Joe Roche

Chaos is come again.

Views are my own and most likely pertain to Leeds United.

[Mike Bassett @mike__bassett]

We’re better than the Mexicans!!!!!!

[Joe Roche @joeroche27]

@thomasforth Losing their minds a bit aren't they

[Adonis Storr @theadelites]

When an #LUFC employee was found on a public footpath outside Derby’s training ground, the ‘spygate’ scandal was the main football story for weeks.

Leeds’ manager at the time - Marcelo Bielsa - was accused of not respecting English customs and culture.

One after another, pundits came out against Marcelo, from TalkSport to Sky to the papers.

Aware of the enormous backlash, Bielsa called an impromptu press conference.

Some people thought he might be resigning, or that he was sacked - such was the furore in the media that had been whipped up against him.

Instead, he admitted that Leeds had spied on every opponent that season; and then went on to give a PowerPoint presentation on all the information he had gathered on Frank Lampard’s Derby County.

There was no specific rule Leeds broke so the EFL fined Leeds £200,000 for a crime against the spirit of the game.

The spirit of football can be found - in case you’re wondering - tucked neatly under the layers of agents, betting sponsorships, state-funded sports-washing and dynamic priced tourist tickets.

Bielsa payed the fine himself.

The EFL subsequently brought in an ‘anti-espionage’ rule to stop clubs watching opponents train 72 hours before games.

Now that Middlesbrough have reportedly contacted the EFL after finding a Southampton spy watching them train ahead of the playoff semi-final, I look forward to the backlash.

I wonder if Southampton will face the same scrutiny and criticism that #LUFC and Bielsa did?

I wonder if Southampton will be fined, and if they are fined, I wonder if their manager Tonda Eckert would pay it himself?

The spygate scandal is unique no longer, but I doubt it will be the same.

[Lord Ash @_RB_Ash]

Don Goodman speaking on sky on Southampton sending one of their coaches to spy on Middlesbrough. "People will famously mention the incident that happened between Leeds and derby. I would disagree, Bielsa was only looking to cheat, Southampton were just doing due diligence" #LUFC

[Joe Roche @joeroche27]

ALAW #LUFC

[Joe Roche @joeroche27]

AO Tanaka #lufc 🥹💙💛🤍

[Joe Roche @joeroche27]

Our best player since Raphinia imo, needs to play in our remaining games, can unlock defences and score goals. Does make mistakes but that's only because he takes risks and tries to play between the lines. #lufc

[Jack @JackLUFC1919]

Ao Tanaka vs West Ham

[Joe Roche @joeroche27]

Mi corazon 😭

[Leeds United Argentina @LeedsARG_]

Marcelo Bielsa brindó hoy una conferencia de prensa y habló acerca del Leeds.

Dijo que desea que Leeds mantenga su lugar en la Premier, porque es “el sitio donde debe estar” y que su paso por el club es uno de los recuerdos más lindos que le dio el fútbol.

Te amamos, Loco 🥹🤍

[Joe Roche @joeroche27]

Re Leeds, Farke has been sticking with defensive players cos he's used to us playing against much better teams and has been getting decent results. But same tactics and personnel don't work against teams that are blocking and countering, it's vital he goes for it now #FreeTanaka

[Joe Roche @joeroche27]

Great hate watch as a guest at St James tonight, about the only good thing to happen in the past 24hrs #lufc

[Trill Clinton @aStatesman]

They will look you dead in the face and say J6 rioters with guns, poles, bats, etc were patriots, but an ER Nurse with a camera and a registered firearm was a domestic terrorist.

[Tiberius @tiberiusfiles]

Guy: Shoots up a school killing 20 kids

Republicans: Guns are our God-given right

Guy: Videos ICE agents with legal gun in his possession, is killed

Republicans: He had a gun!

[Dylan Allman @dylanmallman]

If the Second Amendment does not apply to this exact kind of moment, what do people think it is for?

A citizen can lawfully carry, see masked federal agents beating someone in public, move toward the scene to help, and then get erased with a hail of bullets because “he had a gun.”

That excuse is an insult in a country where possession is legal by design, where the whole point is that the public never becomes a disarmed audience watching state power operate with impunity.

I’m not interested in arguing frame-by-frame footage. I’m interested in the principle that a free people cannot accept a standard where lawful carry becomes a death sentence the second authority feels threatened.

If that is the standard, then the 2nd Amendment has been reduced to a vibe. The founders did not write it so Republicans could do militia cosplay on weekends.

[Joel Willans @VFinnishProbs]

Trump at Davos, on WWII:

“Without us, right now, you’d all be speaking German and a little Japanese, perhaps.”

[Tom Newton Dunn @tnewtondunn]

3 facts:

1. 457 UK troops were killed in Afghanistan, most in action
2. The US repeatedly did ask other NATO nations to send troops there, and 604 of them also died
3. When it was his turn, Donald Trump dodged the Vietnam draft all 5 times, with a diagnosis of 'bone spurs'

[Dispropaganda @Dispropoganda]

Nothing says "board of peace" like having two founding members not show up to the signing ceremony because they would be arrested at the airport for war crimes.

[Caolan @CaolanReports]

Steve Witkoff ran away when I confronted him about his financial ties to Russia.

His real estate company has been bankrolled directly by a former advisor to Vladimir Putin's sovereign wealth fund.

He’s been making pro russia statements for months.

[Bryan Smith #RejoinEU same handle on BlueSky @BpsmithUk]

In December, the Labour Government reduced net borrowing from £18.6billion to £11.5billion.
Since £1 in every £10 of Govt spending goes on debt interest, it's a major story (that you won't see on News)
Labour will halve Govt debt by 2031.
#LabourIsWorking
https://t.co/16MTDcutsh

[CommunityPlanningAlliance 🦇🦎 @CommunityPlann1]

Report says UK must focus on its own food systems, which are highly reliant on imports, because without strong action “it is unlikely the UK would be able to maintain food security if ecosystem collapse drives geopolitical competition for food”.
https://t.co/QvQi9ThNSt

[Joe Roche @joeroche27]

@SAFCCR 👏 promoted teams have put up a fight and suddenly the leagues got an existential "problem"? That's just what a competitive non 'super' league should be like - Sunderland been ace and hope Leeds stay up cos theres some proper boring teams making up numbers in the prem