Javi Gracia has some serious selection decisions to makes for Leeds United’s FA Cup fifth round trip to Fulham on Tuesday night.

You should have heard the raucous applause at the final whistle at Elland Road on Saturday.

Restless Leeds United natives will be screaming “vamos” when their new Spanish manager, Javi Gracia, takes charge of his first match at Elland Road on Saturday, subject to a work permit. But come the end of the season, will the same fans be saying “gracias” to Gracia, feting their newest club hero, or will they be utterly distraught, yelling, “thanks for nothing”? Gracia answers Leeds SOS Gracia, brought in to succeed the sacked Jesse Marsch,…

Leeds United must push the boat out for Marcelo Bielsa and bring him back to Elland Road. No, such a move won’t be an embarrassing admission by the club that sacking the Argentine last term was a mistake in the first place. I’m all for giving managers a fair crack of the whip, but ultimately football is a results business, therefore pragmatism trumps sentiment. Axe falls on Marsch BIelsa’s successor, Jesse Marsch, has been sacked…

Arriving back home in Leeds in 2015 after almost a decade in Cape Town, South Africa, was a culture shock. I had been back home a few times, but hardly long enough during each visit to notice and soak in all the new developments. Truth be told, my relationship with the city had been divested of all passion and I couldn’t wait to return to my new love, Cape Town. Leeds stop gap In fact,…