As a special treat for you in the run up to the start of the last nine games, Jon spoke to David Anderson, Brentford fan and friend of the podcast, to talk through the mini-season that could see Leeds end up back in the Premier League.

They talked through:

• How Brentford fans are feeling going into the final stretch
• How he sees Leeds at the present moment
• The race for automatic promotion
• The race for the play-offs
• And the outsiders who could be there or thereabouts

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Jon is back joined by Darren Driver, Joe Hill and a debutant, Tom Alderson.

They cover a number of topics:

• Daniel Ayala - "It's a no from me"
• Pablo Hernandez injury scare?
• Two years of Marcelo Bielsa
• Helder Costa: Important Cog or Expensive Mistake - Tom talks us through his recent article on ASAW Medium page (https://medium.com/@allstatsarentwe/helder-costa-important-cog-or-expensive-mistake-11e0af474eaf)
• Opposition View: Ben James of View from the Ninian joins u
• Cardiff preview
• Listener Q

It's nearly back!

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Jon, Darren and Joe are back to chat through the run up to the season starting.

Plenty to talk about, including:

• Jean-Kevin Augustin - has that gamble failed?
• Patrick Bamford - no talent for finishing?
• The fixture list - we look at how the season is shaping out to look from the restart
• Why do Leeds fans love the idea of old players returning?
• Jamie Kemp's new Medium post - just how good are Bielsa's Leeds?
• Listener Qs

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In this episode, Jon is joined by Alex Benham, a PhD student from the University of Oxford who focuses his studies on the history of pandemics and their impacts on public health. Alex talks in great detail about:

• The testing protocols for the Championship
• How these compare to the Premier League's
• What Leeds are doing with a PCR testing machine
• How safe is training?
• How safe is playng?
• The disproportionate risk for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) people
• What the timeline of the disease looks like
• What is actually at stake here?
• How we can be more responsible as fans about this return

It's a really insightful episode that is well worth listening to regardless of what you feel about Project Restart.

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In this episode, Jon, Darren (@DarrenDriver) and Joe (@joehill96) are back to complete the squad assessment where they cover:

Right wing

Left wing

and Striker options.

Along the way they consider:

Project Restart

The issues that pandemic football will throw at Leeds under Bielsa

Samu Saiz

and potential Premier League goalkeeper signings

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The first in what is hopefully a weekly episode throughout the course of the rest of the season (touch wood). Jon is joined by debutants Darren Driver (@DarrenDriver) and Joe Hill (@joehill96) to talk through the possibility of a return to football in the Championship. They then turn their eyes to the issue of squad depth - particularly the question of central midfield. Enjoy!

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Josh and Jon sat down to watch the Centenary FA Cup final - a match between Leeds and Arsenal which was held at Old Wembley in 1972. It was a first real analysis of Revie-era Leeds from the guys. Find out how they did by listening in.

Watch along here:  https://footballia.net/matches/arsenal-fc-leeds-united 

If you want the second half as well, it's available on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/36317909

Enjoy!

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Jon and Tom have a chat about The Damned United film and book and look back to the history of the Clough failure. Enjoy!

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Josh and Jon have sat down to talk you through the Champions League quarter final first leg against Deportivo la Coruna.

This episode has the first 45 mins with some context and an explainer for how to watch the game along with us. If you want the full episode, head over to https://www.patreon.com/posts/35271502

Video available at:  https://footballia.net/matches/leeds-united-deportivo-de-la-coruna 

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Jon joins Joe Forrester to talk all about Leeds United after coronavirus. MOT

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