle for £9m at the end of January. Venables had been taking Leeds further from Champions League qualification that’s for sure, but the decisions being made around him certainly didn’t help.

In the end, Venables was sacked in March 2003 with the club being drawn ever closer to the relegation zone. Peter Reid was brought in and able to guide the club to safety after a 3-2 win over Arsenal, their final defeat before going a season unbeaten.

After finishing fourth the previous season, fans had hoped for a push to regain their Champions League status so that we could once again live the dream. In reality, this was the beginning of the nightmare.

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