EastStandUpper
@eaststandupper.bsky.social
Arcane facts, dubious insights and unjustly confident opinions on Leeds United Football Club.
Vs Brazil Olympic team from the captions I’ve found.
November 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Vs Brazil Olympic team from the captions I’ve found.
Europe Select XI vs Brazil Olympic team at Le Tournoi in Paris, 1976.
Standing: Keegan, Jordan, Spiegel, Georgescu, Petrovic, Van Hanegem.
Kneeling: Bremner, Suurbier, Bianchi, Spiegler and Rensenbrink.
Europe won 3-2!
Standing: Keegan, Jordan, Spiegel, Georgescu, Petrovic, Van Hanegem.
Kneeling: Bremner, Suurbier, Bianchi, Spiegler and Rensenbrink.
Europe won 3-2!
November 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Europe Select XI vs Brazil Olympic team at Le Tournoi in Paris, 1976.
Standing: Keegan, Jordan, Spiegel, Georgescu, Petrovic, Van Hanegem.
Kneeling: Bremner, Suurbier, Bianchi, Spiegler and Rensenbrink.
Europe won 3-2!
Standing: Keegan, Jordan, Spiegel, Georgescu, Petrovic, Van Hanegem.
Kneeling: Bremner, Suurbier, Bianchi, Spiegler and Rensenbrink.
Europe won 3-2!
Seriously? Is that where we are?
November 14, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Seriously? Is that where we are?
Translation: Things were better when I was 11.
November 14, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Translation: Things were better when I was 11.
Agree... but, sadly, entertainment + spectacle seems to attract more money than elite skill in combat sports these days.
November 13, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Agree... but, sadly, entertainment + spectacle seems to attract more money than elite skill in combat sports these days.
Depends how you look at it... he's making a ton of cash.
November 13, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Depends how you look at it... he's making a ton of cash.
I once read a travel review that went something like, "With its bustling nightlife, illuminated skyline and constant hum of traffic, New York truly is the Big Apple."
I assume they meant to say, "... truly is the city that never sleeps". But I'm glad the sub left it. Still chuckle about it now.
I assume they meant to say, "... truly is the city that never sleeps". But I'm glad the sub left it. Still chuckle about it now.
November 12, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I once read a travel review that went something like, "With its bustling nightlife, illuminated skyline and constant hum of traffic, New York truly is the Big Apple."
I assume they meant to say, "... truly is the city that never sleeps". But I'm glad the sub left it. Still chuckle about it now.
I assume they meant to say, "... truly is the city that never sleeps". But I'm glad the sub left it. Still chuckle about it now.
Thank God Saville wasn't arsed about football... there is a clip of a young Peter Stringfellow in a Leeds kit celebrating the 1972 Cup win, but that might have just been DJ ingratiation.
November 12, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Thank God Saville wasn't arsed about football... there is a clip of a young Peter Stringfellow in a Leeds kit celebrating the 1972 Cup win, but that might have just been DJ ingratiation.
Good grief.... good question, though: who is our "worst" fan?
November 12, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Good grief.... good question, though: who is our "worst" fan?
"We really want Florian Wirtz, but we know that one will be hard to get over the line..."
November 12, 2025 at 9:16 AM
"We really want Florian Wirtz, but we know that one will be hard to get over the line..."
He got into a spat with former LBC host Sangita Myska when she referenced Robbie Gibb's role at the Jewish Chronicle... predictably, he thought that was a racist dog-whistle rather than perfectly legitimate criticism of a paper with a mountain of ethics violations.
November 12, 2025 at 9:15 AM
He got into a spat with former LBC host Sangita Myska when she referenced Robbie Gibb's role at the Jewish Chronicle... predictably, he thought that was a racist dog-whistle rather than perfectly legitimate criticism of a paper with a mountain of ethics violations.
*rings bell in the background*
November 11, 2025 at 10:42 AM
*rings bell in the background*
I look forward to the TV rights bonanza collapsing... we may stand a chance of getting our game back.
November 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM
I look forward to the TV rights bonanza collapsing... we may stand a chance of getting our game back.
Wilbur Cush next to Jack, I think...
November 11, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Wilbur Cush next to Jack, I think...
Bit like Britpop in that it hoovered up/took credit for culturally adjacent stuff happening elsewhere… Japan, Duran Duran, Soft Cell, etc.
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Bit like Britpop in that it hoovered up/took credit for culturally adjacent stuff happening elsewhere… Japan, Duran Duran, Soft Cell, etc.
Seemed to be a very bitchy, self-promotional scene… everyone trying to be famous, everyone else resenting everyone’s efforts to be famous and, ultimately, everyone succeeding to be famous through sheer dogged perseverance.
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Seemed to be a very bitchy, self-promotional scene… everyone trying to be famous, everyone else resenting everyone’s efforts to be famous and, ultimately, everyone succeeding to be famous through sheer dogged perseverance.
I like a lot of the music that inspired/coalesced around Billy’s/The Blitz, but I’m pretty sure I’d’ve hated *everyone* in that scene…!!
November 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I like a lot of the music that inspired/coalesced around Billy’s/The Blitz, but I’m pretty sure I’d’ve hated *everyone* in that scene…!!
That's my issue. The more we play, the less potent and cohesive we look...
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
That's my issue. The more we play, the less potent and cohesive we look...
I get why he's doing it... explaining away "the noise" to both the players and the owners. But "emotion" is perhaps the most powerful tool this club has. He should be looking to harness it, not dilute or qualify it.
November 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I get why he's doing it... explaining away "the noise" to both the players and the owners. But "emotion" is perhaps the most powerful tool this club has. He should be looking to harness it, not dilute or qualify it.
The attacking stuff he has a point, imo... but you still have to shape a team that's hard to break down out of possession. With 3 hard-working CMs, our propensity for shipping soft goals is inexcusable.
November 10, 2025 at 10:25 AM
The attacking stuff he has a point, imo... but you still have to shape a team that's hard to break down out of possession. With 3 hard-working CMs, our propensity for shipping soft goals is inexcusable.
Equally, it provides a sequence of games to work on things without the pressure for results?
November 10, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Equally, it provides a sequence of games to work on things without the pressure for results?
He's describing passion. Every fanbase is, with varying degrees of intensity, impatient, entitled, euphoric, unreasonable, deluded, fatalistic, bipolar, resigned, disengaged... what else can someone following a pursuit over which they have no control be? It's a daft observation.
November 10, 2025 at 10:05 AM
He's describing passion. Every fanbase is, with varying degrees of intensity, impatient, entitled, euphoric, unreasonable, deluded, fatalistic, bipolar, resigned, disengaged... what else can someone following a pursuit over which they have no control be? It's a daft observation.
We could and probably should... but judging by the YEP, we're sticking with him for now.
November 10, 2025 at 9:20 AM
We could and probably should... but judging by the YEP, we're sticking with him for now.