Steve Turner @steve-turner ?

There’s a new era underway at Elland Road, and with eras there’s no middle ground, they either go down in history as successful or unsuccessful. In Leeds’ recent history it has often been the latter. In our greatest times we’ve always had a stand out leader on the pitch who has been the epitome of [...]

The ‘new manager effect’ is a well known term in football. The normal scenario tends to involve a team that is struggling for confidence and form reaching a crucial point in their season, followed by a chairman or owner taking a gamble on bringing in a new man to try and either keep their team [...]

I’ll start this by pointing out that I’m a fan of GFH. After originally voicing my doubts as the takeover concluded I’ve spoken out in support of them over the last few months as they’ve progressed in making positive changes for the club, it’s made a refreshing change. Change is exactly what GFH promised, and [...]

Saturdays 2-1 defeat to Huddersfield effectively put the final nail in the coffin for our season, with a seven point gap that would prove difficult for most in form teams, never mind one that lacks a severe cutting edge. With any defeat comes negativity, but it’s when the defeat is also met with an air [...]

Everybody knows that football is a crazy game, anything can happen at any time and you often find that even the unexpected isn’t all that surprising. Four games ago we were a sinking ship, everybody had given up and despite being resigned to yet another season in the Championship, our major worry was over whether [...]

Sunday was a poignant reminder of just how far Leeds have fallen. Matched against the current Premier League champions who had clambered their way to the top from similar depths to us, in a cup tie that was never even a contest. Leeds were outplayed, outfought and outdone in every single department. Except one. Once [...]

It’s hard to sum up the general feeling around Elland Road at the minute. Worryingly, I can’t decide whether that’s due to the amount of different opinions flying around, or whether it’s simply a fact that there just isn’t much feeling at all. Our fans are renowned for their passion and commitment to the cause. [...]

Personally, I can’t wait for the transfer window to close. The last 25 days has been the most frustrating period of time since, well, the takeover. Unfortunately, there are some recurring themes that have appeared throughout both. When GFH took over they couldn’t have expected the amount of blame, and at times abuse, that would [...]

On the morning of the takeover, around half an hour before it was announced, I wrote an article explaining how I believed GFH Capital and Ken Bates had effectively managed to throw our season away. At that point we were floundering near the bottom of the league and the season looked well and truly beyond [...]

The last ten days has seen some Leeds fans seemingly lose patience with the lack of any immediate transfer window action at the club, with the majority of those directing their frustration towards our new owners. While I can understand their reasoning to a degree, I can’t help but sympathise with GFH-C over the situation. [...]

After seemingly turning a corner in the season with a few well earned victories, the last few games have made sure our feet have stayed firmly on the ground. With every defeat comes that feeling of disappointment, and losing to Hull, despite being completely outplayed, was no exception. What was hardest to take was the [...]

Building momentum in the Championship is crucial for any team that seriously wants to challenge. Over the years the season has often ended with at least one team reaching the Play Offs that had been out of the reckoning at Christmas. Check the table now and you can go as low as Bolton in 18th, [...]

The last few weeks have been fantastic for Leeds. We’ve seen new owners come onboard who instantly provided funds to recruit players that have made a real difference to the team, we’ve seen performances on the pitch improve in an impressive fashion, and we’ve seen the atmosphere finally return to Elland Road. Unfortunately one thing [...]

After seven long months of writing about potential takeovers, Ken Bates, disappointing performances, a lack of players, Ken Bates, the negativity around the club, the divided fan base, the dwindling attendances, Ken Bates etc, it’s nice to finally be able to throw off the shackles and be positive. And positive we are. Last week will [...]

It’s Christmas next month. The majority of us will at some point pull a cracker and read out one of the notoriously bad jokes inside that are always funny, in a really unfunny way. How suitable it is then that we sit here still awaiting the ‘imminent’ announcement of a completed takeover by GFH Capital, [...]

Saturday changed things for me. There I was, sat in the North stand surrounded by other Leeds fans as we watched our team get absolutely dismantled by Watford. The final whistle blew and the majority of us stayed to show the players some appreciation for their efforts in a game that was almost completely out [...]

I wont lie, I toyed with the idea of doing an open letter to Neil Warnock instead of this, but after practically begging Snodgrass to stay in the open letter I wrote to him, days before he sharply took off from Elland Road, I decided against it. The reason I had the idea to write [...]

I almost always get comments on my articles telling me that they’re negative, which is fair enough, as the last few months has thrown up a lot to discuss and hardly any of it has been pretty or nice to read, but it has been worth talking about. Now, I feel like we might finally [...]

It hasn’t been the best week for Leeds, we’ve been back in the press for all the wrong reasons. While jumping around like a lunatic after seeing Michael Tonge smash that goal in I noticed a few fans run on the pitch but didn’t think much of it. At least, until it turned out that [...]