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So you believe all this Gabe? You've taken all this as being gospel. .. I totally disagree with abuse of power, and any form of sexual predatory behaviour, by either gender, it is abhorrent. But I do think there is an over-biased and a toxic agenda being pushed by neo identity, sex and gender politics. ..

Great show. Kudos on calling out The Square Ball on this. Totally uncalled for. This was the work of Michael Normanton, no doubt.

Good video, fair assessment. Glad to hear both sides of the story. USMNT fan here. Question for Leeds fans who always say, why don’t you support your club? Should I support Real Salt Lake, DC United? Maybe Inter Miami? How in the f*** can I support teams that have stolen the names of famous European clubs, and produce such terrible players. MLS is a joke of a league full of has beens and never will be’s. So yeah, we follow our players. We literally have no choice. It just feels gross and stupid to say I support Real Salt Lake.

Don't disagree with most of this. that said fact is McKinney is starting regularly for Juve again. He was played out of postiion. Still don't like Leeds fans. I thought they were particularly toxic that season. To be fair, I hate most USMNT fans even more.

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so gabe are you trying to make a neutral football channel or leedscentric channel , if you want to see how to make a footie channel on youtube and get millions of fans watch mark goldbridge who has both .he runs the biggest man utd channel in the uk (united stand) and also has 1 million plus on his non affiliated channel (thats football) he is the best at the job and even though i am a liverpool fan i watch both channels .plus for me the best leeds utd youtuber in the uk is justjoe

An overall good and fair assessment of what went wrong last season. As an Irishman living in NY who has been a Leeds fan since 1975 I had really wanted JM to succeed as it would have meant Leeds did well and would have gone some way towards removing the stereotype Europeans have that Americans cannot coach football. It was clear after Fulham at home that Marsch was out of his depth. Aaronson started well but disappeared after the World Cup. Adams, along with Rodrigo, were among the few highlights. I get why you call Adams a flop as he missed half the season but that's hardly his fault. Had he stayed fit, Leeds may well have survived. That being said the other big issue was JM not adequately utilizing Klich and allowing him to leave in January - Klich could have been a good replacement for Adams.

Leeds chooses you. You can't choose Leeds without having to accept downs.

The football authorities and clubs pay lip service to mental health as their prime objective is to take in yet more cash. I feel sorry for players whose mental health issues are publicised by a club. This should never happen in any workplace it's an indefensible act that should not be tolerated.

I loathe all Yanks who pollute English football. The fact we stabbed our Lord and Saviour in the back for these vermin still pains me to this day.

I thought Jesse Marsch's jeans were his only redeeming feature. Top video. ALAW

So I subscribed to you before I even watched a single video of yours and having now watched the video that originally popped up on my feed (take a guess which one) and now this one I am extremely impressed. It feels so great to have a fellow American Leeds United fan putting out content who has such balanced views on these topics. Good Leeds/football focused channels are few and far between. Thanks for the quality content and I have no doubt you will quickly rise through the (admittedly thin) ranks of Leeds content creators.

Great video! Football is a reflection of society…

Something no one is talking about, not only that but something I've not thought about before because sometimes it's almost as if football is an entire entity apart. It makes me think without going too deep about what we all say to eachother not only online but also offline. Great video American or not ALAW

Great Video. This is definitely a subject we need to be more open to bring up and discuss on a global level. It's been kept in the dark for way to long because it's an uncomfortable subject. Thank you for making this video and bringing some light and discourse to mental health.

Gabe, fantastic content. I'm a mental health worker, and have had, and still have mental health issues, but you're absolutely right that simply acknowledging that "mental health issues" exist and conflating them without trying to understand and become more aware is not enough. You've helped me to focus more on (hopefully) being a better voice in raising awareness inside and outside of football. Brilliant again, thank you so much! Peace and love. MOT

Cracking show today, mate. The players' union if there is one should have it as a core area that their members should be able to seek out without hassle. Bielsa, did he not introduce a thing which players could see someone weekly while he was at our club (leeds)?

I’m here through one Leeds and I have to say, great content, Gabe

Great watch Gabe, much needed discussion. I’ve been dealing with depression on/off since I was a teen, but now after I finished my chemo and physical health is getting better I feel being this sick for that long has taken toll on my mental health. MOT💙🤍💛

He correctly observed that Gnonto isn't quite ready for the Premier League, at least as I see it. He requires additional development time before consistently securing a spot in a Premier League starting lineup. After a season in the Championship, he should be prepared to serve as a squad member for a bottom 10 Premier League team.

Ultimately the board were responsible for our relegation, not purchasing the right players and trying to stay up on the cheap then panic buying when we were in dire straits at the end of Jan. I think the vast majority of last years team downed tools when things weren’t going well, the fact they had loan clauses in so many of their contracts suggests they didn’t give a crap about Lufc as a club as they had a get out in place. Would love to have been a fly on the wall at the infamous palace game. I’m gutted Tyler left and more so the things that have come out since about him wanting to take Leeds to court. Would have had him as a future captain but alas. Liked JM but he was clearly out of his depth and the Liverpool win was ultimately our downfall as I think he would have gone before that result. Hopefully we can consolidate and perform to a high standard and go up.

Where’s the French crop with fade gone 🤷🏻👍🏻

Hey up Grimsby lad!!! Great new show can't wait for more. Different hair too!!😂

Great intro especially the Mary Poppins piece. Bielsa was incredible and with average championship level players. We should have upgrade the players over time but Victor wanted to gamble and bring in Jessie mid season, just when the fixtures improved.. Farke and this team is good thou, still one or two players short but definitely top 6 but maybe even win it

Something that’s kind of hard to articulate to Americans is the way their naivety comes across in context. Barring Pele playing for the Cosmos back in the 70s, the only time until about 2014 or so you’d ever hear football being talked about in American media was as a figure of fun. I.e. the Simpsons saying it was boring, the back pages after a World Cup saying it’s a silly game anyway, or the President not knowing the rules against Ghana. So you grow up with the notion that this country doesn’t get it and have their own set of sports with competitions like the World Series that doesn’t include the rest of the world and they don’t even call the sport by it’s proper name. Then, bam all of a sudden you’ve got legions of new people coming in who’s primary motivation is their own national team telling you their opinion on your club is just as valid as yours.

Really glad you start doing these Gabe. Having watched you before on other content creators I subscribed before even watching a video. Not disappointed. I like your perspective and articulation. More please.

Great video Gabe.

Totally agree with everything it’s not the American players fault but they were American on top of a American manager & system,40 years as a Leeds fan & was at Bournemouth when we got promoted,so have seen it all

Great video Gabe as usual. I really wanted JM to work and the USA players were exciting additions. It didn't work because of many factors which was a shame but we go again.

Gabe that was awesome dude👏😁💛🤍💙🦚

Went into this with an open mind. I'm retired and watch every LUFC game, so of course saw every Marsch game and every one played by the Yanks. For starters, let's get the truth out there, Koch, Kristensen and Llorente are not Americans but all have been slammed by the fanbase and rightly so. Three internationals who put in countless gutless performances. Bottom line, they were not cut out for the PL. And let's not get started on Junior Firpo. OK, on Marsch. Absolutely not qualified to even be shortlisted. What the hell was Orta doing. Failed at Leipzig and only won at Salzburg because they dominated their league financially and offered pathways to the best youth in Europe. Search for his tactics at both clubs and you can see plenty of red flags. So Marsch was a fraud and then didnt even put together a quality backroom staff to assist with the tactical side, as in many ways he is a mental coach. True enough, Marsch had a big mouth from day one and made himself look a fool. Orta. Yip, here was the problem. An absolute naive owner who put 100% faith in a DoF who had failed at Boro. The club probably gave Orta 300 million in the PL across 6 transfer windows and arguably bought only Adams and Raphinha who succeeded. That's just not good enough and when you are trying to upgrade a rapidly ageing EFL squad, it's not going to work no matter what coach you have. I like Aaronson and think he has something to offer. What he needed was to come into a side slowly with support of the players around him. The team was struggling and he was left to flounder. Needs to get in the gym and gain a bit of mass to be stronger in possession. Harrison did private work every off season and improved as a result. Ultimate professional that guy. Ironically, Aaronson would have done well under Bielsa. Bang on the money with McKennie. Otherwise not bad at all. Have great hopes for the 49ers. What they want and what the fanbase want are aligned. Pretty successful summer given all the influences and probably a good AM away from taking this league. Hopefully gets sorted in January.

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and we do not want any of the loanees back - not one!

all marsch players had a lack of commitment to the club, couldn't wait to desert when we got relegated - with their help!

I don’t think the US players are particularly in the cross hairs / Marsch though was terrible

You can't just blame the yanks,biesla was over rated ratzs&orta poor recruitment. Aaronson disappointed me but he kepted on picking him.jesses work in progress got my goat.

Good summary 👍

We wanted JM to be successful, obviously. The way he waffled on bugged us. Buying American players concerned us but we trusted him, initially. Aaronson wasn’t a Premier League player, clearly. McKennie didn’t prove he was a Premier League player. Adams did and we loved his efforts but the way he left the club made us disapprove of him too. That is 4 out of 4 Americans in our club that let us down. It isn’t a hatred of Americans. We love you guys. You just talk a lot 🤣

Great stuff mate, keep it coming!

I think it was the way they conducted their departures more than anything. They all performed poorly, got us relegated and didn't have the inclination to right the wrong they were part off.

Calgary calling...very good piece this Gabe and pretty accurate and objective. We move on under Farke, a proven Championship winner twice and with our new additions of mostly proven quality, I expect us to be promoted. ALAW, MOT

You would've done a better job than Jesse Marsch. There I said it.

a fair take on the Americans, but your way off on Southgate

At the age of 75, As a Leeds Utd supporter, since the days of John Charles, Don Revie playing for Leeds, remembering, the debut game of Don Revie's first match, where Alan Humphries saved a penalty against the run of play with Sheffield Utd, who had on the previous season was relegated from the, then, first division. Leeds avoided relegation to the third division by winning against Newcastle away at the last game of the season. With the same team, Leeds ended up 5th. The following season with superb signings won promotion. The rest, is history, I live in Leeds, I talk to the Leeds fans who also live locally. The Jessie Marcsh thing, was nothing more than drawing American interest, so as to sell more shirts. As you point out, and we agree, that, that might have worked Internationally. Drawing in the American interest, as you suggested, failed. We didn't want to be RBLeeds Utd. Great video though.

As an England based Leeds fan I don't see it the way you are describing, Gabe. I thought the appointment of Marsch was wrong as soon as he arrived, for several reasons (style of football #1), but not because he was an American. Adams was one of our better players, but I agree it was a near whole squad failure. I don't blame the American players specifically , they were all as bad as each other.

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Great video Gabe, really engaging content. Just one thing you said that I'd push back on about the Bielsa players getting no stick compared to the USMNT players even though they all underperformed, that's not really true. Junior Firpo, Patrick Bamford, Robin Koch, Illan Meslier all got dogs abuse. And to a lesser extent but at some points during the season, Adam Forshaw, Jack Harrison and Pascal Struijk (only really after Wober came in) did as well. By the same token, Kristensen and Roca also got plenty of abuse from fans and even though they were Marsch signings, they weren't USMNT players. The main reason I think USMNT signings did, and continue to cop abuse, is the social media warring between USMNT and non-American Leeds fans. You did point a lot of this out, but I would also just add to it that English football culture has a strong club-before-country feel, and similarly club-before-player feel. The US "fans" that we got coming in and trumpeting about players and the nationality of said players rubbed people the wrong way before the season even kicked off. Somewhat analogously, if you look at the Messi vs Ronaldo debate, that sort of thing hasn't really crept into English football culture. We don't idolise single players in the same way that other footballing cultures do. English football culture is about heritage, fanbases, derbies. This is somewhat antithetical to what the USMNT fans were excited about, so inadvertently these sections of the fanbase put most Leeds fans off these players by virtue of this clash in footballing culture

Well said and well done.

With some empathy to Weston….what must he have thought when Big Sam pitched up?

Really, Brendan was the record-signing. Ooh. Not a good fee for sure then.