Leeds United Podcast - Inside Elland Road: Going up?

GIVEN the international break in the Championship fixture calendar, what better time than to catch up on the latest situation regarding Leeds United and their attempt to gain promotion to the Premier League.

Our intrepid host Richard Byram is joined by – yes, you’ve guessed it – the YEP’s chief football writer, Phil Hay to discuss all manner of goings on down at Elland Road.

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The duo discuss the recent matches against Brighton and Fulham as well looking ahead to the next match on the calendar against Reading – there might be a bit of needle during that particular meeting.

They also wax lyrical on Leeds’s overall prospects of making the play-offs and ponder why Pontus Jansson was surprisingly omitted from the starting line-up ahead of the 2-0 win against promotion rivals Brighton.

The call-up to the Scotland squad for Liam Cooper - who replaced Jansson – is also covered as is why United have been attacking the Kop in the first half- of some matches lately.

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