Championship

HECKINGBOTTOM’S MEN START SLOWLY

by
The LeaguePaper Team
26 November 2017

STAR MAN SAMU SAIZ Leeds
UNDER mounting pressure after a wretched run of results, Thomas Christiansen must have dreamed of opposition like Barnsley.
On paper, a local derby in which Leeds have traditionally struggled looked a perilous prospect for the Danishborn Spaniard. In reality, a much-changed Tykes side offered pitiful resistance.
With Sky’s cameras making a rare visit to Oakwell, this was torture by TV for Paul Heckingbottom’s men, who started sluggishly and never recovered.
Leeds, accused of lacking backbone in recent weeks, were simply more powerful, more purposeful ...

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