FEW people outside Leeds will lament the Whites’ failure to grab a play-off place. That much was obvious when Fulham travelled to Huddersfield a fortnight back.
As news of Leeds’ deficit at Burton flashed up on a giant scoreboard, both sets of supporters united in a Joy Division-inspired chorus of ‘Leeds are falling apart’. No side elicits animosity quite like North Yorkshire’s finest – a cartoon baddie accused of arrogance, dirty play and multiple other sins down the years.
Yet even their most ardent critic must respect what Garry Monk has a...