It's not so long ago that every team was coming to Elland Road filled with optimism, but it's only recently that they've been made to pay for it like this.
After two years of Leeds making things look far too difficult, the occasional draw is a price worth paying if it means we get to enjoy Kamara making things look too easy.
'I never knew things were so bad at Leeds until I got there,' Terry Venables might say. 'We never knew things were so bad until you got here,' we might reply.
There was nothing friendly about Espanyol's pre-season trip to Italy. Zidane was fed up. Del Piero was sent off. El Loco was the calmest person in the ground (for the first half).
A non-league ground lined with golf brollies for a rainy FA Cup tie reminded me of being at Histon as an 11-year-old. This time, Leeds brought the magic.
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