Morning Leeds-in for 26 November: Christiansen thinks it’s been a good week

Thomas Christiansen said after the match that it’s been a “very good week.”

The battering at the hands of Wolverhampton made everyone freak out a little bit in midweek, but let’s not forget that Leeds hadn’t won at Barnsley in over 20 years, and the team beat a Middlesbrough team that has had buckets of money invested in it. And while maybe Leeds should be beating teams like Boro, losing to Wolves is no shame.

So has this been a good week? Two wins out of three matches and still only three points out of the playoff places is pretty decent. December is not going to get easier, so hopefully the club can go back to the team that looked great in August.

On to the links.

Leeds United Links

Match Recap of the 2-0 win over Barnsley FC. [Through It All Together]

Jack rated the Leeds players in the Yorkshire derby win. [Through It All Together]

A fan lent Felix Wiedwald his cap as the sun was shining right in the visitor’s area and in the big German’s eyes. The fan got Wiedwald’s shirt as a “thank you” and a story to tell his grandkids. [Yorkshire Evening Post]

England and English football Links

Round up of Saturday in the Premier League, with Watford FC beating Newcastle United at home 3-0 the biggest “surprise” yesterday. [BBC.com]

Ouch. Bolton Wanderers lost 1-5 to Wolverhampton. At least it wasn’t that bad last Wednesday, right? [Lion of Vienna Suite]

Guiseley AFC lost at home to Sutton United 0-2, which kept Guiseley in the relegation zone and Sutton on top of the table. [GuiseleyAFC.co.uk]

World Football Links

Lionel Messi signed a new deal with Barcelona with a €700 million release clause. Somewhere in the Middle East, a sheik with piles of petrodollars thinks “challenge accepted!” [Barca Blaugranes]

Borussia Dortmund lead 4-0 over Schalke 04 at half-time, but still managed to draw 4-4 as Schalke scored an injury time goal to split the spoils. Life comes at you fast. [SBNation]

Rumours that FIFA’s upset with a possible new law in Peru could mean that the South American country might be tossed out of the World Cup and that the United States or Italy could find their way to Russia instead. FIFA is corrupt enough for this to believable. [Stars and Stripes FC]