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Episode 24 of The Square Ball, recorded on 17 February 2011, goes out under the title The Love Pod — the Valentine’s Day occasion not entirely wasted on Dan Moylan, Michael Normanton and Daniel Chapman (Moscowhite). The love in question is, as usual, directed at Leeds United, with all the ambivalence that entails.
The White Watching covers the Bristol City away trip on 12 February, the kind of away day that tests commitment. The journey, the game, and the time afterwards all receive proper attention. The episode’s most retold moment comes from the aftermath: Dan spotted Paul Connolly in a Bristol takeaway and directed an enthusiastic fellow supporter in the right-back’s direction. Connolly, to his credit, received this with reasonable grace.
The 2-2 home draw with Norwich City on 19 February is also dissected. A game Leeds should probably have won — chances missed in the first half proving costly when Norwich equalised — it keeps the promotion push ticking over without quite settling the questions about consistency. The defence, as ever, gives the cast material to work with.
Mike Whitlow comes up in the wider conversation about Leeds players of the recent past — a defender whose time at Elland Road is assessed with the affection the show reserves for those who contributed more than is always remembered.
Robert Snodgrass remains the dominant subject. Wherever the conversation goes, it circles back: his form, his value, the nagging uncertainty about his future. The Love Pod may be named for the occasion, but Snodgrass gets most of the air time.
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