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Episode eighteen of The Square Ball, recorded on 16 November 2010, found Dan Moylan, Michael Normanton, and Daniel Chapman (Moscowhite) in a cautiously optimistic mood after a week that had produced two wins and a draw — a very different atmosphere from the Cardiff hangover of the previous fortnight.
White Watching covered three results. Leeds beat Coventry City 3-2 at Elland Road on 6 November — a match that carried extra edge after Gary McSheffrey’s comments in the Coventry Telegraph had prompted the previous episode’s pointed send-off. A draw at Hull City followed on 9 November, finishing 2-2. Leeds then returned to winning ways on 13 November, beating Bristol City 3-1 at Elland Road, Luciano Becchio again central to the attacking play.
The episode’s guest was journalist Joe Mewis, who joined the panel for an extended talking points discussion. His presence added an outside perspective to questions being asked about the squad and the direction of the season. The contract situation of Luciano Becchio — a persistent background concern — was discussed in some detail, with the panel examining what a new deal would mean for the club’s ambitions and what failure to secure one might signal.
A lighter thread ran through the episode around a circulating anecdote involving Danny Mills and a coin — the story having done the rounds in football media, prompting the panel to discuss both the tale itself and the wider dynamics of how such stories travel. The episode’s title reflects the loose, anecdote-driven texture of the discussion in its later stages: a conversation that moved between football analysis and the kind of storytelling that made early Square Ball episodes feel more like a pub table than a phone-in.
The 2010-11 season was beginning to take a more settled shape, and episode eighteen caught the show at a moment when cautious confidence felt justified — not triumphant, but grounded.
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