Save us, Lubo
By hook, crook, or blind luck
โTheir survival may be written in the stars,โ the Yorkshire Evening Post said on Easter Monday 2007, the morning that Leeds United were due to travel to Colchester. The general consensus was that the Whitesโ season had been so fucked up that only luck โ and ฤฝubomรญr Michalรญk โ could save them now. Brought in from Bolton Wanderers on a short-term deal, Leeds went undefeated in Michalikโs first four games at Leeds, having not gone a fortnight without losing since the start of the season. The lad was a miracle.
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